This challenge is simlar to our last one. We will stick to it from January 1st to January 31st. Everyday you will post what you ate. There will be no cheat meals. Click on ”CFGR’s Thoughts on Eating” in the left column. See what our most common eating prescription is and that is the challenge. Please take a before and after picture of yourself. We will only post the pictures if you want yours posted.
This is what we will eat for every meal, large or small: quality meat, plenty of veggies, good fat. The one exception will be yam or sweet potatoe after your workout. We will be avoiding dairy.
If you are a vegetarian this may be a good month to give meat a try again. If you do, see if your strength increases. If you want to stay vegetarian, just do what you usually do to get your protein, but still join the challenge.
This is a paleo-zone eating style. We aren’t weighing our food (which would be the true Zone method) , but we are avoiding insulin spikes at all cost!
Brandon
December 27th, 2009 - 6:20 pm
Okay, I’m in. Maybe I can knock off those last 10 pounds by doing this.
January 1st, 2010 - 11:11 am
1-1-10: 238# (a new PR! Ha!)
- meatloaf, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, cod
liver oil
- (New Years Family Party-ate too much) prime rib, corn, Greek salad
* I felt somewhat sick and had a headache for the last half of the day. I usually feel like this the day I start eating healthy again, but today was worse than normal. Probably because I was eating so terrible lately.
January 1st, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Jan. 1
178.5 (too many donuts)
veggie sausage patties, cashews & small banana
ground beef, pistachios, spinach
salmon, salsa, small orange
January 2nd, 2010 - 12:16 pm
202 ouch
zone bar apple and seeds
greek salad with chicken
turkey and veggies pecans
carrots and hard bolied eggs
Corey
January 2nd, 2010 - 1:03 pm
1-2-10: 234#
- meatloaf, Greek salad
- caffiene free herbal tea
- prime rib, Greek salad
- prime rib, Greek salad
- caffiene free herbal tea
- prime rib, strawberries
January 2nd, 2010 - 5:42 pm
Jan. 2
177.6
veggie sausage patties, pecans, small banana
lunch – did not eat paleo, but did keep it zone
ground beef, pistachios, squash
January 3rd, 2010 - 1:46 pm
1-3-10: 232#
- chicken, salad w/low fat ranch
- black coffee
- pheasant, salad w/extra virgin olive oil and vinegar
- meatloaf, Greek salad, strawberries
January 3rd, 2010 - 3:53 pm
01.02.2010
Apple
Mediterranean salad w. tofu
Greek Salad w/ black bean soup
coffee
peanuts
(no meat this day, sorry Brandon)
January 3rd, 2010 - 6:43 pm
zone bar apple
med salad with beef
chicken cobb salad
coffee
taco salad peanuts
Corey
January 3rd, 2010 - 8:26 pm
Jan. 3
175.4
8:30 eggs, cashews, banana (small)
1:00 ground beef, pistachios, green beans
4:00 meatballs (no sauce) – I need to go to the grocery store!, pecans, peas
7:00 veggie burger patty, almonds, clementine
January 4th, 2010 - 2:49 am
yeah im bad!
Don’t worry i’ll quit eating cookie dough ice cream for the rest of the month.
today was lots of turkey salad, salmon, banana.
January 4th, 2010 - 2:50 am
171
January 4th, 2010 - 8:31 am
omelet with bacon and avacado
jerky apple nuts and seeds
greek salad with turkey
Corey
January 4th, 2010 - 8:48 am
1-4-10: 229#
- chicken, strawberries, cod liver oil
- 2 smaller meals, but can’t remember what they were
- chicken, apple/banana/walnut salad, swiss cheese
January 4th, 2010 - 11:17 pm
Jan. 4
175.7 (I’m reserving judgement – the gain might have been from weighing myself 2 hours earlier)
7:00 veggie sausage, cashews, small banana
11:30 black bean veggie burger patties (finishing them up / still need to go grocery shopping), sunflower seeds
3:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 meatballs (no sauce), sunflower seeds, peas
8:00 string cheese (needed something I could bring to and eat in class), clementine
January 5th, 2010 - 8:40 am
1-5-10: 228#
- meatloaf, strawberries, cod liver oil
- pulled pork, cauliflower, blackberries, walnuts
- chicken, blackberries, walnuts
- chicken, apple, walnuts
January 5th, 2010 - 11:00 am
chicken apple and seeds
turkey patty and veggies almonds
Corey’s chronic crockpot chicken
spinach salad
Corey
January 5th, 2010 - 7:14 pm
Jan. 5
175.4
7:00 Canadian bacon, egg, cashews, clementine
10:30 meatballs, peas, sunflower seeds
2:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, clementine
6:00 salmon, olive oil, salsa, clementine
I will admit, this time schedule does work better – just means I need to eat on my breaks and not on my lunch hour
January 5th, 2010 - 10:39 pm
01.05.10
zone bars
apple
JJ Tuna Unwich
Jerky and Almonds
More Jerky and Almonds
zone bars
apple
sleep
January 6th, 2010 - 9:26 am
1-6-10: 227#
- chicken, cauliflower, strawberries, cod liver oil
- can’t remember
- black coffee
- can’t remember
- (Outback) ribeye steak, mixed veggies, salad w/ranch
January 6th, 2010 - 10:12 am
198 lbs
3 hard boiled eggs apple almonds
Corey’s chronic crockpot chicken
spinach salad
Corey’s chronic crockpot chicken
steamed zuchinni
seeds
Corey
January 6th, 2010 - 8:36 pm
Jan. 6
174.8
8:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, clementime
11:00 meatballs (did go grocery shopping, but the bog of frozen meatballs is almost gone), sunflower seeds, peas
2:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, green beans
5:45 string cheese (needed something I could eat in the car on the way to CF), cashews, clementine
7:30 ham, pecans, spinach
did a 40 min walk on the treadmill today
January 7th, 2010 - 9:43 am
Jan. 7
I weighed in at 175.5 this morning. I’ve noticed that I usually gain weight after CrossFit – not sure what’s up with that. Something to do with exhausting the body? Or simply the extra snack I eat on CF days?
I was also thinking I didn’t consume any caffeine yesterday (Brian said that caffeine speeds up metabolism.)
January 7th, 2010 - 11:02 am
01.06.10
eggs and apples
salmon, olives, tomatoes and sweet potato
decaf coffee
salad with chicken
diet caffeine free pepsi
peanuts
carrots
January 7th, 2010 - 11:33 am
1-7-10: 228#
- pork chops, carrots, cod liver oil
- black coffee
- pork chops, carrots, walnuts
- chicken, carrots, broccoli, wonton soup w/veggies (no wontons, hit the spot on cold days!)
- chicken, turkey, salami, Greek salad, pistachios
* I had my best 1000m row time ever today and I’m not in good shape. I give the credit to the paleo-zone diet.
January 7th, 2010 - 11:35 am
Katie,
I’m not sure the story on gaining the weight after working out. You aren’t sucking on funnions for a post workout snack I assume…
January 7th, 2010 - 12:02 pm
Nope, keeping to paleo. I’ll just keep an eye on it, I guess.
January 7th, 2010 - 1:53 pm
198 lbs
3 hard boiled eggs apple almonds
Corey’s chronic crockpot chicken
spinach salad
Chicken cobb salad from panera
seeds
carrots peanuts
Corey
January 7th, 2010 - 7:08 pm
Jan. 7 continued
7:15 Canadian bacon, egg, almonds, clementime
10:45 meatballs (forgot to bring meat to work, but the meatballs are gone now – good thing – I read the package when I threw it away and they were 1/2 carbs!), sunflower seeds, peas
2:15 meatballs, sunflower seeds, green beans
6:00 ground beef, pistachios, broccoli
40 min walk at lunch
January 7th, 2010 - 10:06 pm
zone bars
almonds
chicken cob salad
broc. soup and chicken with salad
zone bars
1 8oz glass or red wine
sleep
January 7th, 2010 - 10:06 pm
that’s 1, 8oz glass. Not 18oz glass people.
January 7th, 2010 - 10:15 pm
got hungry, ate some salmon as well.
January 8th, 2010 - 9:22 am
can I have that wine super sized please?
3 hard boiled eggs apple almonds
Corey’s chronic crockpot chicken
spinach salad
Chicken cobb salad from panera
seeds
finished all my chicken so different stuff tommorrow. I found that I love spinach salads.
Corey
January 8th, 2010 - 8:24 pm
Jan. 8
173.7
6:45 canadian bacon, egg, almonds, clementine
11:00 ham, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies (as in frozen bag of)
2:30 ground beef, sunflower seeds, peas
5:00 low-fat cheddar cheese (I need a grab ‘n go meat – is beef jerky acceptable?), sunflower seeds, clementine
7:30 ham, pistachios, green beans
30 min walk at lunch
January 9th, 2010 - 12:05 pm
3 hard boiled eggs apple almonds
spinach salad with BACOOOON ummmmm! and hard bolied eggs
Chicken greek salad olives and oil
Corey
January 9th, 2010 - 1:03 pm
1-9-10: 227#
- chicken, banana, cachews
January 9th, 2010 - 7:57 pm
Jan. 9
172.9
9:30 canadian bacon, egg, almonds, clementine
12:30 ham, cashews, green beans
3:00 low-fat cheddar cheese, pistachios, clementine
7:00 pork, pistachios, carrots/cauliflower/broccoli
January 10th, 2010 - 9:04 am
spinach tomatoes eggs with baccccoon
veggie soup beef jerky
chicken salad salad and a piece of bread…oh no but it gets worse a piece of electric cheetah peanut butter pie.
I am still down 5 pounds for the week and feel great!.
I spent last night making plaeo kits with beef jerky and fruit Yum!
Corey” Oh how the mighty have fallen” Franklin
January 10th, 2010 - 6:25 pm
Jan. 10
173.0
9:00 veggie sausage, pistachios, clementine
12:00 had a group to our house for lunch – we were serving pizza, chips and choc chip cookies. I prepared by eating salmon with olive oil and salsa before they got here. I did cheat a little – small piece of sausage pizza (no edge crust), 5 chips, and 1/2 choc chip cookie
4:30 chicken, cashews, broccoli
7:30 beef jerky, pistachios, clementine
January 11th, 2010 - 10:28 am
1-12-10: 227#
- turkey bacon, grapes
- steak, Greek salad, cashews
- steak, blackberries
* My fast weight loss has stopped. Now I know the excess
water is gone and now it’s time to get burning fat!
January 12th, 2010 - 9:47 am
Jan. 11
172.9
7:00 veggie sausage, cashews, clementine
10:30 veggie burger patty & chicken, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies
2:00 veggie burger patty (forgot to prepare meat this weekend for work meals), sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 veggie burger patty & beef jerky, sunflower seeds, peas
8:00 beef jerkey, pistachios, clementine
January 12th, 2010 - 10:50 am
jamba juice fruit smoothie seeds jerky
chicken salad with avacado
chicken cobb salad
Corey
January 12th, 2010 - 9:19 pm
Jan. 12
172.5
7:00 Canadian bacon, egg, almonds, clementine
10:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies
12:00 40 min walk
1:00 low-fat cheddar cheese (decided it was better for me than beef jerky), sunflower seeds, peas
2:00 gave blood & consumed the required juice and cookies
6:00 spinach salad w/ egg
January 13th, 2010 - 11:14 am
jamba juice smoothie and seeds for breakfast
med salad with steak for lunch
seaweed salad and sashimi with green tea for dinner.
jerky seeds and nuts for snack
Corey
January 14th, 2010 - 8:24 am
Jan. 13
173.1
7:00 Canadian bacon, egg, almonds, clementine
11:00 stir-fry: pork & veggies
4:00 pork, sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 salmon, salsa, clementine, olive oil
9:00 banana bread at my book club (a cheat)
Jan. 14
171.7
January 14th, 2010 - 3:28 pm
jamba juice smoothie jerky
chicken salad
steak salad avacado
Corey
January 14th, 2010 - 9:52 pm
Jan. 14 (con’t)
7:00 Canadian bacon, egg, almonds, clementine
11:00 pork, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies
2:15 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies
5:30 (on the road) 2 McDonald’s hamburgers (no buns), fruit & walnut salad
8:00 (on the road) steak fresco taco from taco bell
40 min walk at lunch
January 15th, 2010 - 8:43 pm
Jan. 15
170.8
1/2 way point: 7.7 pounds lost, 5.8 pounds to go
7:00 veggie sausage, cashews, blueberries
11:00 veggie burger patty & pork, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies
2:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, mixed veggies
5:30 cheese, cashews, broccoli
8:00 chicken & salsa, pistachios
40 min walk at lunch
January 16th, 2010 - 1:29 pm
eggs white omelete with spinach and avacado
steak chopped salad
hummus and veggies beef jerky and seeds
January 16th, 2010 - 7:44 pm
Jan. 16
171.1 (I’ll admit, I did eat chips last night before bed)
11:30 (woke up at 11) salmon, salsa, olive oil, blueberries
3:00 ground beef, walnuts, carrots
7:00 ham, cashews, zucchini
January 17th, 2010 - 8:13 pm
Jan. 17
171.0
9:00 ground turkey, egg, cashews, blueberries, clementine
12:30 ham, carrots, walnuts
3:30 pork, olive oil, zucchini
6:30 ground beef, walnuts, green beans
January 18th, 2010 - 9:06 am
spinach and turkey omlelet
greek salad with spinach and seeds
pulled pork veggies
Corey
January 18th, 2010 - 11:15 pm
Jan. 18
171.2 (I think just cause I weigh myself earlier on weekdays than weekends)
7:00 veggie sausage, cashews, clementine
10:30 chicken & veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
2:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:15 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
8:00 cheese (in class), cashews, clementine
January 19th, 2010 - 9:03 am
pulled pork and veggies
spinach salad with avacado
pulled pork
sesame chicken and salad
Corey
January 19th, 2010 - 7:20 pm
where’s the rest of the group besides me & Corey?
171.4 – I think I need to pay more attention to the amount of fruit & veggies I’m eating (& maybe the type)
7:00 ground turkey, egg, cashews, clementine
10:30 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
2:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
6:00 ground beef, walnuts, carrots
January 20th, 2010 - 6:05 pm
I stalked and killed a mammoth for breakfast then I invented fire to cook it…. hows that for paleo
spinach avacado omelete
turkey greek salald with spinach
pulled pork veggies
Corey
January 20th, 2010 - 8:03 pm
171.7 (I did eat a piece of quiche and 2 choc covered graham crackers at 9:30 last night)
7:00 ground turkey, egg, almonds, clementine
11:00 ground beef, sunflower seeds, peas
3:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 cheese, cashews, clementine
8:00 pork, walnuts, green beans
January 21st, 2010 - 11:02 am
since I don’t think anyone is reading this except Katie
I had 14 pounds of ice cream for breakfast but it was shaped like a cow so that totally counts.
spinach omelet avacado
pulled pork veggies
greek salad turkey
Corey
January 21st, 2010 - 9:01 pm
Jan. 21
170.9
8:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, clementine
11:00 pork, sunflower seeds, peas
40 min walk at lunch
3:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, carrots
7:45 salmon, olive oil, salsa, clementine
January 22nd, 2010 - 9:07 am
Jan. 22
169.6 – woo,hoo!
January 22nd, 2010 - 7:34 pm
7:15 ground turkey, 2 eggs, cashews, clementine
11:00 pork, sunflower seeds, peas
2:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
6:30 ground beef, walnuts, squash
January 25th, 2010 - 9:23 am
OK, I’m back at it…
8:15am – venison steak, strawberries, cashews
noon – venison steak, carrots, cod liver oil
4pm – venison steak, blueberries, cashews
8:30pm – venison steak, carrots, cashews
January 25th, 2010 - 11:27 pm
23-Jan
168.5
11:00 ground turkey, egg, almonds, clementine
2:00 ground beef, cashews, dark chocolate (15 g carbs, 5 g fiber)
6:30 chicken, salsa, walnuts, green beans
24-Jan
169.2
9:30 veggie sausage, cashews, clementine
12:00 blueberries, 1″ coffee cake, small choc muffin, 3 cookies
4:00 ground beef, walnuts, broccoli
6:00 Arby’s: SW egg rolls, potato bites, choc swirl mint shake
25-Jan
171.6
7:00 ground turkey, egg, almonds, clementine
10:30 ground beef, sunflower seeds, peas
2:30 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 ground beef, sunflower seeds, peas
7:00 string cheese, peanut butter cups
8:00 chocolate parfait
obviously I have fallen off the wagon – getting back on tomorrow!
January 26th, 2010 - 10:29 am
1-26-10
6:45am – venison steak, banana, cod liver oil
8:30am – black coffee
11am – venison steak, carrots, cashews
3pm – venison steak, strawberries, cashews
7pm – venison steak, carrots, cod liver oil
January 26th, 2010 - 7:37 pm
Jan. 26
172.6
8:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, clementine
11:30 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
40 min walk at lunch – started to do intervals
3:00 ground beef, sunflower seeds, peas
6:00 salmon, olive oil, salsa, clementine
January 27th, 2010 - 9:24 am
1-27-10
7am – venison steak, banana, cod liver oil
noon – Chinese buffet: ate pretty healthy, but too much
January 27th, 2010 - 10:26 pm
Jan. 27
171.4
7:00 ground turkey, egg, walnuts, clementine
11:00 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
2:15 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:45 hamburger patties, McD’s fruit & walnut salad
January 28th, 2010 - 9:01 pm
Jan. 28
170.8
7:00 ground turkey, eggs, cashews, clemetine
11:00 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
3:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:00 string cheese, cashews, clemetine
8:00 salmon, olive oil, salsa, broccoli
January 29th, 2010 - 9:37 pm
Jan. 29
171.4
8:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, clementine
11:00 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
3:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
4:00 peanut M&M’s (was tired and hungry)
6:00 ground beef, walnuts, broccoli
8:00 fruit juice & rum, chips w/ beans & cheese (at a friends)
January 30th, 2010 - 8:08 pm
Jan. 30
171.7
10:45 eggs, olive oil, clementine
2:15 string cheese, pecans, dark chocolate
5:30 ground beef, walnuts, broccoli
8:00 salmon, salsa, olive oil, clementine
January 31st, 2010 - 8:05 pm
Jan. 31
168.5 (not sure why I dropped 3 pounds overnight, but I’ll take it, especially since it means I lost a total of 10 pounds for January. Now let’s see if I can knock off the last 3 1/2 pounds in the next two weeks!)
9:30 eggs, olive oil, clementine
1:00 meatloaf, pecans, apple
4:00 string cheese, walnuts, carrots
7:00 meatloaf, Smart Balance, 1/2 English muffin
January 31st, 2010 - 8:25 pm
Wow, 10 pounds in 1 month. Pretty darn good, especially for a woman. Good work!