Adanac85's Primal Journey page 2

[Adanac85]

Breakfast

2 streaky bacon rashers
3 mushrooms cooked in bacon grease
1/2 onion cooked in bacon grease
small amount of asparagus

Lunch
82g ground mince grilled in burger form
small amount of broccoli florets (like 3-4)
small amount of asparagus (like 2 or 3)
some curly Kale

Dinner

195g pork steak in a casserole
1/3 apple
1/2 onion

So my ratios are once again off carbs:fat: protein are 101:55:73

On the plus side I didn't have any honey in my coffee today. Reckon I'll be losing any weight with this ratio or am I still too skewed with the carbs.

Exercise
walked about 3 miles to pick up my car but that was about it.

[Adanac85]

Once again very little energy all day; and my sleeping is getting a bit iffy as well. I do suffer from insomnia and have leanings towards anxiety so perhaps reading about the importance of cortisol and lack of stress before bedtime wasn't the best plan in the world.

Breakfast:
Small amount of broccoli
Cup of coffee
Half an Avocado
1/2 a beef patty

Lunch
Some cauliflower
Curly Kale
1/2 beef Patty

Pre-climb Snack
1/2 banana

Dinner (Treat meal)
Lamb/veg Balti
1 pt Carlsburg
1/5 naan

Totals: carbs:fat: protein 55:55:56 (calories rather than grams)

[Adanac85]

As you guys can probably see, I lost the plot with keeping a record of my eating and primal journey. In December it was certainly off, with more refined carbs and dairy coming in. Over Christmas I completely allowed myself to indulge, although it felt a bit wierd. My friends are finally beginning to come around to my 'wierd' diet and generally humour me.

I decided over January to become more aware of what I was eating and why I had decided to eat it. I've discovered Evernote is a great tool to record my thoughts towards food during the day and to this end I've recorded my food log for the period between 1-4th January. I would love some critique of what I'm eating and whether or not it's beneficial.

My current measurements are:

Waist: 72cm / 28.5inch

Hip: 85cm / 33 inch

Bust: 85cm / 33 inch

Neck: 32cm / 12.5 cm

And I'd like to lose about an inch or so off of these.

I'm primarily a boulderer so I am already quite strong and powerful. I have tried heavy lifting and did crossfit for a while but it mainly led to injury/exhaustion and feelings of inadequacy when trying to balance it with my real passion: climbing. I do road bike/mountain bike as well, but only sporadically. Cardio wise I want to try and get at least 2 20minute sessions in a week if not more but not at the detriment of my bouldering.

Do you think that these goals are achievable while also losing belly flubble?

Here are my diaries for the last 4 days:


1 January 2013
Breakfast:
5 rashers bacon
2 scrambled eggs
Broccoli

Snack
3 carrot s
Handful almonds
Handful olives
Cheese, ten bites

Dinner
Pork tenderloin
1 parsnip
1 carrot
Asparagus
Tender stem broccoli


2nd January 2013
Breakfast:
3 rashers bacon
1 bell pepper
3 carrot
2 mugs coffee w cream

Snack:
1 carrot
3 small pieces of dark chocolate

Dinner
1 turkey steak
Mixed bag vegetables
Roast pork tenderloin
1/2 parsnip
1/2 carrot
1 pint beer

3rd January 2013
Breakfast (about 11)
2/3 tub of pancetta fried with butter
small handful mushrooms
1 boiled egg
coffee w 1 tablespoon double cream

Lunch (about 2-3pm)
handful steamed broccoli
handful asparagus
125g grilled turkey

Dinner (about half 8)
Brussels sprouts
Broccoli
Asparagus
Flank steak
14 grapes

Snacks
1 carrot
Some almonds & pistachios
about 125g cheese (goats/cows)

4th January 2012 (Training Day)
08:00: Coffee w 3 tablespoons double cream - too creamy!

11:00: Tea a no milk

Tummy started to rumble about 15 minutes before this. Began to feel spaced out too.

11:36: Breakfast
2 boiled eggs
2 teaspoons chia seeds
1/2 package of mixed veggies

12:59: Tummy starting to rumble. Will try to drink more water and ignore it for a while.

14:32: Tummy has stopped rumbling but have a gnawing hunger inside. Will try and finish this section I'm working on and then eat something.

14:54: Snack
Vegetables (raw)
a bit of flank steak

15:02
still hungry will see how I feel at half 3.

15:15: Lunch
Brussels sprouts
Spring cabbage
Flank steak


1700: Snack
3 celery
Cheese


21:00: Dinner
Lamb Rogan Josh
veggie curry
1 pint carlsburg
1 after dinner chocolate.

Was very full after. I can't seem to find the compromise between just a main dish and feeling hungry still or having a main and a side and not finishing the side. Maybe next time I'll go for half meat half veg curry with extra veggies on the side.


What do you guys think?

[Adanac85]

How awesome are saturdays?! I woke up late, after climbing the night before and rolled out of bed.

09:20 - woke up feeling really hungry to the point of feeling slightly nauseated. Needed to go to pick up stuff from the post office so ignored it and it went away.

10:00: Drink & Snack
black coffee w 1 table spoon double cream
1 carrot

12:45: Drink
black coffee

13:11 - stomach starting to feel a bit grumbly and empty. concentration beginning to go, but that may be because what I'm doing is so boring.

14:30 - lunch
1/6 tub pancetta
75g turkey steak
Handful of green beans
Handful savoy cabbage

15:28 - still hungry. Belly is grumbling

16:40 - snack
1/6 pancetta
75g turkey
~8 Pistachios

16:54 - drink
1 pint beer

20:00 - dinner
Sweet potatoes
Roast potato (1/2 of one cooked in goose fat)
Green beans
Roast lamb
Parsnip
2 glasses white wine
A GU cheese cake (my treat for the week) did feel guilty but my friends had bought it for dinner.

22:30 - gluttony
Another roast potato
Probably 125g worth of roast lamb.
I really didn't need it, it just tasted so bloody good!

I'm going biking tomorrow so my indulgences were justified through the fact that I was going to burn so many calories. I know that this is more akin to a SAD justification for indulgences but i'm pleased that I'm challenging my choices before i make them.

[Adanac85]

This was an early start! 7:00am on a sunday really, really drags. I didn't sleep great either as I was nervous about biking. I've not been on a bike for nearly 5 months and the route we were gonna do was an unknown. That said, I knew I could control what I took with me, nutrition wise, and control i did - to good effect as well:

07:30 - breakfast
2 scrambled eggs
3 rashers bacon, grilled
Coffee w 1 Tbs double cream

10:30 - snack
6 wedges sweet potato
Match box size roast lamb
Coffee

12:30-15:40 - ride fuel
Mix of dried apricots, almonds biltong, very small chunks of dark chocolate and dried figs.
Grazed on this throughout ride, bit probably had about 4 PC dark chocolate, 6 pc apricots, a couple of PC biltong and 2-3.figs.

15:00 - Got very hungry towards the end of the ride

1600: post ride refuel
Sweet potato 4-5 wedges
1 Roast carrot
Handful Green beans
Roast lamb

17:25 - belly has started to grumble and I don't have any more food. Have some water so I'm drinking that but I'm craving something sweet, like dried apricots or figs.

20:00 - dinner
Small amount of green coriander curry made w chicken
4-5 cauliflower florets
Handful raspberries w glug double cream
Leffe

[Adanac85]

I can't believe it's only been a week since reinvorating my primal diet. I am much happier on it now that I've allowed myself double cream in my coffee. It seems to keep most of the cravings away.

That said, today was a really hungry day. This may have something to do with the amount of energy I put out yesterday but any help on stopping the munchies in the evening would be really great.

07:50 - drink
coffee w 1 Tbs double cream

08:30 - drink
coffee w 1 tbs double cream

10:22 - breakfast/1st meal
2 boiled eggs w 2 tbs chia seed
handful chopped veggies: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

12:30 - snack
handful chopped veggies: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

12:42 - drink
cup of earl grey tea no milk

14:16 - lunch/2nd meal
small amount of coriander chicken
handful of steamed broccoli florets

15:15 - snack
handful chopped veggies: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower

18:30 - cooking snack (clearly left it too long between meals)
Handful almonds
Some biltong
1 carrot
Some apricots
Some pistachio

19:30 - dinner
1/2 marrow fried in EVOO
166g lamb mince
Handful savoy cabbage
Handful spring cabbage

Post dinner snacking
Small pierce of left over lamb
1 dried fig
4 spoonfuls Greek yoghurt

How can I stop the grazing in the evening?! I don't think it's boredom. Could it be that I'm not drinking enough water in the evening?

[Adanac85]

07:50 - drink
coffee w 1 tbs double cream

08:45 - drink
coffee w 1 tbs double cream

10:32 - drink
Earl great tea w no milk

11:04: 1st meal
2 boiled eggs w 2 tbs chia seeds

12:50 - 2nd meal
86g lamb
spring cabbage
savoy cabbage
fried marrow

13:30 - drink
earl gray

17:00 - snack
1 TSP coconut oil
2 TSP almond butter
1/2 carrot

19:30 - dinner
2 pcs breaded chicken from everyday paleo (1/2 cup almond meal, 1/2 cup coconut flour)
Handful green chard
Handful savoy cabbage
Couple cauliflower florets
Some baked carrots

21:00 - snack?!!
Spoonful butter
Small Handful pistachios
2 tsp almond butter
10 spoonfuls Greek yogurt

[Adanac85]

07:44 - first meal
2 boiled egg a
2 Tbs Chia seeds
1/2 avocado
Coffee w 1 Tbs double cream
4 Tbs Greek yoghurt
08:30 - drink
Coffee w 1 Tbs double cream
2 x 1000mg cod liver oil

11:24- dizzy spell?!

13:00 - drink
peppermint tea

14:14 - lunch
5 cauliflower florets
handful chard and savoy cabbage
carrots and peppers (2 carrots & 1 red pepper)
2 pcs breaded chicken thighs from last night
2 x 1000mg cod liver oil

18:00 - pre climb
2 small bananas
I felt really weak and tired at climbing so didn't really do any at all. Think my energy levels have something to do with how much/little I'm eating and I probably need to address that. Definitely needed more before climbing as I felt that i had no energy whatsoever.

20:45 - Third Meal
2 sausages
2 rashers bacon
2 fried eggs
handful veggies
1 pint IPA