I'm also setting a budget for myself. Gonna see if I can do all this for under $50/week. If I'm challenging myself with nutrition, I can challenge myself with money, too.
For those doing the 30...don't allow yourself to get hungry. Have snacks available. Your perception of food is going to change soon. The withdrawals and the inconvenience will kicks your ass til you fight thru them.
Awkwardness is trying to explain the paleo diet at a pizza party (I was prompted, didn't bring it up). I hate pushing the idea on people but how to you delicately say you think grains are poison while someone is eating pizza. Not looking for advice here just venting. I just ended up telling people I was gluten intolerant and I think a lot of people should try going gluten free for a time to see how they feel citing the fact that both myself and my girlfriend felt much better after removing it even though neither of us were diagnosed with an intolerance. I was promptly ignored. Oh well, I'd have probably ignored me too. That pizza smelled really fucking good.
I can't wait to start this. I ate the rest of those cookies last night, and have about 1/8 of a bag of chips left. A friend invited me to a greasy spoon dive restaurant for breakfast today; I had to decline because I can't stomach the thought of any more garbage. Mya, how did the run go?
I really can't wait to hear how going Paleo for 30 days goes for everyone. Hopefully it'll give me some inspiration. I wanted to join you guys, but I couldn't bring myself to throw away all the grains and dairy I have in my kitchen. Once my food supply gets lower, I plan to start eating more of just veggies, fruit and meat.
So . . . uh . . . wow learned what off roading felt like today. I can only guess that to make an omelet the restaurant we met some friends at today add dairy beyond the cheese we had them hold. I have not felt so awful in my gut in a long time. Dairy might not be making a comeback for me. It could have also been something in the sausage, but the sausage was from a locally sourced and well known grass fed and humane farm.
Are we ready to DO this then? I think I have sufficiently indulged enough to be ready to give it all up, I have a 3 lb pork loin cooking in the crockpot, the kitchen stocked with meats, vegetables, fruits, and coconut milk (I even found some coconut cream for coffee), and am drinking a very good bottle of wine to go out with a bang. I am tempted to take photos just so I have a good before/after visual, I never do and always wish I would have. So, who is in on this whole30 thing again....DCC and I to begin tomorrow and DannyMac has already started. I hope that giving up dairy doesn't bring me to the same end as Danny, that will one thing that I enjoy whole heartedly after the 30 days are up. The race was a bit of a bust. I ended up hanging back with a friend who started cramping which resulted in walking after about mile 6. A part of me didn't mind since my training was so horrible that I was nervous about being able to finish myself, but I felt pretty good up until that point, so the other part of me is wondering if I could have finished. And since I was saying that this was the end of my long distance running, and likely my last half then, I kind of wish I had gone out better. Oh well, we certainly had a good time.
Sweet - now have you been following the Paleo lifestyle at all so far, or will you be brand new to this type of eating?
Pictures might not be a bad idea, although the point of this is not really to lose weight (for me). Has anyone read the Sex With Your Pants On article, on the Whole30 website? It's an interesting read on why to not "Paleo-ify" your favourite foods. That the point is to totally re-wire how you approach food. But yeah. I just threw out the rest of those fucking hotdogs and buns. NEVER AGAIN.
I read that, and it helped me to rethink things. A part of me was wondering...what can I use instead of sweeteners to sweeten my teas and coffees, but then I realized that is totally missing the point. I need to get my taste buds back to getting used to experiencing only natural flavors (although, I do realize that my coconut milk creamer is a bit of a cheat). Fortunately, I am not much of a baked goods person so I am not tempted at that. I did try to make pancakes once with almond flour in the past, which is kind of crazy since I don't even really like regular pancakes. Guess it makes sense that I didn't care for them, even more dense than normal pancakes. Plus if there is one thing i have learned from my little foray into Paleo thus far, I have become more aware of how my body reacts to different foods, and I have noticed that nuts and I aren't such great friends. And DCC, I am not focused on the weight loss per se, but I am going to try to add in more weight training along with this, so am interested in toning. I guess I am just using this as an experience to kind of reset things and want to see the progress (hopefully there will be progress)
I feel like I'm on death row. I'm having my last meal right now. - salmon with honey glaze recipe - sweet potatoes soaked in cinnamon, brown sugar, melted butter, with marshmallows on top - spears (pickles) - buttered dinner rolls with sugar - great white shark beer - chocolate shake I feel like I should have gone with something more disgusting than salmon for the main course. Maybe baby back ribs covered in barbecue sauce. Mmmm, I'm going to miss southern style ribs. I'm still not sure how I'm going to handle this. It's going to be easy during the work week because I don't stay out late most nights, and I can always pack a lunch or head home when I need to. I don't like the idea of carrying around food with me during the weekends when I can be out of the house for 8-10 hours. Most restaurants offer fuck all that complies with the whole30 diet. Maybe I'll just go home whenever everyone else wants to eat. The thing is, Jacksonville is huge so depending on where everyone is it can be an hour of driving each way. Friday and Saturday nights are going to be so boring without drinking. I keep telling myself the first weekend is going to be the hardest. I'm planning on picking up a couple more video games, and I have plenty of books on deck for reading.
Not closely. I try to eat somewhat healthy but I'm not too strict. I've eaten paleo for a week or two a few times and I'm pretty familiar with what it entails. I've got my roommate doing it with me and we're gonna switch off cooking dinners during the week to keep cost down and keep eachother in line. My only issue is going to be lunch. I work construction and have a half hour to eat. No microwaves on the site and I'm pretty stumped on what to make. Edit: Just read Kampf's post and it got me thinking. It's about to be prime BBQ season and I started getting pretty serious with it last summer (16 hour pulled pork, pretty damn good baby backs). If I don't use sugar in the glaze or rub it should still be paleo right. It is meat.
I would say go for it. However, paleo tends to put an emphasis on grass fed meat, and the meat you buy at most stores is injected with additives at the processing plant. So yes, it's paleo, but if you are planning on following a stricter diet you need to know more about where your meat comes from.
I'm in for the 30 along with you guys. dry rub would be easy enough for this first 30 days b/c you can just leave out any sugars. I'd think even a paleo sauce recipe would probably contain worchestershire or use honey/molasses, so it'd be fine for paleo but not the 30 days we're doing up front unless you could find one that sweetens mostly w. apple juice or maybe an unsweetened applesauce. We'll be done before memorial day weekend though, not encroaching on too much bbq time.
Almonds, bell peppers cut up and put into a ziploc, and then cooked chicken breast you can just maw through when you get hungry. I recommend a personal ice chest. It can seem douchy, but it's easy. And like I said, you don't want to get hungry. You get hungry you'll start looking around at all the things you COULD eat right then and there, and you'll get HANGRY.
There is a good mustard/vinegar/hot sauce based BBQ recipe online. The original calls for brown sugar, but you can leave it out and just go less on the vinegar. It's pretty decent on ribs and it is absolutely awesome with pulled pork. I've been eating paleo for a month now. I don't follow the whole30 program or whatever it is as I have one meal a week where I eat whatever I want. For me, I see little harm in having one meal a week that doesn't conform to the paleo diet. I've never been a sweets/dessert person, but I LOVE pasta, pizza, rice, potatoes and this allows me to still enjoy those. I might be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure apple juice is out as well as apple sauce unless you blend up your own apples. SwampDonkey: Steak coleslaw wraps are one of my go to meals if I need something for lunch and I don't have a way to heat it up. Dice up the steak, mix it with the coleslaw, and then wrap it in Boston lettuce. The coleslaw can be either vinegar based, or if you have the equipment to make your own mayo, you can do that as well.
I was doing this for a bit too, but after a while I went from feeling kind of crappy the day after a cheat meal to borderline non-functional for almost two days after a cheat meal. I've also heard that having gluten even once a week can still produce many of the negative side effects of a normal western diet because it rips your gut lining each time you have an exposure. I hope that's over-exaggerated though because it's pretty damning.
Phew, I don't think my body could have taken anymore of the cheat days. As it is today, I feel so fuzzy headed that I wonder how I am going to get through the day. So Day 1 plan: Coffee with coconut milk - boy did I miss the sweetener, no longer my sweet treat! 2 eggs scrambled with a bit of the pork roast that I had cooked in the crockpot overnight. Not too bad, but of course with the detached way I feel currently I could have eaten shit and not noticed Lunch - veggie salad with the pork roast. I whipped up some vinagrette dressing and brought in an avacado too Dinner - Pork roast over Cauli-rice (so lots of pork, but in a different prep, it is large so I envision eating it for a few days) Snacks - I brought an apple and a tangelo, but I bet I don't feel so snacky, maybe I will eat one of them. I also brought lots of tea and water. I need to do something to clear my mind. Work out :a weight class at the gym tonight. I didn't get on the scale or take pics since I have full on bloat from the crap eating of the weekend, but I probably will after a day or two of clean eating and I start feeling less out of sorts. So happy to have some partners in this. I promise that I won't continue daily updates like this (boring), but wanted to get it kicked off on the right foot!