Day 11: Grocery stores and recipes

Breakfast
Salty Lemonade.
Coffee

Lunch
Chipotle salad - lettuce, double steak, medium salsa and pico
Apple juice

Snack
Paleo Candy Bar from Paleo Plan

Dinner
Steak and chicken fajitas. By fajitas I mean thinly sliced meat tossed with onions and bell peppers and spicy seasoning.

At my local grocery store, the produce and the meat department are right next to each other on the east side of the store. I could arrange my shopping trips so that I only have to venture into the rest of the store once a month to buy household items and my collection of roasted nuts. This is a very strange adventure I've embarked on, ya'll.

I was the Kraft Mac 'n Cheese Mom. Yes, it always had mixed veggies and grilled chicken, but I was starch-as-the-staple like so many other single Mom's. I thought there was no way I could find the time to "do Paleo," but as it turns out, Paleo is easy. It's meat and veggies in a pan; it's salads and smoothies; it's apple slices and almond butter; it's Holy Grale Juice and Salty Lemonade.

This whole "Paleo thing" is really awesome.

Day Six: Recipes and Chipotle

Breakfast
Salty Lemonade
Autumn trail mix: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, dried apples, dried cranberries, almonds, walnuts. This is a delightful mix, but I wish there was a bit more fruit in it.

Snack
Dry roasted almonds and coffee

Lunch
We have a salad bar in my work building, so I helped myself to leafy greens, turkey, ham, hard boiled eggs, sunflower seeds, raisins, and olive oil. It was a singularly delicious salad, unfortunately it didn't stick to the ribs and I was hungry an hour later.

Snack
Plain non-fat Greek yogurt with organic raw honey and fresh raspberries. I created a small serving and then couldn't eat it all. It was too sweet!

Dinner
Chipotle Salad. I had lettuce, double steak, pico de gallo, and their medium salsa. It was heavenly! And reasonable (415 calories, 62g protein).

Snack
Sweet potato. Straight up, ya'll.

My food is becoming more "traditional" Paleo, which I expected. I love the simplicity of this diet plan. I love how much energy I have throughout the day, and the fact that I no longer have the massive blood sugar crashes in the afternoon. I love that I'm drinking less caffeine because I'm energized by my diet. I sleep like a stone and my running times are improving. I've not seen a single pound of weight loss, which I had hoped to, but it's only been 1 week.