The Day Before

Bought heaps of veggies today. Prepared and chopped a whole bunch. I have some mixed salads made up (baby spinach, curly lettuce, tomatoes, continental cucumber, carrots, celery, red capsicum, mushrooms and a handful of pecans), some stir-fry veg ready (red & green capsicum, onion, mushroom, zucchini, celery and carrots), a mix of chopped cauliflower, broccoli and pumpkin, plus i have sliced up some chicken thigh meat. Tomorrow I plan to eat for breakfast some stir fry chicken and vegetables, roast chicken and salad for lunch, and for dinner a salmon steak with steamed vegetables. For an afternoon snack i will bring maybe some leftover stirfry and throw a few pine nuts into the mix.

Also this week I am going to eat pork fillet on the BBQ, prawns, and stir fry beef, as well as chicken curry with coconut milk.

It strikes me as a little ironic that my DOGS, Kimberley and Mitchell, have been eating a paleo-inspired diet for years (raw meat, raw eggs, bok choy, carrots, tinned sardines occasionally and fish oil capsules) and they are so healthy and energetic, even though they both have suffered from hip dysplasia for their whole 11 years of life, plus arthritis!! Hmmmmmmmm......

Reading and planning....

I have now read Loren Cordain's paleo book and am starting on Robb Wolf's Paleo diet book. I'm getting the idea of what I'm going to be eating. In my favour is my love for vegetables - all kinds. I'm curious about 'spaghetti squash' but all my internet research and emails have proved fruitless. Apparently you can get this down south, but not up here in Queensland. Today is my planning day - planning this week's menu, and shopping. I'm going to be buying from the supermarket this week and next week will order some organic vegetables and grass-fed meat online to see if i like it. Bring on tomorrow!

Planning my paleo challenge

Enough with my bad eating habits, it's time I got off my ass and did something about it. On November 1, 2010, I am starting a 30-day Paleo Challenge.

The challenge involves completely changing my eating habits, and I hope it inspires me to keep it up forever. I have been crossfitting for a while now and even though my strength has improved immeasurably, I have not lost any weight. I am now figuring out it's my diet....i have such a love/hate relationship with food. I love to eat, I love to cook, I love to talk about food, plan what to eat. The problem is my portion size is too much, and I am always hungry...or am I always bored and eat out of boredom?

My challenge will involve giving up the following:

Sugar (or anything containing sugar)
All dairy (milk, cheese, butter)
All grains (bread, flour, rice, pasta)

I am also going to try to source organic ingredients, and am researching suppliers of grass-fed meats. I will be eating meat and vegetables, olive oil, fish and some nuts (not peanuts or cashews). I am waiting for Robb Wolf's Paleo book to arrive so I can do a lot more research before I embark on this next chapter in my life.