Hold the Cheese Please!

After a few days of feeling totally uninspired to continue eating paleo style, I went out and bought another paleo book to get me back on track.  I'm really trying to eat TOTALLY natural.  So, no sneaky salad dressings and definitely NO CHEESE!  Cheese is by far my biggest weakness... There is nothing better than a smidge of cheese sprinkled in your omelette or in your salad.  But, since the cavemen didn't eat cheese neither can I!  I don't really know why I love it so much as it never sits right with me and always leaves me feeling bloated and yuck... Maybe it's just because it does add that little bit of flavour to things.

I went and saw my grandma a few days ago and had lunch with her.  I picked up a roast chicken and she made a salad... I was expecting the typical garden salad, however she had gotten creative and threw together anything she could find... The salad consisted of pretty much every kind of vegetable imaginable except lettuce!  It was by far the tastiest, most satisfying salad I have ever eaten... And the best part was it was totally within the paleo guidelines!  I phoned her today asking for the recipe and she said to use whatever takes my fancy, so I included:


- 200g of frozen peas
- 250g of broccoli and cauliflower
- 4 large carrots
- 200g beans
- 1 zucchini
- 2 tomatoes
- handful of nuts
- handful of grapes
- 2 cucumbers

So I diced everything up and partially cooked the peas, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, beans and zucchini then just tossed it all together!  It is such a pretty salad.  Grandma had also added corn and red capsicum for a bit of colour too, but I'm not too fond of either of those ingredients.  I just drizzled some olive oil and lemon over it to give it that little zing.  The best part about this salad is that I will be eating it for days!  Lunches and dinners are pretty much all prepared, just have to toss some chicken or beef through and I'm ready to go.  Quick and easy recipes like grandma's "Bitsa Salad" are my favourite kind of recipes!

I never really noticed until today how much better I'm sleeping since I've cut out all processed foods.  All my life I have lacked energy and been the one that needs hours and hours of sleep in order to function properly.  I still can't sleep through the night and wake up every half hour or so but 7-8hours is enough to leave me feeling refreshed and ready to start the day which is such a nice feeling!

Holy geez!  It's 9pm... Bed time for me I think!  Early morning run to start the day followed by spinach scrambled eggs, but hold the cheese please!

Night all :)

P.s.  My goal is to lose 1kg by Sunday... Reckon it's achievable?  Maybe if I cut out cheese it will be!  Oh, forgot to mention I've been reading heaps about 12/12, 16/8 and so on eating which is all about intermittent fasting... If I remember I'll discuss it next blog.