This week was a little difficult to be Paleo, but we did our best.
Monday
Breakfast
Walnuts
Blueberries
Coffee (black)
Lunch
Salmon Salad
Veggies
Apple
Dinner
Squid's!
Monday night was mine and Katy's 7 year wedding anniversary. To celebrate we went out to eat and devoured some freshly killed lobster. Not sure how you can get much more Paleo than that...your food is alive one minute and dead and in your belly the next. I guess eating it raw would be even more caveman-esque. To go with our lobster we had mixed veggies. On a side note, my wife is amazing and I could not have asked for a better partner in life. I mean, come on....she's giving up dairy, grains, and legumes for me!
Tuesday
Breakfast
Chia Pod
Cherries
Coffee (black)
Lunch
TunaSalad
Veggies
Plum
Dinner
Hamburgers
Watermelon
Salad
In the morning we experimented with a Chia Pod from Whole Foods. The ingredients were Chia Seed, Coconut Milk, and Vanilla Bean paste. According to several paleo blogs, Chia seed is a good primal food full of healthy omega-3 fats. Out of curiosity we decided to try it as we're trying to get creative with our breakfast foods. I thought it was a winner...had a good taste and fit the bill for Paleo. Katy was a little less convinced as she was not crazy about the texture.
Wednesday
Breakfast
Kale Smoothie (compliments of Pinterest)
Coffee (black)
Lunch
Garden Salad
Mixed Nuts
Peaches
Dinner
Med Deli is one of our favorite restaurants. We decided to try it out and see what Paleo options we could find. Katy got a squash eggplant stew, roasted peach salad, and a fattoush salad. I got a cantaloupe stuffed with chicken salad and a greek salad. It was hard, but we said no to the pita bread. We can't know for sure what ingredients were used in the dressings, but for the most part we staid true to Paleo, because if it was not for this diet, our plates would have looked a lot different!
Thursday
Breakfast
Banana/Spinach smoothie
Coffee (black)
Lunch
Celery and Almond Butter
Mixed Nuts
Apple
Dinner
Friday
Breakfast
Baked Sweet Potato with cinnamon
Coffee (black)
Lunch
leftovers
The weekend was a busy one with us eating out both nights with friends. We tried our best to stay true to Paleo (Katy did better than me) but could not resist when one of our friends brought us over a homemade blueberry peach pie on Saturday night....it would have been rude to turn that down!
Thoughts
The challenge continues to be eating out. We feel like we can do a pretty good job staying away from grains, legumes, and dairy, but the hard part is staying away from added sugars as we are unsure of what all goes in to the dishes. Some paleo blogs recommend asking the waiter/waitress to inquire about all the ingredients, but we're not that crazy with this diet and so when we eat out we do our best and then kick back and enjoy our time with friends.
We did not cook a lot this week, but the winner was definitely the Chicken Jalapeno Burgers served with our homemade guacamole (Katy makes some awesome guac!). Not only were the burgers awesome, we realized we really like dipping different vegetables (cucumbers, carrots, and celery) in the guacamole in place of tortilla chips.
We're getting creative with breakfasts. I told a friend we did sweet potato one morning and they thought that was crazy. My question is, why is that crazy? We think in our minds that only certain things should be for breakfast, and, to me, that is what is crazy.
Another successful week (for the most part) of Paleo is in the books. People have started to ask if I feel different and I tell them, "Its strange, but I keep getting this strong urge to leave my house and hunt down a wooly mammoth!" So, no, the answer is I don't feel any different than from two weeks ago.
Happy Anniversary!
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