WHAT I ATE YESTERDAY
by fattslob on May.16, 2012, under CrossFit, Health
Diet is extremely important to me and diet is an endless work-in-progress. As I learn new things, I make adaptations. I do not yet know it all; therefore, I am constantly evaluating and assessing new information and experiences. As we all should.
My diet works for me. I love it. I feel like a million bucks every single day that I don’t break it. A night of beers and some fries won’t affect me too badly, but two days or more of garbage in a row and I feel awful, and my athletic performance takes another 2-3 days to recover. Below is what I ate yesterday (and at the end, today’s food so far). I don’t always eat perfectly like this but I do most days.
ON TUESDAY I INGESTED:
0630 1 C decaf coffee, black
BREAKFAST
0700 3 eggs (raw)
1 C sheep’s milk (raw)
3 capsules – cod liver oil
at work:
0845 1 C regular coffee, black
1130 EXERCISE – CrossFit WOD “DT” scaled
1330 1 can Sardines in mustard
back home:
1700 2 eggs (raw)
1 C homebrew tea
DINNER
1730 Fried veggies: zucchini, garlic and minimal potato
3/4 lbs. Steamed shrimp
1 C sheep’s milk (raw)
2030 4 pieces dried mango (plain, NOT covered in sugar)
4 pieces cheese
This is a fairly typical weekday for me, although I’ll often have leftovers for lunch instead of just a can of sardines. I probably do the sardine thing once a week. Sometimes twice.
WATER
Around 3-4 L throughout the day, (a few glasses here and there, 1L immediately post-workout, and 1-2 L with and after dinner)
RAW DAIRY
I can’t praise this sacred food enough. And it’s completely illegal, to which I say – No law of man may tell me what I may and may not ingest! How dare they try to prevent me from nutritious foods! But I don’t want this to become a rant, hehe.
Raw milk and whey are perhaps the very best post-workout sports drinks that occur in nature. They have the perfect mineral, electrolyte and nutrient profile, without any of the processed sugars, preservatives or food colorings.
EGGS
I first started eating them raw to prove to myself that I am at least as tough as Rocky, but after having a few daily for so many months, I can’t help but prefer to eat them this way now. To cook them and pick up each bite with a fork and chew and swallow over and over is so tedious! Honestly. It is. No, really. It is.
I can crack and drink 3 eggs in under a minute if I’m in a hurry. Just think in 5 minutes: 3 eggs, 2 glasses of milk, my fish oil and high vitamin butter oil supplements and maybe a banana to go, and the spoon and cup are rinsed in seconds. Can you beat that nutritious breakfast?
CALORIES
I do not count calories at all. I eat until I feel full at every meal. I eat raw eggs regardless of hunger just to support lean muscle growth. Because I don’t eat lots of carbs, I am not concerned with gaining fat. Eating mostly fats and proteins keeps me feeling full and supports a more muscular, healthier body composition. I tend to eat more food during my first meal after intense exercise.
FOOD TIMING
I ate during a 13.5 hour window of time. That leaves me with 10.5 hours of fasting time for the day. That’s not very much and usually I wait longer to eat breakfast – in order fast longer for the benefits of intermittent fasting. Check my intermittent fasting article here.
So far today I’ve ingested:
0730 2 eggs, (raw)
0730 Run 1.5 miles (took me 11 min, 30 seconds)
BREAKFAST
0800 2 eggs, scrambled
3 capsules – cod liver oil
1 C sheep’s milk (raw)
0900 1 C regular coffee, black
1130 EXERCISE – Max reps push-ups
(30 – 35 – 45 – 25 – 20, + others, total reps 217)
LUNCH
1330 1/2 chicken
Asparagus – moderate portion
3 capsules – cod liver oil
2 eggs (raw)
1/2 avocado, with fresh-squeezed lemon juice
1 C juice (tomato, carrot, broccoli stem, apple)
1645 1 Tbsp liver (raw)
1 C sheep’s milk (raw)
DIETARY RESOURCES
The diet closest to that which I practice is called “Primal.” It is sort of like Paleo but allows dairy. A good resource is Mark’s Daily Apple.
I also eat based on the research of Dr. Weston A. Price and the foundation named after him. Visit here westonapricefoundation.org.
This diet also correlates with other research, namely, the GAPS diet. GAPS stands for Gut And Psychology Syndrome. Check gapsdiet.com here for more info.
OTHER NOTES
- When I cheat on my diet, it typically means that after dinner I’ll have 1-3 beers and a few pieces of chocolate. Or my favorite, peanut butter and honey! I know, carbs, terrible!
- So much Sheep’s milk – Why, you ask? Well, normally we drink 2.5 gallons of cow’s milk per week. Maybe a little goat or sheep milk on occasion. But this week Lily, my wife, ordered all sheep’s milk!?!?
May 30th, 2012 on 4:51 PM
Hi! We are currently neighbors! Well….sort of. My husband and I live out in Rochelle just south of Rockford. We have 4 daughters and homeschool. We drink raw milk (goat) and try to eat healthy. I got your blog from Families on the Road. We are planning to be on the road in about 6 months or so. My husband just retired from the Navy in Jan. after 21 years. He was an Independant Duty Corpsman. I am a stay at home mom. He used to do cross fit. I will continue to read your blog. love it so far.
Pam
June 1st, 2012 on 2:19 PM
No. We went up to that big RV place in Rockford a couple of weeks ago. I love a motorhome they have that has one set of bunks. The problem is they are right next to the master bedroom and there is a huge gap at the bottom of the door and top of the door. It is also paper thin. That would mean no sex for up to a year.
I don’t think so. Plus we have 4 girls and that would mean also having to make up the couch everyday. Scott really likes the idea of a large 5th wheel. The only thing is that you cannot walk around it when you are driving. I just thought about buying a double decker bus. Those things have so much room! We could convert the top tier into two big bedrooms and a bath with laundry. The whole downstairs could then be a living area. It would not be as big as our apartment, but would definately be bigger. We could use a regular refrigerator, which would be great for our size family. The only delima with that is the conversion process. It would take a chunk of time and money once we purchased one to convert it over to a home on wheels. Oh but the room……..:) I also have not seen a double decker bus conversion. It would be unique. Have you already decided on a curriculum? We use the big books at Barnes and Noble for the basics of Math and English. History is just whatever we can find. I am using the series called “A History of Us” from Barnes and Noble. We have a bunch of Science books. Our 12 year old is using “Brainetics” right now for math to reteach her a faster way to compute. She can do three didget multiplication now. So are you in the city or did you end up in Rockford?
June 2nd, 2012 on 8:45 AM
Wow the double-decker bus sounds really nice! It also sounds like a huge investment and amount of work, but I’d love to see that done!!!
We’re planning on getting a giant 5th wheel next time around. After living in the Class A we discovered that it’s not that important to us to be able to walk around in it while we’re driving. But we never really drove more than 3 hours at a time, and our kids were too little to walk around in it anyway, so it didn’t matter.
We’re in Chicago now, but leave for Alaska in just a month. Keep in touch though!