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I know I mentioned posting photos of my daily meals, so here goes nothing. You can see the specifics/portion sizes at MyPlate. Please let me know if you guys enjoy this.

I also enjoyed part of an 88% cocoa bar with a grande decaf coffee from Starbucks (to which I added raw cow's cream). While posting this I couldn't resist having some of the 85% cocoa bar sitting here

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Just in case you ladies aren't motivated by Greg Amundson (I know, highly unlikely), here is an article written by Nicole Carroll. She was a trainer at CrossFit HQ when it was still around and is currently the Director of Training for HQ. In the article, she describes how hard it initially was to change her eating habits.
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Alright fellas. I know the new dietary prescription is rough. It has a tendency to kick one's ass early on. That is exactly why you may already be questioning the legitimacy of it. For most of you, this is much less food, especially protein, than you are used to. I have been continually reassuring all of you that you won't waste away on such 'little' protein, but I understand that my words can only do so much. That is why I have decided to give some living proof instead.

Meet Greg Amundson (6' - 205#):

GI Jane
Grace Off
Jackie

As you can see, with your own two eyes, Greg is a beast! Believe it or not, he has been on a very strict Zone Diet for the past 7 years now. I don't have any of you "Zoning" per se, but the protein allotments are definitely in the same ballpark.

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As most of you know, I have been fighting a virus the last several days. I started playing with some numbers yesterday though and will see how far I can get today. Hopefully, I will have everyone emailed by tomorrow at the latest. I appologize for the delay.

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Food

• Slankers This is where we buy the bulk of our meat.
• U.S. Wellness Meats Another place we have used for single pieces of meat.
• Grass-Fed Ghee This is the only place I have found for grass-fed ghee.
• Coconut Oil 1 or Coconut Oil 2
• Eggs - We currently buy our eggs from Ania's Polish Deli in Lake Zurich. They are jumbo free range eggs from an Amish farm in Wisconsin. At $2.99 per dozen, these are an absolute steal!
• Raw Dairy (cream, butter, cheese, milk) - See me for more info.
• For everything else, we shop at Trader Joe's or Meijer

Supplements

• Vitamin D3 I would be willing to bet that we are all lacking in our Vitamin D intake. Here is a current study that everyone can participate in: Vitamin D Study.
• Fish Oil If I were going to take some fish or cod liver oil, this would be the one.
• ZMA Most of us are deficient in both Zinc and Magnesium and the workouts we participate in will only further deplete our stores. If eating a solid diet, I don't think ZMA is essential, but I still take 3 pills a few times a week.
• Liver Tabs Certainly not required, but these are a cheap way to make me feel better for not eating liver on a regular basis.

Reading Material

• The Body Ecology Diet by Donna Gates
  
• The Brain Trust Program by Larry McCleary, M.D.
  
• The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov, MD, PhD
• Death By Prescription by Ray D. Strand, M.D.
• The Dietary Cure For Acne by Loren Cordain, PhD
• Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution by Richard K. Bernstein, MD
  
• The End of Food by Thomas F. Pawlick
• Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
  
• The Great Starvation Experiment by Todd Tucker
• In Defense Of Food by Michael Pollan
  
• Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival by T.S. Wiley
• Natural Hormonal Enhancement by Rob Faigin
• The Old Way by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
  
• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
  
• The Paleo Diet  by Loren Cordain, PhD
  
• The Paleo Diet For Athletes by Loren Cordain, PhD and Joe Friel, MS
  
• The Protein Power Lifeplan by Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.

Food Tracking

• Livestrong.com Register here and join the group CrossFit Fire.
• Digital Food Scale You will need one of these if you are going to be accurate with your intake.

This list should help everyone get off to a good start and keep you all busy for quite some time.

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Garth posted a comment earlier today, asking for some reading material to further explain the health benefits of cholesterol and the potential cancerous effects of polyunsaturated fats.

First, find a copy of The Cholesterol Myths by Uffe Ravnskov and give it a good read. Not only does it cover the topic of cholesterol, but it also gives one a better understanding of polyunsaturated fats. I'm flipping through my copy while typing this and chapters 6 and 7 both thoroughly cover the cancerous polyunsaturated fat.

In addition to that book, here are a few links to get you started:
Dr. Groves
Ray Peat
More Ray Peat

Finally, if you want to try your hand at digging up the studies themselves, head on over to: pubmed.

To summarize, cholesterol is required of all cells in your body. Cholesterol gives cells their rigidity. Without any cholesterol, you would be a big pile of goop on the floor. On the contrary, polyunsaturated fats are highly unstable and weaken the integrity of our cells, thus suppressing our immune system's ability to protect us against the daily attack that we are under.

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