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February 14, 2010 in nutrition, Real Food Challenge, seminars by Turbo
Real Food Challenge Day 29
How's this for a food pyramid?
Halfway through the challenge…
Let’s start thinking about dinner. Here’s a “breaded” chicken and cauliflower curry recipe from PaleoBrands.com to get you started.
Please post dinner and comment on the best and worst of the challenge so far. i.e. Best: I can see my abs. Worst: Ordering a piece of chocolate pecan pie and letting it sit there in front of me for an hour without eating it. Yes, you know who you are…
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February 15, 2010 at 2:50 pm
Coleslaw(mixed in with an apple, raisins & purple onion) with olive oil, vinegar & coconut milk dressing
A can of tuna
February 15, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Paleo Chili – http://paleomama.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/my-infamous-paleo-chili/
no sex – not yet anyway.
best part of challenge: body morphing into the way it was supposed to be, getting up from the couch using my ab muscles and not my neck muscles, along with a huge rocking of my body, being educated on REAL FOOD
hardest part:
1.going to parties, gatherings, and meeting and explaining myself why i am not eathing the crap everyone else is eating.
2.trying not to sound ‘better’ than anyone else by chosing the way i eat as opposed to what is being eaten by the masses.
3.Biting my toungue when seeing people chow down on a burger fries and milkshake then having to hear them cry becuause they are out of shape and overweight.
February 15, 2010 at 5:29 pm
Had a good team workout this morn… didn’t feel so strong.. then again, my body doesn’t usually function well before 11am.
Breaky was ground turkey concoction.
Lunch was an omelet with chicken and peppers.
Dinner will be coconut curry shrimp with a ton o veggies.
Loves:
Love the new bod. I am determined to see a six pack one day.
Love the compliments that come with the new bod.
Definition in my muscles… I have never ever seen definition before. I often wondered if I had muscles? lol
Love that my boyfriend likes it so he put a ring on it.
Love not feeling tired.
Love that I am getting stronger even if it is little by little.
Love to cook now and the variety of food I’m discovering. I’m not scared of more than 5 ingredients or that it doesn’t contain Stove Top.
Struggles:
The non-convenience of it sometimes. Have to be prepared for every day… or at least have a cooked chicken in the fridge ready to be mauled. This will come into play more this summer as I travel a lot.
The holidays and the sugar treats calling my name.
Explaining to people why this isn’t a ‘diet’.
Explaining to people the ‘why’… which I’m not that scientific in my knowledge so sometimes that’s a struggle. I just know it works.
Biting my tongue on a lot of casual conversations re: food, being in shape etc.
Pro or con: Buying new clothes… and having money to buy the new clothes.
February 15, 2010 at 7:44 pm
I was away from home all weekend and did not have easy access to a computer. So here is en mass what I’ve had for lunch.
Saturday Lunch – Salmon with broccoli, fish oil
Sunday Lunch – Chicken curry with carrots, broccoli, onions
and tonight for dinner I am actually going over to my neighbors (got her to start eating paleo 3 weeks ago and she got really excited about some recipes, shes making me some chicken meal i will post in a bit)
Struggles:
-getting used to being a little hungry all the time
-affording the volume of meat necessary
-cutting out nuts from my diet midway through this challenge so far
Best part has been the results of cutting out nuts. For me that really accelerated my results and made me feel even less sluggish through big study sessions
February 15, 2010 at 7:54 pm
@Mandy
Engagement ring? Congrats!
Dinner: Beef and vegetable soup. And a chicken thigh and drum.
Pros:
Seeing more definition in muscles.
Being accountable for what I eat
Cons: Not eating what everyone else eats when going out.
Missing cheese and grains although not that much. I guess I can survive without it if really need to.
February 15, 2010 at 8:02 pm
Dinner tonight – chicken and vegetables
Pros – leaning out without losing weight, better performance & sleep
Cons – oh I miss that whole milk and ice cream ! No biggie I will see lots of both when I cycle to CFFB at the end of March
February 15, 2010 at 11:10 pm
Dinner was a crab/tuna/egg/ salad……Really good
Pros: leanest I have ever been…..I feel fast…
Many compliments…
Fell in love all over again with veggies..
Knowledge that I am doing right by me….
Cons: I do miss bread,,,,
Explaining that I do not have a body image problem…:) Long story
Not eating ice cream with my kids….
Trouble finding variety….
Strength gains have slowed…..
February 15, 2010 at 11:32 pm
stir fry with lots of veggies and squash
February 15, 2010 at 11:35 pm
Just came back from a ski weekend with the whole family. It was great other than my digestive system revolted against some pretty poor food choices that started on Friday on our way out to the ski hill. The midwest US is a pretty tough place to find real food on the road. After eating pretty clean for 3 weeks and than trying to pull a fast one backfired big time. By Sunday afternoon I was suffering big time.
For dinner tonite upon arrival at home we had chinese takeout; I had the beef broccoli. Probably a bit short on protein.
Pros: taking the belt in a notch on the jeans and losing a few pounds making WODs easier. Renewed interest in food and cooking.
Cons: food prep and planning is currently time consuming. Hopefully the longer I do this the easier it will become.
@Eric
E…life’s to short to not have ice cream with your kids once in a while.
February 15, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Report on dinner: AWESOME! Here is what she made. Do yourselves a favor and write this recipe down.
4 Chicken breast cut up into bite size pieces
5 big mushrooms
4 small yellow onions
3 cups spinach spinach (maybe)
handful of raisins
handful of almonds
Pan fry chicken in oil before adding the veggies (+ oregano and no salt added la grille chicken spice). Then add the onions and mushrooms and sautée. Towards the end add the raisins and almonds. Top with avocado.
Freaking amazing.
February 16, 2010 at 8:45 am
@Luke
Does sound freaking amazing!
My paleo chili was good too. but a little “soupy”. think next time i may brown the ground beef and drain it before adding to everything else.
February 16, 2010 at 9:01 am
Lunch on Sunday: (slept in it was wonderful!!!) Mandy’s cereal (blueberries, coconut with protein for milk). Some cold pork and a orange.
Lunch on Monday: out x-country skiing, lunch in the car on the way home was a pork salad (chopped up leftover pork, apple, celery and orange pepper with sunflower seeds) and salmon salad (salmon, a tiny bit of mayo with celery and pepper. Grapefruit and jerky for dessert.
Dinner: Baked Basa (so easy) with a mixed greens salad.
Best experience: Seeing my willpower improve. I liken it to my tricep. It’s a super tiny muscle but incredibly important and the more you use it the stronger it gets, everytime I go to a social gathering and leave with the satisfaction of sticking to my guns I feel like it gets a fraction stronger.
Worst: All the time and $ I spend on buying, planning and making food, and then when I have the chance to eat what someone else has made I usually can’t/don’t.
February 16, 2010 at 10:32 am
Dinner was roasted chicken with stir fried veggies.
Pros: slimming down, my scale and I are not on speaking terms so I don’t know if I have actually lost pounds or not. My pants are getting too big. I actually have a pair of jeans that I can take on and off without undoing. Just knowing that I am healthier and will avoid the diabetes that runs rampant through my family.
Cons: the time it takes to prepare meals and shop – I feel like I am constantly at the grocery store. Explaining/defending this way of eating. No, it isn’t a fad diet, yes it is actually good for you, no it isn’t dangerous to cut out grains, etc. Like Mandy, I finally resorted to just saying that this works for me and I feel better eating this way. Also, I do miss my toast and peanut butter!
@Mandy
Congratulations!
February 16, 2010 at 1:32 pm
So I think I missed a few days on my lunch posts. However I have been fooling around with my diet quite a bit. I followed strict paleo for about a month now. I can definitely see my abs more and I am very lean. On the other hand I have had trumendous bloating, gas and stomach pains. I have narrowed it down to large quantities of meat (maily red meat and pork). I have also found that I was very low on energy at night and starting to become a little irritated. I believe that both were diet related.
I have been relunctant to reintroduce dairy and grains back into my diet because of the inflammatory properties. However I simply needed to find different protein sources because all the meat eating is wearing me down. I know “grains” are carbs however I am eating the highest protein/carb ratio grains. I reintroduced 2 grains and 3 dairy products:
1- Organic steel cut oats
2 – Organic quinoa
1 – Organic plain yogurt
2 – Orgainc dry cottage cheese
3 – Goat milk
So far so good. No apparent side effects from the grains or dairy. It has been about a week since I reintroduced them. I am having about 1 cup of cooked grains per day and 2 or 3 servings of the dairy. I haven’t noticed any performance diffenrences yet in the gym. However I think my body fat percentage went up and I gained about 3 or 4 pounds (which is ok with me because I want to increase my strength).I have cut my meat intake down to 1 meal a day. I have also doubled my egg intake to supplement protein.
Lunch: Large salad with mixed greens, avocado, quinoa, cottage cheese, green onions, fish oil, lemon juice and 1/2 an apple.
Supper: Salmon burgers (2 cans of salmon, oat bran, green onions, celery, 1 egg, curry, hot sauce, black pepper) wrapped in ice burg lettuce with tomatoes and cottage cheese.