Kids & Paleo

Interestingly, I was thinking about making a post on this topic yesterday and it was the topic du jour on Mark's Daily Apple! Beth's birthday party, complete with cake, popcorn, chips and make-your-own tacos for dinner made me think about the reality of having kids on a completely paleo diet. Normally, we don't have that food in our home. The meals I cook are paleo. Even the school lunches I pack have really changed - I can't remember the last time I sent a sandwich for example. But I haven't gone totally paleo with my daughter. The nut ban in schools makes it difficult for one thing - most paleo baking, etc. is off limits. And if kids do anything at all in the outside world (i.e., aren't locked in your basement! :)), they are going to eat non-paleo food. Probably plenty of it when they get the chance. I'm okay with doing the best I can and hoping that as an adult, she will choose to eat this way.

I also have a teenager - again, if she is home and eating with us, she gets the paleo meal. Often, however, she is working or out with friends eating typical teenager fare and drinking what amounts to cups of liquid sugar from her favorite coffee place. It's difficult to accept that I have no control over this, but I hope that at some point, the example will set in.

Breakfast:

boiled eggs
paleo bread with almond butter
Asian pear

Lunch:

Mongolia Express:
stirfry with chicken & vegetables

Snack:

turkey pepperoni
almonds

Dinner:

beef chili with cauliflower fried rice

Snack:

nuts
turkey pepperoni
cauliflower

CrossFit:

power snatch 5x3 11x1 2 mins

3 rounds for time:

250 m row
30 situps
15 db push presses 45/30

Snatch - worked up to 85. Not good technique, so stayed here. WOD - 9:32 rx'd.