Day 13

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. - Thomas Jefferson

Whats up everyone? Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July weekend, I know I did. I got to relax a lot today, so it ended up being a nice, eventual and relaxing weekend. I was having an interesting conversation with my dad today, who was in town for the AT&T National Golf Tournament. About 3 years ago, he decided to get in shape. He has a stressful job, so he travels a ton, and it always eating out, so his health was suffering. He went on the Atkins Diet and decided to run a half marathon, and he lost approximately 100 pounds, so he is a good sounding board for me to bounce ideas off of. His weight as yo-yo'd since then, but he is still down from his previous highs.

Anyways, we were at lunch today the Manayunk Brew Pub, and we struck up a conversation about healthy eating, and how rough it is to really eat healthy unless you're cooking. Well let me tell you, it's even tougher when you get the watered down lunch menu. I ended up finding a delicious salad, which I'll detail below, but it definitely wasn't hard to figure out what to get, there was only 1 thing on the menu that'd satisfy the paleo diet! I got into a bit yesterday in the blog, but it's crazy how unhealthy stuff is out there. My girlfriend always says the Cheesecake Factory is the worst for this, that even their salads have 1,000 calories in them! After the challenge, I want to maintain a pretty strict Paleo diet, maybe a 90/10 ratio. I'll definitely have to look at what I am eating from now on. Gone are the days of cheeseburgers and french fries! The one positive thing is that I am trying, and finding, tons of healthy foods at different places that'd I'd NEVER think of trying before. That makes it all the better, because now I know I have delicious, healthy entrees at just about every place I usually eat, so this challenge has definitely shown my something!

Here's my lineup for the day:

Breakfast:
Banana (didn't wake up til 10am, which is a whole different story, because I never sleep that late!)

Lunch:
Spinach Salad with Grilled Chicken, Shrimp, Strawberries, and Golden Raisins.

Snack:
Homemade Trail Mix with Natural Almonds, Sunflower Seeds, and Raisins

Dinner:
Mexican Salad with Chicken, Steak, Guacamole and Salsa from Qdoba

Thanks again for the support. I'm excited to type tomorrow's lineup, because Megan has helped me cook tonight, and I got a little taste, and it was amazing!