I’ve had some pretty weak moments but last night was a biggy. I finally settled on warming some almond milk on the stove and mixing a little stevia and some cocoa to curb my craving. It was a fabulous treat and I felt good about not diving into a bag of oreos head first.
My chart is alot like Kat’s. Which btw, thanks Kat for the Paleo Pancake recipe…=)
I know alot of us ladies are carb stressing..please don’t so much. I know we need to be mindful of our carbs in every sense of the word, and most of us are trying to lose a few extra pounds (myself very much included), but don’t stress too hard about it. (Stress prevents weight loss also) haha. Since we are only into week 2, lets still focus on our quality of food, then make adjustments. And it is almost impossible to eat a carb-free diet, We NEED carbs in moderation, unless you eat celery and Ex-lax and live in a vegetative state then maybe you don’t need them. Next week, I will be making my carb adjustment to serious post workout, and try to reduce them a small fraction. However, I will be basing everything on how I feel. If I feel like ass then I will add more back in during the day. My stats are over the last 2 weeks (after looking at my chart I probably need to incorporate more fiber into my diet):
Carbs: 22%, average 91.4 grams and 349 calories
Fats: 47%, average 83.3 grams (18% is monosat fats, 6% poly, and 12% saturated)
Protein: 28%, average 104.2 grams, 435 calories
Alcohol – 3% – Woohoo =)
There are a lot of good recipes at http://www.incredibleegg.org some need a little alteration, but if you’re in a scrambled egg rut than this is a good place to get fresh ideas.
Zac – that breakfast looks delicious. I think I’ll try some of those egg recipes over the weekend. For fitday, it’s super frustrating at first but once you start adding foods use the “recent foods” drop down on the left side if you eat similar things from day to day. It stores your last 4 or 5 days worth of food, making it easy to update your log.
I made a copy of a chocolate paleo cookbook for the gym. I’ll bring it tonight in case anyone is having trouble kicking sweets (hardest part for me – I do love dessert). Some of the recipes are whacky, but you might be interested.
matt- Yea this is the first time I have gone paleo, but I have been eating extremely healthy and organically for years (I am from Charlottesville, crunchtown) The only difference is I have now had to cut out yogurt (which I was dating steadily for years), and some oatmeal fiber bars etc. The diet really hasn’t been a big change, in fact I kind of like it. I know I probably sound like an obsessive compulsive freak with my posts, but I committed to the nutrition challenge so I do want to do it right. Fit day has really made me examine what I eat and how much of everything I should be consuming. As I said before I always ate healthy, but I would eat like a pound of fruit and wonder why my body composition wasn’t changing, so this is an exciting new endeavor for me. I will however try to focus more on the quality of my food and try to not obsess over the little stuff, because you are right I will probably go nuts haha. I have been trying to eat more meat and it is helping balance my diet a lot.
B- 2 eggs scrambled with chicken sausage, spinach, tomatoes, little bit of red onion and green pepper
S- Almond Butter and some watermelon
L-Mixed green salad Mackenzie left at my house with turkey, almonds, a few pieces of diced apple- olive oil and balsamic vinegar
S- Broccoli and Hummus
despite the fact that i torture myself by cooking non paleo meals and goodies for other people i have yet to slip up (thank goodness). I was talking to brit and mack about sweet snack substitues and for you choco lovers there is a paleo treat that apparently is a fabulous substitute… carob. here’s the link to that and other yummie treats. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/snack-solutions-primal-alternatives-for-non-primal-snacks/
This week I was able to get a little more protein – I averaged 43% fat; 25% protein; 32% carbs. I still have some work to do, but I’m trying to come up with some long-term changes. I added plain natural yogurt back into my diet this week – I think that has made this a little easier for me & the natural yogurts aren’t too bad on carbs/GI/GL. I have cut out caffeine, alcohol, salt, added sugars and grains – I’m considering that a pretty good victory. Next week, I’m going to work on finding some good protein snacks – other than almonds.
A good sweet potato substitute – try butternut squash.
I’ve been roasting them with some yellow peppers for a veggie – it’s carb heavy for a veggie, but tasty!
Week 2 has gone well only felt sluggish one night post workout and that may have been becuase I waited to long to eat. I added a post workout smoothie into my diet this week and have started taking whey protein. Meals have been the about the same this week alot of chicken and fish for dinner. I would eat the same meal everyday but Nikki O makes my dinner so that helps.
fell off the wagon last week while working OT at the hospital. going to start writing down my meals for the week so i can stop eating the same thing every day.
Total nutrition challenge bust this weekend. Multiple v-day cupcakes Friday/Saturday, and an annual homemade v-day cheesecake today (Jake’s way of sabotaging my success). Back on track tomorrow.
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I’ve had some pretty weak moments but last night was a biggy. I finally settled on warming some almond milk on the stove and mixing a little stevia and some cocoa to curb my craving. It was a fabulous treat and I felt good about not diving into a bag of oreos head first.
My chart is alot like Kat’s. Which btw, thanks Kat for the Paleo Pancake recipe…=)
I know alot of us ladies are carb stressing..please don’t so much. I know we need to be mindful of our carbs in every sense of the word, and most of us are trying to lose a few extra pounds (myself very much included), but don’t stress too hard about it. (Stress prevents weight loss also) haha. Since we are only into week 2, lets still focus on our quality of food, then make adjustments. And it is almost impossible to eat a carb-free diet, We NEED carbs in moderation, unless you eat celery and Ex-lax and live in a vegetative state then maybe you don’t need them. Next week, I will be making my carb adjustment to serious post workout, and try to reduce them a small fraction. However, I will be basing everything on how I feel. If I feel like ass then I will add more back in during the day. My stats are over the last 2 weeks (after looking at my chart I probably need to incorporate more fiber into my diet):
Carbs: 22%, average 91.4 grams and 349 calories
Fats: 47%, average 83.3 grams (18% is monosat fats, 6% poly, and 12% saturated)
Protein: 28%, average 104.2 grams, 435 calories
Alcohol – 3% – Woohoo =)
I made an awesome breakfast this morning – http://www.incredibleegg.org/recipes-and-more/recipes/baked-eggs-spinach – minus the cheese, and put two eggs in one cup instead of just one egg.
There are a lot of good recipes at http://www.incredibleegg.org some need a little alteration, but if you’re in a scrambled egg rut than this is a good place to get fresh ideas.
Mackenzie – get outta town! AA.
Zac – that breakfast looks delicious. I think I’ll try some of those egg recipes over the weekend. For fitday, it’s super frustrating at first but once you start adding foods use the “recent foods” drop down on the left side if you eat similar things from day to day. It stores your last 4 or 5 days worth of food, making it easy to update your log.
I made a copy of a chocolate paleo cookbook for the gym. I’ll bring it tonight in case anyone is having trouble kicking sweets (hardest part for me – I do love dessert). Some of the recipes are whacky, but you might be interested.
hahah i second mackenzie
matt- Yea this is the first time I have gone paleo, but I have been eating extremely healthy and organically for years (I am from Charlottesville, crunchtown) The only difference is I have now had to cut out yogurt (which I was dating steadily for years), and some oatmeal fiber bars etc. The diet really hasn’t been a big change, in fact I kind of like it. I know I probably sound like an obsessive compulsive freak with my posts, but I committed to the nutrition challenge so I do want to do it right. Fit day has really made me examine what I eat and how much of everything I should be consuming. As I said before I always ate healthy, but I would eat like a pound of fruit and wonder why my body composition wasn’t changing, so this is an exciting new endeavor for me. I will however try to focus more on the quality of my food and try to not obsess over the little stuff, because you are right I will probably go nuts haha. I have been trying to eat more meat and it is helping balance my diet a lot.
B- 2 eggs scrambled with chicken sausage, spinach, tomatoes, little bit of red onion and green pepper
S- Almond Butter and some watermelon
L-Mixed green salad Mackenzie left at my house with turkey, almonds, a few pieces of diced apple- olive oil and balsamic vinegar
S- Broccoli and Hummus
despite the fact that i torture myself by cooking non paleo meals and goodies for other people i have yet to slip up (thank goodness). I was talking to brit and mack about sweet snack substitues and for you choco lovers there is a paleo treat that apparently is a fabulous substitute… carob. here’s the link to that and other yummie treats.
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/snack-solutions-primal-alternatives-for-non-primal-snacks/
…it is too good. it tastes like a coconut crunch bar.
This week I was able to get a little more protein – I averaged 43% fat; 25% protein; 32% carbs. I still have some work to do, but I’m trying to come up with some long-term changes. I added plain natural yogurt back into my diet this week – I think that has made this a little easier for me & the natural yogurts aren’t too bad on carbs/GI/GL. I have cut out caffeine, alcohol, salt, added sugars and grains – I’m considering that a pretty good victory. Next week, I’m going to work on finding some good protein snacks – other than almonds.
A good sweet potato substitute – try butternut squash.
I’ve been roasting them with some yellow peppers for a veggie – it’s carb heavy for a veggie, but tasty!
Week 2 has gone well only felt sluggish one night post workout and that may have been becuase I waited to long to eat. I added a post workout smoothie into my diet this week and have started taking whey protein. Meals have been the about the same this week alot of chicken and fish for dinner. I would eat the same meal everyday but Nikki O makes my dinner so that helps.
fell off the wagon last week while working OT at the hospital. going to start writing down my meals for the week so i can stop eating the same thing every day.
Total nutrition challenge bust this weekend. Multiple v-day cupcakes Friday/Saturday, and an annual homemade v-day cheesecake today (Jake’s way of sabotaging my success). Back on track tomorrow.
I’m with you Kat – a weekend with chocolate, wings & beer – not so nutritious. But I’m back on the wagon tomorrow.
not a good week 2 but better than before the nutrition challenge
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