Comments on: Nutrition Challenge – Week 2

By: DawnMiles31

DawnMiles31 — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:20:28 +0000

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By: DavidR

DavidR — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:14:56 +0000

not a good week 2 but better than before the nutrition challenge

By: HJ

HJ — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:07:29 +0000

I’m with you Kat – a weekend with chocolate, wings & beer – not so nutritious. But I’m back on the wagon tomorrow.

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:56:34 +0000

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.

By: Jihaad

Jihaad — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:36:48 +0000

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.

By: John G

John G — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:02:43 +0000

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.

By: HJ

HJ — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:39:04 +0000

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!

By: brittany

brittany — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:13:02 +0000

…it is too good. it tastes like a coconut crunch bar.

By: monica i

monica i — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:59:13 +0000

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/

By: brittany

brittany — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:53:31 +0000

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