Monday, October 1, 2012

Paleo challenge v4, week 4 food log

Week 3 ended on a tough note...weddings are bad for diets, especially with old college buddies. I'm trying to get back on the straight and narrow.

Monday, 10/1
Breakfast - Onions and salsa omelet, plus about 1oz of summer sausage
Lunch - 6oz Bbq brisket with bbq sauce
Snack - 2 organic bars from the vending machine
Snack - 5 deviled eggs
Workout - 6pm with Scott
Dinner - ~1oz sweet potato with salsa, ~1oz summer sausage with 1 tsp mayo, 1 tsp almond butter

Tuesday, 10/2
Breakfast - Sauteed onions (1/2oz) and lean chicken sausage (3oz) with 1 tsp mayo, and 2 tsp+ of almond butter
Lunch - turkey with mayo, chicken salad, and green salad with balsamic vinaigrette.
Snack - Organic bar from vending machine
Second snack - Chicken spiedini at Cuoco
Dinner - Steak Fajitas, hold the tortilla, rice, beans, and sour cream
Dessert - one glass of wine and half a tub of popcorn at the madonna concert

Wednesday, 10/3
Breakfast - Sauteed onions and sausage, and 1 egg  up. 1oz summer sausage and 1 tsp mayo. 1 tsp of almond butter (maybe two?)
Lunch - Steak fajitas, hold the carbs and the dairy, just beef and veggies. And guac.
Workout with Steve at 4pm class
Dinner - 1oz of summer sausage, 1 tsp of mayo, Sauteed sweet potato and red pepper.
Snack - 1 tsp of almond butter and a couple slices (<1oz) of summer sausage

Thursday, 10/4
Workout - Mobility class with Dave. Dip handle support to L-sit, and Pistol Squat practice
Breakfast - Sauteed peppers and sausage, in coconut oil rather than walnut oil today. Two tsp of almond butter.
Lunch - Fajitas, hold the carbs, plus guac.
Snack - 2x Nugo organic bar from vending machine
Dinner - 1 sweet potato (6oz?), 1 chicken sausage (3oz) with 1tsp mayo, 1 tsp almond butter
Workout - 8pm with Steve!

Friday, 10/5
Breakfast - Pepper and onion omelet at work
Snack - 9 almonds
Lunch - Steak salad at Cuoco, hold the croutons and parmesan
Snack - 9 almonds
Workout - 5pm with Steve - Level 2
Dinner - 2 salmon burgers, Sauteed spinach with a few mushrooms, onions and raisins, and goat cheese.
Dessert - 1 tsp of almond butter
Midnight snack - a couple slices of salami and a tsp of peanut butter

Saturday, 10/6
Workout - level 2 class with Steve, then mobility with Dave
Brunch - el diablo omelet - jalapeño, onions, peppers, cholula and goat cheese. Left potatoes and fruit on plate and gave the English muffin to the kids
Lunch - ~3oz of summer sausage, 1tsp of mayo, 1 tsp of almond butter
Dinner - Mediterranean albacore salad at Ray's
Midnight snack (boo!) - 2 cups blueberries

Sunday, 10/7
Workout - 9am class with Andy
Breakfast - Veggie protein powder shake (23g protein), 1/2 onion (sort of caramelized) with pepper-infused goat cheese thrown in, 2 tsp of almond butter, and 1.5 cups blueberries
Snack - 3oz of sweet potato, sauteed in walnut oil, 1 hebrew national hot dog (~2oz), 2tsp of almond butter
Second Snack - 7 slices (2oz?) of salami with 1 tsp of mayo, 1/2 onion sauteed, 1 tsp of almond butter
Dinner - Sausage, onions and peppers sauteed in walnut oil






Monday, September 24, 2012

Paleo challenge, v4, Week 3 food log

Monday, 9/24
Breakfast - Onions and peppers omelet
Lunch - Sliced turkey and mayo, Tuna salad, onions (basically a make your own sandwich lunch at work, hold the cheese and bread)
Snacks - about 14 almonds, give or take, and a gluten free, dairy free, soy bar from the vending machine
Dinner - 1.5oz summer sausage, pan fried and dipped in ~1tsp mayo. Omelet cooked in summer sausage grease and a bit of walnut oil, with sauteed onions and salsa.
No crossfit tonight, too tired. :(
Snack - 3 slices (1/2oz?) of summer sausage with a tsp of salsa on each, and 2tsp of peanut butter

Tuesday, 9/25
Breakfast - Onions and peppers omelet
Lunch - Big bowl of chili
Snacks - 2x Organic bar from the vending machine.
Dinner - omelet with onions, sweet potato, salsa and three slices of summer sausage

Wednesday, 9/26
Yom Kippur so fasted all day.
Dinner - Gyros, peppers stuffed with feta and olives, a few sautéed peppers and onions and a little of my wife's hummus.
Dessert - 1 cup of blueberries and 2tsp organic almond butter.
Workout - 8pm with Mike, Tabata x4!
Post-workout snack - 8 slices of summer sausage, pan fried dipped in mayo and ~2oz of sweet potato

Thursday, 9/27
Breakfast - several slices (2oz?) of summer sausage, 2tsp almond butter
Long airplane ride
Afternoon snack -11 almonds, 2.5oz beef jerky
Workout at hyperfit USA in Ann arbor, Julie foucher's gym
Dinner - deviled eggs, chicken stuffed with duck sausage

Friday, 9/28
Lunch - ~4oz ribeye, diet coke, sautéed greens (probably chard)
Workout at Oakland county crossfit
Dinner - half slab of buffalo ribs with jack Daniels BBQ sauce. Two glasses of wine
Dessert - many glasses of wine

Saturday, 9/29
Breakfast - two Kind nut and fruit bars
Lunch - 2oz of beef jerky and a handful of cashews and almonds.
Dinner - went to a wedding. beef with chimmichurri sauce, salad, lots of wine.
Dessert - 6 pieces of candy corn, one small carrot cake cupcake with frosting, more wine and a 40 ouncer of "Steel Reserve 211" while sitting around the bonfire.

Sunday, 9/30
Woke up with a stuffy nose from my gluten-filled 40 ouncer.
Breakfast - omelet with peppers and onions and three pieces of bacon
Lunch - 1oz of beef jerky and a handful of almonds
Snack - Philly cheese steak on the plane, hold the bread.
Another snack - ~1 cup of blueberries, a couple oz of sliced summer sausage with pace picante salsa and a few slices of sweet potato
Dinner - after snacking for the previous hour, for dinner I had a few more slices of summer sausage, pan fried, dipped in mayo. Then sauteed some onions and through in picante sauce for a little super salsa. Finished off with a slice of goat cheese and a tsp of almond butter.




Monday, September 17, 2012

Paleo Challenge, v4, week 2 food log

Monday, 9/17
Breakfast -- Chicken italian sausage, 4.75oz, 3 tsp organic peanut butter
Snack -- 1 cup frozen blueberries. 1 tsp organic peanut butter, 2oz organic beef jerky
Lunch - veggie omelet (spinach and mushrooms), 11 sweet potato tots (the restaurant says there is no breading/gluten on them, it's hard to tell) dipped in chipotle aioli
Dinner -- 4.75oz chicken italian sausage, 1tsp organic peanut butter, 1 tsp mayo, 2oz of sweet potato, 1 lemon's worth of juice squeezed into my water, and 1 slice of apple without honey (for Rosh Hashanah)

Tuesday, 9/18
Breakfast - Onion omelet, made with walnut oil, 2tsp organic peanut butter
Lunch - Portage Bay Cafe, some kind of spicy beef hash. They left the potatoes out, so it was beef, onions, and peppers sauteed and then two eggs on top. Yum! But probably two meals worth of food at least.
Snack - one piece of beef jerky
Dinner - backed way off on dinner. 3oz (2 blocks) of sweet potatoes, half a chicken sausage, and 1 tsp of organic PB
Post-dinner Crossfit, 8pm with Steve!
Post-workout -- 1tsp of organic peanut butter and two glasses of lemon water

Wednesday, 9/19
Breakfast - Intermittent fasting, skipped breakfast
Lunch - Spinach and mixed greens salad, with onions, peppers, sheep feta, hard boiled egg, 6oz steelhead salmon and herb vinaigrette dressing. 9 almonds.
Snack - 6 almonds, 3oz beef jerky
Dinner - One chicken sausage, 2tsp organic peanut butter, salad with peppercorn blackberry vinaigrette (some sugar in this) and grated goat cheese, and 3oz sweet potato
Dessert - 8pm Crossfit with Mike!
Post workout snack -- 1oz organic beef jerky, 2 tsp organic peanut butter

Thursday, 9/20
Breakfast - Peppers and onions omelet
Snack - Going with a Cheat day snack, since my weight loss has started to plateau. Two top pot donuts! Plus one organic beef stick at the Farmer's market outside work. Plus a diet coke (booo)
Lunch - Spinach and mixed greens salad, with usual condiments
Snack - Chicken Spiedini at Cuoco plus a diet coke (booo)
Snack - 2tsp peanut butter
8pm Crossfit with Steve. My ass was dragging. Shorter time on handstand than everyone, less weight on deadlift, less weight on wod, and slower on the double unders. Maybe the diet is catching up with me.
Dinner - two hebrew national hotdogs (100g total) with about a tsp of mayo, 4oz sweet potato, about 2tsp of peanut butter

Friday, 9/21
Breakfast - 2oz sweet potato, 2 tsp peanut butter, Hebrew national hot dog and a tsp of mayo
Headed for the airport now. Gonna have to stay focused this weekend. Good news is I am going to two new crossfits in phx this weekend!
Second breakfast - peppers and onion scramble at the airport, diet coke
Lunch - flat iron steak salad topped with salsa
Crossfit with Annelisa at core crossfit in Phoenix
Dinner - flat iron steak with double seasonal veggies and a Caesar salad hold the croutons and Parmesan.

Sunday, 9/22
Early morning mobility class at core crossfit
Breakfast - omelet with peppers, onions and jalapeño. 1 sausage link, 3 pieces bacon. Two diet cokes
Lunch - lamb kebab with some lettuce and some sort of dressing. 1/4 cup-ish Hummus. 2 diet cokes. Feeling a little sluggish this afternoon, maybe due to diet cokes?
Dinner - hummus on veggies, Caesar salad without croutons or Parmesan, beef filet, and asparagus

Sunday, 9/23
Breakfast - peppers, onions, jalapeño omelet, a few mixed berries, 1 sausage link, 1 strip of bacon
Lunch - Vienna beef hotdog, mustard and a few onions
Snack - 14 almonds and ~4oz beef jerky, 2 oz sweet potato
Pre-workout snack - a couple oz of sweet potato
Workout - 6pm with Steve!
Dinner - Omelet with half an onion and a couple oz of sweet potato, sauteed in walnut oil, 2tsp peanut butter




Monday, September 10, 2012

Paleo Challenge, v4! (week 1 food log)

We're starting the Paleo challenge at the Crossfit again this week. I'm going to try Paleo + Zone again and see how far I get with that, along with minimizing alcohol intake for the next seven weeks. I have a wedding to attend in week 4 in Michigan, so I will probably have to break the alcohol rule there. I took my picture a couple days ago, and since have been alcohol free and trying to adhere to the Zone diet.
Food log starts today, 9/10.

Food log, week 1:
Monday, 9/10
Breakfast - Onion Scramble (1 red onion, 3 eggs, cooked with walnut oil) + 1oz summer sausage
Lunch -- Steak salad (~4oz?) with lettuce, a little red pepper, hazelnuts, and lemon thyme vinaigrette
Snack -- one bottle of "Just Greens" juice from Columbia Gorge Organics. 100 calories, 13 g of carb. It''s made of celery, kale, spinach, and cucumber juice.
Dinner -- 6 florets of pan-fried broccoli (sauteed in walnut oil and garlic), ~2oz of sweet potato, 1 chicken italian sausage (3oz), 1oz summer sausage, left over pickled cabbage salad of some sort.

Tuesday, 9/11
Breakfast -- Skipped
Snack -- 9 almonds
Lunch -- 4 oz grassfed beef burger, sauteed vegetables (not sure how much. probably a couple cups) plus 6 almonds
Afternoon of snacks -- 6 more almonds, 2x Beef Jerky from Brave Horse (maybe about 3oz each?), 5 small deviled eggs. Good news is I drank water rather than wine during my snack breaks!
Dinner -- One piece (3 oz?) of chicken with bottled "Hyderabad Korma" sauce. about 12 broccoli florets.
Dessert -- Crossfit 8pm with Steve!

Wednesday, 9/12
Breakfast -- Red Pepper Omelet (1 Red Pepper, 3 eggs, a bit of walnut oil)
Snack -- 6 almonds
Lunch -- Spinach and mixed green salad with pickled onions, red/green peppers, sheep feta cheese, herb vinaigrette, ~6oz steelhead and sauteed veggies
Snack -- 6 almonds
Appetizer -- Crossfit 5pm with Duncan!
Dinner -- Blackened Salmon Ceasar salad with habanero jerk sauce at Hale's

Thursday, 9/13
Breakfast -- Onions and Pepper omelet at work, 1/2 tsp of peanut butter, a few slices of sweet potato
Lunch -- Spinach and mixed green salad with pickled onions, red/green peppers, sheep feta cheese, herb vinaigrette, ~6oz steelhead
Snack -- 6 almonds and beef jerky at the Bravehorse
Dinner -- went to Art of the table with three non-crossfit, non-paleo friends and had the salad course, the cod with veggies (left the taters on the plate) and sauteed zuchini with pesto and some other stuff. Very complex dishes, so I don't remember all the details. But I was able to make it through the dinner with nothing other than water and one Dry soda to drink.

Friday, 9/14
Breakfast -- Green pepper and onion omelet at work
Lunch -- Spinach and mixed green salad with pickled onions, red/green peppers, sheep feta cheese, herb vinaigrette, ~6oz steelhead
Snack -- 12 almonds, 5 thin slices of sweet potato
Appetizer -- Crossfit 5pm!
Dinner -- 4oz hamburger, 1tsp of mayo, 6 broccoli florets, a little bit of dill cucumber onion salad, 1 tsp of organic peanut butter. Skipped the gluten free cupcakes and snicker doodles for dessert.

Saturday, 9/15
Per-workout snack - 5 slices of sweet potato
Workout x2 - level 2 with Jim and then mobility with Dave!
Brunch - el diablo omelet at hale's. Peppers, onions, jalapenos, goat cheese and cholula plus three eggs.
Snacks - 2 tsp peanut butter and 3oz beef jerky
Dinner - 2 BBQ chicken drummettes, 3-4oz of salmon, sautéed veggies (asparagus, zucchini, carrot, onions), salad (left the blue cheese and apple chunks on the plate)

Sunday, 9/16
Brunch - special omelet. Italian sausage, guacamole, poco de gallo and goat cheese. Yum. Biscuit that comes with goes to my son.
lunch - fajitas. Beef, peppers, onions, guacamole. No beans, rice or tortilla.
Pre-workout snack - The last few slices of sweet potato (about 1/6 of a tater)
Workout! - 6pm class with Steve: 25 barbell thrusters + 25 box jumps (x3) then total of 60 KB Swings and 60 goblet squats
Dinner - 2oz summer sausage, 1 large bell pepper = 2 cups = 8oz = about 1.6 blocks carb, sauteed in ~1tsp walnut oil with 2 eggs for a scramble, 2 glasses of water with one lemon squeezed into them.
Snack - 1 tsp peanut butter before bed.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Food log week 4, going on vacation

We are on vacation this week, as it's Toby's spring break. I got to sleep in this morning and go to Jim's mobility class today at 9. It was pretty fun, we did "climbing." Start below the bar, swing your legs up and get above the bar. Harder than it seems. This afternoon we're heading to Chelan for the week for a relaxing week of nothing...hopefully in the sun. Our packing list started with 2 ipads, 2 kindle fires, 2 iphones, a Wii, and a Roku. I hope we'll do a little something that doesn't involve screens. I think I will take a kettle bell and some running shoes and see if that helps.
Monday:
Post workout breakfast: started out with about 2 oz of summer sausage, fried in the skillet. Used the grease from this to saute half an onion and a whole green pepper along with some ground red pepper and salt, and threw in 3 eggs for an omelet. Yum! This may end up being lunch too!
Trip to Chelan: had some beef jerky and diet coke from the gas station. No allergens listed on the beef jerky package, and soy sauce wasn't in the ingredients list, so hoping there was no gluten in it.
Dinner: Fajitas - Steak, peppers, onions, guacamole.

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Omelet with a sauteed green pepper
Lunch: snacked around the house - dried pineapple, fruit and nut bar.
Dinner: Chicken wings with buffalo hot sauce and celery (no blue cheese)

Wednesday:
Breakfast:Omelet with green pepper
Lunch: Omelet with peppers, onions, capers. Had dessert of lemon meringue pie but avoided the crust. (Bad!)
Dinner: Steak fajitas again.

Thursday:
Breakfast: Found a cafe that made gluten/dairy/soy/nut free crepes, and had mine with salami, goat cheese, peppers, onions, lots of good stuff
Lunch: Snacked on dried pineapple and organic "bars" from the cafe during the drive home
Dinner: 2 hebrew national hot dogs

Friday: 
Breakfast: peppers and onion omelet at work
Lunch: Builder's bar from the vending machine
Dinner: thinly cut steak cooked in gluten free flour breading. Salad with raspberry vinaigrette

Saturday: 
Went to Crossfit for two hours (yay!)
Post-workout: had an omelet with goat cheese and sauteed onion
Dinner: foraged in the cupboard, found some gluten free pretzels and finished the dried pineapple

Sunday: 
Breakfast: omelet with goat cheese
Lunch: two hebrew national hot dogs
Dinner: Anahola Granola bar, which is gluten free but has lots of bad stuff including butter and honey, but oh so yummy. Also some more gluten free pretzels



Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Paleo challenge, week 3

Monday: Crappy allergenic day today! The poor diet over the weekend really hurt me today, as I was sniffling and sneezing all day. I am blaming on the dairy I ate over the weekend. I hope to get on the straight and narrow  for the next few days and have my allergies recede.
Breakfast: peppers and onion omelet
Snack: Builder's bar
Lunch: sauteed veggies and roasted chicken
Snack: 70% chocolate bar
Dinner: carne asada sandwich, hold the cheese and bun, with lime-cilantro aioli, and ceasar salad hold the croutons and parmesan
So not super-straight and narrow, but no dairy.

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Omelet
Lunch: at the airport, burger no bun, and pickles and onions. And a side salad of basically lettuce with italian dressing.
Dinner: With my team on the road, couldn't have meatballs with red sauce, or pasta, or little quesadilla things. I ended up eating a piece of chicken and some salad. and a few glasses of wine.
Dessert: a few more glasses of wine

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with tabasco sauce. No veggies to be seen at the hotel buffet.
Lunch: Chicken ceasar salad with the croutons pulled off. Got a little parmesan but not too bad.
Dinner: One mushroom stuffed with goat cheese, with what looked like crumbs on the top (boo) for appetizer, then beef, onions and peppers, and guacamole for dinner. Several glasses of wine.

Thursday:
Breakfast at the airport: Jumbo Wagyu beef Hot dog with onions and peppers, dried fruit mix and almonds.
Lunch: Builder's bar
Dinner: 8oz Grass Fed Beef Tenderloin and some broccolini
Dessert: Mini kosher-for-passover fruit slices (boo)

Friday:
Breakfast: Builder's bar at work
Lunch: Mixed greens and spinach salad with peppers and onions, and steelhead filet topper.
Snack: a couple glasses of wine
Dinner: Paleo potluck at the gym - several pieces of chicken in tamari sauce, and I accidentally had some cow cheese feta which I thought was sheep's milk

Saturday:
Post-workout breakfast: Pan-fried summer sausage and a couple slices of sweet potato
Lunch: Went to agua verde and had steak/peppers/onions tacos, hold the tortillas. I asked them to hold the cotija cheese as well,but they forgot. I scraped most of it off, but still got some. Also had a side of quac and some salsa.
Snacks: more summer sausage
Dinner: Salad with vinaigrette and goat cheese, and tea eggs (leftovers from Paleo potluck, thanks Dora!)

Sunday: missed the workout because I was so sore from yesterday's leg burner.
Breakfast: Pan-fried summer sausage, and three slices of sweet potato fried in the grease from the summer sausage, along with salt and crushed red pepper. Yum.
Lunch. More summer sausage.
Dinner: Grassfed beef from Amazon Fresh, and a salad with raspberry vinaigrette, goat cheese crumbles, and capers (yum)


Monday, April 2, 2012

Paleo Challenge, week 2!

Monday:
Not such a good start to week 2.
Breakfast: Builder's bar (gluten and dairy free, but has soy) from vending machine at work.
Lunch: Chili (gluten free)
Snack: Another Builder's bar from vending machine
Dinner: Turkey burger, leftover ceasar salad and some new salad with goat cheese crumbles and raspberry vinaigrette and a couple slices of summer sausages.
Dessert: small bowl of blueberries.

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Again, a builder's bar.
Lunch: Corned Beef Hash and eggs. Gluten and dairy free, but it had some taters and other root vegetables in the hash.
Afternoon snack: Builder's bar
Dinner: Chicken cooked in the crock pot with carrots and celery, plus asparagus
Dessert: three bowls of blueberries.

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Several slices of summer sausage and two eggs: up.
Lunch: Fajitas, hold the carbs
Snack: builders bar and dark chocolate - 70%
Dinner: Three glasses of wine, some slices of summer sausage and blueberries

Thursday:
Breakfast: Peppers and onions omelet
Snack: Builder's bar
Lunch: Burger, hold the bun, plus sauteed veggies
Dinner: two slices of muenster cheese (my wife left it out, so I had to eat it!) and about an oz of summer sausage. Plus two hebrew national kosher hot dogs.

Friday:
Breakfast: Peppers and onions omelet
Snack: Builder's bar
Lunch: Salad with chicken
Snack: Builder's bar
Dinner: Went to Linda's market kitchen and had a beet and shallot salad, halibut crusted with sheep's milk cheese and rice krispies, and creme brulee. Several glasses of wine.

Saturday:
Breakfast: Hebrew National hotdogs in an omelet.
Lunch: Corned Beef Hash with two eggs up.
Dinner: Seder! Eggs, gluten free matzah, charoset, brisket, lemon pie with rice krispy treat crust, sweet potato dish, and roasted veggies.

Sunday:
Post-workout brunch: Left over brisket and glass of crystal light, two hot dogs and some goat cheese.
Afternoon snack: Lots of peeps! and a glass of crystal light, and a couple slices of muenster
Dinner: 1 hot dog with mayo, some goat cheese,

Note to self: My sinus allergies have been really bad today. I'm crediting that with the dairy that I ate on Friday night (Creme Brulee) and the couple slices of muenster cow cheese that I ate today. Also, Peeps say on the package that they are gluten free, but may contain milk. Weird.