I'm almost 100% Paleo right now.
Pretty typical day for me would be

Breakfast: omolette (5 egg whites & 1 whole egg) with left over veggies from dinner, fruit until I'm satisfied 1 liter of water and coffee (haven't given it up yet)

Mid-morning: 10 ozs. of meat or fish, steamed spinach, carrots and broccoli, hand full of walnuts, fruit water

Lunch: same as above

Mid-day: 8 ozs. of meat or fish, steamed veggies, 1/2 an avocado water

Dinner: same as above

Before bed (2hrs.) snack: 4-6 ozs. of meat and 1/2 an avocado

I drizzle a good amount of canola oil on my veggies every sitting.

Right now I'm not weighing my carbs. Just eating until I'm satisfied. In another week I plan on weighing and cutting carbs.

I don't get into trying to create dishes. I just pretty plain food. A little black pepper here and there.

Most of the meat I eat is game or free range beef from a ranch I work on. They pay me in meat. I move 90 tons of hay and they give me 400 lbs. of meat and organs for free.Most of the fish I eat is wild caught. Most of my protein is eaten rare, nearly raw.

Mmm ... paid in meat.


I would avoid the canola oil if you can.  It's highly processed and probably contains transfats.  Extra virgin olive oil is better.  We use lard (we buy it at the farmer's market) for all of our cooking.

I agree completely with this--avoid all the seed/grain oils when you can.

TWS

Grass fed beef has a good Omega 3/6 ratio and you probably don't need to get that worried about ALA if that's what you eat.

I had a look at the highest to lowest ALA list (18:3 n-3) at Nutritiondata (under tools/nutrient search).

The first 'food' in the list was pork (397mg of ALA/100gm).

Forget the processed oil and use lard.  Another good excuse to eat pork belly for dinner!


P.S. the Nutritiondata site is an excellent resource for anyone looking into nutrient levels in food.  The data all comes from the USDA national nutrient database.

Breakfast - coffee (its a seed so BACK OFF  )

What are you talking about Tarlach? A seed? Are you just being silly?

Your meal plan seems more like an all meat/protein diet from your post. When do you eat your fruits and veggies?

Not being silly - the coffee 'bean' is a seed

NICE! Well I'm having my favorite seed right now. I just ate 8oz. of Rockfish and 4oz of scallops, an orange and a few walnuts

Not being silly - the coffee 'bean' is a seed

I do eat mostly meat and I do not eat big serves of fruit/veg at every meal.  I may have some fruit juice or fruit throughout the day or some frozen berries for dessert.  When we eat with others I will eat veggies or salad with dinner, but at home these days we often just have a plate of meat.

Wow! That's really cool about the coffee seeds. Who would have thought? I really love coffee myself, and I'll drink it black. I actually just read that you can eat a coffee bean without any problems, and that Buddhist Monks and African Tribesmen used to do it all the time. Supposedly eating the beans/seeds really packs a punch since you're subtracting the water. However, I have noticed that the acidity of the coffee beans bother me sometimes. Also, the caffeine eventually wears me down and makes me feel cranky. A cup of joe or snacking on a few beans from time to time could definitely be a fun guilty pleasure! 

May i ask why you omit the yolks from all of your eggs bar the one?  Egg yolks Rock!

Quote from: PaleoMum on May 22, 2009, 08:06:34 AM

May i ask why you omit the yolks from all of your eggs bar the one?  Egg yolks Rock!

I typically do this too. I will buy a dozen omega 3 eggs with a dozen regular eggs.  I will eat 1 or 2 omega eggs along with 3 or 4 the regular eggs minus the yolks since they don't have as much good (O3) fat as the other ones, but I need the added protein. The goal is to get more protein without all the omega six fat and save a bit of cash since omega eggs are usually much more expensive.

Thanks Cha-Ka