4/11 sunday

bk #1: bowl of mixed fruit

Brunch: 2223 restaurant: big ass cinnamon role drenched in frosting; salmon benedicts (uber non paleo)

Dinner: back on the paleo wagon:
mixed summer vegetables roasted
mixed sauteed greens with almonds, mushrooms and onion
new york steak (not really very paleo but a big hit of protein) with saute mushrooms and bellpeppers on the top.

Snack: nuts and seeds and some cranberries

4/10 saturday

Weigh-in day!!!
After 12 weeks of Paleo challenge, dropped from 206 to 183. Lost some lean muscle mass which is okay with me since I have had a great overall fat weight loss of about 18lbs. I was surprised at the loss of lean mass because I had been working out more with CF type exercises and have not been so cardio focused.

I don't know if I am going to keep this nutrition log so much now since the challenge is over, but for now:

bk: some smoked salmon and 1/2 avocado with a little salsa

Lunch: Fresh Choice in Daly City: I had a salad bar and 2-cups of soup (with chicken and hominy!) and a chicken breast (with a little blue cheese sprinkled) and some meat marinara sauce over some veggies

Snack (after workout): some more smoked salmon and the other 1/2 avocado/salsa
Dinner: Not very hungry after my "snack": Smoothie with strawberries, banana, prot powder, flax
Another snack: a few oz of nuts and seeds
Another later snack: a bowl of low-fat granola with FF milk! Fuck Paleo

4/9 fri

bk: smoothies: strawberries, banana, prot powder, flax seed and ground flax

lunch: I couldn't pull away and only had time for a protein bar at 2:30.

Snack (by now it was 7 p.m.): small apple and something that I can't remember even thought it was only an hour ago)

Dinner: paleo butternut squash soup with some pine nuts thrown on top.
a left over chicken breast thrown into a very old left over fish stew zuchinni thing I made many many days ago. Nothing tastes very good.

snack: nuts and some cranberries

4/7 thurs

bk: scramble: 2 omega 3 eggs, evo, cherries toms, garlic, mushrooms, lump crab meat and 1/2 avocado, salt free seasoning -- i am eating as i write this: yum!

1/2 banana

Lunch: Lee's deli: chix breast and some teriyaki meat, brocoli and some other goodies that I have forgotten

late snack: protein bar and I was hungry later, a couple of prunes

Dinner: I made a butternut squash soup adapted from a recipe by "paleo mama";
a big vat of scallops, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes that I was trying to recreate from a restaurant I ate in recently;
side dish of cucumber and zuchini salad.

Snack: some nuts and cranberries.

4/6 tues

bk: smoothie with prot powder and flax seed and ground flax and strawberries.
Lunch #1: 30g protein bar on the fly cause I could not pull away.
Lunch #2: 2:30 p.m.: a barbecued chix breast and some vegetables and some shrimp (topped with a little ff french dressing that sucked).

Snack: nuts and seeds and some beef jerky, some rasins.

Dinner: some of my squash and beef stew leftover; grapes; some smoked salmon.

late night: 1/2 banana and some almond/flax butter.

4/5/10 mon:
BK: scramble of 2 omega 3 eggs, EVO, garlic, mushrooms and mustard greens with some chicken thrown in.

lunch: lee's deli: some chicken and fish, brocolli, asparagus, 1/2 avocado, green beans

Dinner: I made a beef stew using some canned roast beef from Costco. 2 cans of unsalted diced tomatoes, EVO and some canola oil, garlic, onion, carrots, acorn squash (some spices including "montreal steak seasoning (so much for unsalted tomatoes!). My very resentful non-Paleo partner said it was really good!

Snack: nuts and dried fruit.

sun 4/4:
bk: baghdad cafe with a friend: Knowing I was going to an easter brunch later, I ordered some fruit and a chicken breast.

Easter brunch: nibbled on a bunch of strawberries and grapes and had a couple of bite-sized corn meal muffins and some single bites of a grain english muffin with cream cheese. It was 4 hours until dinner was served and everyone was swilling champagne but me.
Finally: a heap of ham and turkey and some more strawberries and some curried deviled eggs (probably 6 halfs) and some cucumber salad. A bite of some pasta salad with chicken.
Not bad overall.

Dinner: I wasn't hungry later but finally made a protein smoothie and had some jerkey. Then went shopping at safeway and loaded up on vegetables for the week. back at home after 9:30! I noticed my week last week lapsing into protein and fruit as I began to run low. I kind of forgot all about the frozen TJ stuff I had and could have made.

sat 4/3
bk/Lunch: I decided to hit my bike after a long hiatus and join a 50 mile AIDS training bike ride on the fly (I was just an interloper). Washed down a protein and flax infused smoothie for breakfast. Took some nuts and dried fruit and a 30g protein bar for lunch. Skipped all the crap I might ordinarily eat on the many places to stop and gorge. Did not feel deprived at all.
Lunch #2 after ride: Leftover fish/tomatoe stew from several days ago.

Dinner at about 8:30: I wandered down to 18th and Castro after walking the dog and went to the mexican place near Fuzio: Great Paleo meal: They made some vegetalbe dish for me of brocolli and zuchinnin and I don't know what else on their grill and then mixed in some chopped chicken and beef. I had a little 2 oz dish of guacamole and some salsa on the side. I tried out some cactus on the side. It was my favorite paleo fast food meal that I have found in the 'hood.

Snacks: fruit and nuts and some jerky. A table spon of almond/flax butter.

4/2 fri

bk: breakfast smoothie with banaana, strawberries, prot powder and ground flax.

Lunch: Amber Indian - stayed on the paleo course with lots of chix/fish. Spinich was a little suspect. No Nan bread or rice, etc. some fruit. Went to SCLA afterwards for a short workout.

Dinner: RN74 - I got reservations for my small entourage at 7:45. It pays to know the bartenders at select restaurants. I was trying this place for the first time and had appetizers of mussels with fat pork belly (I nibbled some of the bacon like edges of these slabs of fat!), and a delicious shrimp dish with vegetables. Very good! Dinner was the halibut on vegetables. No starches were served on either of these dishes. Maybe rice/potatoes are falling out of favor or I just gravitated towards this plate.

Snacks: some jerkey and nuts and fruit.

thus 4/1

bk: 2 omega3 eggs, saute of garlic and cherrie tomatoes and salt-free garlic herb seasoning, scrambled with 1/2 avocado and a big slug of crab meat. Yummmmmm!

Lunch:
Grand Cafe at the Monaco: good paleo lunch with chix breast, salad and sauteed greens. But I did have a breakdown and had one little piece of bread and some butter.

Dinner:
Leftover Eggplant parmesan and chix breast; some smoked salmon snack, some nuts and dried fruit.

Snacks: assorted jerkys. I was very hungry later at night and tried to eat just protein for the most part.

3/31 wed

bk: smoothie with berries, banana, prot powder, 2 tbls milled flax

lunch: 30g pure protein shake (I couldn't pull away!)

Lunch #2: chipotle: beef and chix with fajita veggies and guac and salsa and lettue

Dinner:
- some nuts and cranberries
- marinated ahi filet from trader joes; bok choy with some evo and thai fish sauce for some flavor (mostly ground pressed anchovies)
- bowl of brocoli slaw leftover from the weekend.

Dessert: a Paleo dessert of: blueberries and 1/2 banana with some walnuts and a big scoop of almond/flax seed butter (too good for paleo!)

3/30 tues

bk: scramble: leftover spinich/garlic/onion/mushroom mix from the other night, added some fresh cherrie tomatoes and a couple of slices of ham and then an omega 3 egg and 2 egg whites.

lunch: lee's deli paleo selection: 1/2 avocado, steamed fish, a little bit of chix breast, brocoli, asparagus, a couple bites of pineapple and i forgot what else

dinner:

some crab with some cocktail sauce and a plum

a big stew of zuchini, tilapia, onion, garlic, big can of diced tomatoes, some assorted spices.

probably some nuts for a snack.

mon 3/29

bk: smoothie with berries, prot powder and some ground flax seed.

lunch: some julie's buffet meat and veg assortment (chicken, salmon, shrimp, avocado, seaweed, spinich, mushrooms. I don't think any fruit at all.

no snacking today (I had only dried fruit at work and want to cut it down).

Dinner: eggplant breaded with some egg and flax meal and pan fried in olive oil and then baked with some spag sauce and added garlic and then topped with a can of diced tomatoes and peppers of some sort that really kicked it up a hot notch. sprinkled some parmesan on top! served on top of a chick breast.

had a piece of the paleo pizza I made the night before. 2 non paleo meatballs.

I guess I have been forgetting to post the last couple of days. I have been shopping a lot at Trader Joes and Whole Foods, trying to broaden my choices. Too much trying to find Paleo foods eating out, and not enough making my own stuff. Re-reading that Rob Wolf handout of Chriss's inspired me a bit to hit the specialty grocery.

But, today, Sunday 3/28

Breakfast at Baghdad Cafe with friend: bowl of fruit, two poached eggs in a hot andouille sausage salsa.

Lunch: chicken breat and some home made brocolli cole slaw.

Snacks: some crab meat and coctail sauce and 1/2 avocado and salsa

Dinner: Some "primal pizza" that I made at home from a recipe I found online, with some slight variations. The bottom-line: the crust turned out great! I could use this as a base for lots of dishes:
Ingredients:

Crust:
2 Cups Almond Meal/Flour
2 Eggs
2 Tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tsp salt
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. This should give you a ball of “dough”. If your dough is too “mushy” (like mine was), continue to add almond flour until you get a good consistency.
3. Make a pizza sheet or baking tray non-stick. This is VERY important if you want your pizza slices to come off in one piece.
4. Press your dough on the sheet nice and even about 1/4 inch in the middle and 1/2 inch at the edges.
5. Put crust in the oven for 15 minutes. It should look slightly golden brown when you take it out.

I then dabbed some olive oil on the crust and broiled it for a minute, trying to get it browner.

Sauce:
Then, for the sauce, I made a garlic, mushroom, bellpepper saute and then added spagheti sauce and some garlic salt and a couple of chopped up chicken breasts. I made it super thick.
And for a non-paleo addition (for my partner!) I added some italian meatballs from the freezer. But I ate some of them too! Finally, I dosed it with some parmesan cheese during the last minute of cooking and hope that I can be forgiven in paleo heaven.

3/24 wed

bk:
smoothies with berries, banana, protein powder and some flax seed

lunch:
indian buffet: salad, two servings of spinich that did not look oily as it usually is, a bunch of tandoori chicken and some chicken tikka masala with the mega delicious sauce mostly drained away (basically chicken dipped in masala sauce). Lots of protein, no bread or rice of lugume dishes.