On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, antipodean.lower.mammal@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>I've been on the Paleo diet for abt a week now and have been tracking
>various nutritional values using Fitday.
>Now I admit I had a few small hiccups last week, so this may not be
>indicative of what happens across a wider data set. Still - 54% carbs
>seems kinda high for a diet that's meant to avoid milk, flour, sugar,
>bread, pasta and potatoes. What am I doing wrong?
It is high.
>Ps: here's a typical day summary (from yesterday). Again, given the
>above, what am I doing wrong?
>
>B'fast:
>Greek salad
>Banana
Bananas are paleo, but higher in carbs than other fruit. Best are the
berries. While I stock my freezer with raspberries, blueberries, and
blackberries from a farmer, I've seen frozen berries at the health food
store.
>Herbal tea with tsp of honey
Tea does not need to be sweetened. If you can't go cold turkey then cut
back gradually.
>Morning snack:
>Pumpkin seeds
>Apple
>Custard (made from almond flour, some vanilla essence. honey)
Honey should be really rare on a paleo diet.
>Afternoon snack:
>Corn on the cobb (cooked, nothing added)
Corn is not paleo.
>Dinner
>Mashed vegetables (tomato, capsi***, goats cheese, mushrooms), sauteed
Goat cheese is not paleo.
>Nighttime snack:
>Pineapple juice (100% pineapple, no sugar: 3 cups)
Fruit juices are not paleo. You should be eating whole fruit only.
>Custard (as above)
And yet more honey.
Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).
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