I can not tell a lie - unless it is to my children. I eat very similar to Whole30 most of the time. I eat real foods. I so rarely eat processed foods that a gluten free brownie is guaranteed to give me a stomach ache. I eat lots of veggies, roasted squashed, roasted beets, sauteed cabbage, blasted broccoli, cauliflower as rice or in soup, whipped sweet potato, etc. I also eat a lot of meat. As much as possible, the meat I consume and certainly the meat in my home is from pastured animals. Animals that have lived healthy lives. My health depends on the health of the animal I consume.
Once I started eating fat something amazing happened, I lost weight. A lot of weight. I have figured out how much fat I need to eat everyday to keep from feeling hungry, tired, down, or anxious.
So, it amazes me how often I am asked "but what do you eat?" Really? Are we really that far removed from food that taking away processed food means an empty plate? I am seeing that is not the case. Folks from my crossfit box are jumping into this with both feet. And I am so excited for them.
Today has been pretty simple. First thing this morning I put a frozen whole chicken in the crockpot. I added some chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder, sea salt and white pepper. It will cook on low all day. I am going to serve it with whipped sweet potatoes (baked sweet potatoes, scooped out, whipped up with clarified butter & bacon fat, and cinnamon) and kale (sauteed in bacon fat and steamed with a little lamb stock).
I will keep all the bones for stock. I just throw them in a freezer bag until I am ready to make stock. Or, I pull all the meat off the chicken and throw the bones back in the crockpot with a splash of apple cider vinegar, onion, any bones I have in the freezer, water and let it simmer on low for 24 hours.
Breakfast was leftover steak and steamed cauliflower with chili powder. Lunch was eggs mixed with beef & jalapeno sausage with avocado and tomatoes and coffee with coconut oil. Does this seem like I am depriving myself of yummy food?
No comments:
Post a Comment