I'm back - haven't posted since Saturday- but been making pretty good eating decisions since then. Instead of re-capping everything- making a commitment to blog every day again. My family came into town last night (from AZ & DC) and we are heading up to Tahoe Thursday night through Tuesday - gave my dad the Paleo food list for his Costco run and made everyone aware that I was sticking to this diet during this vacation...

Have a bag packed of Paleo friendly food for work today - still feeling great!

Breakfast-
2 OE Eggs with an 1/8 of avocado

Snack-
Banana
cottage cheese, strawberries, blueberries
- tempted today by the bagels and treats in my office but I didn't touch any of it!!!! Wasn't worth it...

Lunch-
Large Grilled Chicken salad with tons of veggies

Snack-
Apple

Late afternoon snack
- carrots, turkey slices, eggplant hummus
-almonds

Dinner- thai restaurant
- steamed mussels
- grilled chicken with pea pods, mushrooms, carrots, and zucchini
- one Hershey kiss

Adding Avocado to my daily mix today- not sure why that took me so long...

Breakfast-
2 OE Eggs with an 1/8 of avocado

Snack-
Banana
cottage cheese, strawberries, blueberries

Lunch-
Large Grilled Chicken salad with tons of veggies

Snack-
Apple

Late afternoon snack
- carrots, turkey slices, eggplant hummus
-almonds

Dinner-
2 egg omelet with steamed broccoli with garlic & avocado

Dessert-
cherries & 2 figs

Went to a friend's going away party tonight after the gym- drove and didn't drink. Had a fig when I got home. Off to bed and didn't eat late night after the bars... awesome.

Still going strong..I'm a creature of habit and feeling really satisfied with this food...

Breakfast-
2 OE Eggs

Snack-
Banana
cottage cheese, strawberries, blueberries

Lunch-
Large Grilled Chicken salad with tons of veggies

Snack-
Apple
Almonds

Late afternoon snack
- carrots, celery, turkey slices, eggplant hummus
-almonds

Dinner-
trader joes shrimp, scallops frozen pack
steamed green beans & brussell sprouts

Dessert-
cherries & 2 figs

Packed all my food for the day- feeling great!

Breakfast-
2 OE Eggs

Snack-
Banana
cottage cheese, strawberries, blueberries

Lunch-
Large Grilled Chicken salad with tons of veggies

Snack-
Apple
Almonds

Late afternoon snack
- carrots, celery, turkey slices, eggplant hummus
-almonds

LATE dinner (getting home around 9:45pm from a yoga class)
- soup and grilled chicken
- 2 figs & 5 cherries

Chicago 'Paleo style' was a success!!! My girlfriend is a vegan so it was interesting combining our two eating styles- but we did it! Indulged in wine a few nights and a few bites of a dessert on Saturday night, but my OE eggs and banana in the mornings, chicken stir fry (no rice) and large salad with grilled chicken as lunch choices, along with tapas (scallops, eggplant, tuna) and fish for dinner made for an excellent (and delicious) vacation.

Got back into SF around 7pm tonight and made Trader Joes my first stop. Fridge is stocked with tons of fruits, veggies, and protein and I'm ready for another successful week!

Day #5 of traveling was a success! Now the real challenge will be this upcoming weekend in Chicago - I got this!

Breakfast-
2 OE Eggs

Snack-
Starbucks protein box minus the muffin thing
apple

Lunch -
1/2 patty of hamburger, lettuce, tomato with a little ranch on the side

Afternoon snack-
Cobb Salad at the airport to bring on my 4 hour flight
almonds

Late dinner-
- tortilla soup that my friend had freshly made with avocado. Skipped the chips and instead grabbed a few figs for desert

Day #4 (7/14) of traveling for work went well. Today's (7/15) challenge with be the airport food as I head to Chicago for the weekend to visit a girlfriend.. One day at a time- deep dish pizzas might need to be my full cheat day (going to attempt it in heavy moderation though...)

Breakfast-
2 OE eggs
Starbucks (go to at this point) protein pack minus the muffin.

Snack-
banana

Lunch-
Large salad with chicken and tons of veggies.

Snack -
almonds

Dinner- went out to dinner with friends that live in Portland. Proclaimed before we ordered that I was on a Paleo diet and lucky me one of the people I was with is a fellow cross-fitter and knows all about paleo! We shared a bunch of Tapas and telling them of my eating restrictions prior to dinner helped me a ton to stay on track.
- avocado with crab meat
- ceviche
- scallops (had a bite of the mashed potatoes on the plate and left the rest alone!)
- 2 1/2 glasses of red wine.

Day #3 of being away from SF - still rocking!

Breakfast-
2 OE Eggs
large black coffee

Snack
-banana
-Starbucks protein pack (no muffin)

Lunch
- large wholefoods salad with chicken

Snack
-Carrots and hummus
-almonds

Dinner - took my team out for a Team Event at this Restaurant called Beaches. I knew my self control was going to have to be strong, but I also let this count as a "cheat day" to ensure I enjoyed myself!
- 2 glasses of red wine
- 2 pieces of calamari
- 2 small pieces of fried chicken
- large salad with a piece of white fish on top (dressing on the side)

Day #2 of being out of town - still going strong!

Breakfast- 5:30am
2 eggs (OE)
1 large black coffee

snack -
banana (8am)
protein pack at starbucks (hard boiled egg, apple slices, grapes, peanut butter (need to change this with almond butter...) - threw away the muffin type thing in the box! (10am)

lunch - (11:30am)
Sweet Tomatoes - Large Salad (chicken, tons of veggies, ff honey mustard on the side)
- skipped over ALL of the muffins, pizza, pasta, soups, dessert!

snack (3pm)
-carrots and hummus

dinner (8:30pm)
- chicken/veggie bowl at this burrito place. Side of creamy sauce that I had on the side and only used a few fork dips with..

snack (9:45pm)
- got hungry late night and made an OE egg ... will get extra protein next time I eat at that place for dinner.

Posting yesterdays (7/11) eating decisions. Day #1 of traveling and it went great!

Breakfast-
2 eggs (OE) - this kept me super full all morning!

Mid morning snack-
starbucks run - 1 large black coffee, protein plate (hard boiled egg, apple, almonds, cheese, apple)

Lunch -
large salad with chicken and tons of veggies from wholefoods

afternoon snack-
carrots and hummus
handful of almonds

Dinner
- Salmon with veggies (it came with a huge scoop of rice that I didn't touch!)
- tuna poke
- seaweed salad with cucumber

Weekend Paleo eating went really well! Outside of some alcohol and oatmeal this morning (best choice of everything I had in my apt before working out...) I'm feeling really good and finding it easy to stay on this eating plan. I am already noticing my body changing and it feels really good.

Traveling to Portland for work this week and Chicago for the weekend - so the next 7 days are going to be a challenge..but I'm committed to writing in this log every day - here's to week #2!

Day #4

Breakfast
- eggwhites (Nat told me at class tonight to switch to real eggs...done).
- cottage cheese/blueberries/strawberries
- banana (also need to cut back on my fruit...)

Lunch
- salad with grilled chicken
- celery and eggplant hummus

Dinner
- chicken and green beans

Day #3 and still going strong...

Breakfast
- egg whites and a little bit of fat free cheese
- banana
- cottage cheese, strawberries, & blueberries

Lunch
- large salad with chicken
- apple
- sliced turkey, carrots, celery

Dinner
- salmon patty (tjs')...thought I'd try something new, but wasn't a huge fan.
- Brussels sprouts
- frozen fruit bar
- banana

Very happy with my eating decisions today; packed all of my food the night before and headed
to work...

Eggwhites before I heading to the office
Banana around 9am
cottage cheese, blueberries, strawberries @ 11am
salad, veggies, chicken @ 12:30pm
apple, peach @ 2pm
chicken, carrots, celery @ 4pm
turkey slices and some chicken as I ran out the door to catch an 8pm yoga class.

Calling it a night and ready to do it all again tomorrow...

Alright- I've committed to write down what I eat for the next 30 days..starting today. This morning while I was eating a bagel and cream cheese in the car on a road trip back to the SF- it finally hit me that to get the results I want to see, I need to start being accountable for what I eat.

Eating decisions prior to my realization: bagel and creem cheese, banana, fiber one bar

Eating decisions after I decided to get my act together: big salad around 3pm with chicken and tons of veggies (with a fat free balsamic vinaigrette). Apple for a snack and dinner will be a salmon burger patty with stir fried veggies.

Excited to see how these results turn out. It's on!