Prep Yo Self Before Yo Wreck Yo Self

So, I have found that this whole Paleo thing is a complete piece of cake (sugar free naturally), if you prepare a head of time and don't allow yourself to be left with out food readily available...at all times!

Here are a few things that I have been doing to keep myself on track:

1. Take Romaine Lettuce and cut it up, put it inside a zip lock bag with a wet paper towel and it will keep the lettuce nice and fresh for an extended period of time.  Then you can grab the lettuce as you need, whether it be to pack a salad, eat a quick snack or make a quick dinner.

2. Buy a lunch box equipped with frost packs to keep your food fresh.  Having a hard time deciding which one to buy?  Ask yourself one simple question when out shopping, "would a construction worker rock this thing?"  If the answer is, "yes", you have found the one.

3. Make sure you have a sufficient stack of tupperware containers (sorry hippies...plastic is our friend).

4.  Grocery shop on a routine schedule so you aren't left with out fresh food at home.  Trust me, you do not want to be with out bacon for one second during this whole Paleo thing.  Especially if you have a male partner in your life who has also gone Paleo with you.  I made that mistake ONCE and it nearly resulted in me changing my Facebook status to "it's complicated".

5.  Cook in LARGE Portions and LOVE left overs - food ALWAYS taste better the next day (WHY AM I YELLING!?!?!?).

6. Peel your veggies ahead of time and put them in zip lock bags or tupperware containers so you can grab and go.  I'm a huge fan of the apple slicer thingy - this is weird, but I'm more likely to scarf down an apple when it's sliced perfectly in those yummy little wedges.  (don't buy the pre-sliced ones for goodness sake, they coat that crap in acid to prevent them from turning brown...that's gross!  You mine as well just poor acid poison down your throat).

7.  Keep an emergency stash of almonds or cashews in your desk drawer or wherever you work to bust out in case of an emergency. 

8.  If you know you cook with certain ingredients all the time, like onions, garlic etc, dice it up a head of time and keep in tupper ware containers.  My mom always kept fresh diced garlic in the freezer to have readily available when she needed it.  You can actually do the same with parsley.

9.  BE CREATIVE!  Sick of eating chicken, broccoli and yams?  Don't be scared to be creative, think of the foods that you absolutely LOVE to eat, cut out the ingredients in them that you can't have and replace them with ingredients that you CAN have.

10.  Check this awesome blog frequently for other recipe iDias.  :-)