SugarfreeLife Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Hi there First of all, sorry for my English. I'm not native speaker, I'm from Czech Republic, 28 years old female. I have eaten pretty clean Paleo for 6 months now, with occasional slip to Primal (milk in my cappuccino). I'm starting Whole30 after reading It Starts with Food and I hope that it will help me with few struggles: first months of eating Paleo I have lost weight well (I don't weight myself, I measure it with my clothes), but I hit the plateau approx. two months ago. I think it corresponds with my snack addiction (mostly nuts, dried fruits or regular fruits, 85% dark chocolate). I wasn't hungry at the beginning of my Paleo journey, but my appetit slowly returned and recently the snacking got out of my hands. I like nuts and fruits and I don't think it is necessary to avoid them completely, so I enjoy the idea to include them into my regular meal and stick with 3 meals a day. Let's see how it works. Day 1 so far: Meal 1: 3 eggs on 1 tablespoon of ghee, lettuce and small handfull of grapes Meal 2: homemade meat loaf (organic ground beef and liver, onion, garlic, egg, spices), sweet potato, radishes, grapes and macadamia nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted July 5, 2012 Moderators Share Posted July 5, 2012 Your meals look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Thank you Meal 3: large bowl of salad (lettuce, baby spinach, radishes, cucumber, raw salmon, sundried tomatoes in olive oil, lime juice) I'm not hungry and really enjoyed these meals. But I have huuuge problem to not doing anything else during eating (I mean reading, surfing on the web etc.). I eat much faster if I just eat. I must work on it, it's a challenge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 Today, it was much harder to stay with three meals, I was thinking of food all day. Meal 1: homemade meat loaf (ground beef and liver, onion, garlic, egg, spices), sweet potato, macadamia nuts, two slices of watermelon, salad (radishes, lettuce, cucumber, avocado oil) Meal 2: some kind of goulash from beef shin (very collagen rich meat, I love it) and zucchini on 1 tablespoon pork lard, two slices of watermelon Meal 3: soup (chicken broth, chicken meat, cauliflower, carrot), leftovers of morning salad, kohlrabi, macadamia nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 Meal 1: homemade meat loaf on lard, sauerkraut, grapes Meal 2: dorade baked in papillote with lemon, basil and ghee, kohlrabi, spinach, macadamia and cashew nuts Meal 3: goulash with zucchini, lettuce, sliced apple sprinkled with cinnamon and cashew butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Meal 1: chicken breast and mushrooms on lard with 1 egg, lettuce, macadamia nuts Meal 2: roasted pork belly, sauerkraut, apple Emergency snack (I had too long pause between meals): closed handfull of macadamia nuts Meal 3: steak Tartar (beef, onion, garlic, egg yolk, spices), cucumber, two apricots After 3 days spent in bed because of my lower back block, I visited to my friend who has a little kitty. I'm melted, it is so cute! Very refreshing and recovering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Wow. Just wow. Today is Day 5, for the first time I'm at work during Whole30 and I haven't any cravings between Meal 1 and Meal 2 (5 hours). I ALWAYS have cravings when I'm at work (maybe first week on paleo diet I hadn't, but before and after then I always need one or more snacks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Meal 1: two eggs on ghee, chicken breast, cucumber, 3 apricots Meal 2: soup (beef ribs, carrot), cucumber, chicken breast) Meal 3: roasted pork belly, handfull of macadamia and cashew nuts, salad (lettuce, cucumber, radishes, sundried tomatoes in olive oil, lemon juice, spices) I feel good, despite the fact that I was at work for the first time after 5 days, I'm not tired, not even little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 10, 2012 Author Share Posted July 10, 2012 Yes, I just figured out how to insert picture from Picassa album Meal 1: two eggs baked in avocado (wow, delicious! next time just make bigger hole, most of the whites ended outside of avocado) on ghee, lettuce, small banana Meal 2: soup (beef ribs, carrot), one hardboiled egg, leftover salad from yesterday Meal 3: three patties (beef and lamb meat together), zucchini and mushrooms cooked on lard, handfull of macadamia and cashew nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Jeanne Penrod Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Your food looks yummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks, Laura Today, I had very stresfull day, I had to work even during lunch Meal 1: flank steak, spinach on ghee, pepper (finally local) Meal 2: goulash with zucchini and mushrooms, banana, lettuce Snack: my mom bought sugar peas so I took some on my way to my doctor. Meal 3: spread (canned tunna in olive oil, hardboiled egg, onion), cucumber, pepper, radishes, carrot (very sweet), tiny amount of macadamia nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 12, 2012 Author Share Posted July 12, 2012 Meal 1: homemade meatloaf, pepper, carrot, nectarine Meal 2: roasted pork belly, sauerkraut, carrot, radishes, grapes Meal 3: very busy, so I had two eggs in my favourite coffeehouse, and then I ate my emergency pack (carrots, radishes, hardboiled egg), one teaspoon of coconut oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 13, 2012 Author Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm tired, but I think that it's due to weather change, it's really cold here today. Meal 1: salmon, zucchini on lard, grapes Meal 2: soup (beef ribs, carrot), radishes, nectarine, handfull of cashew nuts 1 teaspoon of coconut oil (I was really hungry, but I didn't want eat something bigger before dinner) Meal 3: chicken wings on sauerkraut, carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 14, 2012 Author Share Posted July 14, 2012 Weird day today! I'm tired and hungry all day long. Had to have a snack afternoon! And hunger seems to be endless, aargh! Carb flu? I don't think so, as I haven't eaten too much carbs before (just fruit and occasionally honey and agave). Meal 1: leftover chicken wings, zucchini, apple, carrot Meal 2: top blade steak, ghee, salad (radishes, cucumber, lettuce and finally local tomatoes, lime juice, avocado oil) and bowl of raspberries and blackberries (OMG, fresh from farmers market, so delicious!) Snack: four carrots, teaspoon of cashew butter Meal 3: I roasted pork knee with onion, so I had meat and bone (as a true cavewoman ), salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Meal 1: pork sausages (fresh and compliant - just meat and spices), baked hokkaido squash sauted in lard (wow, overbaked squash tastes like potato! ), carrots, tomato Meal 2: roasted pork knee, squash, salad - I gave myself bigger portion due to yesterday hunger and it helped a lot Meal 3: top blade steak, cauliflower puree with ghee, salad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adagio Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Love all of your food. Looks good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Thank you, Adagio Meal 1: top blade steak, cauliflower puree with ghee, small handfull of cashew nuts Meal 2: goulash, baked hokkaido squash, salad (just veggies, no spices nor oil - I forgot) I had long pause between Meal 2 and 3 (7 hours), so I took 1 teaspoon of coconut oil to avoid cravings Meal 3: homemade meatloaf (beef meat and liver - great way to eat organ meat even if you don't like it), mashed sweet potato with lard, radishes Note: I had accidentaly more starchy veggies than usually (squash, sweet potato) these two days and result: I was very satisfied with meals and I didn't think about fruit! I like fruit, so I want to eat some, but good to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derval Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Loving your cashew smiley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Derval - I needed to see some smile that morning Today: It was long day, so I had 4 meals Meal 1: 3 eggs, zucchini on lard, peach Meal 2: homemade meatloaf, cauliflower puree, grapes (it was not enough, I was hungry very soon after that meal) Meal 3: unprepared and hungry, ts ts ts... I grab organic coconut flakes (ate only half of the bag, what a victory for me!) on my way to coffeehouse and there I had gazpacho (delish!), crutons carefully put aside. Then I had espresso (without milk, blah, never more) and cascara (tea from coffee bean coats, really good, it tastes as something between coffee and tea). Meal 4: salmon, carrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derval Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Isn't gazpacho usually made with bread? I avoided it when I was in Spain for that reason... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Yes, usually is, but this has only veggies and oil, bread crutons were on top and I put them away. I would like to make it at home, I just need to buy some flavourful tomatoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbitgirl Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I love all of your pictures. I may start doing that, if I can figure out how. I have a degree in English and I grew up in this country, and I think your English is just fine. Is canned coconut milk available in your country? If it is, you might try adding that to your coffee. That is how I drink mine now and I LOVE it. It's so thick and creamy. I used to drink very sweet coffee drinks, but for some reason, I can drink coffee with coconut milk and I don't miss the sweetness of the sugar at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 Thank you very much, Hobbitgirl I don't drink much coffee and I always drink my coffee in coffeehouse (cappuccino with milk, without sugar), so it is little inconvenient to take coconut milk with me But I don't miss it, just wanted to try good quality black coffee - and maybe I'm not enough advanced for it Taking pictures? If you have a smartphone, it's pretty easy, I take a picture, process in Instagram - it makes that nice square form (but I don't publish them there, I don't want to bore my non-paleo followers) and then upload to Picassa album (or any other online album). And then I post them here. It sounds complicated, but it takes just few seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbitgirl Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 LOL...you lost me at instagram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SugarfreeLife Posted July 18, 2012 Author Share Posted July 18, 2012 You can skip this step I'm a little crazy geekgirl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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