Day Five

Recovered enough to workout at lunch time with a 1000 meter swim. Long day at work with a mixer at the end of the day of it and I cheated due to what was available.

Breakfast

• Banana spinach smoothie

Lunch

• Leftover roast chicken and roasted vegetables

Snacks

• Work event-ate a few bites of crab pasta, was quite famished with the midday workout.

Dinner

•  Smoked salmon nori rolls

Day Four

Amen to feeling like a whole new woman! Amazing what modern medicine and cranberry juice can do.

Breakfast
Spinach and banana smoothie

Lunch (work event)
Tri tip
Vegetables
Caesar salad

Dinner
Grilled flank steak with peppers and onions
Roasted beets and fennel

Day Three

Or the day the universe said HAH to this new idea of mine with something that might be a bladder infection. How I've avoided these for 28 years deserves a prayer of thanks on its own.

Thus, all I've had today is sugar by way if 64 ounces of cranberry juice. If any plan sticks tonight, it's orange-seared scallops and Brussels sprouts.

Day Two

Well cheat day came early with a Veterans Day celebration. Good food, and for a very worthy cause as Scott's best friend celebrated his retirement from the Marine Corps.

Breakfast

• Bacon and eggs with spinach and chives
• Coffee

Lunch (naughty meal)

• Roast beef sandwiches
• Cheesy mashed potatoes
• Fruit
• Cake
• Beer, from beer pong

Dinner

• Sage roasted turkey legs
• Sweet potato pancakes over a bed of spinach
• 2 glasses red wine

Exercise

• CX Works

Overall I'm feeling good, even with the very bad midday meal.

Day One

I've been intrigued with the paleo diet since I first read about it here. In theory, sounds right up my ally...until the part about no dairy and no carbs. Fudge, those make up the base of my food pyramid and pair very well with wine too. But, I've had gastrointestinal issues for years, YEARS, going back to debilitating stomach aches making me late for elementary school. I've seen doctors who've come up with nothing, so now feels like the time to take control and experiment.

So, I purchased Practical Paleo, which reads more like a textbook than cookbook, and I'm enjoying the process of lecture and lab that the book provides.

I'm not committing 100% to the paleo diet because I know how I operate and it will be setting myself up for failure. I also don't want to be one of those people who can't eat out with friends or go anywhere to be debilitated by a modern menu. We're approaching the holidays and if I'm at a party and there's a fine wedge of brie, I will probably have some, damnit, you also only live once. Plus, I am pretty sure I'm not giving up coffee.

So here's my journey. At the bare minimum I'm doing this for a month and keeping this blog for my own documentation purposes because my handwriting is getting too sloppy. Plus, I may curse here. Be warned, I'm not getting my favorite foods.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Breakfast

• Spinach and chive egg scramble
• Coffee with half and half and sugar 

Lunch

• Organic tomato soup and full disclosure, with a few croutons

Snacks

• Dried Turkish apricots

Dinner

• Roasted chicken and vegetables, recipe from Practically Paleo

Exercise

• 3 mile run on the loop