Log 02/06 - 02/12

Another weekly log.

Sunday 02/06

• 190.2
• 3 mile walk with no weight
• Food: 1) 4 egg, 4 oz beef fritata  2) 20 ounces of meatballs, chicken, and misc protein sources.  Estimate 200 grams protein

Monday 02/07

• 190.6
• Squat/Bench weights at CFR
• Food: 1) 4 eggs, tin of oysters, tin of sardines  2)  20 ounces of meatballs, a pound of sweet potato.  Estimate 200 grams protein

Tuesday 02/08

• 189.8
• Complete rest day
• Food: 1) 6 eggs, 8 oz meat fritata, 10g 85% dark chocolate 2) 4 ounces beef liver, 4 ounces of meatballs, 2 tins sardines and 1 tin of oysters.  Estimate 210 grams protein

Wednesday 02/09

• 190.6
• WOD at CFR
• Food: 1) 5 eggs, bacon, 8oz sweet potato fritata 2) 21 ounces of meatballs and some pure potato chips.  I know, not ideal but I didn't get carbs cooked before hand so I just enough baked potato chips to give me 20g of carbs and washed it down with 30g of carbs from coconut water.  Estimate 190 grams protein

Thursday 02/10

• 190.2
• WOD at CFR
• Food: 1) 6 oz liver, 5 egg fritata  2) 1 pound beef fajitas and guacamole at Blue Goose.  Estimate 190 grams protein

Friday 02/11

• 190.6
• WOD at CFR
• Food: 1) 5 egg fritata, 1 tin sardines, 1 tin oysters  2) 1 pound of beef fajitas at El Norte.  Estimate 180 grams protein

Saturday 02/12

• 190.6
• 3 mile walk with 40 pound backpack
• Food:  1) *Fajitas and a burger plus some cooked dates and goat cheese.  2) 1 rice-free sushi roll and some salmon sashimi.  Estimate 220 grams protein.

*I was craving some foods I haven't had in months, so I decided to play a bit.  I didn't go bonkers, but I did make an exception to the no-dairy rule and had some cheese.  First I made some paleo pancake batter (coconut flour, eggs, baking powder, dash of coconut milk) very thin and poured it in a large pan and let it flatten out.  I cooked that into the equivalent of a tortilla, then took 8 ounces of leftover beef fajita meat and made an excellent fajita with guacamole.  It was awesome.

Then I took the batter and thickened it up with more coconut flour and made two very large pancakes as a substitute for a hamburger bun.  8 ounces of grassfed beef with spices made my hamburger patty.  I sauteed onions in a little coconut oil and put them on top of the burger with some crumbled bleu cheese.  Oh...my...goodness.  I missed ketchup at first, but mustard wasn't bad at all.

I got the cravings out of my system, LOVED my burger, but probably won't do it again for a while, and not very often.  I prefer what I call real food, and strange concoctions with coconut flour don't really qualify as far as I'm concerned.  Sure, it's not way off the wagon, but I don't think it's a great plan seek to recreate traditional foods with paleo-style substitutions very often. 

I also baked some medjool dates stuff with different types of goat cheese.  Those things are like candy, so limited myself to 3 of them.  I could  easily eat a pound of stuffed dates. 

Anyway, another week, and this time my weight is up a bit.  Not sure why since the splurge in food occured after my last weighing, but I'm not really too worried about it.  My pants are just as loose, and I feel good, so I'll see what next week brings.

I am the tiniest bit tired of stuffing myself to get 190-200 grams of protein.  I may take 2 weeks and just eat enough to be satisfied and see what happens.  If my strength numbers don't continue upwards for those 2 weeks, I'll return to the larger protein consumption.  If they keep going up, I'll probably just try for a minimum of 150-160g/day.

Here's some pictures of the fun stuff:

Buns (really thick pancakes) are cooking on one side, and the hamburger patty has just started sizzling.

Onions are getting brown.

Here it is before the bleu cheese crumbles. If you're strict no-dairy paleo, just stop right there and start eating!

This was an awesome hamburger.