Some Paleo Essentials... Week #1 down!

This week has been great! I have lost about 3 pounds and I feel great!! 

We went out to eat on Friday, and we went to Longhorn.  Sometimes its hard to eat out when eating on this diet. I ordered Filet with an egg and bacon on it, and I got mixed veggies and a side salad.  I asked for oil and vinegar. Biggest tip: Ask for substitutions, most restaurants will do it!! Just do the best you can :)

Some other Paleo Essentials:

A CrockPot/Slowcooker- This is a MUST for the paleo diet.  I suggest the biggest one you can get. I love the slow cooker for several reasons.  1) it is EASY  2) LEFTOVERS.  Lunches are the hardest meal to plan, and this provides Paul and I with tons of them.  We even freeze some of them for a later time.  Get a programable one!! We got ours at Bed, Bath and Beyond and used a 20% off coupon :)

COCONUT oil-it makes veggies taste wonderful and makes a great butter substitute.  Olive oil is not supposed to be used at high heats, so this is the perfect alternative. Avocado Oil is another you can use, but Coconut oil is the BEST.  We also fry sweet potatoes in it too!  

Off to a baby shower today..... I had a HUGE Breakfast. I'll let you know how it goes!!

Day 2 and Day 3 Recap

Day 2 Challenge: Baby Shower.

Breakfast: Eggs and Bacon

Lunch- Salad New York Strip :( I had half of a potato. I was so hungry and the place that was catering refused to switch out for a vegetable.  There was no other good option.  ugh...

Dinner: All Natural Kielbasi and veggies

Snack: Green Apple and Almond Butter



Day 2:

Breakfast: None

Lunch: Salad with Chicken, Ham and 2 HB Eggs * Side note I love my homemade dressing :)

Snack: Macadamia Nuts/Almond

Dinner: Wings and Veggies!

Snack: Green Apple and Almond Butter


I don't eat breakfast.. I know many people say it is bad, but there is some literature in the paleo community that intermittent fasting could be beneficial.  I don't 'starve' myself.  I get up at the asscrack of dawn and I am simply not hungry till my lunch. If I do get hungry before, I grab some almonds/pistachios that I have in my desk!

So far so good! No headaches, but I am pretty used to this diet... Not craving dairy but I wish that Dunkin carried a non dairy creamer!!!

Day 2 inspiration!

Day 1 recap

Today was a challenge!!  We went down to Philadelphia to celebrate the birthday of one of Paul's friends from college. We thankfully ate prior to going down. Best idea. We got there and there was a countertop full of pizza, wings and other fried goodness. Avoiding that was the easy part. It was the peer pressure to drink. Paul and I carried around red solo cups filled with water. I had an open beer handed to me. I had to fake drink it for awhile and pour it down the sink. After we left, we went to ruby Tuesdays and got dry rubbed ribs and veggies. I consider that a success. 

Challenge for day 2: baby shower. 

Challenge One: Salad Dressing.

one of my first challenges was salad dressing... I went and got myself a salad at giant and realized that all my bottled dressing is prohibited on the detox... so I made some Balsamic Vinaigrette.




http://allrecipes.com/recipe/balsamic-vinaigrette/

June 1... Here we are!!

I don't know about you but this past week has been a gluttonous mess.  Cupcakes, Beer, Sweets... ugh... forgive me..

But today is June 1st... I am now beginning my 21 day Sugar Detox :)

Short term Goals: Be able to complete the detox without cheating.  Feel better about myself.  Rid myself of the bloating that comes with eating grains and dairy.  Lose some inches and weight :)

Long Term goals: Kick dairy for good.  I know I will have the occasional ice cream, but I want to severely limit my dairy intake.  EXERCISE!!!

When I kicked wheat, I thought it was going to be extremely hard.. but it was much easier than I thought.  Right now, I think kicking dairy will be hard.. but I hope I am wrong!

I began the day with eggs and all natural pork sausage.. yum!

I also used Blue Diamond Coconut/Almond Milk blend for my coffee.. Wasn't as bad as I thought. I could get used to it!  I saw at wegmans that they had a coconut creamer. THe only downside is that it has some not so pure additives.. but I think I will still give it a try. Make sure you buy the unsweetened version!

Here is another blog of one of my sorority sisters from college who is tacking this challenge with me...
http://feistychickpea.wordpress.com/

I will be posting daily check ins on the facebook page.. be sure to post any challenges you faced and how you over came them.  It will benefit all of us as we are all going to be facing peer pressure and not so understanding friends, barbeques and so forth.