Day 1...

8/31/11 (written 9/1)

On a whim last night, Steven decided that we would be paleo today. (Aug 31st) As a final act of freedom, I drank a pint of Wilcox RECOVERY chocolate milk. Oddly enough, that bottle had fewer calories and fat per serving than the 1% chocolate milk sitting right next to it.

Leading up to this decision, I had consumed near 18 cookies in two days, a doughnut, a cup of chocolate pudding, cheese and crackers, but other than that, nothing too notable besides the awesome brownie sundae from hot licks two nights ago.

I started the day around 8:15am (woke up about 7:15) with a chicken wing that was in the fridge and carrots. By the time I had consumed that, Steven was up and we headed off to the gym. I got to be drill sergeant for the tough warm up 1/2 mile run, then the first time he had worked out since... December maybe.

When we got home, I created a 2 egg white, 1 whole egg, 1/4 red pepper, handful of mushrooms skillet breakfast.

After cleaning a marble slab, going to a farmers market, and then Fred Meyers, I ate lunch, the thigh and drumstick off of the chicken that gave me the pre-workout wing. And more carrots.

Dinner was me grilling a large zucchini and some salmon that I had found in the freezer. It was a little freezer burned on the edges from a large air bubble in the packaging bag, but sprinkle some lemon pepper on that and we're golden. The zucchini had onion powder and tarragon on it; I didn't taste the onion powder, but was tasting it later in my mouth.

Note that this was also my first time unsupervised grilling salmon, so after trial and error, i ended up with only a slightly under-done piece of fish. I'm quite proud. And (this may disgust you) but I quite enjoy slightly charred salmon skin.

Also note, I went and got a paleo cookbook, "Everyday Paleo."

(insert witty farewell statement here)