At Darwin’s Table

If you have not already please read the paleo boot camp rules before reading this post. 

So after receiving a couple of comments I have adjusted two of the rules I made. Firstly, Stargazey from lowcarb4u suggested not lowering my calorie intake below my BMI as this can cause my metabolic rate to drop right down and my body to go into energy conservation mode. So I will make sure my calorie intake stays around 2200 calories. Also, Richard from Free the Animal suggested not fasting for 16 hrs but rather doing a 30 hr fast as the positive effects, such as fat burning, don’t start until after 18 hrs. So I have adjusted the rule so that now I am fasting once for 30 hrs each week. 

Fortunately, I have noticed that I can still get my protein intake above 150g, and keep my monounsaturated/saturated fat ratio at 2:1, without having to trim the fat off the meat. So this makes me very happy. I think this is largely coming from eating a lot more meat and organs and less vegetables and fruits. The vegetables I am largely eating are leafy green vegetables. You may think that this is unhealthy but let me assure you it is not. Having consumed only olive oil, leafy greens, organs and meat today my vitamins and minerals are far higher than the recommended daily allowance. If you don’t believe me look at my intake today (% of RDA).

Vitamin A:       635%

Vitamin B6:     272%

Vitamin B12:   936%

Vitamin C:       145%

Vitamin E:       144%

Pant. Acid:      226%

Phosphorous: 268%

Potassium:       117%

Riboflav:           318%

Selenium:         535%

Thiamin:          311%

Zinc:                  182%

I was taking multi vitamin and mineral supplements, but now I think I might stop because if I keep eating this way there is absolutely no need for them. The fact that I can get all my nutritional requirements on such a low calorie intake amazes me and is further evidence of how we really are evolved to eat organs and meat.  

Today is the same as yesterday. I am simply not hungry much to my relief! I got quite hungry at midday and I had found some extremely cheap ham at the supermarket that I couldn’t resist. So I had nothing but ham for lunch.

I kept worrying that I was going to get hungry after lunch but it just didn’t happen. I remained full for the rest of the day. At 5pm I got the first pangs of hunger and so thought I better have something so I fried some chicken kidneys in olive oil/balsamic vinegar and had it with some beetroot. 

Even though this was not much I was still full for the rest of the night. But I still had to have my serving of leafy green vegetables and get my monounsaturated fat intake up so I had some silverbeet (chard) with olive oil and garlic. 

I went out nightclubbing last night. I didn’t drink any alcohol but did dance for about 30 mins so I think that that counts as exercise. As for my nutrition breakdown today here it is: