Wednesday, September 8, 2010

PB Challenge Day 2

Food
Breakfast: coffee
Lunch 1: 2 Mexican tuna cakes (still need to post recipe!)
Lunch 2: 1 pint grape tomatoes + 1 apple + 1 piece rotisserie chicken
Snack: 1/2 piece nitrate-free local thick bacon... delish!
Dinner: About 1/3 of this wonderful recipe for Walnut Dijon Mahi Mahi from Local's Gym;
Spinach with garlic and sun dried tomatoes sauteed in EVOO with a little Worchestershire;
Eggplant Chips (sliced 1/8" to 1/4" thick; lightly salted and pressed flat between towels 1 hour, then oven broiled for about 30 minutes). These were pretty good, but I would have liked them better if they were dehydrated a bit longer.

Fitness
20 minute bike ride - As a bonus, I get about 30 minutes of sunlight.
6 x 50m sprints (after dark)

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

The 30-Day Primal Blueprint Challenge at MDA

I started this blog wanting to share recipes and ideas about living Paleo/Primal, but I was waiting for the right idea to get things started. Well, hello Mark's Daily Apple! I've been following Mark Sisson's web site for some time and have been mostly living the lifestyle he and his readers explore there. Today begins his 30-Day Primal Blueprint Challenge, where readers are challenged to follow the Primal lifestyle for 30-days. There are tons of prizes and contests throughout the month, so it's a great incentive to stick with it!

Food
breakfast: coffee
lunch 1: 3 mexican tuna cakes (I'll try and get the recipe up tomorrow); apple
lunch 2: cauliflower
dinner: forgot to thaw out meat for dinner, so I ended up with 1/2 of a rotisserie chicken + 1 pint grape tomatoes + 1 c asparagus + 1 t butter + 1 T lemon juice

Fitness

I did my first bodyweight routine yesterday to be in sync with the work week. I'm doing all of the slackest versions of push-ups, pull-ups, squats, inverted press, and planks. It's kind of nice starting at the bottom... I'll definitely have a chance to make measurable progress in a short amount of time!

 No sunlight today... I'll have to make it up tomorrow!