As you can see from my Week Four menu, I succeeded in my fight against the restaurant menu. I was able to survive by surveying the menu and eliminating the foods that I couldn’t eat. I had to combine two appetizers one night to make a salad but it worked. My only failure was my day at Comerica Park. Healthy options couldn’t be found anywhere in the park (but there were 6 different types of hot dog or sausage) so I had a couple of Hebrew National hot dogs since they answer to a higher authority. Do I want to eat out like I did last week and like I did for so many years? No! The food service industry makes it very easy to make bad decisions and very hard to make good ones. I’m going to eat at home more often.
[i] Dhar, Ravi and Itamar Simonson (1999), “Making Complementary Choices in Consumption Episodes: Highlighting versus Balancing,” Journal of Marketing Research, 36 (1), 29–44.
Article comments
1 - Josh
Don't worry about the fat! As a paleo dieter myself and someone who has been pretty heavily interested in the biology of nutrition ,fat and particularly saturated fat is fine. If weight loss is still a concern low carb paleo is the way to eat. And even if it isn't, it is the most healthy way to eat. Did you know there is no correlation between sat fat intake and heart diease? Or that relatively high cholesterol is good for you? Especially women. Look up Dr mike eades for some excellent info.
2 - Layne Pennell
Thanks for the tips Josh. I am interested to learn more about the lack of a link between saturated fat and heart disease. I'm going to look up Dr. Eades
3 - Happy gf
Simple. Dont put salad dressing. Squish the tomatoes and drizzle their juices on top instead. Salad dressing is mostly sugar, HFCS,soybean oil, MSG, and milk, none of which are remotely paleo I'm sure you know. Be sure to get some apple packet and ice tea too.