That title is a fib. And the weights picture is from a while ago. It’s all a straight up lie. I didn’t really eat paleo yesterday. Nor did I care. I wanted to post a recipe today, but I wanted to have a holiday like the rest of the US of A. So that’s what I did. I instagrammed my food experience instead of cooking you all up something, so you all could know what a random day of eating and drinking looks like for me.
It’s funny because people will give me sh*t for not eating paleo, or ask me if the beer I’m drinking is paleo…all in all, you people aren’t funny. Nor original. I eat what I want, when I want. Especially on a holiday. Just because I run a paleo food blog doesn’t mean I’m not a human being. I know what foods will screw my stomach up, so I stay away from those, and basque in the ones that will only slightly mess me up. Like sugar. And alcohol. And sugary alcohol.
So let’s talk about the day:
8:30 – woke up and drank coffee with Laura
9:30 – mobility whining with Laura
10:00 – OHS strength then partner workout
12:30 – went to Whole Foods
1:00 – made paleo blueberry waffles with lemon custard for Laura and I. We ate that with a couple strips of bacon. Stupid good.
2:00 – went to the park to see some good looking people. This is where a Strongbow was consumed. Delicious. Then a 4th of July jello shot. That tasted disgusting. No offense Amanda, just the truth.
3:30 – went to a friends BBQ. Lots of bros around. But I definitely didn’t get hit on by any. Becaaaaaause they’re my friends. Dumb. But I did get thrown in the pool. And took Jake with me. Within this time frame, I had:
- 1 brat.
- part of a piece of steak.
- some sweet potato chips and tortilla chips in some guac.
- 1/2 Bud Light Lime because it tastes like dish soap.
- 2ish sangria type drinks.
- Oh I had a shot of vodka too. Damn you Krystle.
- I tasted a stupid small piece of brownie that made my tastebuds excited for only just 2 seconds.
- And then I split a naked cheeseburger with my friend Garrett. I gave him the bigger half. He’s a growing boy
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8:00 – Once we got home, Laura and I made some vodka sodas. I drank part of mine but then was just more interested in sleeping. Our friends Brian and Justin came over, but I wasn’t a very good host. I sat on my patio and barely moved. That’s how I think any holiday should be played out. Sitting and chatting.
So what you’ll mostly get from this day was I consumed a hearty amount of alcohol annnnnd not that much food. Alcohol is filling. I know people are going to hate me and not respect me once they see what my 4th looked like in food form, but I don’t care. Just not lying to any of you.
And if you already follow me on instagram @paleomg, you’ve seen all these pictures and you’re probably bored. Jokes on you!



















Ho-lee crap.. Kudos to the BBQ-ist, that steak is perfect! Sounds like a great 4th, to me.
I love your blog! Thanks for keeping it real ;)
thank you. i know feel completely validated in my own 4th of july rundown.
Own it, lady. I was on vacation for the last week and ate at least one non-Paleo meal a day…and stupid-gross amounts of chocolate and hot tamale jelly beans (they are incredibly addicting…even if they were left over from easter).
We are all human and seriously, every time I go to visit my parents it is like I am 6 years old again and eat like a crazy person. Such is life.
If anyone gives you shit, use your crazy muscles to punch them somewhere that hurts. And thank you, as always, for your honesty.
Awesome! Makes me feel less guilty about what I ate/drank on to celebrate the 4th. I do love that the ad right there at the bottom of this post is titled “Stop drinking Now”
I love that you make the rest of us feel like humans for not being 100% Paleo, 100% of the time. Thanks for that!
It all sounds good to me! Except the beer part – not a big fan lol
Strongbo is delish
One of the many reasons that you rock. Holidays are meant for food, alcohol and fun. And that sangria looks super yummy!
This totally makes me like you more. I think holidays are made for enjoying and my friends don’t eat paleo and I like food! I stayed away from the breads and things, but I ate lots of cheesy amazing buffalo chicken dip and a WHOLE brownie :P and lots of bacon because we serve that at parties
YOU. ARE. MY. HERO! I’m glad you had a great day! Food should be enjoyed and not obsessed over! DO YO THANG GIRL!
I only hate you for not posting a recipe. ;)
Oh and I made your lemon fruit tart yesterday. Mad good!
I think holidays should be enjoyed! As long as things get back to normal, who cares if you indulge now and then?! Maybe I’m just trying really hard to defend how I ate the past couple days, but oh well!
no hate. just wishing i was real life friends with you. i consumed very little alcohol but more crap food. i started off good and it all went downhill from returning from work and the pie… oh pie… you evil bastard.
oh girl! I luff you!!!
I just started paleo a few weeks ago and have already gotten crap from someone stating my dairy and something else wasn’t paleo.. blah! it was a one time thing and I felt like I had to explain myself on my own blog. sheesh!
I am so glad you are human too. can we be friends? lol
I know I ate some crap and feel like crap for it. literally. I feel icky. I had pie and stuff yesterday.
now I know better. it’s not always worth it. but sometimes it is. yanno?
This makes me feel SO much better about how I intend on eating on my cruise next week! Glad you had a good fourth.
Thank you so much for sharing!! I tend to feel guilty about not eating paleo 100% of the time and this made me feel better about what I had to eat yesterday :) Thanks Juli!!
It DOES taste like dish soap!
So glad you are 100% human for not being 100%Paleo and now I feel 100% validated for eatting potato salad–and drinking waaaay tooo much sangria-and chips and guac–yes I have a belly ache–and a headache –but sometimes its worth it–today is another day-off to make some eggs-love your blog- you crack me up with your realness!
tralala you didn’t eat paleo… whatev… LOL! Honestly, I do love the human aspect of posts like this – people who /always/ post about their super perfect eating trigger my F-U switch and make me want to have a pizza because I can’t live up to that kind of expectation.
But all that’s beside the point because I’d LOOOOVE the recipe for the custard! Please post it soon!! (love your brownie recipe, by the way… the Awesome Husband has finally agreed (mostly on his own) to embark on a 30-day Paleo Experience. Considering he’s a reforming sugar hound, that’ll be one of those treat recipes that will help save his (and my) sanity. :)
Thank you for keeping it real!! I don’t feel so guilty now! However, I do feel like a beached whale! Alcohol consumption equals nasty food choices for me!!
BTW…where’s the recipe for the blueberry waffles with lemon curd? Is the lemon curd paleo? That would SO rock if it was!!
You know, it seems like people do take a certain delight in seeing a normal paleo-eater go off the rails. Kind of irritating. Yes, I know this homemade ice cream isn’t paleo. No, you are not the effing food police, yes, I’m going to eat it and enjoy it. Sooo ridiculous. Eat what you want. I don’t say anything to you when you eat Lean Cuisine meals every single day…
Ellen, TOTALLY right there with you girl!! Great post Juli. Makes me feel like it is okay to go off every once and awhile. Thanks :)
Here’s what’s up: I brought your 4th of July lemon tart to a party where it was the sole paleo dish (and perhaps the only recipe constructed of things that once had natural origins.) It was rapidly consumed by food muggles.
As we’ve been maintained a paleo-structured diet in our house for the past year, it comes as no surprise that yesterday’s not-so-paleo 7-layer dip led to 7-layers of butt this morning. Clearly an indication that eating well is where it’s at.
“food muggles” — LOVE THAT! thanks for the chuckle!
I love you so, JB! Mad props for your honesty, and for being real, and for not being a proselytizing asshole that tries to make the rest of the world feel like you think you’re better than them.
You deserve a day of careless fun….and drinking!
All of my family will hate on me when eating non-paleo. “Are you ALLOWED to eat that?” Bitch! I’m a grownass woman! I can eat whatever the hell I want to! Good for you for enjoying your holiday.
I think more than anything, we appreciate you more for this! We just can’t be perfect all of the time ya know? ;) I hope you enjoyed yourself and sometimes we need to just let loose and indulge… I know I did the past FOUR days in a row… so what’s one day for you?? you rock girlfriend
mmm. i ate good yesterday :) drank bud light lime too. but with clamato in it. a little too much probably.
amen sister, no judgement – sometimes it’s all about fun.
glad to hear you can have days like this and still kick butt the way you do.
besides, you got a workout in on a holiday? bah! extra points!
I am just very jealous that you can eat those things with only a pissed-off gut in return. I would have 2 weeks worth of acne, so there’s never a food or holiday worth that trade off…no matter how badily I crave a fucking cookie dough Blizzard. Sadness!!
I’m thinking the people that are all food nazi to you must have a stick up their butts. I happen to follow you on Instagram and my only thought yesterday was, “eew shots….I wonder what’s in that?”
Point: us normal folk would still love you even if you had some kind of meltdown and ended up locked in your closet with powdered donuts. Fact.
Girl….you go ahead and “DO WHATCHA DO” :) I ain’t mad at ya….BUT…..could you tell me the recipe for the lemon custard by any chance?
that will have to wait for another time…maybe in a book…
Woohoo! A book :) I can’t wait!
You, my friend, are a rock star!
Looks like an awesome day… I, unfortunately, was balled up on the couch with wrenching stomach pains! “Drunk” with bad food choices… However, having leftover lemon tart this afternoon… amazing. Thank you for your paleo treat goodness!
First let me say that I really love your blog! And now I’ll say that I totally cracked up because the advertisement right before the comments says “Tired of drinking?” LOL!!
Juli, yes you are a Paleo Peer that those of us who are also on this Paleo journey look up to. However it’s your journey and you are absolutely allowed to eat however you want whenever the mood suits you. Let the haters hate.. we still love you. Thank you for the yummy recipes they all went over quite well, the tart is limping around in the fridge right now and probably won’t see the light of day tomorrow :)
Only love! Glad to know I was in good company by the looks of the comments here. I made the coffee marinated fajitas! Ate with ridiculous amount of guac. Enjoyed a couple Leinie’s Berryweiss beers.
Pretty please post the blueberry waffles and lemon custard recipe! Looks amazing. And I love that you ate a ton of meat for the 4th. Wouldn’t be right if we didn’t have to BBQ.
So nice to read that you are actually a human and not some paleo robot! It makes some people feel better about themselves when they see us “mess up” and call us out on it. Hi I am human and I like to treat myself every so often too and it’s ok cuz I work out like a beast and you sit on your ass so STFU :-)
Keep up the awesome blog!
I just wanted to know if the Strongbow tasted as good as I remember.. Mmmmm
I think you did fine. Better than fine. It doesn’t seem all that far away from Paleo to me, especially the eating. Maybe I’m part of the Paleo-Alcoholeo camp though so don’t listen to me…
I am new to your blog but love it! You are very entertaining (in a good way, of course :-)), have great recipes and being human and making mistakes keeps it very real. Especially when you’re so honest about them!
I totally agree and did so myself. Yet it was my first time to feel the repurcussions of those nasty i mean yummy super nachos and 2 beers at the ballpark! Holy cow i now realize what ya’ll are talking about. Then even my 11yo daughter said she got sick that nite and though that is too bad i was excited that she saw the connection between her food choices and how she felt! A big, small victory on getting her switched to paleo more too, yippee.
I flippin’ love your blog! You are my #1 fave blogger/person [even tho I've never met you, so that sounds creepy]. Keep on being kicka$$!
do we get the recipe for the blueberry paleo waffles?
maybe someday :)
Whatever! No one can be expected to live Paleo 100% of the time. Are people really naive enough to think that you never ingest anything but your—albeit delicious—Paleo creations? If nothing else, it makes me feel better for my occasional dietary slip ups. Sometimes there are holidays and sometimes there are days when you just need a drink.
I won’t judge you for your Strongbow, if you don’t judge me for the half a pint of Brown Butter Almond ice cream that I downed last night!
Perfection is boreing! Making good choices daily is whats important. And when you want a treat have it! Happy 4th!
Never heard of Srongbow…I do love me some Bud light lime though! Weird, I know. I just love lime and beer.
I ate a lot of whip cream…the dog, cat and I sat on the floor and I took turns squirting it in to their mouths and mine. And, I had to drink large quantities of wine. That made me feel awesome, not.
Ugh. Thanks for sharing your day with us! No judgement here lady! None at all. ;) If I had a 100% Paleo 4th of July, it would’ve been lame.
Can I make a food request? Can you make a recipe for sweet potato belgian waffles?? And I am totally on board with no cooked nuts. only cooking with coconut now.
you got it my dear
But ain’t this America? Gotta live a little.
I love that you are balanced and can kick back into high gear right after.
Kudos on dumping the Bud Nasty…I try to make an effort to only cheat with good beers :p
Amazing… sounds like my paleo 4th, complete with too much red wine (but so worth it!!).
My new favorite place to come to. Love how you make no excuses (if you don’t want to). You give me courage to do the same! You make me laugh and laughing = healthy!
You’re awesome. Thanks for being honest, funny and real.
I’m fairly new to the paleo lifestyle and just started reading your blog recently. A breath of fresh air…seriously! Thank you for keeping it real and not apologizing for it! I have had a lot of Paleo-ers (Hmm, don’t think that’s an actual word) tell me that any alcohol other than red wine is a no-no, so it’s nice to see that I am not the only one breaking the “rules” with the Strongbows and vodka!
In a cookbook? :) ……what a tease! HAHA!!
i remember the last strongbow i ever drunk was in my teens, i had six then everything went black lol since then never touched the stuff.
amazing blog by the way, very funny and if i must say very nice on the eyes ;)
Juli,
Totally went to write in MY blog about my Paleo adventures thus far, but I got so wrapped up in your blog that I never got to mine. Dammit, you are way more interesting than I. No internet sad-face could express my disappointment right now.
I am also “one who eats, sleeps, and breathes food”, so naturally I was cooking for my family. [My family eats like shit] and I was pumping up going Paleo and how it has cured all of the world’s problems. My mom’s contribution to the meal- low fat fudge pops. Mom… that’s NOT Paleo. Her response was, “well it’s low fat, I thought you could have it”. Shows how much they know.
True Story[ies].
Sarah
I respect you more for being honest and human. Thank you! I too occasionally indulge in things I know aren’t great for me and it’s nice to know I’m not alone.
can i get the recipe for the waffles?
no ma’am. that will be going into something in the future :)
ahhhhh, the waffles will be in your recipe book?! Can’t wait for that one!!!
So good to know that Paleo Blog owners are human and give in to non-paleo ways every now and again. Thanks for keeping it real!
Haters gonna hate :) Love your blog and glad to hear you’re HUMAN.
Julie can I just tell you I love your blog! and its nice to know that there are other paleo eaters that like to give in to non plaeo eating every now and then! If one more person ask me “if that beer is paleo” I think I might just show them how paleo it is! LOL! Anyways, your awesome and so are your recipes!
Own it! So glad to have somewhere to come for REAL inspiration, real life and real food. Love, love, love Well Fed by the way.
Girl, keepin’ it real is good. If you lie about stuff and make yourself look like an angel, that’s when I would be like hummm…really, do you always ate like that! LOL, Real people make mistakes no matter what! PS I love budlight lime! hahaha