I kind of did the transition over a couple months being simple, the goal wasn't to really eat Paleo but more to be clean and kind of drop weight because I had gotten injured. Basically on day 12 1/3, I'd be at 2/3 but for that cheat meal on a date that fizzled and certainly did not sizzle.
Let me break it down, I'd been eating between 70/30 and 80/20 for awhile...my weekends would kill me or I was wrangling for something sweet. When I ate like 98/2 prior to my roommates parents coming, let's just say the diet broke down completely that weeked, I knew I could do it. It would just be a little tough. Well I threw down the gauntlet and purchased both the 30 Day Guide to Paleo and Gather from the Staleys. By supper tomorrow I'll have done 14 days. It can get expensive and doing what some of the people who write the books do has to be cost prohibitive for most people. I also don't follow their 30 day meal plan because I'm cooking for myself and I do most of it on the weekends with adding vegetables when I run out of prepped sides. I have to say it's really opened up different paths to cooking and once you get settled in and don't have to go down the aisles and only hitting the produce and meats it gets cheaper. I'm trying to get down to roughly $10 a day.
Physiologically, definite change, it pushes a lot of the toxins out, you find yourself with a lot of gas. I've lost weight, but at this point it's all about caloric deficits, a friend of mine at work said: "I read about your diet, it seems to be really good with weight lifting." I said I'm sure but I'm dropping weight right now so I must be doing enough with just 30 minutes of cardio at PT. So that tells me, once I'm ready to get back in the jungle, I can certainly just shred. Now onto things I eat:
Breakfast:
Kale and cherry tomato scramble, two pieces of bacon (basically every day)
Coffee (Agave/local honey and heavy whipping cream) I got advice from the Staleys and this is what they gave me, so no to non-dairy creamer fellas. I drink coffee as a diarrhetic anyways
. They also like raw milk so if you can find it you're looking at taking a sip a few times a week. But that's it in regards to dairy, having cheese makes it primal.
Snacks:
I haven't done much in regards to trail mix, and the Staleys push eliminating dried fruits from the first 30 days of your diet.
However, I take an apple, a banana, and orange to work everyday. I then get grapes which I snack on over the weekends.
Lunch(Dinner)/Dinner(Supper)
This is where I get creative, most of my cooking is on the weekends I tend to plan what I want to do out by Thursday so I have a POA when going to the grocery store i.e. a list. I've made:
http://www.feedtheclan.com/paleo-chile-verde-recipe/ With Cauliflower Tortillas
Meatballs and artichoke hearts over spaghetti squash.
http://paleomg.com/easy-shredded-beef/
http://www.primalpalate.com/recipe/butterflied-roast-chicken/ I made two of these last weekend, the second one I put my own twist into it with placing an orange slice under the skin on each quarter instead of the garlic.
This weekend I made:
http://www.primalpalate.com/recipe/duck-a-lorange/
http://www.primalpalate.com/recipe/baked-chicken-thighs/
And Spaghetti and Meatballs.
Sides: Standard sautéed/steamed vegetables, cauliflower rice, guacamole, Bacony Sweet Potato Hash, chopped artichokes sautéed in bacon grease with dates and bacon, baked asparagus.
Desserts: I've only Paleo "PB" Banana Chocolate Ice Cream: 4 bananas, 2 TBSP of Almond Butter (any nuts will do I suppose) and a TBSP of cocoa, however you add a little more of each or less to give you the flavor you want. Not too much because then you're wrecking an awesome and healthy desert.
Stuff to drink: Water, H2O, Agua: it gets a little monotonous so I use Crystal Light to make a batch during the weekend. A little bit of raw milk, pas beaucoup. Alcohol, just a smidge, wondering how I'll work in my bourbon and coke?
Recent purchases: I bought Primal Cravings, a spiral slicer, a julienner, a zester, and duck fat.
Resources:
http://www.primalpalate.com
http://www.paleocupboard.com/poultry.html
http://nomnompaleo.com
http://paleomg.com
http://www.paleoplan.com/recipes/
http://www.health-bent.com
Basically as a normal person you can't do Paleo like the Staleys, all they do is write recipes and build plans, they're getting paid to do what they do.
. Basically my current plan being single is to do 97.7%/2 weeks. That equates to 1/42 meals as a cheat meal. And as things progress shift between 1 cheat meal every two weeks and one every week. I did change my lifestyle in regards to how I ate, and I will go back into keeping it sustainable provided I do the cooking.
