Paleo Day 12 - Time keeps on slippin’ into the future
Been a few days since I posted, life gets carried away like that sometimes. Exciting things that have happened since my last update:
- Found out I’ve lost a little more than 5 lbs since I started Paleo. Huzzah! This is the first significant weight loss I’ve had in a long time. I’ve fluxuated back and forth about 10lbs since I graduated college (where I put on most of my weight. Curse you, cafeteria food!), but this is the first time I’ve dipped below that.
- Made stir-fried beef with some organic, gluten-free soy sauce I found. Wasn’t too impressed. The broccoli was of the frozen, steam-in-a-bag variety (which I didn’t realize when I got it or else I wouldn’t have picked it up) and it didn’t really cook all that well. I added a bit too much soy sauce and it was a little tart for my taste. Oh well, live and learn!
- Got the food processor from my aunt mailed to me by my parents (THANKS GUYS!) and successfully created mashed cauliflower for lunch yesterday. I only set fire to one towel in the process!
- Unsuccessfully tried to make Paleo mayonaise in said food processor and ended up with very expensive egg-yolk-and-coconut-oil-slop. When it says to add the oil slowly, it means SLLLOOOOWWWWLLLYYYYYY.
- Successfully created Paleo mayonaise on my second try. Note to self: do not add as much lemon as is called for in the recipe. Not a fan of lemon.
- Made spicy salmon salad on cucumber rounds for dinner last night. I drew inspiration from this recipe, but I simplified it quite a bit. Basically, I just used canned salmon with a little paleo mayo, celery and a cajun spice mix I have and piled it onto cucumber slices (like they were crackers). A myriad of ingredients I’ve never tried, but they came together really nicely! The cucumber kind of overpowered the spicy fish taste though, so I’ll either slice them thinner next time or add more spices. This’d be good with any fish, really.
So overall, it’s going really well. I just have to keep finding ways to add in more veggies to my diet, I fear it’s a little too meat/fat heavy. Unfortunately, with the way my work schedule has been, I haven’t been able to get back to central market. And when I go to the supermarket I’m afraid to pick up too many veggies because I don’t want them to go bad and just turn into wasted money. I suppose this is all part of the learning process when switching diets like this.
