Day 3 of my attempt to try this Paleo Diet, so I guess I'd better start blogging about this so I can keep track of my thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, the food I eat. I blog like I think and talk and not necessarily in the most proper MLA/APA formatting. Here we go!
My husband recently came home from the doctor with a prescription for a low-sodium diet. Coupled with my incessant desire to try new diet fads, we are trying the Paleo Diet (eat like a caveman). The diet is made up of things that a caveman would have eaten back in his day. I personally don't remember that interview on 20/20; but supposedly the caveman only ate things they could hunt and/or gather. I'm assuming dinosaurs did the same thing. My husband's research found that we can eat all the grasshoppers we want. Yay.
In all honesty, we are both terrible eaters. We like comfort foods too much. We like dining out at very not-healthy restaurants too much. We both kinda look lumpy. We've tried other diets, but they didn't last long. Either they were very boring or limited so much that we couldn't survive in the Midwest. I personally think a lot of diets are a little risky because they cut out some important nutrients, and that keeps me from jumping on bandwagons. For instance, I can remember a long time ago I knew a girl that went on a diet that wouldn't let her eat things that were crunchy. I challenged her diet and asked her if she could eat raw carrots, and she replied, "No." That ain't right. This Paleo diet seems more legit because I don't think there's anything wrong with a diet high in vegetables, moderate in low-fructose fruits and meats, low in fats, and opposed to carbs and dairy.
Wait... wait... wait. No carbs? That's correct. The diet refutes the agricultural revolution, and the diet argues that our bodies aren't capable of processing carbohydrates from grains. NO DAIRY??? Right... rationally speaking, the diet says that we humans are the only species on the planet that 1) drink milk from other animals and 2) drink milk past infancy, and so we really shouldn't be consuming it because I guess that's just taboo to a caveman.
That leaves lots and lots of vegetables, meat, and berries and nuts.
I feel like I should go outside and start foraging.
So how will my husband and I tackle this life-style change? I decided (because I'm smart) that I wanted to go the all natural, "clean" route and buy organic and local. On Day One, we went to the nice local natural grocery store by our house and stocked up on lots of vegetables and lean meats. And that was dang expensive. I'm kind of glad that he has to have low-sodium because that makes it incredibly hard to indulge in the processed foods in the freezers AND that it probably will save me money. However, even with that high ticket grocery store run, we have cheated every single day during our three day journey. Baby steps, right?
Here is the abridged version with full details below:
The first day we had a strict Paleo-lunch, but then went to a party and ate... and drank... and got Taco Bell.
Epic Fail.
The second day we had a strict Paleo lunch and dinner... followed by 3 beers for my husband and one adult beverage for myself. Plus late-night popcorn.
Fail.
Today I attended a concert-festival-type-thing and had two hotdogs... Plus a Pepsi. My husband went to work and he did better than me at a salad bar, but confessed he had a helping of pasta salad. I'm not calling it a fail yet because I refused all adult beverages and opted for water all day during the concerts. PLUS I came home and made both of us omelets with just eggs, mushrooms, spinach and organic salsa. I've only had water since I got home despite the vodka calling my name in my freezer, beckoning me like Fabio with his margarine spray.
Mild Fail.
We shall see how it goes from here!
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Day One
July 7, 2012
Breakfast (Wife only, husband skipped breakfast. BOO!)
1-egg omelet with mushrooms, prepared in vegetable oil
Lunch (Both)
Sauteed Shredded Carrots with a sprinkle of dried dill, a slice of tomato, some microwave broccoli florets.
Dinner (Both)
Chicken Sausages with buns, corn salsa, homemade tomato salsa, Natalie had vodka-sodas, Josh may have had a PBR.
Fourth-Meal (Both, insert sadface)
Josh = Gordita + Double Decker Taco
Natalie = 3 Doritos Tacos
(the honesty is killing me)
Day Two
July 8, 2012
Breakfast (Both)
Coffee (woke up a little late from the taco-hangover)
Lunch (Both)
Grilled Chicken Breast, spring-mix greens, carrots, strawberries, balsamic reduction. That was dang good... plus we ate the extra strawberries from the pint.
Dinner (Both)
Salmon Burgers (gluten-free), more spring-mix greens, and a green bean/mushroom side dish that I whipped up.
Late-night Snack (Both)
Popcorn
Josh = 3 Beers
Natalie = 1 shot of vodka
Day Three
July 9th, 2012
Breakfast
Natalie - small tater tots and a medium coke from Sonic (I needed something before the concert {sad face})
Josh - coffee
Lunch
Natalie - Two hot dogs with mustard, one medium Pepsi, four Aqua Finas
Josh - $8 worth of Hy-Vee Salad bar...
Dinner (Both)
2-egg omelet with baby spinach, mushrooms, green onions, salsa, prepared in olive oil.
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