Paleo Chat Jan, Feb & March 2013

[AmberP]

I'm still off the wagon, but I am lurking about =D
*waves*

[BNC]

My meal plan:

Monday - split pea soup with salad (soaked the peas overnight to make them easier to digest)
Tuesday - beef roast with salad and broccolli
Wednesday - bunless burgers with salad and probably sweet potato fries or green beans
Thursday - procesed crap at the inlaws for dinner
Friday - chicken kebabs marinated with cumin and cilantro. Served with salad and bell pepper chunks
Saturday- unknown


We will eat eggs and fruit for breakfast. Leftovers probably for lunch.

[BNC]

Anyone else make lent promises? Instead of giving up one particular food or thing this year I am promising to be 100% primal (since I do eat some dairy regularly) for lent.

[Sakari]

Originally Posted by AmberP I'm still off the wagon, but I am lurking about =D *waves*

Hi!

Originally Posted by BNC My meal plan: Monday - split pea soup with salad (soaked the peas overnight to make them easier to digest) Tuesday - beef roast with salad and broccolli Wednesday - bunless burgers with salad and probably sweet potato fries or green beans Thursday - procesed crap at the inlaws for dinner Friday - chicken kebabs marinated with cumin and cilantro. Served with salad and bell pepper chunks Saturday- unknown We will eat eggs and fruit for breakfast. Leftovers probably for lunch.

mmmm I love split pea soup. I should definitely make that! I think I even have a ham in the freezer I could add to it.

Chicken kabobs sound good too!!

Originally Posted by BNC Anyone else make lent promises? Instead of giving up one particular food or thing this year I am promising to be 100% primal (since I do eat some dairy regularly) for lent.

I don't usually, but good luck!

[Sakari]

How do you know how many calories you need for weight loss? Just trial and error? Or is there some magic formula?

[BNC]

Originally Posted by Sakari How do you know how many calories you need for weight loss? Just trial and error? Or is there some magic formula?

It was trial and error for me. I started using myfitnesspal (MKaKids if anyone wants to add me!) just eating like I normally would to get a sense of how many calories I regularly eat in a day without thinking about it. I was around 1400. I tried to reduce that to 1200 to loose weight and actually gained! I upped it per suggestion from someone on ds to 1800 and lost! 1400 calories wasn't enough for someone 205lbs, and my body was in starvation mode. So now I regularly try to eat around 1600 calories, if I work out (usually zumba or step aerobics both of which burn around 675 per 55 minutes) I add 400 calories and aim for 2000 per day. I have been loosing steadily since (about 1.5lbs per week).

[corinne76]

Originally Posted by BNC Anyone else make lent promises? Instead of giving up one particular food or thing this year I am promising to be 100% primal (since I do eat some dairy regularly) for lent.

me! I'm going paleo. No dairy, no grain, no cheating. (she said as she eats a piece of left over pizza) Lord help me

[vjbakke]

We follow a diet similar to Paleo. We do eat dairy, raw milk and cheeses. I also make homemade yogurt. Here's some meal planning.
Mon-
breakfast- eggs an fresh fruit.
Lunch- left over raost chicken with salad.
dinner-
- Crock pot - pot roast with mushrooms and onions, side of steamed veggies
Tues-
Breakfast- protein smoothie with chia seeds and almond milk
lunch- grain free sugar free waffles with fresh whipped cream ( sweetened with stevia)and fruit
Dinner- Philly cheese steak stuffed peppers.

[BNC]

Originally Posted by AmberP I started eating tsp of coconut oil or kerrygold rofl. For a snack, I would go get a slice of butter and a piece of fruit, or some cashews. I also started drinking things like smoothies with full fat coconut milk. My favorite was coconut milk, frozen pineapple, ice and honey-- pina colada style.

This reminded me of something I used to do as a child for a snack. I would get out a stick of butter and a bag of almonds and dip the almonds in butter! Lol. It was really yummy. Maybe I will have to have a few.

[BNC]

Originally Posted by vjbakke We follow a diet similar to Paleo. We do eat dairy, raw milk and cheeses. I also make homemade yogurt. Here's some meal planning. Mon- breakfast- eggs an fresh fruit. Lunch- left over raost chicken with salad. dinner- - Crock pot - pot roast with mushrooms and onions, side of steamed veggies Tues- Breakfast- protein smoothie with chia seeds and almond milk lunch- grain free sugar free waffles with fresh whipped cream ( sweetened with stevia)and fruit Dinner- Philly cheese steak stuffed peppers.

We do limited raw dairy as well.