Rules:
1. Must be willing to take before and after pictures. You can take them on your own.
2. $20 Buy in to support the challenge. Awards and Prizes will come from the Buy in.
3. Follow the food choices strictly.
4. For every cheat meal you have must pay $1 into the pot.
5. Comment on the blog at least twice a week.
Food Choices:
1. Do not eat dairy. This includes butter, cheese (hard and soft), yogurt (even Greek) and milk (including cream in your coffee or tea).
1. Must be willing to take before and after pictures. You can take them on your own.
2. $20 Buy in to support the challenge. Awards and Prizes will come from the Buy in.
3. Follow the food choices strictly.
4. For every cheat meal you have must pay $1 into the pot.
5. Comment on the blog at least twice a week.
Food Choices:
1. Do not eat dairy. This includes butter, cheese (hard and soft), yogurt (even Greek) and milk (including cream in your coffee or tea).
2. Do not eat grains. This includes bread, rice, pasta, cereal, oatmeal, corn and all of those gluten-free pseudo-grains like quinoa and sprouted grains.
3. Do not eat legumes. This includes beans of all kinds (soy, black, kidney, etc.), peas, lentils, and peanuts. (No peanut butter, kids.)
4. Do not eat or add sugar of any kind, real or artificial. No maple syrup, honey, agave nectar, Splenda, Equal, Nutrasweet, xylitol, stevia, etc.
5. Do not eat processed foods. This includes protein shakes, processed bars (like Zone bars), dairy-free creamers, etc.
6. Do not drink alcohol, in any form.
7. Do not eat white potatoes. Sweet potatoes and yams are a more nutrient-dense option, so go for those instead. (On that note, if you have serious inflammation issues like arthritis, you may want to consider avoiding all nightshades for 30 days.)
Encouraged Foods:
1. Eat Lean Meats. Chicken, Fish, sea food, buffalo and venison.
2. Vegetables. Vary the type of veggies
3. Fruit. Preferably Low Sugar fruits.
4. Nuts. Walnuts, cashews, almonds.
5. Oils. Olive, Canolia, and coconut oil.
Encouraged Foods:
1. Eat Lean Meats. Chicken, Fish, sea food, buffalo and venison.
2. Vegetables. Vary the type of veggies
3. Fruit. Preferably Low Sugar fruits.
4. Nuts. Walnuts, cashews, almonds.
5. Oils. Olive, Canolia, and coconut oil.
Foods in Moderation:
1. Processed Meat. On occasion, we are okay with organic chicken sausage (these are nitrate, dairy, gluten and casein-free), and high quality bacon, deli meat, and jerky.
2. Dried Fruit. In general, careful with the fruit. Use dried fruit and Larabars in serious moderation, and only if it doesn’t send you running for the nearest candy dish.
3. Non-”Paleo” Vegetables. We’re fine with green beans, sugar snap peas and snow peas. While they’re technically a legume, they’re far more “pod” than “bean”, and we want you to eat your veggies.
4. Coffee and black tea. We’re okay with coffee (black, or with a little coconut milk) in moderation, and only if it doesn’t interfere with sleep. Usually, that means none after noon. If you really want to go hardcore and reset your body’s sensitivity to caffeine, skip the coffee/tee for the 30 day period as well.
5. Vinegar. While it’s technically not “Paleo”, we’re fine with using it in small quantities as a salad dressing or in salsa.
6. Salt. While some “approved” foods like olives or bacon will have some salt in them, go easy when adding salt to your food.
Grocery List
Grocery List
