So, I thought I would start a food journal so I could keep track of exactly what I am eating.  If anyone has read my other two posts, I have stated that my family is not paleo, but this seems a good place to get some constructive criticism.  I do buy into the idea that our (regular Americans) diets are way too high in carbohydrates, but I have never really tried to track it for myself.  So here goes.

Sunday, 2011-10-02

Breakfast
4 slices bacon
calories:  170
carb content: 0.5 g

Lunch
nothing

Dinner
1/2 homemade calzone with cheese, peppers, pepperoni
calories:  1500
carb content:  100 g

Daily totals
calories: 1670
carbs:  100.5
% calories from carbs: 24%

Monday, 2011-10-03

Breakfast
one egg fried in bacon grease
one bratwurst fried in bacon grease
carb content:  2.5 g
calories:  375
 
Lunch
1/2 cup sauerkraut with bacon grease
6 oz grilled pork chop
apple
carb content: 18 g
calories:  600

Too much processed meats!

- Bacon
- Ham
- pepperoni
- bratworst

It's no longer technically "paleo" if it's processed that much.

Try buying RAW, UNPROCESSED paleo meats, then cook them yourself, in the simplest "paleo" manner.

I am not trying to follow a strict paleo diet, just recording what I eat.  Whence comes the assumption that paleolithic man did not have salt to cure meat?

Salt is "fine"

But

- Bacon
- Ham
- pepperoni
- bratworst

...tons of preservatives which are harmful chemicals.

Personally, I use salt cured - often labelled as "uncured" - bacon.  I'd agree that even regular bacon is a relatively mild cheat.

To me, the main thing that jumps out as an issue is the calzone, as not only is the bread paleo, but the cheese too.