Day 39, yes?

day 39

meal 1: green and black tea, 2 paleo pancakes (flaxseed, egg, banana, cinnamon, and almond butter cooked in coconut oil) w blueberries, walnuts, and a touch of honey on top and 1 paleo nutty coconut cookie. Indulgent, yes. I only intended to eat 2 cookies altogether -- 1 last night and 1 this morning -- but ate 3 instead -- 2 last night and 1 this morning -- because they were so good. I rationalized 2 after working my arse off for nearly one hour doing yesterday's punishing WOD. Thankfully the cookies are now out of my house. Is most excellent that I can satisfy my desire to bake (I love the commemorative ritual of baking sweets) and simultaneously refrain from gorging. The solution is to give away the end product of baking sweets. The cookies are now safely in Eric's fam's bellies, their intended destination. :)

meal 2: paleo meatloaf: onion, carrot, eggs, GF beef, olive oil, garlic, tomato paste, spinach, salsa

snack: raisins, pecans, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, apple

WOD -- Jelly:

5 rds for time of
Run 400-M
25 KBS @ 16k/24

RXd and completed in 20:22.

meal 3: paleo meatloaf: onion, carrot, eggs, GF beef, olive oil, garlic, tomato paste, EXTRA spinach, salsa

rollerskating!

late night snack -- HUNGRY! -- settled for ca.10 almonds w/ 1 square of melted dark choc on top.

am researching dairy and protein right now. My biggest hurdles, I've come to discover, are the eggs, fish, and meat gross out factor; my cravings for SWEETS!, which includes the occasional dance with dairy; staying strong during social gatherings; and remaining stalwart in the face of Eric's constant stash of junk food that thankfully rarely calls to me. I struggle with dairy. Is quality dairy good for me or not? I just don't know. Eating Greek or European style yogurt became a good protein solution for me, but i'm unsure if reintroducing it into my diet post paleo challenge is worth the unknown. According to Mark Sisson, who frequently references Cordain, two major issues with dairy are lactose and casein. He writes, "Worldwide, we see that most people aren’t adapted to lactose consumption after age four, when many of us lose the ability to properly digest lactose...Nevertheless, it would appear that among many people, most of whom can trace ancestry back to herding cultures, some adaptation has taken place that allows them to continue to effectively digest lactose throughout their lives." The primary protein in dairy, called casein, is structurally similar to gluten, which we know is bad. Mark writes, "...paleo opponents of dairy say casein wreaks similar havoc on our guts, and it’s true that gluten intolerance goes hand-in-hand with casein intolerance. But is casein a primary cause of leaky gut, or does it slip in only after gluten has opened the floodgates? Once a floodgate is opened, any protein can enter and cause issues. And after all, casein is the primary protein in human breast milk..."

I approach nutrition with common sense, but the mixed messages attached to dairy stump me. Male crossfitters consume dairy in the form of milk. But just milk. So milk is OK? In line with the idea that too much of anything is not good, I won't return to the high amount of cheese I consumed on the regular pre-paleo challenge. Cheese, which is too hard to find in its raw state, will become an indulgence, a cheat. That's a huge breakthrough for me. But what about the raw, grassfed, fermented, full fat plain yogurt? It's high in protein and good fat. Is that OK? Could it become the male crossfitter's milk for me?

I recommend the following article as food for thought.

1. The Definitive Guide to Dairy by Mark Sisson at http://www.marksdailyapple.com/dairy-intolerance/

Does anyone know anything about Weston Price and the Weston A. Price Foundation? See http://www.westonaprice.org/