Friday, March 4, 2011

30 Day Paleo Challenge!

I am officially embarking on a 30 day paleo challenge starting March 1st. I used the Tanita body composition analyser to check my stats.

Name Adam Brasel
Age 31
Height 6'0"
Weight 181lbs
Fat % 14.7%
Fat Mass 26.6 lbs
Fat Free Mass 154.41 lbs

Here are my ground rules.

 Each Challenge participant starts each day with 7 points.  These points represent 7 aspects of the PALEO diet.
  1. Eat real food. Meat, eggs, vegetables, nuts, seeds, fruit, oils (like EVOO or coconut). Eat foods with very few ingredients, all pronounceable ingredients, or better yet, no ingredients listed at all because they’re fresh and natural. 
  2. Do not eat dairy. This includes butter, cheese, yogurt and milk (including cream in your coffee).
  3. Do not eat grains. This includes bread, rice, pasta, corn, oatmeal, and also any gluten-free pseudo-grains (quinoa, etc).
  4. Do not eat legumes. This includes beans of all kinds, lentils, and peanuts. No peanut butter!
  5. Do not eat sugars of any kind, real or artificial.  No maple syrup, agave nectar, Splenda, Truvia, Stevia, etc.
  6. Do not eat processed foods. This includes protein shakes, processed bars like Zone and Balance bars, dairy-free creamers, etc.
  7. Do not drink alcohol, in any form.
So, if you follow points 1-6, but have a soda with your dinner, you get 6 points for the day.  Subtract a point for the day if you have cream in your coffee.  Eat a bagel - subtract a point. Etcetera. If you have a soda, cream in your coffee and a bagel in one day, you're down to 4 points for that day. If you have a question about whether something counts as a point or not, ask and we'll figure out an answer.

I can't wait to see what happens!  I will keep you posted on the results

1 comment:

  1. Yes brasel. I think this is a good way for me to keep on track. I have most of my troubles though because of my dads cooking. Haha. The rules are at home "eat this, or don't eat at all". I think ima give it a try!

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