Sophie's Blog

After I finished my Crossfit WOD:Cindy, I gathered some information from my coaches on the upcoming Paleo Challenge. They stated that it was to start on January 9th for a 7 week term. The nutrition seminar would be kicking it off that day as well as all of the before pictures to be taken. With this information I decided to start trying out the diet with the 80/20 rule before the official challenge begins.

At the grocery store, I spent the majority of my time in the produce section. I bought strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, apples, bananas, avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, limes, carrots, celery and lettuce. Then I went and got some fish, chicken breasts, pork tenderloins, turkey fillets and steaks. I got pecans and almonds to snack on as well as some eggs for breakfast. It all looked so pretty, I wanted to take a picture!

I did buy some non paleo foods for the boyfriend. I got him vanilla wafers, milk, orange juice and chips. But that was it!! Everything else was Paleo and let me tell you something…. eating healthy is expensive!!! But well worth it in the end. When I got home I cooked my huney and I a nice Paleo friendly dinner- I baked some Orange Roughy Fillets seasoned with Mrs. Dash (no Salt), cucumbers marinated with lime juice, sliced bananas and strawberries with crushed almonds for dessert. I added an avocado for myself since I love them!
Everything tasted delicious! I didn’t make it to the strawberry banana concoction because I was too full. All in all I had a yummy meal.

So far this morning I ate a banana and a bowl of berries for breakfast. Its been almost 2 hours and I am hungry again….. what is a girl to do?? Anyways! I will keep you guys posted… whoever you may be that’s reading this =)

xoxo,

Sophie

So with all this Christmas food around and all of the yummy cravings, I have decided to get informed on my upcoming diet before going into it cold turkey. I got a gift card to Barnes and Nobles this Christmas which was AWESOME. I knew exactly what kind of book I wanted when I saw the gift card…. a Paleo Cook Book! So I go to Barnes and Nobles looking for one and they are sold out =( The Customer Service rep was super helpful… I am not sure if he had a little crush on me or he simply wanted to be away from the Help Desk, but either way he went out of his way to help me find something that would be of use to me.

I ended up finding the last book on Paleo available- “The Paleo Diet for Athletes” its pretty neat, I am on Chapter 1 right now learning about the essentials. The book has 90 recipes in it which I am sure I will make use of. But you know what I noticed?? There is no Cook Book dedicated to the Paleo Diet!!! This is nuts! I bet it would sell like crazy if there was one out there. Amazon was very limited in its search…. there were no Paleo COOK BOOK specific type books full of only recipes.

Anyways, I am really excited to start this new venture. I still have to meet with my Crossfit coach to ge the details of the upcoming challenge. Once I have them I will make sure to post them for you to see. I will track my progress and keep you guys posted… I am hoping some one will join me in this endeavor so I am not totally alone in my suffering.

xoxo,

Sophie