Day #1

I made it through one day, but only with planning. Eating this way is not going to be easy unless I take time to plan meals each week. Eating plain old grilled hamburger and chicken would get old fast so I spent time looking for Paleo meals. A great site is everydaypaleo.com. Yesterday my husband also looked through some recipes to see what he would agree to eat and off we went to Dekalb Farmer's Market. This is no ordinary market folks: It is open year round 9 am to 9 pm and has a huge selection of fresh produce, live seafood, large meat counter, etc. It is the stuff! For $72 we walked out with food for the week. Yes this is more than we usually spend, but well worth it! I was fully equipped to begin today completely Paleo!

I slept in until 9 and went to Crossfit at 11. I made up an old workout that left my hammies (hamstrings) screaming! When I arrived home I found my husband in the kitchen making tuna salad stuffed avocados! He was starving. The dill in the tuna salad made it unique and eating it with an avocado was something I had never thought of, but so easy. My husband did it all and after marveling at how good it was he said, "I would damn near serve this to company." Simple food, simple pleasure:) Below is the recipe adapted from http://everydaypaleo.com. Keep in mind we only each ate 1/2 of an avocado stuffed. Afterwards we split a bowl of strawberries in almond milk.

Tuna Stuffed Avocados

3 ripe avocados

4 cans of tuna packed in water

3 green onions

3 celery stalks

1 palm full of dried dill

1 tbsp garlic powder

fresh ground black pepper to taste

grape tomatoes halved

about 1 cup of Miracle Whip Light

Cut avocados in half lengthwise and remove the stone – leave the peel on. In a large mixing bowl mix together the tuna, celery, onions, and spices. Add the mayo to the tuna, mix well, and scoop onto halved avocados and top with tomatoes.

What a filling meal! Now I know Miracle Whip is not Paleo, but it is all we had and eating full fat mayo with a high fat (good fat) avocado seems like too much fat for one meal. Late that afternoon we decided it was snack time. I had been dying to try everydaypaleo.com's walnut red pepper dip. So naturally I did. We ate it with cut up cucumbers and yellow bell pepper. My husband said it was the best dip he has had in a LONG while.

Walnut Red Pepper Dip -

2 cups walnuts (I accidentally used roasted pecans-- delightful)

1/2 tsp. ground cumin

1/2 – 1/4 tsp. salt

1 jar (12 oz.) roasted red peppers – drained

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 tbsp. olive oil from pepper jar

2 tsp. lemon juice

In a food processor, pulse walnuts, cumin, and salt until walnuts are finely ground (like the consistency of Hummus). Add peppers, garlic, olive oil, and lemon juice. Whirl until smooth.

That night my husband cooked up a pork tenderloin that had been in the fridge thawing for 3 days. Neither one of us really wanted to eat it, but I was too full to cook, so that was dinner.

After my husband left to go out with some friends, I reverted back to my old ways. No I did not cheat, but the second he left I went scrounging the cupboards for something to snack on. I ended with almonds and walnuts, bites of tuna salad, and couple spoon fulls of dip. I was not necessarily hungry when I took to the cupboards, but I have always had binge tendencies. So while I didn't eat as much as I normally would have (small step), I have got to figure out how to stop these boredom/lonely food rages! Ideas?