Hey guys!
It's the last week of the Challenge! Thank you to everyone who has participated and I hope that you have all been able to make some changes in your diet that you can carry with you beyond the 4 weeks of this challenge.
The challenge for this week is to look at the connection between what you are eating and how you feel. Pay attention to what you eat prior to your workouts and how that affects your performance. A change in diet is often first driven by trying to lean out or lose weight but, in my experience, the only thing that made this change stick was that it made me feel better. For me, what makes passing up that cookie or piece of pizza worth it is that I know how much better I feel and how much harder I can push in a workout if I am eating clean.
If you haven't been eating Paleo over the last 3 weeks, it's not too late!! Take this week and go for it! Jump in on Challenge #3 and give it a try!
Please comment below with anything you learn over the next few days as you focus on food and performance.
-Kirsten
Monday, October 15, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Recipes!!!
Hey all!
Thank you to everyone who commented below the last blog post and left recipe ideas for everyone! Since you guys shared such great ideas I figured I should share some of my favorite Paleo recipes with you! What I look for most out of a good recipe is if it will work well for leftovers. I hate putting all the work in to cook something to only get one meal out of it! Here are a few that are great on day 1 and they make great leftovers!
One of my favorite things to eat are meatballs or a meat sauce over zucchini or mixed vegetables. Here is a link for a great Paleo meatball recipe:
http://marianutrition.blogspot.com/2010/08/italian-meatballs.html
I also LOVE sweet potatoes! This morning I baked a large batch of sweet potatoes by cutting them in to cubes and then shake them in a large ziploc with Olive Oil and salt and pepper. I spread them on a cookie sheet and bake for about 30 minutes st 350 degrees. Super easy and delicious! They are great to pack for lunch on the go with some chicken or turkey.
Thank you to everyone who commented below the last blog post and left recipe ideas for everyone! Since you guys shared such great ideas I figured I should share some of my favorite Paleo recipes with you! What I look for most out of a good recipe is if it will work well for leftovers. I hate putting all the work in to cook something to only get one meal out of it! Here are a few that are great on day 1 and they make great leftovers!
One of my favorite things to eat are meatballs or a meat sauce over zucchini or mixed vegetables. Here is a link for a great Paleo meatball recipe:
http://marianutrition.blogspot.com/2010/08/italian-meatballs.html
I also LOVE sweet potatoes! This morning I baked a large batch of sweet potatoes by cutting them in to cubes and then shake them in a large ziploc with Olive Oil and salt and pepper. I spread them on a cookie sheet and bake for about 30 minutes st 350 degrees. Super easy and delicious! They are great to pack for lunch on the go with some chicken or turkey.
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| SWEET POTATOES!!
I hope everyone is continuing to try new foods and new recipes that work for you! Challenge #3 will be up by the end of the week! Thank you to everyone that has been participating in all the challenges so far! It's great to see some of you really giving this thing a try!
-Kirsten
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
What Are You Eating?? (And Challenge #2!)
Hey everyone! I hope everyone is doing well!
I thought I would give you all an idea of what I eat during a normal day in case people are having trouble coming up with meal plans.
I usually spend most of my days away from home, so between breakfast and dinner I usually eat frequent small meals/snacks that consist of food that I can easily carry with me.
Breakfast:
Eggs and bacon or turkey bacon. (Choose grass fed and nitrate free if possible for the meat)
A Frittata or egg bake is a great dish to make ahead and then you can just heat it up in the morning!
**If I’m in a rush I will sometimes grab some nuts and a piece of fruit
Lunch:
Cut up chicken breast or Turkey
Sweet potatoes (Make these ahead of time and then have them with your lunch for a few days)
Raw veggies (Green pepper, carrots, sugar snap peas, green beans)
Salads
Chicken Salad or Tuna Salad, I like to add some crunchy veggies to mine (celery, or green peppers)
Fruit: apples are easy to carry around or trader joes has great pre-cut fruit as well.
Eating Out:
Habit Burger: I order the chicken club sandwich, lettuce wrapped. Delicious!!
Crepeville: Any omelettes or scrambles, bacon or sausage. They have great salads here, make sure to add meat. If I’ve had a big workout that day, I’ll go double meat or add avocado.
Plutos: Salads, add meat. Again avocado is a great way to get some good fat in here. They also have carved meats here as well that are great for lunch with veggies on the side.
When eating out, look for your BEST option, it won’t always be perfect, but that’s life!
I’ll often order a burger without a bun and add avocado. Eating this way should not keep you from going places with friends and is not meant to make you feel deprived. You just might have to get creative sometimes!
Dinner:
Dinner is usually meat and veggies. Chicken with asparagus is probably the most common Paleo dinner you will find at my house. If it is just me at home for the night, I might have eggs and bacon or a salad with fruit and nuts in it and oil and vinegar dressing.
Snacks:
I generally stick to fruit and nuts for my snacks. I always carry “applesauce crushers” (packets of applesauce that are only apples, no added sugar) from trader joes with me. They are great on the go snacks. Almond butter packets are great as well to throw in. I also always have some kind of nut mix or trail mix with nuts and dried fruit with me.
After dinner I will often have an apple with almond butter, (my favorite are Pink Lady apples) or some kind of fruit.
That's about it! I am naturally a pretty picky person, so my diet isn't super exciting, but I am working on branching out and trying new things.
This brings me to Challenge #2! Post here or to the group facebook page a recipe that you have found and enjoyed since starting the Paleo Challenge. Please do this by Friday. I will add my favorite recipes on Friday as well to the blog. If you haven't joined the group Facebook page yet, please do so if you would like to or if you are on Facebook. Mariah emailed the link to all of you to make it easier to find.
Looking forward to some new recipes! Keep up the good work guys!
-Kirsten
I thought I would give you all an idea of what I eat during a normal day in case people are having trouble coming up with meal plans.
I usually spend most of my days away from home, so between breakfast and dinner I usually eat frequent small meals/snacks that consist of food that I can easily carry with me.
Breakfast:
Eggs and bacon or turkey bacon. (Choose grass fed and nitrate free if possible for the meat)
A Frittata or egg bake is a great dish to make ahead and then you can just heat it up in the morning!
**If I’m in a rush I will sometimes grab some nuts and a piece of fruit
Lunch:
Cut up chicken breast or Turkey
Sweet potatoes (Make these ahead of time and then have them with your lunch for a few days)
Raw veggies (Green pepper, carrots, sugar snap peas, green beans)
Salads
Chicken Salad or Tuna Salad, I like to add some crunchy veggies to mine (celery, or green peppers)
Fruit: apples are easy to carry around or trader joes has great pre-cut fruit as well.
Eating Out:
Habit Burger: I order the chicken club sandwich, lettuce wrapped. Delicious!!
Crepeville: Any omelettes or scrambles, bacon or sausage. They have great salads here, make sure to add meat. If I’ve had a big workout that day, I’ll go double meat or add avocado.
Plutos: Salads, add meat. Again avocado is a great way to get some good fat in here. They also have carved meats here as well that are great for lunch with veggies on the side.
When eating out, look for your BEST option, it won’t always be perfect, but that’s life!
I’ll often order a burger without a bun and add avocado. Eating this way should not keep you from going places with friends and is not meant to make you feel deprived. You just might have to get creative sometimes!
Dinner:
Dinner is usually meat and veggies. Chicken with asparagus is probably the most common Paleo dinner you will find at my house. If it is just me at home for the night, I might have eggs and bacon or a salad with fruit and nuts in it and oil and vinegar dressing.
Snacks:
I generally stick to fruit and nuts for my snacks. I always carry “applesauce crushers” (packets of applesauce that are only apples, no added sugar) from trader joes with me. They are great on the go snacks. Almond butter packets are great as well to throw in. I also always have some kind of nut mix or trail mix with nuts and dried fruit with me.
After dinner I will often have an apple with almond butter, (my favorite are Pink Lady apples) or some kind of fruit.
That's about it! I am naturally a pretty picky person, so my diet isn't super exciting, but I am working on branching out and trying new things.
This brings me to Challenge #2! Post here or to the group facebook page a recipe that you have found and enjoyed since starting the Paleo Challenge. Please do this by Friday. I will add my favorite recipes on Friday as well to the blog. If you haven't joined the group Facebook page yet, please do so if you would like to or if you are on Facebook. Mariah emailed the link to all of you to make it easier to find.
Looking forward to some new recipes! Keep up the good work guys!
-Kirsten
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