Day Three! Yay! Over halfway there!
Breakfast: Eggs, spinach, and onions scrambled
Lunch: Same salad as yesterday (mixed romaine, carrots, and cucumber) but with chicken and avocado "dressing"
The salad was so much better today! I was thinking about it as I was blogging yesterday, and I think it was the missing protein element that made it only so-so. Also, the "dressing"! I found a recipe for a summer salad with avocado dressing - which was really just pureed avocado, garlic, water, and a few other herbs - and decided it was worth a shot. I mixed it by hand (because I had just done a kitchen full of dishes and was not looking forward to doing more), and it was a huge success! Just enough to give the veggies a little more pop of flavor.
I should comment on dinner last night - as it was after my post. I totally over indulged, and I think it was for two reasons: 1.) It was baked mac and cheese with is pretty much my favorite thing in the world; and 2.) I suddenly felt like I needed to consume all the carbs I could while I could.
To say that I'm addicted to carbs is probably an understatement. I love bread. Period. And it's been hard to not just grab a slice, toast it up and slap some peanut butter on it! But I'm dedicated to this experiment, and so I hold off, which apparently means I go nuts when I allow myself some.
I think in order to be successful in the upcoming weeks, I need to ask myself if I'm craving carbs or energy - because I can get energy from fats and proteins as well.
Casey, I love reading your blog. Are you still working out during this process? It seems to me that your protien intake is pretty low, is that normal for you? At the end of the day do you feel satisfied or snacky?
ReplyDeleteI'm not working out - I'm still being lazy. But my plan is to run again...eventually.
DeleteI'm not blogging about my dinners because they aren't primal/caveman dinners, and they usually have a lot of protien. On average, I've been getting about 100g of protien a day, which is about 40 more than the RDA for my weight. Granted, RDA's don't always take in to consideration body composition - some bodies need more protien, some need less.
I've always been hungrier in the afternoon than in the mornings, that's just my nature, so by the end of they day...yeah I'm a little snacky. But it depends on the food I eat during the day also. I'm a lot less snacky now that I've eliminated processed foods and grains for two meals a day.
You ask such awesome questions! I feel a more informative blog post coming on....