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Pre-race Paleo ideas?

Tumblr I need your help. I’m running the Cherry blossom 10miler in DC tomorrow and I have no idea what to eat for breakfast that is paleo. I always used to eat steel cut oats with peanut butter before races, but since I’ve cut out oats I’m scared to eat them tomorrow, plus I’d prefer to stay paleo. I’ve been eating eggs for breakfast, but the thought of eating eggs before a race makes me queasy.

Help!

My Weekend

This weekend was intense for MANY reasons:

  • Friday PM: Dinner and wine with a former friend to try and rebuild a friendship since she just moved to the area
  • Saturday AM: took 45 students on an overnight retreat 2 hours away with my very pregnant coworker.
  • Saturday PM: coworker’s water breaks at 9pm (thankfully her husband was staying in a hotel near by and was able to take her back home)
  • Sunday AM: Continue with student retreat including a high ropes course, head back home, get word that I’m an Auntie –  coworker had the baby (3 weeks early, but he’s perfect). 
  • Sunday PM: Go over to M’s (who I haven’t seen in weeks due to mainly my crazy schedule). He makes us a delicious Paleo dinner of Thai chicken lettuce wraps and cauliflower rice (he printed out recipes from a Paleo website – so adorable). We had a great movie, snuggle, smooch session.
  • Monday AM: get word that work has a delayed opening due to snow. 

Oh and I squeezed in a 4mi run and a 4.5mi run in this weekend.

2 weeks into Paleo and loving it, I’ve found making Paleo choices even when I’m eating out or during the retreat isn’t too hard.

UMMMMMM why did no one tell me how DELICIOUS this was?!?!

I HATE milk and only consume ½ and ½ in my coffee, but with wanting to go full throttle paleo I thought I’d cut the ½ and ½ out.

Well hot damn this stuff is tasty and it was great in my coffee this morning!

Paleo Successes

Wow now that my body over the shock of the adjustment to Paleo I am feeling great and have been surprised how easy making the right choices have been!

I had a friend in town this weekend visiting and we ate out a good bit, but I was able to choose things that were already Paleo friendly or make a few adjustments so they would be. I even resisted my favorite cheese dip with potato wedges while they were consumed in front of me. 

I did drink beer this weekend, which was a cheat, but when out on saturday my friends were going to get pizza, but we were able to stop at a Sweet Greens for me to get an amazing salad that had KALE – my first kale experience. I brought my salad to the pizza place while my friends ate pizza. 

The support from friends and coworkers has really been the most helpful. No one has made me feel weird or like an inconvenience due to my dietary limitations which is the most helpful.