Monday, March 31, 2014

Spring 14 Paleo Challenge, Week 2

Monday, 3/31
Breakfast
3 egg scramble and bacon

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Lunch
Spinach and veggies salad, topped with sheep feta cheese, balsamic vinaigrette, bacon bits, egg and 4oz salmon

"Snack"
3 glasses champagne, liver pate, and a meatball (first fall off the wagon!)

Dinner
4oz organic burger
Kale with sheep parmesan, vinaigrette and goat cheese dressing

Dessert
2 bowls blueberries with whip cream

Tuesday, 4/1
Breakfast
3 egg scramble plus bacon

Missed lunch - ate out of the (less evil) vending machine -- 2 Nugo organic bars and 1 Builder's bar

Worked out with Zack - muscle up practice, ring rows, dip supports

Dinner - 6oz steak, kale salad with ceasar dressing and sheep parmesan, few berries

Wednesday, 4/2
Breakfast
3 fried eggs, 9 almonds, 1 cup blueberries

Lunch
Salad at cafeteria

Snack
4oz organic beef jerky, 1/2 cup blueberries, 2 tsp almond butter

Dinner
2 fried eggs, 3 small chicken sausage patties
1 cup blueberries with whip cream

Thursday, 4/3 (day trip for work: 6am flight out, 7pm flight back)
Breakfast
4oz beef jerky, 2 tsp almond butter

Lunch
4 steak tacos, no tortilla. A dollop of guacamole, some cheese, and salsa

Dinner
Steak fajitas, hold the beans, rice, tortillas, and dairy. (peppers onions, steak and guac only)

Snack
Beef Jerky (non-organic) on the plane

Friday, 4/4
Breakfast
Didn't have time for real breakfast, so had a Nugo Organic bar

Lunch
Spinach and kale salad, with various veggies and 4oz salmon on top

Snacks
Builder's bar and Organic dark chocolate peanut butter cups

Dinner
Grilled chicken leg/thigh (skin on)
Quinoa slaw
Beets
Eggplant/Bell pepper salad

Dessert
Gluten free ginger molasses cookie

Saturday, 4/5
Brunch
Omelet with sauteed peppers, onions and goat cheese. Side of bacon

Snacks through the afternoon
Summer sausage, beef jerky, almonds

Bad snacks
Microwave Popcorn and 2 mini-York Peppermint patties

Dinner
Fried summer sausage and Quinoa slaw

Sunday, 4/6
Worked out -- muscle up progression and then Andy's metcon (15 pullups, 400m run, 25 wall balls)x3
Post-workout
Egg White protein shake, 2oz summer sausage, 10 almonds

Dinner
Flank steak stuffed with spinach and sheep feta cheese and olive marinade. 
Three glasses of wine
Dick's vanilla shake (which confirms my point that I shouldn't drink wine during Paleo challenge)



Sunday, March 23, 2014

Spring 14 Paleo Challenge, Week 1

Sunday, 3/23
Breakfast -
4oz meatloaf (grass fed hamburger, gluten free bread crumbs, chopped onions and celery) with homemade sauce (ketchup with chipotle peppers added)
8oz glass of "attitude cleanse" veggie juice (beets, ginger, cayenne, assorted veggies) from Alive Juice Bar
2tsp (6g of fat) organic almond butter

Lunch
4oz meatloaf
2 cups blueberries
1 tsp almond butter

Snack
2oz summer sausage
1 tsp almond butter
8oz veggie juice

Dinner
5oz meatloaf
80g sweet potato, raw, sliced
2tsp almond butter
4oz veggie juice

Monday, 3/24
Breakfast
3 egg scramble with onions and peppers, 3 slices bacon

Lunch
Spinach salad with peppers, pickled onions, balsamic vinaigrette and 4oz Salmon

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Dinner
6-7 chicken skewers (1oz each?)
2tsp almond butter
1 cup blueberries

Tuesday, 3/25
Breakfast
3 egg scramble with onions and peppers, 2 slices bacon
2 tsp Almond butter

Side note: First time I have used the second hole in my belt for a while!

Lunch
Spinach salad with peppers, pickled onions, sheep feta, eggs, balsamic vinaigrette, and 4oz salmon on top

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Dinner
5oz chicken bratwurst with 1-2 tsp of mayo
Homemade sweet potato chips (unknown qty)

Wednesday, 3/26
Breakfast
3 egg scramble with onions and peppers, 3 slices bacon

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Lunch
Steak Salad at cuoco

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Dinner
~6oz ribeye steak
Salad with balsamic and sheep feta
1/3 hot dog
2 tsp almond butter

Muscle up transition practice after dinner!

Thursday, 3/27
Breakfast
3 egg scramble with onions and peppers, 3 slices bacon

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Lunch
Salad

Snack
Nugo Organic Bar

Workout with Zack -- handstand practice and hammy stretching!

Dinner 
6oz grassfed beef burger, light BBQ sauce
2 slices bacon
1 tbsp (14g fat) of coconut oil

Friday, 3/28
Breakfast
3 egg scramble, 3 slices of bacon "the usual"

Snack
Nugo Organic bar

Lunch
Spinach salad, added a little kale this time along with my usual toppings.

Snack
4oz organic beef jerky

Dinner
Steak with sheep feta, spinach and spices rolled inside it
Cauliflower and Sweet potato dish of some sort
10 almonds
asparagus/leeks/pine nuts/bacon bits dish of some sort

After dinner snack
~2oz summer sausage and 1/2 cup blueberries

Saturday, 3/29
Crossfit homework (muscle up, ring rows and dips practice) plus Dave's mobility class
Brunch
3 egg "el diablo" omelet at Hale's, with goat cheese and veggies
7 slices of bacon

Snack
1/2 cup of blueberries
2oz or so of summer sausage
6 almonds
4oz organic beef jerky

Dinner
Leftovers from last night
3tsp almond butter
1/2 cup blueberries

Sunday, 3/30
Munched throughout the day...
20 almonds, 3 tsp almond butter, 4-6 oz of summer sausage, 4oz beef jerky, 3 cups blueberries
6oz reheated steak

Dinner
Eggs, chicken sausage, kale scramble
2tsp almond butter

Pre-Paleo Challenge Spring 2014 (v7)

Started the Paleo Challenge today, but have been cleaning up my diet for the last week in preparation. Returned from a week of vacation and then a week of out of town corporate meetings, to find my weight at a Crossfit-era record high of 193. My allergies were acting up so much that for a week I couldn't sleep due to nasal congestion and itchy eyes. I was taking my prescription nasal spray and eye drops, plus Zyrtec, plus benadryl to sleep. And I would still wake up with itchy, inflamed eyes.

For the last week, I've been trying to be pretty strict Paleo -- no Gluten for sure, minimum Dairy (I even stopped putting whip cream on my blueberries). My allergies have cleared up, although not sure whether that's because it was really tree pollen, or because I've cleaned up the diet. I do know that the summer that I was very strict Paleo (2011), I didn't once use any allergy medication for the first time since I was five years old.

Nancy took my "before" picture at the gym on Friday night, and we take the after pictures on May 24th, after 7 weeks.