I want to start by saying the point of this exercise is to get people thinking about what they are shoving in their mouths. It is such an important part of the puzzle. This blog will be an important resource and support for you efforts.
Okay boyz and girls. The 30 day Paleo Challenge starts today. See the below post for rules for the Whole 30 program and what you can eat on the Paleo Diet. Note you can eat as much of the good food as you want, just don't go crazy on the nuts. This is an important part especially during the first few days. Your body won't be used to the decrease in calories and you to make the transition a little easier you can up your food intake.
The Whole 30 program is the A+ of the 30 day diets that you can do. I strongly recommend that you attempt to do this program. The effect it will have will be great. If it doesn't seem possible for you but you want to try and improve your eating habits than you can still do a Paleo Challenge. Only difference being that if you cheat and eat shitty carbs than you have to perform 1 burpee for every gram of bad carbs consumed or you must row the calorie amount that the food had. Trust me if you do this once on a big cheat meal you won't want to do it again. This will be done in the gym. If you don't want to do that for your cheats than you at least have to post them on the blog so you are accountable for them.
Everyone who is doing the challenge has to post their foods in the comments section of this blog. You can either do this at the end of the day or within the day as you eat. This is a key point and will really help in your quest.
24 comments:
Normally I don't like to use bodyweight as an indicator of success for diets but since I've done a lot of these I know how my body reacts and I can use bodyweights as a measuring tool.
Starting weight today 195.6
Ideal weight at end of challenge 185.
Excited to get started with everyone.
I really really want to participate in this challenge but I have an event this weekend which I've been looking forward to for months. My question is, can I start the challenge next Monday? I want to do this thing right with no cheats.
Lauren
is everyone eating organic meats? grass fed? if we eat grain fed meat does that defeat the whole purpose of this 30 day challenge
I buy grass fed organic from a farm out in the valley... but it can be cost prohibitive. Grain fed beef has an overload of omega6. Go to the Whole9 blog and input your stats into the fish oil calculator and make up for the lack of omega3 that way. No harm no foul.
Count me in. I have no idea what i weigh, but i'd like it to be less in 30 days.
Hopefully we get more joining in.
Alright. Day one isn't over yet but I thought I would log in now.
Breakfast:
4 eggs
rasberries
2 tbs of almond butter
Lunch:
chicken breast
apple
cashews
Snack:
Vega w/t blueberries (yes I know this is not whole30 but I am doing this protein powder for my 30 days)
chicken breast
almonds
Meal 1: 2 eggs, 2 tbsp coconut milk
Meal 2: ground bison in tomato sauce over grated zucchini
Snack: 1 cup blueberries
Meal 3: beef and veggie fajitas with lettuce wraps instead of tortillas
Snack: 1 cup strawberries
Paleo Diet Day 1
Breakfast
Fruit-Strawberries, blueberries, and grapes
Handful of Nuts and Seeds--raw cashews, raw walnuts, sunflower seeds and raw almonds
Snack 1: Banana
Lunch: Turkey meat, orange, veggies--cherry tomatoes, snap peas, & baby carrots
Snack 2: Chicken meat
Dinner: Lettuce Wrap with chicken
Snack 3: Nectarine
Ideal Weight Goal: 130-135
Breakfast:
1 egg, 2 egg whites
Ham
Blueberries, pineapple
Fish Oil
Snack:
Carrots & cucumber
Cashews
Lunch:
Salad w/chicken, lemon juice
Snack:
Apple
1 tbsp almond butter
Orange
Dinner:
Steak
Sweet potato
Grilled yellow pepper
No headache all day!
Sorry to break it to you guys... cashews are legumes :(
Okay-still totally on the fence about this. After 16 months on the Zone it's hard for me to get out of balancing my meals. I am real worried about snacking on fruits without protein and getting too much sugar.
Breakfast:
2 eggs w sundried tomatoes w pineapple and strawberries
w a cup of black coffee, experimented w putting coconut milk in coffee but it was disgusting!
Snack:
Apple + biltong + nuts
Lunch:
Salad w cooked chicken and mushrooms, red peppers, cucumber, lemon juice and olive oil dressing
Snack:
Larabar
Dinner:
Cooked chicken w sundried tomatoes w sweet potatoes
Snack:
1 date + handful of biltong and a few almonds
Day 1 is over! Overall I felt hungry and on a diet....I am sure there is a learning curve. Feel like I will need to cook more and plan ahead.
Dinner after the gym was prawns with steamed broccoli and baked yams. Desert was a banana and some almond butter.
Day 1 in the books. Feeling good but Chelan and I are watching the food network right now and that is probably a mistake.
Annie - be careful with the biltong and check the ingredients. Jerkys are usually made with sugar.
Day 1:
breakfast: Apple, orange, blueberries
Lunch: salad with salmon (oil and lemon juice)
Snack: handfull of almonds and walnuts
Dinner: baked yam, salad and BBQ chicken.
snack: grapes
Ricci
Breakfast
Grounded beef with lettuce
Apple
Lunch
Shrimp with vegetables
Apple
Dinner
Grounded beef with lettuce
Cucumbers
Snack
About a two dozen carrots
2 eggs/bacon/sausauge/fruit
apple/billtong/nuts
salad/steak/banana
lara bar/biltong
roast chicken/salad/strawberries/nuts
Black coffee better than expected...
Scott
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Day 1
breakfast: 2 eggs/avocado/1/2banana/1/2 apple
Snack- vega shake with spinach/1/2 frozen strawberries
Lunch-chicken breast/avocado/bag of veggies-cuc/carrots/peppers
snack-larabar- in monderation (was starving
Did 430class :)
Dinner- salmon salad with Strawberries/ handful of nuts
Day 1 (didn't eat till really late.)
chicken salad w/ avocado, berries, walnuts almonds oil/vin
snack: nectarine, apple, cashews almonds grapes throughout the rest of the night.
Danimal
Monday the 14th
Breakfast
3 Egg White/1 Egg Omelet
with Mushrooms/Spinach/Salsa
Lunch
Spinach Salad with Strawberries, Oranges Slices and Grapes
Snack 1
Banana, Vel Fruit Nut Bar
Snack 2
Banana and Frozen Fruit Smoothie
Dinner
Pork/Veggie Stir Fry
The cashew (Anacardium occidentale named by Linnaeus) is actually an indehiscent dry fruit (it does not split open when ripe) that is termed a "nut." The part we eat is the "kernel" which has had its hard shell and testa (skin) removed. The kernel is really a seed which contains a miniature embryo - gently pry the halves of the "nut" apart and you will see a teeny-tiny plant; the part we really enjoy eating is stored food for the developing plant. So, we can also say that the cashew nut we eat is a one-seeded-fruit!
If you look at a picture of a cashew on the tree you'll see a swollen part. This is the "cashew apple" (or false fruit) from which the "nut" protrudes. It is the swollen base of the stem that originally supported the flower.
It belongs to the Anacardiaceae family of plants, which also includes the mango, the pistachio and the poison ivy. Some people (including me) are allergic to various parts of this fruit and its pseudofruit. Not a legume, eat away!
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