Well this is the second of week of being Paleo and it started off a little rough. Let’s start with…
Somebody’s Cheating!?!
I caught my girlfriend cheating on the diet. Last Sunday I left the house to grab a few things. When I came home I went to throw away some receipts. I open the garbage can to find this brown paper bag taking up half of the garbage can. I opened the bag to find a burger king bag inside of it. I looked at the receipt and seen that she had order a chicken sandwich, fries, a drink and Cinna Minis. We had a discussion about it, both of us felt some sort a way about the situation, but we came to mutual understanding.
Sugar Withdrawals
This week my sugar withdrawals have been nothing nice! I’m taking about headaches, cravings, energy swings the full monty. Some of the things that I did to combat was to eat super ripe fruit, like pineapples, mangos, grapes, and watermelon, but some days cutting it. I’ll be full but I didn’t feel satisfied, and that’s when the cravings kicked in. On Monday and Tuesday, I was craving white bread and not just any white bread; I’m talking about the Wonder Bread white bread that sticks to the roof of your mouth and peanut butter on top of it. Wednesday and Thursday my craving was cookies; Chocolate Chip, Thin Mint, Samoa, all of my favorite cookies was coming to haunt me. Then it got me to wondering why god didn’t make lettuce as good as cookies or cake?? You never hear of anyone craving lettuce like the crave sweets. That’s just a food for thought. Eventually my craving tapered down on Friday and I was OK during the weekend. Let’s hope I’m done with the sugar withdrawals.
Meal Planning
It was my girlfriend to do meal planning this week, since she is a busy woman she don’t have time look for Paleo recipes. So she just Paleofied the things that we already eat. Everything was real simple to make and shows that you don’t always need recipes to make Paleo friendly food.
Breakfast All Week– Bacon and Eggs (hard boiled, scrambled, fried)
Lunch Monday-Wednesday – Chipotle Chicken Salad
Lunch Thursday –Saturday – Thai Tuna Lettuce Wraps
Dinner Monday-Wednesday – Ground Chicken Stir Fry w/ cucumber relish
Dinner Thursday –Friday – Broiled Tilapia w/ broccoli and carrots
Running Performance
As far as my running performance is concerned, I really haven’t seen a decrease. I’ve been running a little slower, but I attribute that to the heat plus I experimenting with minimalist running. Yesterday I ran 11 miles with no problem. I received a few samples of energy bits; they seem to work pretty well. I’m still experimenting with things. Eventually I would like to find a Paleo friendly running fuel and a post run supplement, because my runs are only getting longer and harder as I train for the Detroit Marathon.
My Weight
Lastly my weight is what people is the most curious about. When I started Paleo I weighed 286lbs. After the first seven days I only lost a half of pound.
After 14 days of being Paleo I weigh 281 lbs that’s a loss of 5 lbs lost!! Now my question is was the sugar withdrawals worth the loss in 5 lbs in two weeks? That’s all I have this week here’s to 14 days down and 76 days to go…
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