Recipe Paleo recipes and discussion.

The hardest parts are cutting grains and alcohol. Like I said earlier, I plan on "cheating" 1-2 nights per week, so I can have a piece of bread, some beer, or a drink. I love meat and veggies, and was never a huge pasta or rice person, so that helps. Breads are good, but I can do it. It's more about planning ahead for me, rather than having specific cravings for things I can't have.

 

We had that late last week. It was pretty good, will do again.

 

The hardest part is wanting a beer with certain foods.

I love anything like a taco. Last night we had taco salad. I always have a couple beers with tacos, because it just goes together.

However, I have a business dinner tomorrow night, and I've said I'm only going to eat non-paleo one weeknight and one weekend night. I'd much rather have a drink or two when out tomorrow night, so I had to pass.

In the meantime, I have trimmed off 5lbs in the last two weeks, so that is a positive.

 

Just add the beer and call it the Viking diet.

 

That is an offensive stereotyping and scandogynistic remark. The Nordic Anti-defamation League will be in touch.

 

Hey, I'm a descendant of the Normans.

 

So far so good. For the last 10-12 days I've been doing a Primalish version of Palio. I've taken one evening each week and one evening each weekend to eat and drink whatever I like, without going super crazy. I do feel like I have a bit more energy, I've lost weight, and the only thing I really crave is a beer or two after work some days, or a glass of wine with or after dinner. Otherwise it's not too tough at all, it just takes more planning when traveling.

 

In other news, I'm considering moving to a Paleo-centric diet (I'm allowing oats but no other grains), which will begin in full force on Monday.

Part of the reason is that I'm training for the Spartan Race on July 18th. I do, however, also have a Muay Thai test at the end of May, so I guess it's going to be for that too. These tests can be brutal. (And up to two hours!)

I did a similar diet—uh, last year?—and I found it was beneficial to my training. I will probably eat a lot of very simple recipes. Mostly just adding components together.

I will be training at least three days a week (two hours each day), but hopefully up to four days a week between May and July (or about seven hours a week).

Anyway, does anyone have any experience (or interest) in a Paleo-type diet as far as training is concerned? Any tips? Meal planning tricks? Portable food ideas welcome. Easy/simple foods preferred. As for portable foods, there likely won't be refrigeration or reheating possible, though I like lots of food cold. It will need to keep for a few hours. Though maybe I should get a decent insulated lunch bag and maybe a thermal container for hot stuff.

 

Cashews are a good snack.

Also, you can make meat roll-ups. Take some good sliced roast beef and put a pickle or something in it, cheese if you are allowing yourself that, and whatever veggies you want in there. Roll it all up with the meat on the outside and stick it in a baggie. Would last hours in a insulated lunch bag, and you can eat one for a snack or several for a lunch.

 

Meat rollups sounds like the way to go.

I'm already all over nuts and seeds: almonds and hemp hearts, mainly. Though I do love cashews. They're like candy.

 

This book might be helpful to you:

The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance: Jeff S. Volek, Stephen D. Phinney: 9780983490715: Amazon.com: Books

There seems to be quite a bit of research out there.