Monday, October 29, 2012

First week post Paleo-challenge food log

I finished the Paleo challenge food log Saturday and ate crap on Sat night and Sunday. Now I'm getting back on the wagon. I want to knock out 10 more lbs before I try to start just maintaining. I got up this morning and was saying to myself, as I ate breakfast "5 slices of salami, 3 tsp of almond butter..." and wondering if I was ahead or behind on calories for the day.  So I'm going to try to keep doing my food log.

Monday, 10/29
7am mobility with Steve
Breakfast - 5 slices of summer sausage, 3 tsp of almond butter
Lunch - spinach and mixed greens salad with sweet potato, feta, onions, peppers, herb vinaigrette and 4oz steelhead salmon
Snack - 12 almonds
Dinner - chicken curry made with curry sauce from a bottle. The main ingredient in the sauce was coconut milk which made it about 80% fat (yay!)
Also had some salad with goat cheese.

After dinner, went to personal training with Steve. Started out by rolling my pecs with a lax ball but I'm not too good at it. We spent the rest of the time doing snatch-grip deadlifts, bent over rows and butterfly sit-ups. The first two were to strengthen my mid-back, and the sit ups were to isolate the abs and take the hip flexors out of the exercise.
I was going to stay for Steve's 8:00 class but between the pt and the mobility class this morning I was pretty wiped out.

Tuesday, 10/30
Woke up sore this morning and decided I'd take the morning off of crossfit. I rolled my lats for 10-15 minutes and did some thoracic extension and rotation exercises. Made a]three egg omelet/scramble this morning with 1/2 an onion, 1/2 a pepper, and some salsa. It was cooked in Extra Virgin Coconut Oil.
Strangely, I was only able to finish half of it. I guess it's good if my body doesn't need so much fuel.

Lunch was steak fajitas with veggies and guac, hold the tortillas, beans, rice, and dairy.
Dinner - 5 Deviled eggs, 2tsp almond butter and 2 oz beef jerky

Wednesday, 10/31
Happy Halloween!
Breakfast - omelet with onions and peppers
Lunch - spinach and mixed greens salad with onions, peppers, jicama, sheep feta, herb vinaigrette and 4oz steelhead salmon
Snack - 12 almonds
Dinner - Blackened Salmon ceasar salad (no croutons or cheese) with caribbean jerk sauce
Workout - 6 pm level 2 class with Jess - 4x 30 second rounds each of 30lb DB thrusters, row for calories, 24" box jumps and burpees
Post-workout - 2tsp almond butter, ~4oz summer sausage, several slices of cheese (late night snack, not so good. :( )

Thursday, 11/1
Breakfast - summer sausage and peppers, pan fried. ~1oz of sheep gouda, 10-12 almonds
Lunch - salad at work (see above)
Snack - Nugo organic bar, 1 beef jerky, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1 diet coke (boo!)
Dinner - 2 beef sausage links, sauteed peppers and garlic
Workout - Wendler squats - finished with 7x106kg, then 100 DB thrusters with 5 burpees on the minute. Took me many minutes
Post workouts - 3 tsp almond butter, 1 tsp chili
Tomorrow night is Paleo Potluck, get to pick the winner of the Paleo Challenge!

Friday, 11/2
Breakfast - Builder's Bar protein bar
Snack - Nugo Organic bar
Lunch - Salad at work
Snack - 10 almonds, 3/4 cup frozen blueberries, reheated leftover omelet from Wednesday
Caught a cold or something, so skipped crossfit today. Headed for the Paleo Potluck tonight.
Paleo potluck - several deviled eggs, a leg of chicken, some kale chips, goat cheese, and a few bites of chicken sausage
Unfortunately, I didn't win the Paleo challenge this year, but on the other hand, I did lose 15 lbs so that's a nice consolation.

Saturday, 11/3
Workout - Level 2 class with Mike. You have 20 minutes. Do 15 bear crawls (across the gym and back). Then work up to 3 heavy reps of Clean and Jerk, Front Squat and Snatch. I did 50-60-70 C&J, 70-80-80 FS, and 50-50-50 Snatch. Then did Dave's mobility class.
Brunch - El Diablo omelet (onions, peppers, jalapenos, goat cheese, cholula)
Lunch - 2 beef sausages w mayo
Dinner - bison hamburger patty with mayo, 2 tsp peanut butter (ran out of almond butter)
Midnight snack - ~1oz of summer sausage

Sunday, 11/4
Pre-workout - ~1oz sweet potato
Workout - 9am with Andy
Post-workout - omelet with ~2oz summer sausage. ~2oz sweet potato
Snack - 10 almonds, ~2oz summer sausage
Snack at kid's bday party - Carrots and celery with hummus
Snack - 1oz of beef jerky
Dinner - 3 tsp almond butter, 5 slices (~1oz) summer sausage with Salsa





Sunday, October 21, 2012

Paleo challenge v4, Week 7 food log

Sunday, 10/21
Breakfast - scramble with half onion, goat cheese. 4 tsp almond butter
Lunch - 1 oz beef jerky, ~25 almonds, salad (mixed greens) with chicken filet topper
Dinner 1 - jumbo Chicago style hot dog at o'hare, topped with onions, peppers and a pickle
Dinner 2 - 3 oz beef jerky and another 20 almonds or so during an 8 hour overnight flight

Monday, 10/22
Lunch - burger, no bun. Sautéed veggies
Snack - 3oz beef jerky (I noticed it has evaporated organic cane juice, 5g sugar :( )
Dinner - 5oz ribeye steak

Tuesday, 10/23
Breakfast - scrambled eggs (I think there was some cheese in them) and smoked salmon
Lunch - some sort of chicken satay, I think there was no breading on it, just spices. 10 almonds
Snack - 2 more satays, and a few more almonds and two strawberries.
Dinner - chicken burger, no bun, with mayo
Snack - 10 almonds

Wednesday, 10/24
Breakfast - spinach and onions omelet
Lunch - 4 chicken drumsticks, three slices of avocado, two strawberries
Snack - 15 almonds, 2oz beef jerky
Dinner - burger, no bun, and crappy little salad in airport
Snack - 1oz beef jerky
Will be glad to be home!

Thursday, 10/25
Breakfast - scrambled eggs with nothing in them :(
Lunch - 3oz beef jerky, 18 almonds-
Snack - 3oz beef jerky, 20 almonds
Dinner - jumbo Chicago dog, no bun

Friday, 10/26
Breakfast - omelet with onions and peppers
Lunch - spinach and mixed greens salad with 4oz steelhead salmon
Snack - 3 tsp almond butter
Dinner - 2 tsp almond butter

Saturday, 10/27
Workout - 7am with Jim, mobility with Dave
PICTURE with Nancy
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Brunch - Bloody Mary, el diablo omelet with no fruit, potatoes or toast. Could only drink about 1/4 of the Bloody Mary.
Lunch/snack - summer sausage, almond butter
Dinner - chili, wine, a few mini Hershey bars :(

Sunday, 10/28
Breakfast - made my own Chili con Queso - leftover lamb burger, pace picante sauce and goat cheese crumbles, heated up in the skillet. And a few almonds
Lunch - Omelet with onions, a few slices of summer sausage, the last of the goat cheese crumbles
Snack at a party -- a glass of champagne and several hands full of candy corn :(
Workout - 5pm with Steve, did "Frelen" -- Take Fran, augment with a little Helen = Frelen.
Dinner - lamb-balls with peas, onions and ginger. Chick peas in indian spices.

I think I'll declare tonight the end of my Paleo challenge. Start - 190 lbs, Finish - 175 lbs

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Paleo challenge v4, week 6 food log

Monday, 10/15
Breakfast - red pepper omelet, 2tsp almond butter
Lunch - Spinach and mixed green salad with 4oz salmon
Snack - 2 nugo organic bars (boo)
Dinner - 2 oz summer sausage, 1/2 small sweet potato, 2 tsp almond butter
Workout - 8pm w Steve. Dragging ass on Christine, 13:51
Post workout - 2 tsp almond butter, 2 slices of goat cheese


Tuesday, 10/16
Breakfast - egg and chicken burrito, hold the tortilla, at airport qdoba
Lunch - carne Asada with guacamole and salsa. No carbs
Workout - core stabilization at core crossfit with Annelisa!
Dinner - small steak (7oz?), asparagus and salad with onions, green peppers and Italian dressing

Wednesday, 10/17
Breakfast - omelet with onions and peppers
Lunch - fajita meat and a few veggies
Dinner - flank steak, asparagus, sweet potato
Dessert - 2 fiber tablets, 2 tsp almond butter, ~1oz of goat cheese


Thursday, 10/18
Workout - xfit with Jess and mobility with Sean
Lunch - fajitas, no carbs or dairy
Snack - nugo organic bar
Dinner - flank steak, sweet potato, cabbage, 2 tsp almond butter

Friday, 10/19
Workout - xfit with Jess, mobility with Jim
Lunch - spinach and mixed greens salad, 4oz salmon, almonds
Dinner - lamb meat balls, cauliflower, 3 tsp almond butter
Other - I had tonic water at the bar and they gave me sugared version, I had several sips before I sent it back. :(

Saturday, 10/20
Breakfast - scramble with onions, Serrano peppers and goat cheese
Workout - level 2 with Jim - just dumb. Finished w 145kg DL
Lunch - two Hebrew national hot dogs with ~1 tsp mayo. Cauliflower, 2 tsp almond butter.
Snack - 2 tsp almond butter
Dinner - ~2oz of summer sausage, pan fried with mayo. Scramble with onion, Serrano pepper and goat cheese. 2 tsp almond butter

Monday, October 8, 2012

Paleo challenge v4, week 5 food log

Monday, 10/8
Breakfast - reheated sausage and peppers, 2tsp almond butter
Lunch - spinach and mixed greens salad with assorted veggies and salmon toppers
Snack - nugo organic bar from vending machine
Dinner - 1.5 burgers (6oz?) with mayo, 1 tsp peanut butter, 10 spears asparagus
Workout - 140kg max deadlift (PR!), then 8 min amrap (8 thrusters, 8 burpees over bar, 8 chinups)
Post-workout snack - Plant protein shake (http://www.amazon.com/Lifetime-Basics-Protein-Vanilla-18-52-Ounces/dp/B003O1TRZ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349757482&sr=8-1&keywords=B003O1TRZ6)

Tuesday, 10/9
Breakfast - omelet with peppers and onions at work
Lunch - nugo organic bar and spinach and veggies salad with fish topper
Workout - 5pm Level 2 with Andy
Dinner - Plant protein shake, 2 breakfast sausages (about 1.3oz each), 3 slices of sweet potato, 2 tsp almond butter and three slices of cheese

Wednesday, 10/10
Workout - mobility class with Becky
Breakfast - omelet with peppers and onions at work
Lunch - Small bowl of chili, mixed seasonal vegetables
Snack - I had a little almond binge - 17 almonds....
Dinner - steak, took half home in a doggie bag, and carrots/parsnips sauteed in oil. marinated kalamatas as appetizer
Snack - 2tsp almond butter

Thursday, 10/11
Breakfast - onion scramble, with one chopped up seranno pepper. 2 tsp EV coconut oil used to saute.
Lunch - spinach and mixed green salad with onion, pepper, sheep feta, yams, and two pieces of fish
Dinner - 5 oz steak, 2 tsp almond butter
Workout - personal training with Steve then 8pm xfit with Steve. Extra credit - 1 unassisted muscle up.
Post workout snack - 2 oz summer sausage, 1 tsp mayo, 4 sliced of sweet potato and proanax antioxidant supplement.

Friday, 10/12
Breakfast - pepper omelet with ev coconut oil and antioxidants
Lunch - fajitas, hold the dairy and carbs plus guac
Dinner - salmon with vegan dour cream, cucumber and onion salad, and apple, cabbage and onion salad.
Dessert - 3 tsp of almond butter (yay fat!) and proanax antioxidants,

Saturday, 10/15
Breakfast - sweet potato omelet with goat cheese, 3 tsp almond butter
Workout - skills testing!
Lunch - 4 oz summer sausage, some pan fried, some raw. With mayo and salsa. Several oz of sweet potato and 2 tsp of almond butter
Snack - 3 slices if cheese
Dinner - ~4oz grass fed burger with grilled onions and peppers, are some of my wife's spinach salad with goat cheese.
Midnight snack - 2 tsp almond butter

Sunday, 10/14
Workout - 9am with Andy
Breakfast - scramble with leftover steak and Serrano peppers and goat cheese. A few slices of sweet potato. 2 tsp of almond butter

Lunch - omelet with ground beef, goat cheese, salsa, peppers and onion. I think I are too much....but it was good. Gonna need a light dinner.

Dinner - 2tsp almond butter, 3 chicken breakfast sausages (4oz), a spoonful of cabbage and apple salad. Hopefully this makes up for my big meals earlier


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