Kyle's Morning Breakfast

Kyle's Morning Breakfast from the Paleo Diet by Lawrence Cordain.

We started doing it all by hand using a mandolin and grater.  Now we make it like this:

Organic Apples – through the food processor into small sliced pieces
Carrots - grated in the food processor
Organic raisins
Lemon Juice
Cinnamon

Proportions are something like 2/2/1 for the primary ingredients.  The lemon juice and cinnamon are to taste.

Beginning Body Weight Workout

This is a basic workout from Nerdfitness.com.  My goal is to start this at one circuit, two days a week.

Beginning Body Weight Workout.


As it says "Never, ever, forget to warm up."  I did and wrenched something doing jumping jacks of all things!

Here is the routine I am using.

Warm-up

Walk around the block, including some movement exercises to warm up.

Workout Circuit


20 body weight squats
10 push ups
20 walking lunges
10 dumbbell rows (using a gallon milk jug)
15 second plank
30 Jumping Jacks

Cool Down

I do to cover hamstring, IT band, back, shoulders and groin.  I include some Grok stretches too.

Bison Chili

Mmmm, bison chili is Yummy!  This is what I made last night.

I use a recipe from Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint Cookbook as a base.  Then make modifications based on what I may have in the house.

Ingredients:


    2 or 3 slices uncooked bacon, chopped.
    1 yellow onion, chopped
    1 red bell pepper cut into half inch or so dice.
    4 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
    2 lbs. ground bison.
    2 tablespoons ancho chili powder
    1 teaspoon dried oregano
    1 teaspoon paprika
    1 1/2 cups water
    1 16 oz chopped tomatoes, I buy the Pomi brand in the carton or use our own from the pantry.
    1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar.
    2 carrots cut into half inch or so dice. This adds some good texture.
    1 bunch green onions, chopped.
    1 avocado sliced or diced.


Method:

1. In a large sauce pan over medium-low heat I cook bacon until slightly brown and some fat is rendered out.
2. Next I add the onion and garlic to the pan and stir into the bacon. When the onions are semi-translucent I add the ground bison and cook until brown. If rendered bacon fat seems insufficient I add some coconut oil to keep meat from sticking to the pan and drying out.
3. Next I add the spices, water, tomatoes, red bell pepper and carrots and stir well to combine. 
4. Then  cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour, stirring every 20 minutes to prevent sticking.
5. I add vinegar and stir well, then simmer uncovered another 20 minutes.

Then it is ready to plate!  I garnish with chopped green onion and avocado.

Intro

I'm a San Francisco Native, born there and raised in the East Bay.  I live in Oregon.

My wife and I agreed to start eating Paleo in August 2011 for a thirty day trial.  We have both seen great results starting theat first two weeks and continuing to do so today!  From that base of Loran Cordain's Paleo Diet, we found Mark Sisson The Primal Blueprint and his website and online community Mark's Daily Apple that have been great help and inspirado to us.  I recommend his daily newsletter.

I will blog daily about my challenges, actions, and progress and add some photos when I think about it.  My overall goal is combat fit at fifty and staying that way until I go home and my body assumes room temperature.  I haven't set concrete objectives, I am still working on that.