I just finished Week 1 of my "Detox"/100% Paleo diet that the Naturopath has me doing. I should be 2 weeks into it, but I cheated the first week when my friends were in town and had to start over. :( Anyway, I'm feeling great!! Here are my journal entries from the past couple weeks:
Week
1
Day
1 (Tues, May 28):
Today went well. I had my detox smoothie for breakfast, and
packed my lunch to take to school. The
only thing that I didn’t have prepared was dinner, so I got Quizno’s with a
classmate- got a “paleo” salad. I was in
class from 11am-9pm, so I didn’t exercise today. I picked my best friend and her 2-year old
daughter up from the airport after class this evening. I’m hoping that I will be able to stick to
eating clean and exercising this week while I have visitors!
Day
3 (Thurs, May 30):
Today I “cheated” and had a beer and
a gluten-free pizza. My friend’s husband
flew in this evening, so we went out to dinner at one of my favorite
restaurants which has great beer, so I decided I would allow myself a few
cheats this week while I have company. I
know I should be strong and stick to clean eating, but I also want to enjoy my
week and not feel deprived while my friends are here. So, I’ve decided I’ll stick to my Paleo diet
as much as possible, and only “give in” a few times. Since I am still at “baseline”, eating gluten
and sugar this week won’t mess up my “liver detox” that the naturopath wants me
to do. I’ll just start it 100% on
Monday.
Day
5 (Sat, June 1):
Feeling good this week- energy level
has been consistent. Having friends in
town, it’s been difficult to stick to my Paleo diet since we’re going out to
dinner every night, and they are beer drinkers.
Although I really wanted to resist and stick to my “diet”, I’ve decided
to just enjoy this week with my friends and eat and drink with them. I feel a little upset with myself that I
couldn’t be disciplined, but it’s a little hard to eat clean Paleo all of the
time, especially when on “vacation”. We
drove to Santa Barbara today. Did some
walking in Santa Barbara, probably walked about 2 miles. Tomorrow we are going to the zoo and I’ll be
doing more walking, so I’m glad that I’m at least getting some exercise while
my friends are in town.
Day
7 (Mon, June 3):
Friends flew back to Cincinnati this
morning. My little “vacation” that I had
for a few days is also over. No more eating out or drinking beer! My money will only be spent on quality
groceries like meats, vegetables, and fruits.
Today I made sure that I had my meals prepared and planned out for the
day, so that I could easily stick to my Paleo diet. Tomorrow I will finish the pork roast that I
made last week for lunch, and dinner I am eating out with a classmate since we
have a long break before our last class at 7pm.
We are going to Freebirds, so I’m sure I can get a salad made with
lettuce and meat, and maybe some guacamole.
Week
2
Day
9 (Wed, June 5):
Last night I was bad and got the
3-cheese nachos at Freebirds for dinner.
I had planned to get a salad, but couldn’t get myself to do it since I
knew the nachos were so good. I figured
I would start my “diet” tomorrow. So
today I ate a clean Paleo diet and hopefully I’m getting myself on the right
track. I have to keep in mind that I am
doing this not only for myself and this 6-week project, but for the
naturopath. She is expecting me to stick
to this, so I can’t push back “starting” any longer. Although I was feeling tired today and took a
long nap, I made myself do a Crossfit workout.
Again, the naturopath is expecting me to workout 5-6 days a week, so I
need to make sure that I’m doing that. I
also want to get back to strength training workouts, since I haven’t done much
in the last 6 months due to half-marathon training. I definitely feel stronger and more confident
when I do my Crossfit workouts consistently.
Day
11 (Fri, June 7):
I’m finally feeling like I’m getting
back into the groove of Paleo eating.
I’m feeling better- skin starting to clear up, no GI issues, energy
level is up, and my mood is improving.
I’m also feeling more energetic which makes workouts easier. Today I did my 2nd Crossfit
workout of the week, which feels great to get back to strength training. Eating clean and exercising consistently
makes life a lot better for me. I’ve
been feeling a little depressed and homesick since my friends left on Monday,
so it’s going to be very important that I keep my mood up by sticking to this
behavior change.
Day
13 (Sun, June 9):
Feeling really good this
weekend. Slightly sore from strength
workouts, but legs feel good. Today
instead of doing my usual run to the beach, I decided to do it using sprint
intervals. I walked up the steep hills, then did
intervals on the flats and downhills.
Felt really good, even faster. I
think I’ll do it this way more often. As
for diet, I am noticing that it’s not easy to eat low-carb due to the high carb
content of my breakfast detox smoothies (46 carbs- without honey). If I add honey to my smoothies or hot tea, that
adds another 20 grams of carbs. Also,
I’m eating more vegetables than I am meat right now. My goal for this week is to get more meat
into my diet.
Week
3
Day
16 (Wed, June 12):
I’m finding that eating is becoming
a chore. It’s not something that I look
forward to, I only do it because I’m hungry and know my body needs the
nutrients. I am somewhat happy to feel
this way, because it means that I am lacking the craving for any junk
foods. I do feel like eating this way is
fairly easy. The hardest part is the
time it takes to prepare food. I’m also
having a hard time getting in enough calories.
I think I need to take in more calories so that my body doesn’t lower my
metabolism due to a lower caloric intake.
Although I do think it is ok to eat low-calorie on occasion, I also think
it is important to eat high-calorie every now and then so that they body knows
it always has food available, and won’t store fat or burn muscle tissue
instead.
Today I decided I’d try a new
recipe- spicy ginger cashew chicken. I
made it paleo friendly by substituting with almond flour and coconut oil (in
place of vegetable oil and some kind of starch). It took about 30 minutes to make, but it
tasted good and makes three meals.
Energy was a bit low this afternoon after I did my Crossfit workout, but
probably because I was sitting at the computer for hours straight doing
schoolwork.
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