Paleo eating and travel basketball

Ok, those two topics really have nothing in common, just two things on my mind recently.

I have been reading Robb Wolf's book about Paleo eating. The nutshell of it is eating like a caveman: lots of meat, poultry, fish, nuts, veggies, some fruit. Though the concept sounds like it should be easy (less evolved man lived on it for millions of years) but I am finding it a little more difficult than I thought. I am still going to do my best with it for a couple weeks and see how I feel, though I know I will miss my boxed stuffing and instant potatoes. Maybe after a couple weeks, though, those things will seem foreign to me. Again, this is another situation of making it work for you. You can tweak plans to make it fit into your life, it does not have to be an all or nothing thing. Though I know his plan would work much better if I was 100% committed. Just not sure I can handle broiled salmon for breakfast. I will keep you posted on my progress. Tonight is lean steak with broccoli. Kids are having hamburger quesadilla's. Must stay strong and stay out of the cheese....

On to travel basketball. Middle child brought home a flyer today about a local youth travel basketball program. We had plans for him to play to local basketball league anyway, but not the travel. You have to try out for 4 hours for the travel team. He has never played a legitimate game of basketball in his life. He reasoned that if he does NOT make the travel team, he can still do the local team. Her comes my momma bear: I don't want to see him try out and not make it. He has a HUGE ego and this would not be good for him. Or maybe it would? I am torn. Part of me wants to see that ego knocked back a few notches and part of me wants him to be good at a sport that is not ice hockey (we are in that now. EXPENSIVE). Protecting him from failure is what is causing most kids his age, older and younger to feel entitled to everything. They don't keep score in soccer or baseball until they are in like middle school. No wonder our kids don't know how to lose and expect to be the best at everything. So maybe this will be good for him. Oh. And did I mention I am inherently lazy and the the thought of TRAVEL anything makes me want to curl up into a ball??

I hope this blog finds everyone doing well. Season's are changing here and while I like it, I would like to freeze time sometimes and just have stuff be the same for more than 10 minutes at a time.

Thanks for reading!

Cat