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Offline celticcavegirl

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daily paleo - a photo diary
« on: December 12, 2011, 12:57:42 PM »
Hello, earthlings

I've been asked my a couple of paleo-curious friends of mine to do a photodiary of a paleo eater.  You can see it at the following link; I'll probably be doing it for the next 2-3 weeks.  This is for the benefit of the new to paleo or paleo curious, so that you can see the day-in-day-out eatings of a long-term paleo dieter.  Although this is covered in a lot of food journals, some people are visual and seeing relative portion sizes help.  Be aware though that the plates in these photos are rather small!

Generally I break my plate into 1/3 meat/fish, 1/3 green/leafy/cruciferous veg, 1/3 bulbs/roots/mushrooms

Background
Age: 24
Sex: female
Height: 5'1''
Weight: 53kg/116 pounds
Activity level: low-moderate
Daily cals: 1300-1600
Average macronutrient breakdown: carbs 10-15%, protein 25-30%, fat 45-60%
Paleo diet: Fairly strict.  No dairy aside from butter, no sweet potatoes/yams, very few nightshades, very little alcohol. No 'paleo baking'. Mainly grass-fed and/or organic meats/eggs.  Little fruit outside of berries or figs.
'Cheats': goat butter, 85% chocolate
Supplements: vitamin D, fish oil, pro-biotic multivitamins
Lifestyle: single, no kids, work mainly from home

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Offline stephiek

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Re: daily paleo - a photo diary
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2011, 12:30:24 PM »
Wow!  Your meals look fantastic :)  I love the pictures.  I'm getting a bit bored with my current line up of meals.  I need to get motivated and find something new.  I've been feeling the old cravings again too.  Today, I could have really gone for a grilled cheese and some tomato soup, as it's cold and dreary out :p  Ah, well... I enjoyed the picture diary, though.  Very nicely done.  Thanks for sharing!

Offline AllyBelly

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Re: daily paleo - a photo diary
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2011, 05:22:40 PM »
This is a great resource for newbies! Can I ask, what is your recipe for livers? 

Also, do you not eat breakfast because you are not hungry at all, or just prefer to start eating later?

Cheers,
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Re: daily paleo - a photo diary
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 05:53:17 PM »
This is a great resource for newbies! Can I ask, what is your recipe for livers? 

no recipe at all.  Fry them, a little pepper and salt, eat them.  Sometimes I 'Persian-ise' them with walnuts and pomegranate and lemon.  I do pate with duck livers which is delicious, there is a recipe in the recipe section.


Also, do you not eat breakfast because you are not hungry at all, or just prefer to start eating later?

Cheers,
AllyBelly

I think technically I eat breakfast and lunch, and no dinner!  I work evenings about 3-4 times a week from about 8pm-2am, so my normal sleeping pattern is to 2-3am-11-11.30am.  I'm not usually hungry when I wake up, so I have 'brunch' at around 12.30 and dinner at about 8, then sometimes a snack about 1-2am
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Re: daily paleo - a photo diary
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 08:11:36 PM »
Cool thanks. I've heard a few people talk about waking up and not being hungry until lunch, but I wake up at 7am and am pretty much hungry straight away.


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Re: daily paleo - a photo diary
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 08:11:36 PM »