Alrighty, time to see if you all can't help keep me accountable for what I eat.  So far I seem to go through short phases of eating pristinely paleo and eating only about 50/50 paleo with occasional days that just fall to pieces, so my goal right now is to increase the frequency of the more ideal paleo days and decrease the number of days that don't make the cut at all.  It gets easier the more I realize that all pasta does is give me gas, and all sugar does is upset my stomach and mess up my sinuses.  Funny how you never notice those things before.

Nov. 10, 2010
Breakfast was:
2 eggs
3 brussel sprouts
Bit of broccoli
Coconut oil
Couple leaves of green leaf lettuce
A cup of homemade pumpkin soup (pumpkin, chicken broth, cream, spices)

Lunch was a protein shake (15g whey isolate, a banana, a cup of homemade kefir, spoon of cocoa powder).  I try not to have protein shakes often but it was either this or eating pizza with friends.  I take a carefully selected multivitamin on such an occasion, just to balance things out.  I also had my daily 5000IU of vitamin D at this time.  [My levels were at 30 when I was tested a month ago, hence the dose.]

Snack was half a large carrot and an ounce of almonds.

Dinner was about 4-5oz of salmon marinated in mustard and olive oil, some more brussel sprouts and broccoli saute'ed in olive oil, and lettuce.  Afterwards I felt full but still hungry, which I think means I'm not getting enough fat.  Any tips on that?  I mean, I doused those veggies in oil.  Should I dip 'em in oil too?  Actually, I should probably go back to that protein shake I had earlier and add more fat, that synthetic concoction is low...  [Please don't suggest more coconut oil, I can't take it when it isn't covered by the taste of eggs or curry.]

Then I gave in to the ice cream while we watched Conan tonight.  :x  In my defence, it was a gift of homemade ice cream, but that doesn't make it much better.  This won't be making a reappearance, I promise.

Avocados and nuts add up the fat calories.  Can toss an avocado right into your protein drink to add some fat.  I've also been know the toss raw eggs into my protein.

11/12/2010

Breakfast:
2 eggs, stalk of broccoli, butter, with a bit of mustard
Then I couldn't resist a few pieces of cereal :[ I had a banana later.  I don't want to encourage a carb addiction, but I felt full and better after the banana. I don't have any reason to avoid fruit so I think I'm probably going to start having a bit fruit with breakfast until I get more used to using fat as my main energy source, I guess.

Lunch: leftover shrimp curry

Snack:  I had 4 cups of green tea, a cup of coffee, all without sugar, a bit of pumpkin, and a handful of almonds between lunch and dinner.  Crazy amount of caffiene, but, gosh, I was thirsty and it's too cold for water.  I make my green tea lukewarm so it isn't bitter.

Dinner: Pork barbeque (with a sauce that I know had sugar in it but I ate it anyways), cole slaw, collard greens

Man, I find it CRAZY how much fruit and veg I'm eating without even trying.  Today was somewhat of a leftover day, so I didn't focus on veg as much as "eat those eggs, and have that soup" and throwing in some cheats because I wasn't going to cook and make more leftovers.  Still, I managed to get spinach, pumpkin, onions, carrots, apple...  I mean really, it's much easier to incidentally eat veggies on this paleo diet than it was while I was a vegetarian.

11/17/2010
Breakfast: a large helping of frozen spinach cooked in coconut oil and then scrambled with 2 eggs.  I ended up having another boiled egg with mustard.

Lunch: leftover liver and onions

Dinner: cup of chicken soup, an apple, a pork chop

Snacks throughout the day: coffee + milk, a bit of cheese, almond butter/coconut oil/cocoa powder, and a sliver of paleo pumpkin cheesecake sort of thing.

You need to eat more. What you call dinner is barely any food at all.

That`s why you keep "supplementing" with almond butter. Cook more. If there's leftovers, put in the fridge and revisit a day or two later, or when you need a snack.

So I made breakfast today with an eye towards leftovers. 

So I made up 4 scrambled eggs, about 2.5oz sausage, and the last 6 brussels sprouts, plus butter and a clove of garlic.

I ate about 3/4 of it!  I'm proud

Won't be checking back in for a while, though.  I have a convention this weekend.  The hotel I'll be staying at has a big breakfast buffet so I'll be able to get a decent enough breakfast.  I'm bringing tinned fish (everyone will love me ) and some almonds as backup.  I'll probably be able to snag something at the food court but large breakfasts and what I'm bringing should sustain me well for two and a half days in case I can't find anything.