Adanac85's Primal Journey page

[Adanac85]

Hello all on the forum - this is my attempt to be honest abut what I do eat and how much exercise I do. I started my journey about 2 days ago, so this will cover both days. Any feed back will be great.

Here's a bit about me: My current weight is 65kg, height 163cm. My build is closer to the mesomorph type than others and I can put muscle on very easily. My sports are climbing and biking (both road and cycling) and at least 2 weight sessions at the gym each week. The current programme is super sets.

My goals are to loose a bit of the belly fat that I seem to have accumulated and have a bit more energy for climbing.

Day 1: Food
Breakfast
bowl of fruit salad (not exactly paleo but it needed to be used up)
Left over roast chicken

Lunch
some grapes and a nut bar (with sugary stuff in it)

Dinner
chicken and prawn vietnamese salad
2 slices of 70% chocolate
1 orange

Exercise:
climbing session (about 3 hours)

Day 2: Food

So today was a rest day after a pretty intense weekend and here is what I ate:

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs
2/3 punnet of pancetta (salty I know but hey)

Lunch:
Left over chicken and prawn vietnamese salad (incl beansprouts, cucumber, peppers, tomatoes, lime juice, fish sauce and chilli)

snack:
leftover roast chicken and home made gravy

dinner (ate out with a friend which was pre-arranged ages ago)
cajun chicken greek salad (left the cheese)

1/2 a fruit crumble - which i tried to scrape the crumble off of the fruit and picked at to keep my friend company while she ate her pudding
1 glass of red wine.

2. Exercise
Very, very little as letting legs recover from 40k MTB ride on saturday and a shorter ride on Sunday.

[Adanac85]

So yesterday was a bit of a mishmash as I thought I was going to get a chance to go to the gym as well as climb (but I didn't). Hopefully will be able to make up for it today

1. Food:

Breakfast:

3 boiled eggs mashed with small amount of pancetta and spring onion

Lunch:
2 small pieces of chicken mixed with mange tout, sweet peas, and red pepper with sesame oil

Snack pre climbing:
small punnet of seeds (from graze) and beef jerky

Dinner:
steak
boiled veggies
small amount of potato
1 pint of beer
2 pc 70% chocolate

2. Exercise
about 3 hours of climbing. medium level of effort

[Adanac85]

Coolio - I'll bin the beans after this pack.

So here's my food for the day:

Breakfast:
Fruit salad - pinapple, grapes and melon (still festering in the kitchen and the OH refuses to eat)
2 boiled eggs
black coffee w honey

Lunch:
2 small pieces of chicken
2 rashers of bacon
mange tout
french beans
spinach

small handful of sunflower seeds

dinner
1/4 med butternut squash
lamb chop
peas
1 carrot
handful of nuts (being bad!)
some other greens
3 pc 85%% chocolate

Feeling really bloated today and worried that i'm eating too much and not losing weight!

Exercise:
walked about 3 miles

[Breno]

Hey Adanac, how did that climbing session go? I've been feeling tired since I started primal (this monday) and my workouts have suffered. How is it going for you?

[Adanac85]

My workouts haven't been bad, but have just lessened in quantity. I figured that I shouldn't beat myself up over it and get used to the food first and then filter more workouts next week.

Think it will be monday: gym session (legs), tuesday road cycle; wednesday gym session/climb, thursday rest and friday gym session climb.

So yesterdays food:

breakfast:
1/4 squash with some nuts

lunch:
1 carrot
small piece of gilled lamb and some chicken
handful of spinach
mange tout and some string beans

after workout snack
1/4 squash and some prawns

dinner
1/2 veg and 1/2 lamb balti
couple of bites of naan (actually didn't want more than that)
1 pint lager

exercise:

super sets focused on back:
5 sets of Bar bell rows at 8 reps (20 kg) but probably need to lift more
5 sets of bw pull ups at 8 reps each
3 sets ez bar bicep curls at 10 reps 10kg

20 min turbo keeping heart rate between 140-160bpm

then climbing session

[Adanac85]

Yesterdays food:

Breakfast:
Bacon & Eggs

Lunch
Carrot & some nuts

I wasn't feeling very hungry a bit hungry and knew there was a while to dinner so stocked up a bit.

Dinner (my treat meal)

Starter:
Poached Salmon with dill mayonnaise served on bed of green beans
1 glass of sancerre

Main:
Beef stroganoff served on slice of toasted sourdough
roasted carrots & parsnips
1 glass Bordeaux and 1 glass cote du Rhone (I think)

Pudding:
Small slice of some generic tart thing

Exercise
None whatsoever

[Adanac85]

Food:

Breakfast:
Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Eggs

Lunch:
handful of copped spinach
1 carrot
3 florets of broccoli
2 bite sized pc of beef jerky

Post climb snack
some nuts
a carrot and left over lunch stuff

Dinner
hot & sour chinese veg soup (disgusting so didn't finish it)
beef w ginger and spring onions (again disgusting so didn't finish it)
2 x home made beers
1 glass of wine

exercise

bouldering x 3 hours

current measurements:

chest 32.5 inches
waist 29 inches
hips 36 inches

Would love to slim down a couple of inches! lets see if I do

[Adanac85]

Been sleeping a bit funny this week - not sure if its the change of diet or other factors.

Food:

breakfast:
boiled egg with spring onion and a bit of pancetta fat

Lunch:
1 carrot
handful of spinach
some broccoli florets
1/2 punnet pancetta pieces

Dinner:
Beef burger (small patty)
1/3 x sweet potato in a hash w apple and onion
some kale w onion and sour cherries
2 roast carrots

Exercise

It was a leg day at the gym - and once again I was the only girl in the weights section. Think the guys are starting to know me cause I only had a few funny looks rather than before when they all looked like they thought I was crazy.

I'm currently doing super sets:
5 sets of squats (8 reps) at 35 kg
5 sets of deadlifts (8 reps) at 32.5 kg
single leg lunges w 24 kg

20 min turbo (hr 150-160)

walk to work and back home again

[Adanac85]

Yesterday was hard and I'm starting to crave carbs and dairy again. I did have a little dairy in the evening but have stayed far away from carbs, or rather I thought I was until I looked at the calorie breakdown in myfitnesspal. Apparently I'm getting equal carbs to protein ratio and still low on fat. This is really frustrating as I thought I was getting the idea by now!

Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong (other than the beer which is obvious)

Breakfast:

left over beef patty with 4-5 asparagus and some broccoli. Was still feeling hungry so had 2 pieces of bacon as well. Black coffee w honey.

Lunch:
some left over roast carrots, sweet potato and kale. I can't remember if I had any protein - I must have!

Pre Crossfit snack:
boiled egg, boiled broccoli and some nuts

Post crossfit dinner
left over sweet potato; 1/2 avocado and boiled spinach/kale 1 carrot
2 spoonfuls of creme fraiche
1 bottle beer

[Adanac85]

...so yesterday was a bit of a rubbish day. Felt really devoid of energy and tired. Although that may be because I probably haven't been eating enough recently. I've started using myfitnesspal as a rough indicator of how much I eat and trying to remember to weigh my protein intake as I think it's a bit low.

Breakfast:
2 boiled eggs
4 Asparagus spears
2 cups of coffee
1tsp honey
Whole mixed nuts (small handful)

Lunch
1/3 sm sweet potato
handful curly kale
handful spinach
sprinkle sour cherries
1/4 apple
2.5 roasted carrots
1/3 onion

Pre-climbing Snack
Graze box spicy seeds
Graze Scandi Berries

Dinner
8oz beef steak
1pt Carlsburg
small number of chips
boiled vegetables



So from this my ratio in calories were carbs/fat/protein 104:104:131 which I think is massively off; but I'm guessing that it will be part of the learning curve.

Lets try a new approach for Day 11!