What I ate: 7/8/2011: Paleo Challenge Day 13

Today I came across this carbohydrate chart and am going to experiment with staying under 100 grams of carbs per day to see if that helps boost the fat-loss. I've been reaching for lots of fruit since being sick this week, and I think that has stagnated my progress. Meat and veggies here I come! (P.S. I would highly recommend checking out the post "When Eating Healthy is Making You Fat", the story on that post really resonated with me.)

image c/o: Mark's Daily Apple: "When Eating Healthy is Making You Fat"

I love tracking my food this way (when I can stick with it) because it really gives me a visual on even more than just what I'm eating, but also carb/fat/protein breakdowns, time of day eating, and makes me think about tracking & posting my food here for anyone to see before I cheat!

Loseit.com (the program I'm using to track my food and grab these pictures of my day) also gives me this handy little chart to show my nutrient breakdowns. I'll be using this more to help me hit that <100g Carbohydrate goal as well. As you can see, I barely squeaked by on that goal today.

What I ate: 7/7/2011: Paleo Challenge Day 12

Another day battling this sore throat/cold that's bugging me. I'm finding it's hard to stay at this calorie level when I'm not working out. Apparently I really need those exercise calories to keep me full through the day.

What I ate: 7/6/2011: Paleo Challenge Day 11

One of the things many people talk about when jumping in to the Paleo Challenge is a feeling of getting sick or coming down with a cold (aka. low-carb flu). Unfortunately, I'm in the throes of that symptom currently. Sore throat, mucus build up in throat (TMI, sorry), sore muscles & lethargy. This time around I'm not sure if these are symptoms of sugar/carb withdrawal, or if I'm actually sick, but either way I'm not feeling too hot. You'll see that my eating today was a bit wonky - honey/plantain chips were 2 indulgences today which were my "comfort foods" while trying to keep it as paleo as I could. Those darn plantain chips threw me over my self-imposed calorie threshold today, but the good news is they're now gone ;-)

What I ate: 7/5/2011: Paleo Challenge Day 10

You'll notice there was a gap in logging my food for the 3rd and 4th. Oh man, I fell off the rails a bit. Far too much wine on the 3rd lead to eating several crackers & a peanut butter sandwich on white bread about midnight. Big oops - and was feeling the effects on the 4th. Lesson learned, if you eat paleo/calorie restricted for breakfast & lunch, and then start drinking wine in the afternoon before eating any dinner...disaster ensues.

The 4th was a wine/alcohol free day (still feeling the effects of the 3rd) but I did succumb to the temptations of some cheese, a sugar cookie, popcorn and several marshmallows. Ugh! Paleo in a social setting is my weakness.

But, 7/5 I forced myself back on track and the paleo train is going strong ever since. Here's what I ate on day 10 of the challenge:

What I ate: 7/2/2011: Paleo Challenge Day 7

1 full week of the challenge down and I am feeling good! Cravings not too bad, no cheats except for a glass of wine last night & the bloat of the previous few weeks of carb overload was starting to go down. Here's what I ate:

What I ate: 7/1/2011: Paleo Challenge Day 6

A bit delayed in getting these updates up - Hope everyone had a great long weekend & a very happy 4th of July!

What I ate 7/1/2011