Saturday, June 8, 2013

Lunches on the road

Tomorrow is the start of the big Primal road trip.  Lunch needs to be in Muskogee, Ok.  This turns out to be a pretty friendly town for a Primal girl.  There's apparently BBQ on every corner.  I think I'll skip the supplies in our car and go straight for some smoked meaty goodness.  I hate to reinforce the stereotype that Paleo or Primal eating is basically an all you can eat meat smorgasbord, but local BBQ should be indulged in.  Hopefully, there will be green beans or a salad on the side, but if not, I can do an all meat lunch.
Lunches at the inlaws' house is sort of left up to us.  That's a very good thing.  I'll be making a lot of "Big Ass Salads".  If you don't know exactly what that is, go to Mark's Daily Apple website and let Mark Sisson teach you how to make one.  
Hmmm, turns out lunch might be the easiest meal to deal with in general.  When in doubt, carry a small bottle of nice quality oil and vinegar in your bag and add it to any salad you can get your hands on.
Dinner will be the hardest meal to deal with by far.  Tomorrow, on the road, we will be tired, hungry, and limited in choices.  Check back to see how we survive!
No exercise tomorrow. 14 hours on the road...sheesh!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Planning the Plan of Awesomness- Breakfasts

So... the big primal road trip is commencing in four days.  So far, my plan includes carrying a bag and a small cooler of emergency food.  I don't do protein shakes on a daily basis anymore, but for road tripping, I don't think I can do any better.  Free Hotel breakfast is essentially horrible.  Most of it is processed grain, and what's left is bizzaro egg product, and sausage from God only knows what source. My husband usually combines the mystery sausage with the yogurt cups, but I'm not willing to go there this trip.  So, for me, breakfast on the road will be mixed in my magic bullet in the hotel room, and will consist of single serving sized So Brand unsweetened coconut milk, blended with a packet of J Robb egg white protein and a spoon of almond butter. It's a couple of mornings.  Big deal.  While at the In-laws, I think I will alternate the shake type breakfast, (with spinach and frozen berries added) with egg and vegetable breakfast. They will have eggs and veggies in their fridge.  If not, there's a Whole Foods nearby.  Unsweetened Greek Yogurt might come into play if boredom sets in.  Hey, whatever keeps me off the pancake and waffle wagon. Lunch is a bigger dilemma.  More on this tomorrow...