October Whole 30 for Paleo/Primal Support Peeps

Yes ma'am!! I love soup!! This is one of my favorites:

Pumkin Coconut Soup
(I have made this non-vegan by sauteing fresh pork sausage and skipping on the oil or margarine)
http://vegetarian.about.com/od/soupsstewsandchili/r/pumpcoconutsoup.htm

Thank you for posting this link!!! :flowerforyou:
I made my own version and it is DELICIOUS!!!
I used a pat of butter to sauté the onion & 1/2 cup pumpkin pureé. Added 1/2 cup Aroy-D coconut milk (in the green carton ... the BEST coconut milk IMHO) chicken bouillon, curry, garlic powder & s&p.
It took no time at all and is now a new favorite.

edited to add: the Aroy-D coconut milk in the green carton has two ingredients ... coconut extract and water. It is the best coconut milk I've tried and I've tried about 5 in the can and couldn't find one I really liked.

Two amazing meal discoveries today that will help anyone on a budget -

First, woke up to a power outage when my CPAP lost power and I began to suffocate. This occurred over 2 hours before we usually wake up. :sad: Thank goodness, I'm okay now! No permanent harm done. By the time the electricity was restored, we were very late for breakfast and this is what I ate due to being out of bacon, sausage and leftover meats:

Breakfast (almost lunch time):

I had 4 eggs fried in a teaspoon of bacon grease topped with 1 can of Sardines in Louisiana Hot Sauce. OMGoodness, this was an unexpected delight. The hot sauce plus fish juices mixing in with the warm runny yolks were out of this world delicious! Now I grew up in New Orleans with seafood omelets and have since come to love the traditional Pacific NW's Salmon Scrambles (everyday fare) and Dungeness Crab for Christmas (breakfast or dinner) but as many seafood related dishes as I've nom nom nom-ed, I have never put sardines on my fried eggs or any other kind of egg.

Lunch: was too full from breakfast which was served almost at lunch time so I had tea.

Tea: busy with an unexpected client so more tea

Dinner:

Didn't feel like standing up making salmon cakes one at a time in my smaller omelet pan (our larger pan died and wouldn't have let them release) was more work than I could fathom so...I got creative with looking around in the cupboard and refrigerator and playing the game "what foods need to be cooked first and how can I combine them in a brand new way?"

Threw some butter in a medium sauce pan, followed quickly by the finely minced onion that would have gone in the salmon cakes. Added a tiny yellow squash and a larger zucchini (both cut into a similar sized small dice so that they'd cook evenly and quickly) that were given to be by my coach when she knew she wouldn't get to eat all of her CSA veggies before she had to fly out of state but which I hadn't gotten to yet. :laugh:

So butter, onion, zucchini...then half a cup of Gertie's Finest Artichoke Tapenade and a few Tbsp of Okie Joe's Coconut Lime Salsa (which has both coconut milk and a little tomato). Lastly, stir in the can of salmon (14.75 oz) until thoroughly flaked, warm gently till salmon is heated through and serve in a bowl as a seafood stew. Topping with a splash of coconut cream or pastured, cultured sour cream optional.

Singing "put the lime in the coconut" now. :drinker:

Hope everyone is having a great day and thanks for the soup and chili suggestions!

I haven't had meals this inexpensive taste this awesome in a while. So glad I discovered them! :bigsmile:

I am continuing to eat well, but I am still trying to figure out the carb/protein/fat ratios that work best for me. However, I am curious about total calories eaten per day. Do you watch your total calories? If so, how many do you eat?

?Hi all, are any of you not tracking food during this challenge as per the whole 30 site?
it makes me nervous at the thought of not, but also not sure on what ratios to put in for each thing and cals so I can track on MFP if I want to. I did find a site, and it has me at quite high cals, but maybe ill just focus on eating the right things to hunger and not track.
Starting weight:
89 kg (196 lbs approx)
158 cm tall (5 foot 2)

I am currently weight training 3 days, and 3 days of 20 mins of cardio (have been doing this for 2 weeks) but was doing a lot of classes at my gym before. Ive lost around 30 kg in the last 16 months, with about the same to go.

I don't really track closely anymore, 20/70/10 sounds like a good place to start. I do recommend eating intuitively but for some, with food cravings or disordered eating habits for example, your intuition may be skewed. I don't know if this applies to you, just throwing it out there. If you feel that applies to you, maybe track for a short time to get a feel for healthier eating patterns and then let it go once you know you can recognize what is working for you and what is not.

jamk1446 - i got my NuNatural vanilla stevia yesterday and i love it!! Looks like the 2oz bottle will last me a loooong time. I want to order the other flavored ones from Wisdon Natural as well. Plus iHerb rocks, I love the freebies in my box :bigsmile:

Also, thanks for the carb suggestion that you gave me. My appetite is better today after eating about 70-75g of carbs. :flowerforyou:

Feel free to ask any questions or check out any of the peoples diaries.

You can also start your 30-day challenge whenever you're ready. After all it's all about your life....


Do you have any specific questions?

Bless Grokette and every other one of you who held your temper today while we Paleo folk got bashed in the forums over someone's innocent inquiry into our Paleo lifestyle.

I chose not to participate in the forum directly but sent an invite to the OP to join us here and at the 'Palelo Support?' thread. To cleanse your minds from the hate speech and rudeness, here's the Whole 30 Challenge results link from MDA. Worth your time reading, at least I felt it was certainly worth mine.

Must incorporate more of this into our humble little thread!

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-end-of-the-2011-primal-blueprint-30-day-challenge/

Bless Grokette and every other one of you who held your temper today while we Paleo folk got bashed in the forums over someone's innocent inquiry into our Paleo lifestyle.

I chose not to participate in the forum directly but sent an invite to the OP to join us here and at the 'Palelo Support?' thread. To cleanse your minds from the hate speech and rudeness, here's the Whole 30 Challenge results link from MDA. Worth your time reading, at least I felt it was certainly worth mine.

Must incorporate more of this into our humble little thread!

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/the-end-of-the-2011-primal-blueprint-30-day-challenge/

Down another 2.6 pounds this morning! I am just shy of 30 lost since July 30th.

Now that the sugar cravings are gone and I'm not wanting junk food any longer I think it's time to give up my diet Coke. It hurts just to type that. I have been drinking it every day since I was 18 -- that's 30 years now. We still have a 6 pack left and when that's gone, I'm planning not to buy any more. Let's see how strong I am.