I hope you all had a good day today. What are you missing already?
Last night, going out to dinner was very hard. Steve wanted to go to Buffalo Wild Wings (really, tonight?!) so my choice's were chicken salad or blackened chicken salad, so I chose the blackened chicken salad with extra chicken, NO cheese and Italian dressing (dressing not paleo; known after I ate it :-( ), it came with cheese on the side :-( I should have had her take it back but I was already starving and feeling irritable. So I didn't eat that part. I have to say that I finished dinner unsatisfied and still felt hungry. I asked the waitress if they had and steamed veggies and she looked at me like I was craze, "well ya little *twerp, I've never been here AND cant really eat anything here so THAT is why I'm asking." I wanted to say but stuck with what I got. HAPPY TIMES.
Today, day two. At the TOTAL WOD today I PRed twice, awesome! My Press was the same weight, my squat PRed by 20 lbs, and my Dead-lift I PRed by 5 lbs. I'm totally happy with but now my neck is stiff, oh well that's that Advil is for, right?
Today I'm hungry, sore and tired. I took a great nap and ate almonds, an apple, and celery with almond butter, lean ham sandwiched in lettuce...scrumptious (sarcasm) I'm about to eat a orange. I need MORE for lunch and snacks. I've been thinking 'Am I really hungry or just THINK I'm hungry' ...I'm hungry. Tonight I'll be making steak, with sauteed mushrooms and onions with broccoli and maybe something else I don't know yet. I'd like some potato's but its not paleo. I'm missing carbs, it's day 2 of 45 and I miss carbs!!!! I'm also missing my simple cereal for breakfast, soup or sandwich for lunch, stuff that you don't have to COOK because I am not a cook! So I have to think of and look up more snacks (easy and filling) and better lunch's that do NOT include eggs. This is were living with another palio person would help.
Today I'm moody and going through with drawls.
Kerry,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog to this point. Great commitment to this so far.
You are doing a great job!!
After reading your posts, a few things come to mind:
1. Food cost – hit up Costco. You can get fruit, veggies, nuts, and salmon at a great price. I still go to Wegmans for Chicken, steak, and some veggies that I cannot get at Costco. Also – keep in mind the $$$ you are saving by not eating out as much.
2. Be sure you are getting in enough protein during the day (Chicken, Fish, Eggs, Meat, etc) as well as healthy fats (nuts, avocado, olive oil, etc). If all you have is fruit and veggies, you will get hungry fast. Having protein and fat in every meal will provide more consistent energy.
3. It will take a week or two for your body to adapt the lack of starch/sugar carbs. I dabbled with the paleo diet starting 2 weeks ago. The first week was hard but once my body adapted, I found that I actually feelt much better, am more mentally alert during the day, less hunger, consistent energy.
4. I am giving myself one free meal on Saturday so I don’t drive myself crazy. This also makes it easier to take Jen out one night a week. My goals for this meal – Have anything I want (whatever I was craving during the week). Have the meal toward the end of the day (So I don’t end up pigging out the rest of the day). The entire meal must be eaten in one sitting (no having a huge dinner then snacking on the couch later).
- Elton