30 Day Paleo Challenge
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<p>Stuffed capsicums could be a goer, especially if stuffed taters are off the menu. Nice and easy to make too.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I love me some capsicum ... they're quite pricey at the moment though. </p>
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Sugar snacking is a bastard for me. the only thing that works 100% is my motto of "Stop At Zero".<br /><br />Having even one sugary thing seems to erode my willpower like a dam bursting.<br /><br />And it starts at breakfast - while I'm on the oats at the moment, I find I was much less susceptible to cravings when I have no carbs or sugars at all e.g. bacon, eggs, bit of hard cheese.
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<p>Sugar snacking is a bastard for me. the only thing that works 100% is my motto of "Stop At Zero".<br><br>
Having even one sugary thing seems to erode my willpower like a dam bursting.<br><br>
And it starts at breakfast - while I'm on the oats at the moment, I find I was much less susceptible to cravings when I have no carbs or sugars at all e.g. bacon, eggs, bit of hard cheese.</p>
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<p>Oats? Oats will spike your blood sugar faster than table sugar. Very high glycaemic index food are oats, eat a big bowl of oats for breakfast and watch your blood glucose go sky high, then crash as your insulin kicks in and then at 10 am you are crashing and getting a serious case of the munchies and craving sugar. Oats also contains prolamines (another plant protein - which too are hard digest and can irritate your gut.)</p>
<p>Cheap and easy breakfast I know, but not without a risk.</p>
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<p>I recommend not eating raisins - they're loaded with sugar.</p>
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<p>Here's a list of <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://greatist.com/health/paleo-recipes-list'>paleo style snacks/ recipes</a>.</p>
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<p>indeed, Raisins are little sugar bombs and huge fructose load. Fructose being the hardest saccharide for the human body to digest - has to go the liver first then get converted to glucose.</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/21/fructose-poison-sugar-industry-pseudoscience'>http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/21/fructose-poison-sugar-industry-pseudoscience</a> One "sugar is evil campaigner" is Dr Robert Lustig, he's a strong voice against fructose.</p>
<p>High Fructose Corn syrup HFCS , being a hot topic.</p>
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<p>nuts are best...maybe it depends which ones you are eating??</p>
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<p>They sell a number of different packs which come with a number of different nuts in them.</p>
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<p>These are pretty good, I usualy have a bag of chocolate covered raisins with this as well and usually lasts me 4-5 days as a 'snack' and have them sitting on my desk.</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.motherearth.co.nz/nz/our-range/deluxe-mix-nuts/'>http://www.motherearth.co.nz/nz/our-range/deluxe-mix-nuts/</a></p>
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<p>WARNING; These packs may contain nuts!</p>
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<p>You really have to watch nut consumption. Its an easy way to fall into a trap and overeat and take in a lot of calories. </p>
<p>Almonds - eat raw unroasted -its very hard to eat a lot this way, but with Salted and roasted are far too easy to eat, food palpability is huge aspect to why the Western World is getting fat. </p>
<p>"The Food reward Hypothesis" <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.jp/2011/10/case-for-food-reward-hypothesis-of.html'>http://wholehealthsource.blogspot.jp/2011/10/case-for-food-reward-hypothesis-of.html</a></p>
<p>It's very interesting stuff<em> </em><em><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;">The food reward hypothesis of obesity states that the reward (reinforcing, motivational) and hedonic (pleasure, palatability) value of food influence food intake and body fatness, contributing to the development of obesity.</span></em></p>
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<p>Peanuts, aren't technically nuts and are the worst of the "nuts" - they have a high lectin load (lectin being a carbohydrate binding protein found in plants and are difficult for the human digestion to process, and over time it can weaken the digestive system and lead down a slippery slope. Interestingly one of the worst lectins in nature? Ricin!) and peanuts are susceptible to mycotoxins - which are bad news.</p>
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<p>Macadamias are good.</p>
<p>I sprinkle some walnuts on my salads, meals like a crouton substitute.</p>
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<p>One issue with nuts is the high ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fats. You ideally want less omega 6 and more omega 3 fats in your life.</p>
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<p>4 years ago I was Alice in Wonderland and followed the food rabbit down the hole and it's a very deep and neverending hole!</p> -
The nuts I have are usually raw def unsalted, and I have one bag (250g??) which tend to last a week. <br><br>
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<p>Yeah NTA is right sadly Nepia the easy way is to muster up the will power and not do it. The pin in hole in the dam analogy is a good one.</p>
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<p>I now take some very dark chocolate if I want a sugary snack. 72% Cacao minimum you can only handle a few squares of it as its so rich. </p>
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<p>The nuts I have are usually raw def unsalted, and I have one bag (250g??) which tend to last a week.<br><br>
almonds, Brazil nuts, pistachios, cashews, walnuts, macadamias are usually in the pack I get.</p>
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<p>Thats the one I get, I don't really care for the cashews and macadamias too much.</p>
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<p>Yeah NTA is right sadly Nepia the easy way is to muster up the will power and not do it. The pin in hole in the dam analogy is a good one.</p>
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<p>I now take some very dark chocolate if I want a sugary snack. 72% Cacao minimum you can only handle a few squares of it as its so rich. </p>
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<p>I just have terrible will power! It sucks ....</p> -
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<p>Oats? Oats will spike your blood sugar faster than table sugar. Very high glycaemic index food are oats, eat a big bowl of oats for breakfast and watch your blood glucose go sky high, then crash as your insulin kicks in and then at 10 am you are crashing and getting a serious case of the munchies and craving sugar. Oats also contains prolamines (another plant protein - which too are hard digest and can irritate your gut.)</p>
<p>Cheap and easy breakfast I know, but not without a risk.</p>
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<p>Are you sure about this? Rolled oats in NZ (and Aus) are usually in the 50-59 GI range which is not really what I would call very high (quick oats would be a bit higher for sure). Table sugar isnt actually that high either though contrary to what many think. Both would be moderate GI in my view.</p>
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<p>I have 40grams of oats with 50grams whey at 8am every morning and dont get any of these cravings or crashes. Hardly even hungry at 11am when my next meal takes place.</p> -
I always have the oats that come in a packet - easiest way to attain portion control, and as I use the ones with honey already added, I don't need to modify them in any way.<br /><br />Boil some water, add and stir. Wait 90 seconds. Use the rest of the hot water for a coffee. Breakfast in under two minutes and out the door.
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<div style="background-color:transparent;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;">Here is where I first found out about oats, guess this is the info that stuck in my head.</div>
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<div style="background-color:transparent;margin:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>You’ve heard it before: oatmeal reduces cholesterol. Oatmeal producers have obtained permission from the FDA to use a cholesterol-reducing claim. The American Heart Association provides a (paid) endorsement of Quaker Oats.</em></div>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>I’ve lost count of the times I’ve asked someone whether they ate a healthy breakfast and the answer was “Sure. I had oatmeal.â€</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>Is this true? Is oatmeal heart healthy because it reduces LDL cholesterol?</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>I don’t think so. Try this: Have a serving of slow-cooked (e.g., steel-cut, Irish, etc.) oatmeal. Most people will consume oatmeal with skim or 1% milk and some dried or fresh fruit. Wait an hour, then check your blood sugar.</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>If you are not diabetic and have a fasting blood sugar in the “normal†range (<100 mg/dl), you will typically have a 1-hour blood glucose of 150-180 mg/dl–very high. If you have mildly increased fasting blood sugars between 100 and 126 mg/dl, postprandial (after-eating) blood sugars will easily exceed 180 mg/dl. If you have diabetes, hold onto your hat because, even if you take medications, blood sugar one hour after oatmeal will usually be between 200 and 300 mg/dl.</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>This is because oatmeal is converted rapidly to sugar, and a lot of it. Even if you were to repeat the experiment with no dried or fresh fruit, you will still witness high blood sugars in these ranges. Do like some people and pile on the raisins, dried cranberries, or brown sugar, and you will see blood sugars go even higher.</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>Blood sugars this high, experienced repetitively, will damage the delicate insulin-producing beta cells of your pancreas (glucose toxicity). It also glycates proteins of the eyes and vascular walls. The blood glucose effects of oatmeal really don’t differ much from a large Snickers bar or bowl of jelly beans.</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>If you are like most people, you too will show high blood sugars after oatmeal. It’s easy to find out . . . check your postprandial blood sugar.</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>In past, I recommended oat products, specifically oat bran, to reduce LDL, especially small LDL. I’ve changed my mind: I now no longer recommend any oat product due to its blood sugar-increasing effects.</em></p>
<p style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;"><em>Better choices: eggs, ground flaxseed as a hot cereal, cheese (the one dairy product that does not excessively trigger insulin), raw nuts, salads, leftovers from last evening’s dinner.</em></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;">- See more at: <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://blog.trackyourplaque.com/2010/03/oatmeal-good-or-bad.html#sthash.6yjI3OmE.dpuf'>http://blog.trackyourplaque.com/2010/03/oatmeal-good-or-bad.html#sthash.6yjI3OmE.dpuf</a></span></p> -
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<p>There is way too much effort and ingredients going into that cottage pie! I should also have mentioned I hating cooking as well. :)</p>
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<p>I like cauliflower on it's own and don't really need a rice or potato replacement TBH. If there's a cauliflower chocolate replacement I'll be all over it like white on cauliflower.</p>
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<p>Yeah, it is a bit of work. Next time I make it I'm planning on cutting it down. Surely all those ingredients can't be necessary. That's something I find quite often, that a lot of Paleo alternatives contain a lot of obscure ingredients.</p> -
<p>Very interesting reading mate - cheers for the link. And as I read it I'm eat my oats, whey and 2 eggs as per usual.</p>
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<p>Would have thought that it would be more due to the raisins, brown sugar etc that people add but apparently not. And well if its on the internet it must be true.</p> -
<p>this should help you out Nepia ;)</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-eat/12-healthy-foods-and-drinks-that-can-make-you-fat?page=4'>http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-eat/12-healthy-foods-and-drinks-that-can-make-you-fat?page=4</a></p> -
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<p>Could I elbow my way into this thread for some advice (hopefully you don't mind Kirwan).</p>
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<p>I'm pretty good with meals (I can eat just veges and meat stir fry every day) but can you blokes recommend 'snacks' that will fight off my craving for sugar? I'm a sugar junkie, as long as it's processed (for example chocolate and lollies rather than fruits), and every time I try to eat better I always wind up back on the sugars (obviously I have very little will power ;)) so really need something to eat as a replacement snack. I have nuts and cold meats quite often but find they don't always work.</p>
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<p>Moosh - I eat eggs quite often but find they make me feel hungry full - I'm not sure how I explain that, I feel full in the gut but it doesn't stop hunger cravings I guess.</p>
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<p>Sometimes when you feel hungry you are actually thirsty. I weaned myself off of snacking by drinking more water, rule of thumb is to have about 2 litres per day - more if you exercise.</p>
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<p>Start with that would be my advice, a big glass of water will fill up your stomach too. Then find vegetables you like to snack on, and eat as much of them as you like. If you get carbs from veges you'll feel fuller for longer, the protein won't fill you up for long.</p> -
<p>Ok, so how this challenge works is you take measurements (and photos, eek) before you start, and do a baseline WOD. You then compare these metrics at the end of the challenge. Weight is one of the metrics, but well down on the list in terms of importance.</p>
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<p>I'm going to use this thread as motivation, so will post all but the photos up here.</p>
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<p>Did the Baseline WOD last night;</p>
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<p>For Time (Running clock, but record the Row and Total time) > 500m Row, 40 Squats, 30 Situps, 20 Hand Release Push Ups, 10 Pullups (any method)</p>
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<p>Hit 1.44m for the Row and 5:18 in Total. Struggled on the squats after the row and situps. Heaps of improvement to be had there, will aim to get it under 4.30. Christ my mouth was dry after that. Best time I saw from the others was 3.59, but a guy on my team is expecting to get 3.30, he can do the non row part in 1.30min.</p> -
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I gave up oats for breakfast , most days I dont even eat breakfast, I have my first meal at 11 am. I'm not at all hungry when I wake up. It's nice not being on the carb roller coaster.[/quote]
Don't really get your point. If you don't wake up hungry, then well done you for training yourself into that state of being. I wake up with a need to eat something because my opportunities are limited throughout the day, and generally I've done some form of physical exercise after dinner at night. I'm not rushing to the candy bar an hour later just because I eat oats. To even suggest that is simply ridiculous and the kind of one-size-fits-all thinking that bogus diet plans are based on.As for the article - all quite interesting. Well aware of the effect grains and whatnot. Blood sugar goes up and down because it fucking does.