My 25 Day Strict Paleo Diet Challenge(Day 3)

"Show Me Your Fat"

So here we are at Day 3 of the 25 Day Challenge.... However, I do know today is Day 4, but I had a steady shift at work last night and I don't like using my iPhone to write blogs with because the "blogger" app continuously wants to crash. So ....anyways Day 3, not much to today other than my goal was to monitor my fat intake and make sure 60% of my intake for the day was fat. Why? Josh Bunch told me to. Now I know what you're thinking and no, if he told me to jump off a bridge I wouldn't. He suggested it and after he suggested it I wanted to know why so I began to read some of the important things "fat" does for our body. 

I'm not going to go in to great detail about this but I wanted to hit some key points that were important to me. If you're curious about something I don't discuss "google" it. Besides making our foods taste good and keeping us warm during the cold winter months, fat is way more important than that. The things that stuck out to me were these:

1. Curbs Your Appetite

2. Promotes Muscle Growth

3. Decreases Infection Risk

4. Provides Absorption Of Vitamin A, S, E, K

Oh and another one and really this should be the most important if you don't have enough good fat..... Hair Loss. Now my answer to the question I ask myself everyday when I look in the mirror has been answered. I'm not going in to any detail about the above list it would take to long. Just research it on your own. 

So on to what I ate, what I did, and how I felt for Day 3:

Day 3(March 15th)

Breakfast:

2 Cups of Coffee

4oz Eye of Round Steak(Left Over From Day 2)

3 Farm Fresh Brown Eggs

2 Tbsp EV Olive Oil

H20

Fish Oil +D3

H20

Lunch:

6-8oz of Shrimp(Broiled)

Green Beans(1/2 a plate full)

2 Tbsp EV Olive Oil(Tossed in Shrimp)

Fish Oil +D3

H20

WOD:

Rest Day

30-45 minutes of Mobility Throughout The Day

Dinner:

Chicken Sausages(2 Sausages)

Asparagus(12 Spears)

2 Tbsp Coconut Oil

Fish Oil +D3

H20

Snack:

3oz All Natural Sugar Free Beef Jerky(For the life of me I can't remember the name)

Cashews(Salt Free)

At the end of the day I hit my goal. My food intake for the day hit 60% Fat, 30% Protein, and 10% Carbs

Something you're going to see with my eating pattern is I eat stuff repeatedly. Why? Well I eat what I love. If you haven't ever read Quadzilla's blog you should. She wrote a really good piece about the paleo diet and how a person shouldn't make it complicated and they should eat what they love to eat. That's going to be the case with me. Eat what I love.

As far as how I felt for the day I felt good. Not to much soreness but I was really tight in the hips and hamstrings. Thank you K-Star for the almighty "Couch Stretch" I was glad to have the day off. Despite what we might think we have to rest and we shouldn't be stubborn about it.