Well the trip to Japan did not turn out exactly as planned. For someone who is not in love with sushi, Japan can be a difficult place to avoid Paleo pitfalls. With rice and/or noodles present in nearly every dish and actually BEEF harder to find than a buxom blonde, the "caveman diet" was bound to take some hits. But when you know this going in, you can resolve yourself to enjoy some of the better aspects of cheating and then move on with your life when you get home to your own refrigerator and pantry...
TUESDAY 100216
Up early to get to the airport an hour before it opens so breakfast was some airport pastries and a hot dog. Lunch was a boxed lunch with a ham and cheese 'sandwich' and some pretzel-type thingies plus various juices and sodas. Dinner was at home and it was a magnificent first try at Paleo Coconut Curry Chicken!!! Finishing with some homemade mango and coconut milk 'ice cream'...!!!
MONDAY 100215
Some interesting Japanese Cup-o-Noodles for breakfast and then we hit the trolleys to find some lunch. A couple of very tiny steaks and some miso soups washed down with some decent Kirin beers. Finished up with more than a few grapefruit flavored Kirin 'beers' and one more bowl of Ramen for good measure...
SUNDAY 100214
Skipped breakfast, still full from the okonomiyaki. Headed to the famous Oyster Festival in Miyajima only to find ourselves on the "rapid ferry" to Matsuyama. Oops. Several hours and a few angry life saving Cokes later, we were into the best Oysters we'd every had. Off the third marathon ferry ride of the morning and I was ready for a decent Hiroshima creme-filled donut shaped like a maple leaf. Not sure how they got the oysters into that shape or made it look like a donut, but it was pretty darn good nonetheless. Found the deep fried creme filled versions later that day. Finished off our cheat filled day with a decent steak and some very, very good ice cream for Valentine's Day and Lunar New Year all rolled into one...
SATURDAY 100213
Started off the day right with a big ole hotel buffet breakfast replete with the obligatory runny scrambled eggs and mystery sliced pork (bacon?). Resolved to try the famous Hiroshima dish "okonomiyaki" which comes fried up with the thinnest of 'pancakes' topped with a huge mound of cabbage and bean sprouts, 3 strips of sliced pork and topped off with a fried egg with various tasty seasonings and sauces throughout. Wonderful culinary experience...!!! This is where we started to go downhill passing all the street food desserts and soda machines that we just couldn't pass up...
(Four days of pretty good cheating. Total penalties: $40,000Won each.)
FRIDAY 100212
Was worried about the "airplane" food and all of the tempting crap available in every airport but we made it through this day unscathed...
THURSDAY 100211
Pretty uneventful, regular work day with no cheats.
UPDATE: The weigh-in went better than expected. CrazyWife was only up two pounds and I was actually down two more pounds after our trip...
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That is crazy you went anti-paleo! Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteBreakfast beef jerky
Lunch nothing
Dinner hamburger patties with a potato
Henry I think you're missing the point... not starving yourself won't get it done ---- eat, eat, eat lots of good food to speed up your metabolism. CH failed to mention that even after eating like crap he's still down another 2 pounds, while CW gained 2 pounds from all the beer and desserts... oh well still down from the original # so I'll take it, besides some of it's got to be muscle :)
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