As of this morning the scale says I'm 0.6kg lighter than this time last week

I really didn't have much of an appetite yesterday... things aren't going well in my personal life at this moment and I think it's killing my appetite (normally it increases my appetite when something goes wrong?  Maybe my hunger is settling?)

Yesterday - 31 Jan 2012

No breakfast

Lunch (12pm)
I cooked up a batch of 500g organic beef mince with an onion, 2 garlic cloves, one bunch of chopped pak choy (leaves and stems), sea salt and then cracked and mixed three eggs into it.  I ate half of this mixture for my lunch (el blando, but filled me up).  Then I had a chai tea with coconut cream.

Afternoon meal (4pm)
I had one medium banana with two teaspoons of almond butter, then I had the rest of the mince and egg mixture.

At night (about 8pm) I wasn't that hungry at all - I had a medium handful of raw, unsalted macadamia nuts (about 8 whole nuts) and plenty of water.  I was very thirsty, not hungry.

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Today: 1 Feburary 2012

Breakfast: This morning I had two boiled eggs, and about 100mL of coconut milk (pure, canned) mixed with 3 heaped teaspoons of 180 Nutrition protein powder.  I know that it's not ideal to eat protein powder, especially when you exercise lightly like me, but I feel very wasteful if I don't finish the tub.  I originally bought it when my digestive system was at its worst; I found it one of the things I could eat (with coconut milk, raw milk or unsweetened homemade almond milk) without getting bad pain or bloating.
Will it hurt if I eat it once or twice a week, in terms of energy/digestion/insulin levels?  Happy to drop a little bit of fruit intake in exchange, or be stricter with 'cheats', if necessary.  These are the ingredients: http://www.180nutrition.com.au/ingredients/ (I know grass-fed whey, yeast, psyllium husk are all Paleo no-nos, and it's full of other seeds/nuts), and here is the nutritional information: http://www.180nutrition.com.au/nutritional-information/.  I don't have a full serve (50g); I estimate I take about 25-30 grams whenever I have it.  Thanks in advance for any advice!

Snacks so far: green tea with lemon myrtle, and a black coffee.

Yesterday - 2 February 2012

Breakfast: (not hungry) Coffee with coconut milk

Lunch (12pm): 3 lamb loin chops (leftovers that were cooked in lard) with fat, and leftover steamed cabbage and wedge of steamed pumpkin with butter

Late afternoon meal (3:30pm) Roasted rack of lamb!!! So tasty.  With a salad of spinach leaves, cos lettuce, avocado and cucumber in lemon juice and olive oil dressing.  The lamb rack was marinated in sweet chilli sauce which is no good, but I was having a meal with my mum and that was what she cooked

I really wasn't hungry after that, so I had no dinner.  I did munch on one celery stick at night and drank a lot of water... I was more thirsty than anything.  Personal life is in an absolute shambles at the moment, and I feel like it's killing my appetite and my interest in food.   

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Today: 3 February 2012

I have had one Earl Grey tea, and I panfried a salmon fillet in butter and a drop of olive oil to prevent burning (I've run out of ghee), and scrambled two eggs in the same pan, with butter.  I ate those at about 10:30; about two hours ago.

I hope things get easier for you soon. (((hugs)))

Thank you for the kind words everyone.  Things have vastly improved over the weekend and I'm still working it all out... feeling much better and I'm so happy that I have the energy and determination to keep improving my situation now

Friday: 3 February 2012

Breakfast: Earl Grey tea, panfried a salmon fillet in butter and a drop of olive oil  and scrambled two eggs in the same pan, with butter. 

Snack: Peppermint tea

Lunch: 3 chicken livers, sauteed with garlic and spinach, 1 can sugar-free lemonade

Snack: 1 sliced lady finger banana with scoop of double cream

Exercise: short walk at a moderate pace (mainly to clear the head)

Dinner (quite late, dining out again - Asian) - large portion of crispy skin chicken (half breast plus leg/thigh), steamed bok choy and steamed carrots.

After dinner: small full-cream milk flat white coffee

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Saturday: 4 February 2012

Breakfast (mid-morning, at a cafe): I ordered a meat-heavy breakfast that came with: 2 lamb loin chops, bacon, grilled mushrooms, 2 poached eggs, and 2 large Italian sausages (filler-free, gluten-free) and toast.  I ditched the toast and ate everything else except the lamb chops, which my boyfriend happily ate.  I could not stomach them, the smell was really off-putting as I've eaten a lot of lamb lately.  Everything else was delicious though.
I also had a bottle of San Pellegrino and a black coffee with a small jug of single cream.

Didn't eat lunch as we were on a road trip and didn't stop... wasn't all that hungry until dinner rolled around anyway.  I did have a bottle of diet peach iced tea (gotta get off the artificial sweeteners; I've started having diet drinks in the week or so and it's not good!) and a large bottle of water... and had a bit of a nice walk around some national parks and through some rockpools.

We were still out of town when it was dinnertime and were underdressed for most places, so we went to Hog's Breath again.  I had the traditional cut rib fillet steak rare, with 1/4 of a large avocado and bearnaise sauce, steamed carrots and broccoli.  I ignored the corn cob and the order came with buttered mashed potatoes.  I ate approx 2 tablespoons of the enormous pile, which I enjoyed, but the steak and vegies were plenty to keep me full.

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Sunday: 5 February 2012


Breakfast: a lady finger banana with a scoop of double cream

Lunch: a gourmet beef burger (ordered without the bun) at my sister's cafe - 100% beef patty, tomato, grated beetroot, grated carrot, two slices of double cream camembert, two slices of bacon and rocket in a stack, with sliced cucumber and snow pea shoots on the side.  Plus a long black coffee with a small jug of lovely local Guernsey cream (the cream is so buttery, delicious and yellow)

Snack: flesh of a large mango with a scoop of double cream

Dinner (Sunday night dinner with boyfriend's family): roast chicken (wing and breast) with skin, small cobbette of corn, steamed broccoli, roasted carrot and roasted pumpkin

Snack before bed: 1 slice strong cheddar cheese

Today - 7 February 2012

Breakfast: 2 soft-boiled eggs, about 60g smoked salmon, organic chai tea

Lunch: Ox tail soup (YUM, one of my favourites as a child, and one of the few things I missed as a vegan) made with ox tail, carrots, celery, onion, garlic, salt and water (slow-cooked for 9 hours, then cooled, the excess fat skimmed off and then reheated and simmered another hour... I prefer skimming off the excess fat from the broth or I feel a bit ill.  There's still plenty of fat left on the meat and there's some in the broth too).  I ate a big bowl of broth with vegetables in it, and two large pieces of ox tail.

Snack: peppermint tea, 4 Brazil nuts

Snack (when I got home from work I was a little bit hungry, and I knew I wasn't able to eat dinner for at least 2.5 hours): 2 slices Bega extra-sharp cheddar cheese

Dinner (dining out): Thai chicken skewer (without the satay sauce), Diet Coke (arghhh), full serve of grilled "Tiger" steak served rare (sliced rare steak, served with a very hot and very sour dipping sauce), full serve of steamed vegetables (cauliflower, Asian greens, green beans, broccoli, zucchini and carrot).  And a quarter of an orange which was a garnish.

Also:

Question: I've noticed over this period of recording my food diary, I seem to be snacking a lot more than many of you?  Does this mean I'm not eating enough at meals?  The problem is I am (and have always been) able to put away HUGE portions of meals if I let myself, which definitely contributes to me being on the bigger side.  I'm one of those people who don't look quite as heavy as I am.  I allegedly have a 'large' bone structure and very much a pear shape, a surprising amount of strength for someone who doesn't do much exercise and has a sedentary job, but I also definitely hold quite a lot of fat on my body and need to lose quite a bit of it (a typical Kapha-Pitta combination body in Ayurvedic terms, haha).  I read some of your journals (including the tall men with large-builds) and it honestly sounds like I eat more than most of you on most days

I have lost a little bit of weight and my stomach problems have improved tenfold, but it's so hard not to question what I'm doing... I always want to do better!

My question is: how 'full' are we supposed to get at meals?  Since eating Paleo I've never had that ultra-stuffed, too-much-chickpeas-and-rice feeling after my meals (which is nice, that feeling wasn't good!).  I feel 'satisfied' after meals, but I tend to go looking for more food about 2.5-3 hours later, no matter what I've eaten.  It's not out of boredom or thirst (I drink at least 2L of water a day, plus other teas and the occasional terrible diet softdrink) but genuine hunger.  Should I eat more vegetables at each meal to fill me up?  Or more meat/eggs?  Should I just keep snacking?  Or is it greed, and I should just exercise more willpower?  Thanks in advance

Also:

Question: I've noticed over this period of recording my food diary, I seem to be snacking a lot more than many of you?  Does this mean I'm not eating enough at meals?  The problem is I am (and have always been) able to put away HUGE portions of meals if I let myself, which definitely contributes to me being on the bigger side.  I'm one of those people who don't look quite as heavy as I am.  I allegedly have a 'large' bone structure and very much a pear shape, a surprising amount of strength for someone who doesn't do much exercise and has a sedentary job, but I also definitely hold quite a lot of fat on my body and need to lose quite a bit of it (a typical Kapha-Pitta combination body in Ayurvedic terms, haha).  I read some of your journals (including the tall men with large-builds) and it honestly sounds like I eat more than most of you on most days

I have lost a little bit of weight and my stomach problems have improved tenfold, but it's so hard not to question what I'm doing... I always want to do better!

My question is: how 'full' are we supposed to get at meals?  Since eating Paleo I've never had that ultra-stuffed, too-much-chickpeas-and-rice feeling after my meals (which is nice, that feeling wasn't good!).  I feel 'satisfied' after meals, but I tend to go looking for more food about 2.5-3 hours later, no matter what I've eaten.  It's not out of boredom or thirst (I drink at least 2L of water a day, plus other teas and the occasional terrible diet softdrink) but genuine hunger.  Should I eat more vegetables at each meal to fill me up?  Or more meat/eggs?  Should I just keep snacking?  Or is it greed, and I should just exercise more willpower?  Thanks in advance

Hi Claves, I'm really interested in the answer to this too- as said previously we have similar stats and I'm the same, I'm so used to that bloated-I couldn't eat another thing feeling- I'm wondering how much I can trust myself to know or understand when I am full or when I'm not now as I don't get that feeling anymore (thankfully).