Going Paleo? Does it work?

Strand, I'm very interested in reading your documentation of it, too. Always interesting to see empirical results, no matter that it's individual and not peer-reviewed or double-blind studied.

 

I get hungry looking at your list of food. Prob drool over the kb if you post pics of
the pastries from your personal chef...

 

The cookies she made while also making the soufflé (for my buddy who blew out his knee... He needed some comfort food).

 

that was uncalled for... I guess I'll have to go to happy hour now.

 

Friday morning weigh in 196.4.

(All weigh ins are pre intestinal flush-post bladder flush)

Usual yogurt (Greek full fat plus nut mix, flax seeds, pomegranate seeds, 1/4 of an 86% choc bar). This is done in the cup that the yogurt comes in. That keeps me from loading it w too many things.

Spoon of coconut mana

Almond and jelly primal roll.

Lettuce wrap burger cheese. Snap peas peppers and sliced almonds (small portion)

Small portion of sole, greek olives and spinach.

Green smoothie.

Why did the weight bump up a tad? Good question. Probably the two primal bars. Didn't need them and should not have bought two cases... A tasty and unnecessary extravagance. I also drank some coconut water after the workout the night before. Little fluctuations happen, unfortunately it's not linear.

Wife cracked open a primal Mediterranean cookbook so next week looks promising.

 

One more @siata94 ... This is the cookie that crushed my willpower. Semi sweet choc, caramel nibs, and sea salt. Dip that sucker into one of my home brewed espresso drinks... Holy cr@p! Cold turkey on them. Might use it (ONE!) as a mental reward for monster ride or surf day... After I get a little bit more "fat adapted." It takes about three weeks of paleo eating and 15-20 hours of working out at your hearts aerobic rate (roughly max hr-50) to get reasonably fat adapted. From what I recall and understand.

I have difficulty admitting how many I ate on the drive home from the Temecula 12 hour... Not a good decision.

 

I'll play.

Today's food:

• Three cups of coffee, fresh ground (Sumatra), half decaf. Black. 5am-6:30am
• 1 pack of Belvita Breakfast Crackers. Blueberry. 9am
• 1 mug of Chai tea latte (Tazo with organic milk) 10am
• Two little sandwiches on King's Hawaiian rolls. Turkey, ham, cheese, mayo, mustard, pickle - small quantities. Noon
• Handful of peanut M and Ms. 3pm

Lots of water (32 oz). (all morning and afternoon)
(Went home after grocery shopping)

• Sam Adams Cold Snap Beer (1) 6:30pm
• Wild Horse Pinot Noir (2) 7:00 pm
• Potato chips - dunno how many. Less than a half bag, more than a handful. (6:30-7:30)
• Peanuts - couple of handfuls (6:30-7:30)
• Another small ham and turkey sandwich on small Dave's organic Good Seed bread (pickle, cheese, mustard, mayo). (9pm)
• Cottage cheese - three spoonfuls straight from carton. (9:30pm)

Hmmm, seem to be missing some veggies and fruits, eh? Well - do grapes in the wine and pickles count?

Oh - and exercise? 50 push ups, and several walking laps around my place of employment. And 10,000 keystrokes on IMTB.

 

fine ill play too.
before breakfast, weightlifting sesh (back)
breakfast: 3 egg (cage free) omelette with bacon, cheese, avo and squash
Lunch:hunk of turkey breast, handful of cashews, apple
snack-Metrx bar , a few "Mr cheesos"
dinner: ground bison, onions, potato, squash, tomatos (all organic of course) and half of an angry orchard apple cider

 

I don't even want to think about mine...

 

Umm .... Guys ... You forgot the "step on the scale" and send it part.

Morning weigh in 195.

 

My turn (heh heh):

Two cups of coffee ($4.99 on sale Columbian kind) w half n half (6:30-7:30).

Walked my dog (30 mins).

Peanut butter and Jelly sandwich on Orowheat 100% Whole Wheat loaded w sugers and preservatives (8:00).

Rode my bike w three great dudes (9:00-11:00). 12 oz of Gatorade.

Showed houses (12:30-2:30).

Whole avocado w salt pepper. (Real) Tortilla chips (about a handful). One New Belgium Citradelic IPA (2:30).

Hike w my dog (1 hr).

4 pieces of thin crust Meteteranian pizza (sun dried tomatoes, spinach and feta cheese) w New Belgium Rampant Imperial (aka Double) IPA (6:00).

Worked a bit for a client on the computer.

Bed by 9:00.

*48 oz of water throughout the day.

P.S. That plate full of tomatoes looked delicious Strand!! I'd pick tomatoes over cookies any day......

 

Thanks @ridinrox ... And they were from the garden ... Picked an hour before sliced!

 

Weight is not necessarily a good indicator of progress or health. People, in general, tend to latch onto it as the primary indicator. It's probably more meaningful to weigh in once a month, and look weekly at how one feels and performs. High gravity days always show up here and there.

 

Extra post, please delete. Thx Mikie.

 

I am a data guy. I agree that daily is perhaps hyper obsessive. But more data is never a bad thing, unless you obsess... Oh wait....

 

217.2lbs post morning urination. Poo occurs around 11am when I try to be at the office. Never take a 5hit on your own time, I say.

This is a fun game @StrandLeper! I have a feeling this thread will meet that from @herzalot in the iMTBtrails upper stratosphere eventually. Did anyone put down four Filet O' Fish yesterday?

 

I'm always 206-209.

 

207 lbs at <5'8". Was 220-225 in 2013 and went down to 200 shortly after my diet/lifestyle change and crept up a little recently. Have added some muscle though, I think.

 

I understand where you're coming from with the constant measuring on this journey. When I was coming down from the big 300, I weighed in every single morning... It was obsessive, but it allowed me to examine the dieting closely. I was also tracking workout calories, and got to the point that I could predict pretty accurately where I would be at point "x" in the process.

Now... I check every week or so... Except for the recent period between Thanksgiving and our trip to Buffalo in January. That was a bad time. But, I'm almost back to where I want to be.

 

Exactly @Faust29.

To give an idea of portion size etc. I will be posting pics of the food occasionally. For now, here is my go to green smoothie. You can make your own for cheaper, but this is an amazing veggie profile for a store bought smoothie. At trader joes.

Also, my burgers on the griddle for the week. (post surf) Maui onions added on top after the flip. Combo of grass fed sirloin and chuck... With a pat of grass fed butter in the middle.

The wife makes the patties... I like to griddle them. It makes them much more moist than bbq.

 

Dang, your pics show so much food. I consider that food for a couple weeks. I undereat by a lot. I switched from water to "sports drink" and that's showing some progress of getting some possible gain... by gain I mean going from below 140 to 144 (weighing myself each morning after using the bathroom), which is within normal fluctuations, but over a course of a long while.

 

@Varaxis those patties are for my family, and my friend who crashed last week's family for the week. Wife and I are making their food for them for a bit, Cause they've got lots of stress right now.

 

Ah that makes sense. I only ever see that much food being made for parties, honestly.

 

Yesterday (sat 2-27)

Eggs, bacon, avo, tomato

Usual Greek yogurt mix (I also add 4 squares of86%cacao chocolate to it)

Primal bar

Below is from a party at the in laws for dinner

Hot dog, 1/2 beef sandwich, 1/2 sausage sandwich, a few bites of chicken breast (no bread or buns... It was tough as these were from portillos)

2 cookies

2 hour ride, 2100 or so feet of climbing... Some hiking (up car wreck). 1300 cals burned.

 

Really tasty primal shake for lunch. 1/2 avo, scoop protein powder, 1/4 cup coconut mil, cup of ice, handful of raspberries. The avo absorbs the flavor of the other ingredients and tastes smooth. Super tasty and filling!

 

I read "Portillo's" as "Portos," the Cuban bakery/sinfest. I must be jonesin' for a media noche.

 

Portillos is a Chicago based Italian beef stand, grande. There is one near knots berry farm.

 

Yeah, about 3/4 mile from my house...I exercise much restraint.

 

Sunday 2-28 (forgot to weigh in, it was dark)

Usual coffee.

Usual yogurt

Shake described above (also tasted stew that wife was working on... So a few pieces of beef and artichoke heart or two)

A few hands full of nuts

Steak, tomatoes, feta, pine nuts, 2 pieces of bacon (about 1/3 of a pound of steak)

1/4 dark choc hazelnut bar

Morning paddle surf for 3 hours at bone yards (spot just north of swamis)... VERY taxing place to stand up paddle surf.

 

Last night's dinner pic to give you an idea of portion size. Yes, that is bacon chopped up on the tomatoes... And a glass of Zin. The steak was a relatively cheap sirloin that I treated with love.

Morning weigh in 196.2. First week loss 4.8 pounds.

No insane workouts. In fact, due to my friend's injury on my Sunday ride last week, his not being avail to ride on weds night, and my decision to Standup paddle surf Sunday morning, probably the fewest workout hours of the past 3 or 4 months.

No insane dieting.

Eating plenty of food. Just no grains, very little carbs, no BS snacking.

Eating when I am hungry, not eating bcz I am supposed to eat right now.

Week 2 begins with a fridge full of good, healthy food from wife's Sunday cook fest.

Btw, it was actually easier for me to do this a few years ago, before my wife discovered her passion for cooking. Now, there is always tons of food around, even though much of it is Paleo.