Breakfast for me: 3 blocks: 3 scrambled eggs, coffee with 1 tablespoon half and half, 6 almonds
I skipped my carbs out of experimentation. I really wasn't hungry for them. After the WOD, I ate an apple and 1/2 an orange. Wasn't too hungry, just didn't want to feel tired or weak. Took a nap. Didn't eat lunch until 2pm. Again, hungry, but not starving.
Breakfast for kids: Ezekial cinnamon raison bread with butter and one scrambled egg. They did not want to eat the eggs, so they drank about 1/2 cup of milk.
Lunch: 3 scrambled eggs (leftover from breakfast that I saved), sauteed spinach and tomatoes with dried scallions and salt and 2/3 tsp. oil, and a cup of coffee with 1 tablespoon 1/2 and 1/2.I filled the skillet up with spinach, but when it cooked it was less than one block. I cut up one tomato to help, but even that was only half a block. So, again, I was short on my carbs- only one block instead of 3, but i have felt fine going on 2 1/2 hours later.
Kids' lunch today: 1/2 of a turkey/chedder sandwich on Ezekial bread with mayo, apple, banana, and trail nut mix with raisins, nuts, and m &m's that I buy at Sam's in individual packets. Juice for drink.
After school snack: mozzerella cheese stick, dried apricots. They can eat these in the car on the way to Crossfit or wherever we are going if not straight home. Some nuts would have made it perfectly zone!
Dinner tonight will be taco salad: sauted ground beef (90/10), tomatoes, cheese, on a mix of spinach and lettuce. A little ranch mixed in for fats We can all create our own version of this using more or less of the same stuff.
Overall so far, energy level is great and headaches have been none today (day 2). I still feel a little inflamed from Friday at Pancake Pantry, but it is much better.
About this blog
In other words, the Zone + Crossfit = Optimal Heath!
This blog focuses on nutrition, using the Zone Diet as the basis. However, I often eat Paleo foods in Zone proportions.
I love to investigate anything having to do with food- what we eat and why. And what happens within our bodies, our organs, our brain, when we do? My precious mother struggled with eating disorders. I want to avoid this delimma based on research, common sense, and the natural consequences on my body. The Zone shows me where the balance lies between eating too much and eating too little.
My husband runs a Crossfit gym. Exercise and choosing the right foods have become a mission for ourselves and our children. We don't want to be nerds about it, we just want to be healthy.
I have been asked by several friends what I feed our family, especially our kids. My husband and I follow the Crossfit prescription to nutrition (meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar). If you know me, you know that the sugar part of this equation will be a life long struggle given my love for chocolate! Evan adheres to the stricter version known as the Paleo-Zone diet (and I do on my good days!) which requires the same foods in a ratio of 40% protein, 30% carb, and 30% fat. Children require 50% carbs, 30% fat, and 20% protein. If you're wondering how to figure this out, I do it on a per meal basis and I have a "block" chart from the Zone website.
It seems like a headache at first, but if you're interested, just know that it is not that bad once you practice it for a couple of weeks. All you need is a $10 scale and some determination. It really is quite simple and makes my life easier at the grocery store and when cooking dinner. Most of all, I feel great when I eat well- mentally and physically, and we all know that the physical can affect the mental and visa versa!
Evan and I are hunter/gatherer wanna-be's! This blog will track my journey of health as it should be, and the honest reality of living in a sugar fried culture. When it comes down to it, I get excited to talk about nutrition, but I am definitely not perfect at it! If you have the desire to eat well, but it is often a challenge to overcome the temptations along the way, then you are in the right company!
I hope you leave this blog feeling enlightened and encouraged as you go throughout your day!
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