Friday, 7.22.11 - Day 12

7:20 AM
- coffee with coconut milk + 1 Splenda @ home

9:00 AM
- coffee with SF Coffeemate @ work

10:00 AM
- Chicken sausage link (all natural, no nitrates, no antibiotics)

12:00 PM
- Cobb Salad with spinach salad (no cheese)

1:45 PM
- dry roasted almonds

8:00 PM
- Everyday Paleo Sun Dried Tomato Chicken Bake
- Primal Palate Cauliflower Rice

10:00 PM
- Lara bar

Water: 90 oz
Supplements: Fish Oil, Multi, Calcium+D
Sleep: 8 hours

Thursday, 7.21.11 - Day 11

7:20 AM
- coffee with coconut milk + 1 Truvia @ home - REGRETTED those glasses of wine this morning. Could not get out of bed

9:00 AM
- coffee with SF Coffeemate @ work

10:00 AM
- 25 dry roasted almonds
- Chicken sausage link (all natural, no nitrates, no antibiotics)

1:15 PM
- spinach salad (onions, mushrooms, cucumbers, almonds, chicken, lemon juice & 1T EVOO)

1:45 PM
- 28 dry roasted almonds

5:00 PM
- Chicken sausage link (all natural, no nitrates, no antibiotics; despite this need to cut them out a bit - too much sodium)

8:45 PM
- Everyday Paleo Sun Dried Tomato Chicken Bake - http://everydaypaleo.com/2011/03/09/sun-dried-tomato-chicken-bake/ (very good - first time making it)
- Primal Palate Cauliflower Rice - http://www.primal-palate.com/2010/08/lime-pepper-salmon-and-sauteed.html

9:30 PM
- square of dark chocolate (72%)

Water: 90 oz
Supplements: Fish Oil, Multi, Calcium+D
Sleep: 7.5 hours

Wednesday, 7.20.11 - Day 10

7:00 AM
- coffee with coconut milk + 1 Truvia @ home

8:00 AM
- coffee with SF Coffeemate @ work

9:30 AM
- 15 dry roasted almonds (going to start counting so I don't eat too many!)
- Chicken sausage link (all natural, no nitrates, no antibiotics)

2:15 PM
- spinach salad (onions, mushrooms, cucumbers, almonds, chicken, lemon juice & 1T EVOO)

3:00 PM
- 35 dry roasted almonds

7:00 PM - Dinner at Salt House (3 nights in a row eating out - not good!)
- olives
- 1 small piece (like 1" by 1") piece of bread with a dab of butter
- Petrale Sole with curried chick peas (seemed paleo)
- 2 bites of chocolate cake (they were tiny!)
- 3 glasses of Sancerre (yeah that is where kind of I failed)
- 1 cup of decaf coffee with cream and splenda

Water: 80 oz (at least - maybe more)
Supplements: fish oil, multi, calcium+D
Sleep: 7.5 hours

**Not that great of a day - met a college buddy who was in town for dinner and of course it involved lots of wine and a a few bites of non-paleo food. This will be my cheat meal.

Tuesday, 7.19.11 - Day 9

7:00 AM
- Coffee with coconut milk at home (no equal!)

7:45 AM
- Coffee with Sugar Free Coffeemate at work

8:45 AM
- Aidell's Chicken & Apple sausage - 4 breakfast links (all natural/no nitrates)

1:30 PM
- spinach salad (onions, mushrooms, cucumbers, almonds, chicken, lemon juice & 1T EVOO)

2:15 PM
- cashew Lara Bar (trying not to eat too much of these; also trying to get rid of this sweet craving after I eat)

7:30 PM - Dinner at the Westfield Mall (went to the Bristol Farms salad/food bar)
- 4 slices of tri-tip steak
- shrimp salad (shrimp, veggies, EVOO, it also randomly had a bit of ketchup in it, but small amount)
- sauteed mushrooms

9:45 PM
- handful of walnuts & dried organic coconut flakes

Water: 80 oz
Supplements: Fish Oil, Multi, Calcium
Sleep: 8 hours

Monday, 7.18.11

5:30 AM CT
- some dry roasted almonds

9:00 AM CT
- hard salami (didn't have time to grab any food before my flight so ordered one of those snack boxes during the flight. Out of the 8 or so snacks in the box, this was the only thing I could eat!).
- 3 cups of coffee with 1 Equal each (don't usually drink this much, but with limited food options and a 4 hour flight, needed something to quell the hunger).

12:00 PM PT
- spinach salad (onions, mushrooms, cucumbers, almonds, chicken, lemon juice & EVOO) - grabbed a large salad as soon as I was back in SF.

2:30 PM PT
- dry roasted almonds
- iced coffee with Coffeemate (I've been up since 3:00 AM PT - needed it!)

6:15 PM - Dinner at Georges
- Shared a bit of cioppino and a shrimp ceviche
- entree was scallops & chorizo over an artichoke puree

9:00 PM
- handful of dried coconut flakes

Water: Not enough!
Supplements: Totally forgot
Sleep: 8 hours (was so exhausted by the end of the day)

Friday, 7.15.11 to Sunday, 7.17.11
- Traveled to Indiana for a bachelorette and planned for this when we started the challenge to be a not great weekend knowing that I would do the best I could while there and come back 100% first thing on Monday morning. There were several instances where it would have been either extremely inconvenient or rude to my host to eat paleo (as opposed to the food they had painstakingly prepared for us). But still made the best food choices I could with the options I had. Can't exactly say that about alcohol though (it was a bachelorette party after all!). Still managed to avoid bread and most sugar. Also tried to drink LOTS of water and took my supplements each day knowing my sleep and food would not be great.

Wednesday, 7.13.11 - Day 3

7:30 AM
- coffee with coconut milk and 1 splenda

8:30 AM
- coffee with Sugar Free Coffeemate

11:00 AM
- Everday Paleo Chicken Slaw (I never go this long without eating in the morning, but got stuck on a call)

1:00ish PM
- dry roasted almonds

7:00 PM
- dry roasted almonds

8:30 PM
- 4 scrambled eggs with chicken breast and mushrooms (cooked in 1T EVOO)
- dry roasted almonds

9:15 PM
- couple bites of boyf's tahini chicken salad
- a few squares of dark chocolate (72%) - for the record I was not responsible for this being in my house and already regret it!

Water: 70 oz
Sleep: 6.5 hours (went to bed TOO late and got up early)
Supplements: Multi, Fish oil, calcium+D

**Not a great day. No breakfast, did not got enough sleep or drink enough water and caved to some dark chocolate!

Tuesday, 7.12.11 - Day 2

7:30 AM
- coffee with coconut milk and 1 splenda

10:00 AM
- grilled chicken breast & sauteed mushrooms (garlic + EVOO)
- coffee with Sugar Free Coffeemate

1:30 PM
- Spinach salad (chicken, almonds, cucumbers, mushrooms, onions, lemon juice, 1T EVOO)

2:50 PM
- dry roasted cashews

9:00 PM
- Everday Paleo Chicken Slaw - SOOO good! From her cookbook, but found it online here - http://www.megankastning.com/diet/paleo-dishes/
- dry roasted almonds

Water: 80 oz
Sleep: 7 hours (damn recycling!)
Supplements: Multi, Fish oil, calcium+D

Monday, 7.11.11 - Day 1

7:30 AM
- 1 curried meatball (http://everydaypaleo.com/2011/05/03/curried-meatballs/)
- coffee with coffeemate

10:00 AM
- chicken sausage link (nitrate/antibiotic free)
- coffee with coffeemate

1:45 PM
- Spinach salad (chicken, almonds, cucumbers, mushrooms, lemon juice, 1T EVOO)
- dry roasted almonds

4:45 PM
- chicken sausage link (nitrate/antibiotic free)

9:00 PM
- grilled chicken breast (w/seasonings)
- sauteed mushrooms (garlic + EVOO)
- dry roasted almonds

Water: 80 oz
Sleep: 8 hours

**So I have been doing Paleo for about 6 months now, pretty strict. I feel so much better day to day and when I do slip, I usually end up with a stomach ache pretty soon after. I try to limit cheats to weekends - life is too short to not enjoy a good restaurant or wine! But most of my cheats consist of wine (never give it up!), chocolate (try to eat 82%) and coffeemate (trying to switch to coconut milk). I also need to limit the amount of fruit I eat - I can definitely overindulge in things like peaches, dates and dried mangoes.

Fave Paleo blogs/websites: Jen's Gone Paleo, Everyday Paleo, Primal Palate, Whole9, Cave Girl Eats
Fish Oil Calculator (for those who asked): http://whole9life.com/fish-oil/