HI!!! Remember when I used to do posts about what I ate in a day?? I haven’t done one of those in a minute. That means a long time. Well, I thought I’d kick off the new year by posting what I ate in the day. I do this because people are curious creatures. And they are super curious about what people eat. Especially a person who runs a paleo website. Well, I’m that person and I’m the first person who will tell you I don’t 100% paleo all the time. I’ve been there, I’ve done that, and I now know what my body can consume and what I need to stay away from. So that means I’ll eat corn sometimes. Or eat a little bit of rice here and there. Or even, A REAL COOKIE. Gasp. I know, it’s f*cked up. This person (me) who calls themselves a paleo enthusiast actually eats non paleo things and lives a wonderful, healthy life?? Gasp 2. Well, I’m here to show you what I eat, why I eat it, and how I stay healthy. If you have any questions, please ask below in the comments!
Let’s start the day off. I wake up normally around 7:30am when I don’t work the morning shift at my CrossFit gym. I then made my normal breakfast of eggs, breakfast sausage (I sometimes buy it at Whole Foods or through US Wellness Meats), and kale with some salt and pepper. While I made breakfast, I had 1/4 of a Perfect Foods Bar, the carob chip kind. Those bars are not 100% paleo but they are 100% amazingly delicious and I love them. Once breakfast was done, I ate it while I watched the news. Local news is awful. Sorry guys, it’s just true.
Once I ate breakfast, I turned on my car (because I got an automatic starter for xmas and it’s the greatest gift known to man) and made coffee. I use a Keurig to make my coffee. I added 1 tablespoon of heavy cream to my coffee with 2-3 drops of Stevia. Heavy cream doesn’t bother me and I like the little hint of sweetness that Stevia gives. I packed my coffee to go in my little camera lens coffee mug from Laura and went grocery shopping. Just so you know, I finish my full cup of coffee about 3% of the time. I had 4-5 sips of coffee this morning then forgot about it. Which is what I do every day.
Once I went grocery shopping, I got to cooking. I made sloppy joe meatballs from my favorite cookbook Primal Cravings. Then I made muffins, roasted broccoli, a spaghetti squash dish, annnnnd I think that’s it. So while I cooked, I ate a couple little florets of broccoli, a couple bites of acorn squash, and then tasted the batter of my muffins. I could eat roasted broccoli for hours. It’s seriously like a drug to me. People always comment about my broccoli obsession on instagram and say that I must clear a room, but it’s not true. I have never once had to excuse myself or apologize to the public or friends after consuming broccoli. Why does it make some people fart? I don’t get it.
After my muffins baked, I ate 1/2 of a muffin. Totally for blogging research. I can’t be putting out crappy muffins on the internet, now can I?
Then I ate an actual meal. Two big meatballs, broccoli, and some lovely avocado on top. I actually didn’t finish the whole thing. Nowadays, I try to stop eating at the first little sign of feeling full. I’m good at overeating so I try not to do it as much.
After lunch, I got back to cooking, making another recipe. Then I ate half a muffin while taking pictures of the muffins. It’s hard job, but somebody has to do it.
Then I drank a lot of water. Because I was thirsty. And because water is good for you.
Workout time!! Around 5:30pm, I headed to a workout at CrossFit Broadway. I don’t usually eat anything pre workout, unless I’m hungry. If I’m hungry, I will eat something small (like part of a Perfect Foods Bar or part of an RxBar). But today, I wasn’t. Facts are so exciting. This was the workout I did:
6 min AMRAP Of:
12 Burpees
6 Deadlift (275#/185#)- I used 145#
3 min REST THEN
6 min AMRAP Of:
12 Pull Ups
6 Power Snatch (135#/95#)- I used 75#
THEN
10 min to find a 2 Rep Max Power Snatch (touch and go)–I hit 105#
I tend to not eat or drink anything post workout. Why? Mostly because I don’t think I really deserve a post workout shake. I don’t train like I used to when I was competing, so I don’t think I really need the extra fuel. I tend to only have shakes on long workout days or just when I want a shake because eating isn’t really exciting me (which rarely occurs).
After about an hour, I was lucky enough to get to have some dinner with my friend Patrick from AgainFaster who lives in Boston. I took him to my favorite restaurant in town, Cuba Cuba, and ate WAY too many plantain chips with some avocado and garlic dipping sauce. Then I ordered the Ropa Vieja. Along with plantains on plantains on some rice. I had a little bit of the rice, but was so full from the plantain chips that I didn’t make a huge dent. I still had half my meal to take home with me. WHICH IS AWESOME.
Then I drank A LOT of water. I usually have one piece of dark chocolate from Eating Evolved after dinner, because it’s the greatest chocolate in the world and doesn’t make me crave more, but I was too full that night. So I just drank more water. And peed a milli times through the night. Good note to end a blog post on.
Thank you for being so real. Your posts just make me smile 🙂 Thank for being such an inspiration!
I just had Stevia in my coffee (well for the first time in general actually) over Christmas. My Dad came to visit and had to have his Stevia for his Cheerios (at least I converted him to Joe’s O’s from Trader Joe’s while he was in town). He left the Stevia and now I started putting it in my coffee on occasion as a treat. It is quite good! Who knew??
I know, it’s a mystery to those outside our realm how not to eat a nonstop dietary stream of sugar/flour laden products! “What’s left to eat?” Argh. I also deviate from the extremes of Paleo. Never have a slice of cheesecake or ice cream ever – not necessary. Thanks for sharing in this manner.
Good to know that I’m not the only one who adds cream to coffee sans guilt. I can eat paleo as much as I want but I CANNOT give up that goodness in my coffee.
Like everyone else has said, I love these posts! I find 100% paleo all the time to be too hard. Just knowing what your body can handle and being mindful of that is the most important thing!
I also love your website. It is so refreshing! I have problems with quar gum (like what’s in coconut milk). It really upsets my intestines for days. Even a little bit. I love ice cream and it just isn’t the same with almond milk. I just made your breakfast stew and it was so filling! Delicious. Keep up the excellent work. Your are great!
There are also some coconut milk without any additive, just water and coconut milk. There are a bit more expensive, but it’s totally worth. Currently I use one made of 80% coconut, and it really works very well in all sort of dishes.
There are also some coconut milk made only with coconut and water, nothing else added. They are a bit more expensive, but in my opinion they are much better, so it’s worth to spend a few cents more. The type I use is made with 80% coconut and it’s really nice and creamy, it works very well in all sort of dishes.
I immediately opened a tab for amazon after seeing your camera mug! How cool is that. My boyfriend is working on his photography and that would be perfect for his tea! Thanks so much.
I’m with you on the half finished coffees! I actually work at Keurig and we have free K-cups everywhere but I have half empty mugs all over my desk!
I did a paleo challenge at my gym and was able to train myself to drink black coffee, and haven’t gone back! I actually enjoy the flavor now even more
What’s this roasted broccoli?? Recipe?
Thanks for the post! I like to use The Paleo Diet as a guide for what generally makes me feel best- not the end all, be all for what I can and can’t eat.
Some days I’ll eat a little corn and rice…but I keep it to a minimum because I know how I feel when it becomes a staple in my diet.
Sometimes you need to indulge too. If I’m only going to be on this earth once I want to enjoy chocolate cheesecake while I’m here lol.