Primal Journal of Nathan R. page

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Day 1
10.15.12 "Pay Day"

1. Meals

Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter with half a slice of cheddar. Iced coffee with heavy cream sweetened with splenda.

Lunch: steak strips with red pepper, green pepper, and onions. water.

Snacks: Handful of macadamias, yogurt with stevia and raspberries.

Dinner: Cod fillet cooked in coconut oil. Salad of kale and parsley with olive oil.

2. Exercise routine

Walked 3 miles

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

Still on my quest to possibly eliminating splenda and stevia, but I love my coffee. Also, got to try out my new skeletoes. My legs were really sore from just walking.

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Day 2
10.16.12 "Something's fishy"

1. Meals
Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter with a few ounces of Cracker Barrel Cheddar. Coffee with heavy cream sweetened with splenda.

Lunch: Cod fillets with kale.

Dinner: Grassfed beef stuffed green pepper

Snacks: handful of macadamias, melon

Exercise: lift weights for 30 mins.

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Day 3
10.17.12 "Long Afternoon"

1. Meals
Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter with some grass fed cheese. Coffee with heavy cream sweetened with splenda.

Lunch: Bell pepper stuffed with grass fed ground beef. Sour cream sauce.

Dinner: Grassfed beef stuffed green pepper.

Snacks: handful of macadamias, small apple

Exercise: none

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Day 4
10.18.12 "Long Afternoon 2"

1. Meals

Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter with grass fed cheese. Iced coffee with heavy cream sweetened with stevia.

Lunch: Grass fed beef stuffed green pepper with sour cream. Almond butter cookies (no wheat). Grass fed cheese.

Snack: Pork rinds dipped in sour cream.

Dinner: Kale and parsley salad with steak and yogurt "ranch", avocado, handful of macadamias, melon.

Drinks: Iced/green tea with lemon and stevia.

2. Exercise routine

Ran around the yard with my dog. He chased me, I chased him.

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

My weight is down. I ate a little bit more today since I will have to work late. Also brought extra water. Hopefully I can sneak in a walk.

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Day 5
10.19.12 "Friday"

1. Meals

Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter with grass fed cheese. Iced coffee with heavy cream sweetened with stevia.

Lunch: Grass fed beef stuffed green pepper with sour cream.


Dinner: Kale and parsley salad with steak and yogurt "ranch", avocado, apple.

Drinks: lemonade with stevia.

2. Exercise routine

None. Had to take dog to the vet.

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

I was really tired this day. I went to bed really early.

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Day 6
10.20.12 "Cheat day"

1. Meals

Breakfast: Plate of eggs, sausage, bacon, a little grapefruit, one peach slice from Golden Corral.

Lunch: Cheese and "parmasean crackers".


Dinner: Parsley and lettuce salad with steak, avocado, and yogurt dressing. Apple.

Drinks: Vitamin Water zero and a sugar free arnold palmer.

2. Exercise routine

Walked a few blocks around a neighborhood.

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

I ate at a buffet that way I could load up on eggs and meat.

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Day 7
10.21.12 "Sunday day football"

1. Meals

Breakfast: Omelette with red pepper, onion, and avocado. Muenster cheese. Coffee with heavy cream and stevia.

Lunch: none.

Snack: Cheese.

Dinner: Grass-fed beef stew with green/red pepper, onion, and avocado.

Drinks: Stevia lemonade. Water.

2. Exercise routine

Flag football for about an hour. Got a good amount of sun too.

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

My weight went up after my buffet day. Time to refocus my efforts. Since I started my low-carb and then paleo journey, I've lost around 20 lbs for about a year and a half. Slow and steady wins the race for me.

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Day 8
10.22.12 "Monday again" Weight: 230lb

1. Meals

Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter, 1/2 avocado, coffee with heavy cream and splenda.

Lunch: Grass-fed beef stew, macadamias, Muenster cheese.


Dinner: Grass-fed beef stew, macadamias.

Drinks: Stevia lemonade

2. Exercise routine

none

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

No fruit today. Going to ween myself off the fruit since winter is coming up. Going to keep my weight also.

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Day 9
10.23.12 "It's melting like butter" Weight: 229lb

1. Meals

Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter, coffee with heavy cream and splenda.

Lunch: Grass-fed beef stew, macadamias.


Dinner: Steak salad with kale and parsley. Olive oil and yogurt salad dressing.

Drinks: Stevia lemonade.

2. Exercise routine

walking around grocery store and lifting weights

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

Weight started coming down after the weekend.

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Day 10
10.24.12 "Last long day (for now)" Weight: 228lb

1. Meals

Breakfast: 3 eggs cooked in butter, cheese, coffee with heavy cream and splenda.

Lunch: Steak salad with kale and parsley, green and red pepper, grape tomatoes. Yogurt salad dressing (homemade).


Dinner: Steak salad with kale and parsley, green and red pepper, grape tomatoes. Yogurt salad dressing (homemade).

Drinks: Stevia lemonade

2. Exercise routine

none

3. Any other musings regarding your challenge, your choices and achieving your goals.

Hunger not an issue despite the long days. Kale and parsley make an awesome flavorful salad.