Ok so here goes, I love cooking and I wanted to do a food diary to track my progress so I shall combine them both whilst hopefully getting some good tips and advice along the way..

For info I understand Paleo is a lifestyle and one that I fully want to embrace but I also want to lose fat, feel great and be a successful Paleo like so many I have read about. I'm 29 5ft 6" tall and 92kg. I've just started a new regime at the gym which involves circuit training As put together by my new Personal trainer and two 1 hour spin classes. I'm currently on day 2.

Breakfast:
2 poached eggs, 2 rashers of bacon, green tea no milk/sugar etc

Snack:
Handful of mixed almonds and walnuts, chai tea no milk/ sugar

Lunch: 2 rashers of bacon, half a leftover chicken breast and a few olives (can't decide if these are Paleo or not...?) plus 5 dates

Drinks; more green tea and lots of water

Dinner:
(Below)
Swordfish steak griddled, mashed carrot and turnip, steamed greens and cabbage with leeks (fresh from my garden) sautéed in the bacon grease which are under the fish

I actually only ate 3/4 of this because I was full

I also have to admit that I had 3 squares left of green and blacks 80% organic dark choc so I ate those too- wont buy anymore

Here is dinner:

Yum, that looks good!  Welcome Rubellared - I'm new too and I have very similar stats to you (30, 163cm tall (5 foot 5... I think?) and 86kg... down from 89kg since I started, and I love cooking too.

Looking forward to seeing more of your meals

Dates are Paleo. For Thanksgiving, we inserted an almond, wrapped it with bacon, and baked them. Delicious!

The temp here has dropped to -1 C and I felt hungry all day today!

Breakfast:
A banana, 2 lamb koftas that I made below with a tbsp of coconut cream and about 6 walnut halfs

Lunch:
3 more koftas, handful of spinach, 8 whole almonds and about 10 dates

Drinks; Lots of water and 4 teas

Dinner:
Chicken coconut curry with courgette and peppers with a bowl of yesterday's carrot slaw on the side;



the uncooked koftas;

Day 5 and the snow has arrived

I'm really worried about getting on the scales, I mean I'm doing loads more exercise than before but it just doesn't feel like I should be enjoying my food this much. I wonder if I should be cooking more basic meat and veg without soups or sauces (even those these are all made from Palio ingredients)... Also I'm finding it hard to not have a glass of wine at the weekends, particularly as I live in a country village where the pub is the centre piece of the social scene! Am I just reversing all the good effects of eating zero carbs by having the odd drink? 

Breakfast:
I banana before a gruelling 75 minute spin class followed by
1 lamb Kota, small bowl of tagine and 2 poached eggs

Lunch:
I met a friend for a pub lunch which was difficult because I had a large glass of red!
Roast pork belly with crackling and roasted root veg

Dinner:
Pork loin with a blueberry sauce adapted froma recipe from Paleoplan.com with asparagus wrapped in streaky bacon and a quarter of roasted butternut squash. I prop ate 2/3 of this and then the boyf polished the rest off

Day 6

91.5k

Breakfast:
2rashers of bacon and 3 slices of pork tenderloin with 8 walnut halves

Lunch:
3 rashers of bacon, 1 chicken drumstick roasted, a handful of almonds (lunch was on the run today)

2 glasses of red wine with friends pm

Dinner:
Pheasant (home shot) pot roast/casserole with 1/4 butternut squash and spring greens  and cabbage steamed.

4 squares of 80% chocolate

^^thanks Claves you can come round for dinner anytime 

I haven't noticed any ill effects of the cheats except after the 2 glasses of wine I had yesterday I felt absolutely plastered which is kind of novel for someone that could easily sink a couple of bottles before  I read somewhere that this is common so at least now I'm a cheap drunk  problem was that I really didn't want to feel drunk so i had to drink about 5 pints of water just to sober myself up...so er maybe the cheats do affect me!....

Day 7- feeling good!

Today was difficult food wise because I'm back to work and I always go to my mums for dinner on a Monday (she is doing Weight watchers) so I had to be really careful not to slip back to the old habits. Btw I slept for 9 hours last night which is normally a lot less on the night before work starts because I start stressing about the week ahead. I'm interested to see if the trend continues next Sunday?

Breakfast:
Green tea, banana, 1 roasted chicken drumstick and a large handful of whole Almonds

Lunch:
Chai tea, 2 raw carrots, 2 chicken drumsticks

Snack:
Chai tea, 5 dates and a small handful of walnuts

Dinner:
Some sort of white fish steamed with mixed veg and ratatouille (I think she had used one of those 1cal spray oils to fry the veg in the ratatouille but it tasted nice enough)

Felt hungry when I got home some munched on another chicken drumstick and a few more walnuts.

NB: when I first read robb wolfs book I went out and bought loads of nuts- then i saw on here that theyre notbgreat for fat loss and I realise I'm prob eating too many but I hate wasting food so once these are all gone I won't buy them again

Q? Are unsweetened natural herbal teas ok to drink?
 

Day 8

25 mins with a PT doing circuit training

Breakfast;
3 chicken drumsticks and a chai tea

Lunch:
4 small pork belly slices
2 poached eggs
2 raw carrots
About 5 walnut halves & a green tea

Dinner:
Salmon, swede & carrot mash and Brussel sprouts
A miniature green & blacks chocolate bar 80% cocoa
A chai tea