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Posted February 6, 2010 in Events, Real Food Challenge by Turbo

Real Food Challenge Day 21

Second Real Food Nutrition Meeting

We had a nutrition meeting on Thursday evening.  A question we heard a lot was “Is this allowed?” or “Am I allowed to eat this?”.  My answer was this: I am not the diet police.  You are allowed to eat whatever you want.  We want this challenge to be an opportunity to set you on the right track, see how you feel and look and perform, so that you can make your own decisions.  Please reread the shopping and nutrition guide before asking whether you should eat something.  Then, make your own decision.  Ask yourself:

- Is this worth it?

- What are the short-term, medium-term and long term effects of consuming this food?

- What are my goals and how fast do I want to achieve them?

We’ve posted a lot about sugar, grains and dairy and so you are more educated on this than the average person.  Use this information when trying to answer the questions above.

For example, you want to have a beer or a glass of wine.  Well, you know that alcohol is sugar and that beer also has grains.  You know what impact this will have on your blood sugar, you know how you will feel after having the drink, and how you will feel the next day.  You know that the sugar will cause your insulin to spike and encourage fat storage.  Is it worth it?  Well, if your primary goal is to lose fat and do it fast, then the answer should be clear.  If, however, you never drink and it is your best friend’s wedding and the wine is a beautiful vintage you’ll probably never get to taste ever again, and you’re getting close to your body composition goals, maybe it is worth it.  The point is, it’s your decision…

11 Comments to “Real Food Challenge Day 21”

  • Pascal
    February 7, 2010 at 11:57 am

    Lunch: Large salad with 6 oz salmon / romaine / spinach / red pepper / 1/2 avocado / 1 kiwi / lime juice / 1 tsp of mayo / pepper / celery / cucumber / ginger tea

  • maxine
    February 7, 2010 at 2:12 pm

    Homemade chicken soup again.

  • Jason S.
    February 7, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    lunch today tuna with acouple tomatoes. I had an awesome omlette for breakfast. Just finished my WOD (MP thrusters, muscle ups & rowing) and I am headed for an apple.

  • mikep
    February 7, 2010 at 2:31 pm

    Another horrible day with kids hockey all am and into the afternoon. Had a protein shake this am and some italian sausage inbetween hockey games for lunch. Jodi had the same with some cantalope.

  • E
    February 7, 2010 at 2:43 pm

    8 eggs 2 cups of broccoli and cauli, 2 strips of bacon…….

  • Sunshine
    February 7, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Lunch post-wod was 2 eggs & half a grapefruit.
    Lunch #2 – small portion of chicken w/turkey bacon, zucchini, mushroom, onion & garlic…I make most of my meals in one casserole, must easier and less clean-up.
    Dinner – I dusted off my crockpot and I’m looking forward to pork ribs done paleo style…hope it turns out!

  • nat g
    February 7, 2010 at 3:36 pm

    1st breakfast: 3 oz baked chicken, 2 slices cantaloup
    2nd breakfast: one square yam bake, 2 oz chicken
    snack: 2 celery with almond butter and raisins
    lunch: spinach salad, with brocoli, orange pepper, blueberries, celery, seeds, chicken & crab.

    I think there might be a second lunch too, I’m pretty hungry.

  • Kerri A
    February 7, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    chicken and veggies

  • Angela
    February 7, 2010 at 8:11 pm

    Craving a dessert? Try this sugarfree one..it’s actually pretty good! They are chocolate almond butter cups

    1.5 bars of coconut cream (import aisle of superstore)
    3 tbsp ground flax seed
    3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
    2 tbsp pure vanilla
    1 cup coconut oil
    2 cups unsweetened coconut flakes
    almond butter

    melt the coconut cream on low heat until melted. Stir in the cocoa powder. Once blended, add teh ground flax seed and stir. Add teh coconut oil and let it completely melt while stirring. Keep stirring until it’s all melted in and then at coconut flakes (and if you wnat you can add a couple scoops of protein powder too)
    Once everything is blended, add vanilla
    Put mixture into muffin liners in muffin pan then add some almond butter on top.
    Put in the freezer till hard!

    if you want, you can put UNpastuerized honey on it to sweeten it..but i just leave it as is and it’s pretty good!

  • Mandy
    February 7, 2010 at 8:24 pm

    Lunch today was ground turkey/Broccoli slaw concoction. My gang tonight had pizza… I’m dying here. Makes my ground beef and spag. squash not as good. One more day to tough it out!

  • Chris
    February 7, 2010 at 11:01 pm

    Lunch – beef/pork suasage stuffed peppers.
    Pizza for supper – nice going chris. nothing else was offered where i was. it did not feel decent at all – . i just couldnt drink enough water through the evening…sheesh i will be up all night

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