Days 2 & 3

Day 2

Breakfast:

½ protein shake

½ apple

½ avocado

Lunch:

Salad with avocado, egg, spinach, and tomatoes

Strawberries and blackberries

Snack:

Other ½ apple

Dinner:

Left over green peppers

Cardio workout at lunch break and worked out in my garage at home. 400M row, 7 “L” pull ups (the best I could), and 9 push ups repeat 3X.

Day 3

Breakfast:

Protein shake with coconut milk (my new fave! Tastes like a strawberry shake!)

Boiled egg and cucumber

Lunch:

Salad with avocado, egg, spinach, and tomatoes (after this I told Reed I was over salads for the week and I will find something else)

Snack:

Made my own cereal with slivered almonds and sunflower seeds (unsalted!), blueberries, raisins (unsweetened), coconut shavings (unsweetened) and coconut milk. It was wonderful; of course, I have a sick obsession with cereal anyhow!

Post workout:

Protein shake and apple

Dinner:

Sausage, green beans, and cauliflower mashed potatoes.

Ok, steam the cauliflower with 2 cloves of garlic and salt. When they get soft take them out and blend/puree them until they are the consistency of mashed potatoes. They are a little soupy but they work; I promise! Then add some cracked pepper and I cut up some green onions and sprinkled on top! You’ll never miss potatoes again!

I am feeling pretty good. I had a sour stomach last night while sleeping, pretty much the whole night. I am not sure if this was something I ate or because it is so incredibly hot in our house at night. We had a CRAZY hard workout yesterday at Crossfit that consisted of 1600M run then repeat 3X- 15 kettle bells (53 lbs) and 15 toes to bar. Of course, the men’s weight was heavier but everyone in the gym was crawling afterwards. It was very humbling! I hope you’re all having a great week- and yes, I am slowly trying to wean off of the fruit! J

Day 1

I have been doing some research on blogging and getting advice on how to go about starting this. Once I have it all set up I will send that out so that you can follow and not be plagued by my emails.

Lets start with Day 1 food:

Breakfast- protein shake with ½ banana and ¼ cup almond meal

Snack- 6 almonds

Lunch- spinach salad with ham, cucumbers, and tomatoes. I used Ranch on the salad today as I forgot my avocado and eggs so I thought I would need some fat.

I workout on my “lunch break” at work which usually consists of 30 minutes of elliptical or treadmill (walking/jogging), then some stretching and ab work. This is more to get out of the office than it is to be a workout. I love going to the gym in the middle of the workday. It makes my day go by much faster I feel; even if I just walk around our building for 30 minutes. I was pretty hungry before this workout but I held out.

Snack- 1/2 protein shake from the gym and ½ orange

I then went to Crossfit and did 5X5 heavy back squats and PR’d at 135 lbs. Then 100 wall balls at 14 lbs. No, this is not my favorite workout! J

Dinner- I tired something very new (to me anyhow). I took ground turkey, onions, tomatoes, ½ jalapeño, garlic salt and pepper, and stuffed green bell peppers with this mixture (after cooking/browning meat and veggies). Then I baked at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. We chopped up some avocados (they were SUPER hard at the store) and ate them along with it. I wish it could have been more like guac but I am telling you they were too hard! This was pretty good- I hate peppers and most vegetables so the fact that it was quite tasty was simply a bonus!

I do have pictures but- really the story is too long and boring to tell. I can’t figure out the hieroglyphics of symbols on my stupid phone to get from A to B. I will figure out a way to post them to the blog. We are also taking pictures tonight of ourselves; like I said before you lucky ducks you! Reed wants to be a part and I think it be nice for everyone to see the changes in male versus female. So, far I have been a little hungry which Reed says I am not eating enough. It will take me a while to get the fat to carb to protein ratio down for my liking and I am ok with that. I am not irritable or noticing any behavioral changes. I slept well and other than being sore from heavy squats I am ready to conquer Spain. Or whatever! Feel free to give me some suggestions or ask questions. I promise I will make the blog soon and post pics! I will also take measurements and keep track of that on Reed and I. I can already tell you I need to eat less fruit and more protein but c’mon apple/chicken/apple/chicken- apple please!

http://gopractice.typepad.com/files/paleo_buddha_packet.pdf

The website above is a very easy-to- read, short blurb on Paleo and what it’s about. I loved the avoid/ approved list.

“Our food should be our medicine, our medicine our food”. LOVE!

Paleo We Go

Hey guys!

Ok, here is the deal. As many of you know, Reed and I have been researching and trying to stick to a pure Paleo diet. This consists of no man made food ie- grains, dairy, anything man has touched. It makes me feel incredible when I eat the food our bodies were made to eat. My biggest downfall is convenience. I want what I want when I want it. I don’t want to try to come up with some concoction that resembles a tortilla. I also struggle, like many women, with getting enough protein and keeping my sugar low. I would much rather peel and eat an orange than grill up a chicken breast and nosh on that. Can I get an Amen? Ok, I was going to start a blog, but c’mon, who wants to follow someone on a diet?! Raise your hand. So instead I have chosen a few friends close to me that I think will be interested in this journey. You are my guinea pigs you lucky little ducks you!

This is what I am promising:

1)      I am going to get my hands on as much Paleo material as I can and do the research. I want to relay messages to those people who are struggling with illnesses, weight loss, and lack of energy that you are not alone and it IS the food that is killing you! I ate terribly over the weekend because Reed was sick (its so hard to find the motivation to cook a good meal for yourself) and everything from my digestion to my joints were in pain last night!

2)      I will give honest and open feedback on how I feel throughout the process. I hated the Atkins diet although I lost a ton of belly fat. I had a headache everyday and I slept more than I ever had in my life. I promise to give you the good, the bad, and the ugly- even if this experiment is an epic fail!

3)      I will provide the recipes that I will eat throughout the day although many of them will be SUPER basic so don’t expect much.(heads up- I don’t even have a spice rack! I will be shopping this week a little)

4)      I will provide pictures of my meals and myself. It will only be 30 days but I have never stuck to anything for longer than a week- besides Reed and my promise not to bear children for a whileJ

5)      I promise I will not cheat. I will not sneak a pretzel or a cookie J I want to stick to this wholeheartedly so that you can see the changes and see that someone who cannot cook can make great, healthy meals on a TIGHT budget! I want to show this can be convenient and easy! I am lazy….

Basically I am asking for, or rather shoving you guys into holding me accountable. I was thinking of having a girl’s night at our house every so often to share a dinner with my friends and family. Everyone needs a night away and since we don’t have children or hectic schedules I thought this would be great. I promise I will make something that is edible and resembles “real food.” Let me know if you would like to be taken off of this list. I promise to make them short! Day 1!