The Paleolithic (Paleo) diet is a modern dietary regimen that seeks to mimic the diet of preagricultural hunter-gatherers relating to what was available in any of the ecological niches of Paleolithic humans.
This form of eating has been adopted by modern day elite athletes (CrossFit) to include lean meats, fresh vegetables, nuts and berries.
Check out these tips to improve your nutrition and eat clean.
#1 Enjoy eating Paleo. If you don’t like it you will not stick with it.
Find parts of the diet that you like and eat more of those items.
Check out Paleokrunch Paleo Cereal @ Amazon.com
#2 Pre Cook your food.
This will eliminate the hassle of trying to figure out what to cook each night.
We like the book The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet
This book gets many great reviews on Amazon and is regarded as a reference for many trainers and gyms around the country. We have a copy of this book on our shelf.
Video – Top Ten Paleo Diet Tips
Check out STEVE’S PALEOGOODS – Paleo & Gluten Free @ Amazon.com
#3. Cook Extra
Cook more food than you need and store the rest for later. Put it in tupperware bowls and label it if needed. Having extra is good – that way you never run out mid week.
Recipe #1
Egg Omelot
4 eggs
4 slices of bacon
1 avocado
2 tbsp minced red onion
1 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
1 dash hot sauce ( i like green sauce)
Crack the eggs and them in the pan. Cook the bacon in the oven to get it ready. When egg starts to firm up flip one half and throw all of the ingredients in the middle. Let it cook and flip one more time. All good.
Video – Top Ten Paleo Diet Tips
Check out these tips from Paleo Diet In a Box
#4. Eat in moderation
Lets get real.. your not going to stay strict every day and will crave foods outside of the Paleo diet. Don’t pump your face with ice cream and gummy bears on your off days. If you want to have a cheat day – then go for it. We like to have a good pizza with veggies and meat.
Paleo on a Budget by Robb Wolf
#5 Don’t keep any junk food in your house. Not even Cheetos. If you crave junk then make sure you have to work for it. Make yourself jog to go find it and wear a weight vest.
Video – Our Paleo Kitchen
#6 Be Prepared
Don’t run out of food. Then you will get in a hurry and be tempted to go through the drive through at Bloato Burger.
#7 Plan your meals for the whole week. Take 5 minutes and write it out. If you have a plan it will be easier to stick to your guns.
Video – Robb Wolf – The Paleo Solution
Check out these tips from Paleo Diet In a Box
#8 Keep a can of tuna or a meal replacement protein shake in case you need a snack. Boiled eggs are also another good go-to with great protein. Don’t be tempted to unnecessarily get off diet.
#9. Learn how to use spices to flavor your food. I like to add hot sauce to my eggs.
#10 Eat lots of colorful veggies. They really are good for you. You can’t go wrong with lots of vegetables. I like to eat them raw or lightly steamed.
#11 For endurance workouts like CrossFit Endurance – add sweet potatoes, yams and coconut water as needed to your intake.
Question: Hey coach brad I’m 15 and I don’t buy my own food Since my parents don’t eat healthy food very often (they like to go out to eat a lot) I was wondering what your tips would be to help keep my nutrition good.
Answer: use a list of foods from thi d article and help you parentz when they shop. Also get a job at a healthy grocery store so you can get discounts and have money to buy good food.
Question: Where can I find out more info about Robb Wolf and his ideas on nutrition? Check his website here at http://robbwolf.com/
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Awesome tips! Can’t wait to start eating super healthy!
Good tips, some I knew ( but don’t consistently do like I should ), others good to hear, such as the endurance foods.
Hey, Coach McLeod-
Just wondering if you know/recommend any diet plans (especially Special Operations-type)?
We like the Paleo diet with some extra carbs added in.
This helped me a lot!!
Glad you liked the article Jessie
Email brad “at” sealgrinderpt.com and I will send you a free motivational audio.
Great article. Thank you
Coach, I follow the zone diet. Being a police officer, I notice it is very easy to swing in at Sonic and grab a burger and fries, but my friend, Greg Amundson, told me about his article, Diet Secrets of a Tupperware Man. I now measure and precook all my meals for work and take a lunchbox with me, because 12 hours in a car is a long time. I hope this helps some people out
Here is a link to the journal
http://journal.crossfit.com/2008/12/diet-secrets-of-the-tupperware-man.tpl
Great to hear Chris… that takes discipline but it will pay off in the long run. Thanks for your comments.
“Boiled eggs are also another good go-to with great protein.”
Sitting on my desk is a baggie of four hard boiled eggs, peeled and seasoned with extra virgin California olive oil, salt, tumeric, ginger, freshly-ground pepper, and a dash of garlic powder and curry. VERY TASTY!
Here is a high-protein low calorie Paleo recipe for tuna salad, and it does not matter if your tuna is SUPER FRESH RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER or just canned white tuna packed in water. I use canned.
I am a big person – about 190 lbs – so scale to whatever you wish.
Canned tuna fish packed in water – drain it. I USE TWO WHOLE CANS (two 4-oz. cans of solid white albacore tuna fish).
Add non-fat mayonnaise to taste. Yes, this tastes terrible UNLESS you are using it in a salad, then it tastes okay, and remember – IT ADDS PRACTICALLY NO CALORIES (about 10-20).
Add chopped raw vegetables as you wish: Onions, peppers, celery – again, practically zero calories.
My Paleo meal today was approximately 250 calories of almost pure protein – OVER 50 GRAMS OF PROTEIN – less than 300 calories.
Can anybody top that?
Thanks for posting the recipe Joe!
Sir, is there any eating plan that you recommend to help me maintain my weight but to keep myself fit? I have put on some belly fat that I want to get rid of but I don’t want to loose alot of weight and muscle. Thank You.
Cameron – check out those tips above and within 30 days if you workout hard – you will begin to lose fat. Let us know your progress.
Well for starters I plan on going into the Army and trying to get into SF. Physical fitness is not something I’ve ever really done until here recently. I know the basics because I was discharged out of basic training once already for nose bleeds. But I don’t really even know where to begin when it comes training my body and changing my eating habits to get ready for that sort of life style. So other than what I read on your article I was wondering if there were any other tips you could give me. On any of it
Sir,
I have a question. I am not big by any means, well, fat. I am 6′ 3″, 216lbs. I workout religiously, and also do Martial Arts. So I consider myself to be healthy. My question, I want to lose my “love handles”. At least a majority of it. Do you have any recommended workouts for me try?
It is all in the diet. If you workout hard and burn calories — and reduce junk foods and pizza and ice cream – you will reduce fat.
Thank you for the reply. I workout hard enough, most people I know can’t keep up, I practice Wing Chun 3 days a week on top of gym time. I really don’t eat that much junk though. the food I eat in a day are as follows: 1 canned soda at lunch, one black coffee in the morning, I eat cashews, cottage cheese is my snack, lunch is usually left overs, rarely do I have money to afford pizza so that doesn’t happen much, I don’t really care for a lot of sugar. slim jims, might have 2 of those in a day, I reckon I can start eating more fruit. Oh and din din is cooked by my wife. so I don’t eat out much.