1 cup of paleo sorbet (Maribel's DELICIOUS recipe)
Ate fairly well christmas eve and christmas, although did indulge in Christmas Cookies!! Having eaten mostly paleo for the past 2 weeks (except for cottage cheese and whole wheat toast) I am now ready to go full paleo...
According to the Paleo book, it is acceptable to eat Paleo 95% of the week, without negative effects, which means 2 cheat meals (or as they call them "emotional meals") a week. I doubt I need 2 cheat meals...However it makes the transition easier knowing I can if I want
Meal 1-post WOD
ww toast, almond butter and agave, LF cottage cheese, 1/2c almond milk w 1/2 scoop protein pwdr
~36g protein
Meal 2
LF cottage cheese w pineapple
~18g protein
Meal 3
3 oz turkey
1 red pepper
1 cucumber
1 avocado
~22 g protein
Meal 4
1 oz almond butter
1 small apple
2 oz beef jerky
~18g protein
Meal 5
protein drink- 1 c almond milk, 1/2 tbls flax seed oil, 1c frozen fruit, 1 scoop protein pwdr
1 piece ww toast, almond butter agave
~34g protein
TOTAL Protein: 128
1 vanilla cupcake from Lara's cupcakes that my roommate left me for Christmas...sooooo bad i know. but damn did it taste good
on a side note... had protein drink for dinner cause i couldn't face anymore veggies. mind you i LIKE veggies a lot. But i sure am eating a lot of them these days....and it does get old. Mixing up the menu a little tomorrow...
I did a estimate of the nutritional breakdown of how I ate yesterday to see if I am on track...
~1889 Calories
-46% from Fat
-37% from Carbs
-27% from Protein
Pleased to see this is about right- more or less zone proportions, with higher fat intake! Weight is around 118 and my scale and the one at SCLA says I am ~16% body fat. Definitely can tell I have put on muscle over the past few months. In August was about 112, and I am still fitting in all my clothes even though the numbers on the scale are going up...
I can't believe how much better I feel when I eat good fresh healthy food. It is definitely worth the little bit of extra time it takes to prepare my meals for the day/week. We shall see in January if the dunk tank agrees with the scale on the body fat...
Meal 2
ww toast, almond butter, agave, cottage cheese, 4oz almond milk w 1/2 scoop protein powder
Meal 3
1/2 cup cottage cheese
Meal 4
4 christmas cookies (i spent the afternoon making these with my mom and had to sample one of each)
Meal 5- Christmas dinner party (attempted to keep it paleo-zone friendly minus the dessert )
salad- pears, little blue cheese
~3 oz roast beef
sauteed mushrooms
green beans
few bites of ice cream/eclaire
Drinks with friends....which lead to late night eating BAD BAD BAD
half a philly cheese steak, and some peppermint bark
OOOPS-THIS IS WHY I SHOULDN'T DRINK-i lose all self-control with food!!!!
Meal 1 & 2
whole wheat toast w almond butter and drizzle agave
1/2 c LF cottage cheese
1/2 apple
~24 g protein, 44 TOTAL
Meal 3
Protein drink- same as usual
~24 g protein
missed a meal here...
Meal 4
4 oz chicken
lots of salad w ceaser dressing, no cheese or croutons
~35 g protein
TOTAL:103g protein
Was really craving bread today so had the same thing for my first two meals. Missed a meal, so a bit short on the protein. might have protein pwdr and almond milk before bed, but I'm really full right now from all that salad!!!
Meal 1
1 piece high protein high fiber whole wheat toast with almond butter and a drizzle of agave nectar
(THIS IS THE BOMB!!! it makes me happy to eat this every morning...)
1/2 cup of lowfat cottage cheese
(~25g protein)
Meal 2 (post workout)
protein drink- 1 c almond milk, 1 scoop protein powder, 1 c frozen fruit, 1/2 tbls flaxseed oil
(~24g protein)
Meal 3
protein bar, don't remember the name, but had 32g protein, 16 carbs
(32g protein)
Meal 4
lara bar
1/2 c lowfat cottage cheese
(~20g protein)
Meal 5
~4 oz (cooked weight) chicken
1/4 cup beets
~3 or more cups broccoli and cauliflower with 1/2 tbls olive oil
(~35g protein)
few glasses of wine (wasn't planning to but life happens )
TOTAL PROTEIN: ~136g
WOW! It has been a long time since I have been on here...
I have a new goal of trying to put on some lean mass and will be very strict about my diet for the next few months. To keep me honest and to keep track and make sure I am eating enough I will be logging again. I plan to follow what I call a paleo-informed zone diet. Basically I will follow zone guidelines for protein and carbs, but increase the amount of good fats (nuts, avocados, etc). I also like 1% cottage cheese and might start drinking skim milk again if I can't seem to put on the mass I want...therefore I won't be strict paleo.
I need to eat more calories, which will be enjoyable and challenging for me at the same time!! Today I definitely didn't eat enough meat/egg based protein... I am aiming for around 120-140g a day
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