Primal Blueprint- week 2

Rainbow chard- almost too pretty to eat!
Well, as of last week I had lost a total of 1.2 lbs, which made my week. Today, I'm up 1 lb. :( Froody suggests it's due to my weekend in Vegas (omg- it was so much fun!). And, if I think on it, I did happy hour with some friends last night (read: margarita with chips and salsa) before going to the gym (I wasn't drunk, but I didn't push myself as hard as I could have). Also, my muscles (all over) are tired and sore which means they are full of lactic acid, so I guess that 1lb gain is easily explained away.

My goal is to remain a bit more faithful to the primal way of eating this week. I'm also going to try to stay around 50g of carbs/day. Not so easy.

Anyway, part of our new eating habits includes local, organically grown foods. I'm surprised at how challenging that is. I mean, I live in California, the "promise land" of produce. We grow everything here!

But, it is "winter" time, even for us. A lot of fruits and veggies are not in season, so the ones available at the store (even at Whole Foods) are imported from Mexico and South America. So, sticking to our resolution means having to eat a lot of produce we didn't really eat before. Such as:

1. Chard, in all its colors
2. Beets- they do have a lot of carbohydrates, but they are in season. Their flavor is very earthy, but better than canned beets which had been my only beet experience. Note: golden beets are not as strong as red beets, but still beety.
3. Fennel bulbs
4. Mustard greens- I picked some up at a farmer's market because it looked like a small bouquet of yellow flowers and smelled nice. I thought it would be interesting to eat something with flowers.
5. Carrots- I guess they are always in season.
6. Spinach
7. Bok choy- adds a lot of texture to all those hardy, leafy greens.

That's about it for California winter foods. Not much selection. Honestly, I only get the beets to add some color to all those greens. Also why I like to get swiss chard- such a nice red.

It's going to be so nice when spring and summer get here and other veggies will be available again!