30 Day Paleo Experiment Update
28 Days completed
TWO DAYS remain!
To sum this week up quickly, this week has been a back-and-forth. After week #3, I went into the last seven days thinking I had it made. I had lost my cravings, gotten used to the flavors of Paleo cooking, and had enough creativity (and great friends) to keep me from going crazy. But there were a few times where the idea of a quick non-Paleo snack sounded OH SO GOOD!
There is light at the end of the tunnel!!
The dawn approaches!!
But what will I do with the return of dietary freedom? With 28 days of Paleo under my belt, I'm beginning to feel like the first few days back on "normal" food (granted I haven't decided what I'm going to allow myself to eat yet) is going to be yet another experiment. As my roommate likes to poke fun at - will I have become lactose intolerant to some degree? Will I even like more than a bite of any greasy, sugary, or processed foods? Will I have a week of my tastebuds adjusting as I did when I went Paleo? Hopefully I'll find out later this week. But either way, I already have started coming up with my Wednesday menu! haha
This past week, however, I discovered a few new things...
Blackberries are delicious! I was at Whole Foods buying my weekly stock of nuts when I saw that they were on sale. "Why not?" Turns out they are a great little flavor addition to munching on my mixed nuts. Up until now I've only really had strawberries and the occasional raspberry.
I went without eggs from Day #21 through #26 and found that eating a normal lunch/dinner meal didn't bother me at all. Finally on Day #27, because of a rather empty kitchen and to save myself some time, I had eggs and wouldn't you know - they didn't go over so well. I've found I prefer having a piece of fish and veggies over eggs. I wonder what I'll think of cereal and milk.
Lastly, I surprised even myself last night when I made Paleo attempt at sandwiches. I baked red pepper, portabello mushroooms, zucchini, and eggplant. Then I sliced up a tomato and used the baked eggplant in place of bread. It was delicious!
Aside from those small revelations, Monday through Saturday I worked. This caused for very little variation in what I ate. I went for the 'stand by' in order to make the most of my time. And when I finally had a full day to myself, what did I do? I spun! ...for two hours!
My local bike shop has a bunch of crazy triathletes and cyclists who together created the Sunday Three Hour Spin. As the kick off Sunday, it got started a bit late. The shop had twelve CycleOps trainers set up with blocks and mats all pointed towards a projector screen. One reason we got started late was the debate over what movie to watch; a move that can make or break the entire day! Finally, The A Team came on, we hopped on our bikes, and we were off. Some of the group lasted a full 2.5 hours. I only managed two. I love my baby, but it's going to take some getting used to the new seat!
Oh, I almost forgot the torture! They had homemade chocolate chip cookies for us at spinning. Man was that hard to turn down. I kept chanting "Three more days. Three more days."
Here's a look at the menu for Paleo Week #3...
| Monday | ||
| Breakfast | Gemini mushrooms | |
| eggplant | ||
| green squash | ||
| red onion | ||
| yellow pepper | ||
| peanuts | ||
| Lunch | blackberries | |
| peanuts | ||
| Dinner | Spinach salad | |
| yellow pepper | ||
| guacamole | ||
| chicken | ||
| peanuts | ||
| clementine | ||
| Banana | ||
| Snack | ||
| Banana | ||
| Tuesday | ||
| Breakfast | Peanuts | |
| Clementine | ||
| Banana | ||
| Clementine | ||
| Lunch | Swai | |
| Green squash | ||
| blackberries | ||
| banana | ||
| Dinner | Steak | |
| Spinach / spring mix salad | ||
| portabello | ||
| blackberries | ||
| guacamole | ||
| Snack | blackberries | |
| banana | ||
| Snack | peanuts | |
| banana | ||
| Wednesday | ||
| Breakfast | peanuts | |
| banana | ||
| swai | ||
| cremini mushrooms (3) | ||
| Lunch | 2 portabello | |
| yellow pepper | ||
| chicken | ||
| spring mix and spinach salad | ||
| guacamole | ||
| Snack | mixed nuts (peanuts, pecans, almonds) | |
| 2 clementines | ||
| blackberries | ||
| Snack | banana | |
| clementine | ||
| peanuts | ||
| Thursday | ||
| Breakfast | Banana | |
| mushrooms | ||
| eggplant | ||
| yellow squash | ||
| red pepper | ||
| Lunch | clementine | |
| peanuts | ||
| Dinner | spring mix & spinach salad | |
| spaghetti squash | ||
| mushroom tomato sauce | ||
| guacamole | ||
| orange pepper | ||
| 3 clementines | ||
| Snack | banana | |
| peanuts | ||
| blackberries | ||
| Friday | ||
| Breakfast | peanuts | |
| banana | ||
| clementine | ||
| Lunch | granny smith apple | |
| Dinner | orange pepper | |
| spring mix & spinach salad | ||
| spaghetti squash | ||
| clementine | ||
| mixed nuts | ||
| Snack | Banana | |
| Saturday | ||
| Breakfast | 5 eggs | |
| blackberries | ||
| Lunch | 2 portabello mushrooms | |
| red pepper | ||
| spaghetti squash | ||
| tomato sauce | ||
| spring mix / spinach salad | ||
| blackberries | ||
| Snack | peanuts, pecans | |
| 2 clementines | ||
| Snack | banana | |
| Dinner | Chicken | |
| orange pepper | ||
| guacamole | ||
| 2 clementines | ||
| Sunday | ||
| Breakfast | Swai | |
| yellow squash | ||
| Snack (spin) | blackberries | |
| clementine | ||
| Lunch | mixed nuts | |
| blackberries | ||
| guacamole | ||
| red pepper | ||
| Dinner | eggplant | |
| portabello | ||
| red pepper | ||
| zucchini | ||
| tomato | ||
| banana | ||
| clementine |
Two Days Left!!
Swim fast. Bike smart. Run hard.
1 comment:
I'll never go back to regular eating. I don't eat cereal for breakfast ever! If I want pasta it's gluten free.. I feel way too much improvement.
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