January 28, 2010 in nutrition, Real Food Challenge, seminars by Turbo
Real Food Challenge Day 12
Courtesy of howstuffworks.com
Here’s some reading on the importance of sleep. If you’re not getting enough sleep or your sleep is of poor quality, then take measures to remedy that, however, don’t let this be a source of stress for you. The best way to not fall sleep is to worry about the fact that you are not falling asleep. Some of you have indicated trouble sleeping since you changed your diet. It might be just the change, but if you still feel energized in the morning and you’re sleeping less, then don’t worry about it. I know several people, myself included, who seem to need slightly less sleep when their nutrition is totally dialed in.
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January 28, 2010 at 11:35 pm
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January 29, 2010 at 3:25 am
HA-larious!!!!
January 29, 2010 at 9:06 am
@Steve A.
You type just like you talk. Freaking hilarity!
January 29, 2010 at 9:13 am
That’s exactly what I needed to start my friday
Too funny!
This article doesn’t apply to sleep but I liked it, if I wrote a blog post on my kitchen madness this would be it
(Note: I’ve switched to glass containers and try hard to bring meals to work that don’t need microwaving, but the rest of the post is spot on).
http://theclothesmakethegirl.blogspot.com/2010/01/paleo-kitchen-method-behind-my-madness.html
BF: Apple with almond butter (I’m out of eggs!!) and some pork with dijon mustard.
January 29, 2010 at 9:19 am
K people I need some help here; I would like to have some asparagus (cooked or steamed) with dinner tonite so…I have yet to come up with a satisfactory process that delivers the taste I think I’m looking for. Please help me out here.
I just had Mandy’s recipe “breakfast concoction”, not bad but I think I need a little more practice with this one
January 29, 2010 at 9:33 am
BF: scrambled w/ spinach half avacado, banana.
Coffee
water
@John N
8-12 mins in steamer – or hot pan with olive oil fry em up until a little charred (close to al dante)…drizzle some fresh lemon juice over and sprinkle with lightly toasted almonds – always a hit here.
January 29, 2010 at 9:54 am
I got productive last night and work up to the amazing smell of chili!
Breakie: One hot (spicey & temp) bowl of chili with 1/4 avocado.
And it’s payday which means treatday at my office, I participated by enjoying some fresh blueberries and grapes, fruits I don’t normally buy. Also I’m heading out for a fun vacay weekend with many friends, I won’t be posting my meals for a few days, hopefully I can make good choices. Wish me luck!
January 29, 2010 at 9:55 am
I meant woke up.. oops.
January 29, 2010 at 10:15 am
Had the first great sleep last night I have had in weeks! WOOT!!! HAPPY DANCE!!! I AM A NEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWW WOMAN. LOOK OUT WORLD! (I woke up a pound lighter, if that is what sleep does, I am taking it up full time)
Thank you Tania for this On-Ramp class! It was a tremendous confidence builder and good for the body too. I have definitely noticed strength gains, and losing a total 4″ wasn’t too shabby either.
Looking forward (albeit really nervous) to joining the mainstream next week.
Breakie: No bean chili – thanks Mandy for this recipe
Lunch: Roast Beast and salad
Dinner (on the go on the way to the states): Burger no bun, salad
Snacks: Jerky, nectarine, nuts
@ john N: asparagus is one of my absolutely favourite veggies! I “stir fry” then in the pan with a little balsamic vinagrette, evoo and lemon if desired
or roast them in the oven in some foil with some evoo and spices
I am away from my recipe book – so I will send official recipes soon.
@ Steve A: Thanks for the laugh this morning!!!
January 29, 2010 at 10:18 am
@John N
Deep Fry them buggers in bacon grease…
….. Just kidding…. really ….I actually cook asparagus just like Chris and turns out great.
Breakfast was post workout meal….. 54g protein 20g carbs (sweet potato mash),
Next meal will be eggs and 4 cups spinach.
E.
@Steve A.
Can you get me about 50 cans….
January 29, 2010 at 10:36 am
Yep, I’m pretty sure that men talking about what they do in the kitchen in the hottest thing ever!!
Woo!
January 29, 2010 at 10:42 am
1/2 a tuna steak, egg & orange. Anybody have a good guacamole recipe?
January 29, 2010 at 11:04 am
@Daryl C Guac is super easy, I’m not the measuring type, but I put 2-3 very ripe (dark black) peeled avocados (pit removed) in a bowl mash it with a fork. Add a glub of salsa, a squirt of lemon juice (or juice from one real lemon or lime) a dash of garlic powder, salt and pepper, whalla, delicious! If you don’t like the chunks you can put it in a mixer and whip it too. Some people say that if you put the pit back in the bowl of guac it wont’ turn brown as fast, personally I don’t care if it changes color, it still tastes good, even a few days later. Add more garlic or fresh if you like it garlicy, I also used to add a glub of hummus to make it a bit creamyier (I’m now off the hummus).
January 29, 2010 at 11:23 am
Breaky on the run…protien/banana shake between workout & work. Spinach omlette is on the menu for lunch…apple/tuna (diced together) available for snacking. We got invited over to dinner at friends…found out the menu is spaghetti…help! what do I do??? Not sure whether to bring my own spaghetti squash to replace pasta…don’t want to make big deal about what I’m doing and don’t want to offend anyone. suggestions?
January 29, 2010 at 11:35 am
ok..so regarding sleep. I know this is a HUGE problem for me. I mean I have no trouble falling asleep…but I have many little peeps that keep waking me up through the night. I try to get to bed by 10pm abd usually get to sleep until6:30, BUT I am waking up to feed Johanna 1-3 or 4 times per night ( usually only 2 times), not to mention the odd time the other two wake me up for whatever reason.
I am about to cut her off fromthe middle of the night feedings, because she does not need it anymore, but any suggestions on how I can make the most with what I am working with????
help!!!
no breakfast yet…yikes!
January 29, 2010 at 11:36 am
@Kimberly
just found that blog..it is great!
January 29, 2010 at 11:55 am
@natalie g
Thanks natalie…..will be making it this weekend along with Chris’s crockpot chicken
January 29, 2010 at 11:58 am
Breakfast #1 at 5am: 4 oz of salmon with 2 eggs and some spinach / 1 cup of coffee with a bit of cream / 1/2 banana / 1/2 pear.
Breakfast #2 at 10am: 10oz of salmon with 1 zucchini, 2 celery stocks, handful of spinach, lime juice, sea salt and fresh ground pepper/ 1/2 avocado / 1/2 grapefruit / 1/2 pear / water
January 29, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Breakfast – eggs, elk sausage, banana, black coffee.
Followed up w/ a gazme of checkers and snakes and ladders w/ my daughter who is 4 and doesn’t like losing at anything ! LOL
January 29, 2010 at 12:07 pm
@John N
The trick to really good roasted veggies is to make sure they’re not crowded, too many too close together and they end up steaming.
January 29, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Bfast- Jodi had a pork chop and some cauliflower. I was very lethargic today and wasn’t even hungry so I forced down a small protien shake with fish oil to at least fuel my body a bit. Seems to be working as the day goes on I feel more and more energized. Hell I folded laundry and even put it away…..Jodi will probably die of a heart attack when she gets home.
January 29, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Alright so I haven’t been able to keep logs for the beginning of the program as I had limited access to ‘net last week in Jamaica, and this week has been stressful because of interviews for jobs (hope I get one!!!) but I’m getting in next week, and I’ll record today’s intake: (minimal as it is…)
2 eggs
black coffee
BUT I want all you Real Food compadres to note that today is the last Friday of the month, hence allowing the 10% off of any produce you buy at all VitaHealth food stores. They have a great selection of organic and fresh produce, and I’d encourage you to take advantage of this every month. They also have a preferred customer program that is free, and once you reach the accumalted $200 spent, you get $10 off next purchase. Don’t know if this applies to supplements only or produce as well, sorry!
And get this! I get to make my family a food plan for the next week of Real Food! I’m trying to convince them to improve their well-being by eating this way, so I get to plan their meals for a week for them to try it out. Here’s hoping it’ll work, as my mom is a fibromyalgia sufferer, and would like her to improve it through her diet. Here goes tryin!
Keep up the good work, guys!!!
January 29, 2010 at 12:59 pm
@ Connie
ugh, I hate the awkward. However, since I am not a pasta fan to begin with, I literally do just eat the sauce – do you think you could get away with that and still be satisfied? It might save you from a big discussion and you can just say “no thanks, I am totally cool this way.”
Good luck! We had one of those while having dinner out with friends. They wanted to order any number of “not on the plan” appetizers. Needless to say we DID end up in the discussion with a bunch of raised eyebrows directed our way in the end. Hoefully you can dodge that more gracefully than we did.
January 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm
It’s Friday! My first actual Friday of clean eating and I’m a little concerned…I’m already dreading the fact that I will not be having my usual glass of red wine after work…
I am a very solid sleeper, as in I never wake up in the middle of the night – just sleep my 8 hours straight (might have a couple of exceptions a year!). Since starting the RFC, I have found myself waking up in the middle of the night. I don’t know why and I don’t like it…
Connie, good luck! I know what it’s like to have people not understand. I’ve found that it’s easier not to bring it up and avoid the explanation all together.
January 29, 2010 at 1:48 pm
@Kimberly
Good blog, spunky girl she is. lol
I IF’d this morning because I ate too much, too late last night and still felt full this morning…my ‘breakfast’ was at 11:30am and it was crustless quiche.
Lunch is a sesame turkey stir fry, snack is turkey sausage/avocado/cucumber, dinner (post workout) will be spaghetti squash/hearts of palm/mustard chicken.
ZZZZZZZZZZZ……When I was younger, I was a night owl – I would stay up very late (often exercising late, “Who’s that crazy girl running the streets at 11pm?!”) and then I’d sleep in or wake up just before classes started on school days.
For the last couple of years, (especially since I starting Crossfitting) I have been trying to get more ZZZZZZZ’s in because it is SOOO GOOD for the body/mind/spirit.
Slowly my routine changed and I have become an old lady that loves to be in bed by 10pm, even weekends! haha
I rarely sleep in, my body won’t let me.
And I much rather workout in the mornings because I find it is the BEST WAY to start my day!
SLEEP for me should be top of the list, numéro 1! If sleep is good-to-go then eating clean and exercising just seems to flow. But in this busy world, sleep is always the first to be cut…
For the last few months however, I have had a lot of trouble following this routine – I go to bed way too late, I feel yucky in the morning and often push back my workouts to the evening and then I am too wired to relax before bed so all I do is putter around in my kitchen or clean instead of sitting down and relaxing with my boyfriend (you can imagine the patience he has dating a French Redhead! lol)
This makes my evenings too short and then I can’t settle down to fall asleep…I have enough stress at work to deal with that I need my downtime in the evenings but I self-sabotaging those efforts.
* What is to realize is that OUR BODIES need sleep because of the intense workouts we do…needs time to build and repair. *
I know what I need to do but I just gotta do it – I have to : Leave work at the right time / schedule less things during weeknights / prepare more meals in advance / clean as I go / grocery shop less, stock up more / workout in the mornings or early enough in the evenings / sit down when I get home even for 2 minutes to debrief / prep early for the following day / no eating close to bedtime / no TV right before bed / commit to being in bed by 10pm! / BREATH / LAUGH / ENJOY!
Whatta vent sorry!
January 29, 2010 at 2:24 pm
scambled eggs with peppers and mushroom. And a banana.
January 29, 2010 at 3:17 pm
@Smokey Jo
Men in the kitchen eh?, whatever turns your crank Darlin! By the way, who are you calling old?!! I am in bed most nights between 9:30 and 10 and love it. But I do wake up at least once during the night and every so often have a night where I just do not really sleep. I think it may be more hormonal than anything else.
@Superbean
Good for you Bean, good luck with that. At least they are willing, I have one son who is on board and my husband and other son who are meat and potato guys!
My breakfast this morning was in stages. I had a boiled egg and one of my paleo bran muffins just after the wod. I had an appt to get to so then came home and made one of Tania’s “pancakes” – 2 eggs, some almond butter, some almond flour, mix it all up, throw it in a pan and fry it from both sides. Really good but really filling, couldn’t eat the whole thing so I have saved half of it for another time.
Lunch is leftover pork and veggies
Snack is chicken and an apple
Supper – we are going out so dinner will be either chicken or steak with veggies and a salad.
@Connie
Are these good enough friends that you could bring your own spaghetti squash and not feel weird? Could you maybe just explain that you are on a “special diet” for a while and can’t eat carbs? Otherwise even just take the sauce and hopefully they have a salad to go with it!
@Steve A.
That was hilarious – your post makes it sound like you drank a few of those before posting! Loved it.
January 29, 2010 at 8:36 pm
@Superbean
Irene, do they tell you when you reach $200? I have reached WAY more than that there, and have never been offered any $10 discount…..
January 29, 2010 at 9:21 pm
Breakfast – Last night’s leftovers which consist of hamburger cooked with onions and mixed veggies. Tasted better this morning then last night
January 29, 2010 at 10:59 pm
Breakfast: Meatballs in tomato sauce and sauteed peppers!!!
January 30, 2010 at 1:01 am
@Suzanne
I dunno! I haven’t spent that much yet…it may have to do with produce only???!! Did you register with them with your info and give your phone number each time? That’s the only thing I could think of.
January 30, 2010 at 1:30 am
breakfast, left over pork roast
January 30, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Sorry forgot to document yesterday. Mostly because it was Turkey breast and spinach again. Had my fish oil with breakfast also. Energy was good yesterday but still not substantially different than eggs in the morning.