Recipe Paleo recipes and discussion.

So I'm about 6-7 weeks in to this adjustment. I'm not going hardcore into 100% Primal, but I am following it about 5 days per week. When I make exceptions, I try to not go crazy with them. Maybe I'll take one meal off in a day. Or I'll have a glass of bourbon after dinner. Or eat a piece or two of wheat or whole grain bread. But I'd say that 75-80% of my meals/snacks are falling within typical Primal guidelines.

Doing so, I've lost some weight, 13.5lbs. I might be sleeping a touch better. I have a bit more energy, and find getting going in the mornings mostly easier (DST adjustment as an exception, lol).

The hardest part remains grabbing lunch while on my travels for work, or late night snacks. I have to plan ahead to have some pecans or peanuts handy, or some meat roll-ups, or whatever. I have to restrict myself from grabbing a beer with dinner or after work. Not that I've given it up completely, but I put some calculated thought into when it is worth it and when it's not.

So far so good.
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So I'm about 6-7 weeks in to this adjustment. I'm not going hardcore into 100% Primal, but I am following it about 5 days per week. When I make exceptions, I try to not go crazy with them. Maybe I'll take one meal off in a day. Or I'll have a glass of bourbon after dinner. Or eat a piece or two of wheat or whole grain bread. But I'd say that 75-80% of my meals/snacks are falling within typical Primal guidelines.

Doing so, I've lost some weight, 13.5lbs. I might be sleeping a touch better. I have a bit more energy, and find getting going in the mornings mostly easier (DST adjustment as an exception, lol).

The hardest part remains grabbing lunch while on my travels for work, or late night snacks. I have to plan ahead to have some pecans or peanuts handy, or some meat roll-ups, or whatever. I have to restrict myself from grabbing a beer with dinner or after work. Not that I've given it up completely, but I put some calculated thought into when it is worth it and when it's not.

So far so good.

 

Tonight we had something similar to meatza. Except, instead of the meat crust in the recipe above, we used chicken breasts pounded flat. It was pretty tasty.

 

It's time for some action.

I've been ounceing up since Thanksgiving week, and as of Jan 2nd I was up to 114.8 and haven't been able to shed any of it since. So much for 'stable weight.'

In looking at a short term food diary, I see that I've been hitting way too much of those whole grain things like steel cut oatmeal, whole wheat bread, tortillas, and pizza. And where the hell did those two bags of Brownie Brittle go? I'm having some craving issues. My diary shows too much processed stuff in general, like diet Coke and Tonic water. Just generally not paying attention to what I'm putting in my body.

I'm going to return to the basic low carb (ala Atkins) meat, fish, fats, greens, and berries diet to shed four or five pounds. That may not seem like much, but on my body it is definitely noticeable, mostly in how my jeans fit. I like them to fit snug in the butt and loose in the waist. Now they're just too tight all the way around. Plus, carbs make me retain water. I need to nip this in the bud.

I went through the kitchen and threw out a bunch of high carb stuff just to lessen temptation. I even gave away a half bottle of good single malt Scotch. Sig laughs at me, says I'm not fat, and not to worry, but I don't like the direction this is headed. My body image is important to me and I don't want it to go to hell a few pounds at a time without fighting back.

 

I was in western IA this week. If I knew there was a bottle of good single malt Scotch up for grabs I would've driven the extra hour or two to pick it up.

You know, to help you with your clean eating and all.

 

I think I was a bit hasty with the Scotch. It's not like it was gonna spoil if I left it sit for a month or two.

 

Well, it's been a week with no sugar, no HFCS, no candy, no artificially sweetened soda, tea, or anything else. No rice, bread, potatoes, pizza, or starchy veggies. No whole grains, no alcohol, no processed or prepackaged food at all.

I'm consciously reading labels and saying no to stuff that doesn't fit my plan. I feel great, and I've lost four pounds. I'm happy to be back on the low carb track.

 

Thanks for the tip @noodle. I could never do true paleo because I would never give up dairy, and have no intolerance or any reason to. But I did sign up, and there's a lot of useful info on the giveaway site, and probably the newsletter as well.

 

That all looks really good!