What's in What You Eat?It is said you are what you eat, from your head to your feet. So why not know… What's in what you eat?

Friday April 25th:

8:00am:
-1 Hard Boiled Egg
-1 Banana
-Orange Juice

10:30am:
-Pistachios

12:00pm:
-Chicken Ceaser Salad
-Fruit Cup

6:00pm:
-Salad w:
-Lettuce
-Spinach
-Broccoli
-Green Peas
-Mushrooms
-Chicken
-Beef
-Olive Oil/ Vinegar

Cheats:
-Dairy in Ceaser Salad

This was the last day for this Paleo trial. I enjoyed it very much and the energy boost was amazing. I stopped my usual routine of struggling to wake up in the morning, and was easily able to get up each day. I’ll decide at what level I want to do this if at all once I am done reading “The Paleo Diet” by Loren Cordain.

Thursday April 24th:

8:00am:
-1 Hard Boiled Egg
-1 Orange
-1 Banana
-1 Cup Orange Juice
-Smoked Salmon

10:30am:
-Pistachios

12:45pm:
-Mixed Green Salad W/ Chicken

3:45pm:
-1 Hard Boiled Egg
-1 Apple

5:15pm:
-Organic Baby Carrots

9:00pm:
-3/4 Chicken
-Mixed Green Salad w/ Nuts

Wednesday April 23rd:

8:00am:
-2 Hard Boiled Eggs
-1 Banana
-1 Orange
-2 Cups Orange Juice

10:30am:
-Handful Pistachios

12:30pm:
-2 Chicken Breasts

CHEAT:
4:30pm:
-1 scoop Baskin and Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip Ice-cream

7:15pm:
-Salmon W/ Green Onions
-Stir Fry Vegetables:
-Broccoli
-Green/ Yellow Peppers
-Mushrooms
-Onions

-Grapes

The sun was out and I was really craving some ice cream. Ben & Jerries decided to go out of business so I was stuck with B&R. I felt horribly after eating it; bloated, tired, and had a weird feeling in my throat. Made me want to keep going with Paleo.

Other Improvements:
-Chicken at lunch had questionable ingredients. It was from QFC and everytime I get it there is different ingredients listed, I believe they printed the wrong label and what I ate was just chicken with nothing bad.
-Ice cream was an obvious mistake
-Salmon was cooked in soy sauce, making it not truly Paleo

I will try to finish Thursday and Friday strong and then take a break over the weekend. I don’t know how fully I will be able to continue after this week, though I will try.

Tuesday April 22nd

9:30am:
- 1 Hard Boiled Egg
- 1 Banana
- 1 Orange
- 1 Cup Orange Juice

10:45am:
-Handful Pistachios

12:15pm:
-Taco Salad
-Handful Pistachios
-1 Banana
-Water

3:15pm:
-1 Hard Boiled Egg
-Apple

7:15pm:
-1/2 Chicken
-Mixed Green Salad

Dessert:
-Organic Apple Sauce

Cheats:
-Taco Salad contained cheese (and was from a school cafeteria)
-Organic Apple Sauce contained added sugar

Monday April 21st:

8:15am:
-Smoked Salmon
-1 Hard Boiled Egg
-Orange Juice

12:15pm:
-2 Chicken Breasts
-Water

4:45pm:
-Canned Tuna W/ Canola Mayo

7:00pm:
-4 Egg Omelet w/
-Onions
-Smoked Salmon

-Left over salmon from last night
-Mixed Green Salad w/
-Lettuce
-Black Olives
-Broccoli
-Carrots
-Green Peppers

Water

Dessert:
-1/2 Grapefruit
-1 Bowl Organic Apple Sauce

Possible improvements:
-Salad Dressing’s first ingredient was sugar-nothing artificial in it though
-Applesauce contains added sugar
-Canned Tuna has some preservatives in it

I have been reading up lately on the Paleo Diet. It is based off only eating foods that the hunter/ gatherers of the Paleolithic societies had available. The diet is made up of eating lean meats, chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. There are no processed foods allowed as well as no wheat, potatoes, rice, soy, processed/ fatty meats. This is obviously a very hard diet to follow but it is worth experimenting with. Here is what I ate today.

Sunday April 20th:

10:30am
-3 Scrambled Eggs
-Smoked Salmon
-Orange Juice
-Orange
-Banana

3:30pm
-Chicken Caaser Salad
-Apple
-Water

5:30pm
-Handful Pistachios

7:30pm
-Salmon w/ spices, onions, lemon
-Stir fry: W/ Garlic and Parsley Flakes
-Green Pepper
-Yellow Pepper
-Broccoli
-Onions
-Mushrooms
-Side Salad
-Cucumber Salad
-Water
-Strawberries
-Grapes

While this is the concept of an ideal diet, this blog will continue to update information for non Paleo foods and restaurants as well. I partially cheated having dairy cheese in the Caeser Salad.