where's the beef? need more fat, too. eggs and chicken are not enough to fill me up. eat some large amounts of fatty beef (steaks, ground, etc), bacon, fish....and you should feel full for awhile. you wont even need snack breaks, you can end up fasting for hours. cook things kale, spinach, brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes in various fats, like beef tallow, bacon fat, duck fat. it will be delicious experimenting :-)

Hey Wendy! I posted a similar question a while back. Your post really reminded me of how I was feeling (extremely tired mid-day, doing crossfit, similar menu). I ended up dropping the fruit, lara bars, and paleo baked goods and I feel 100% better. I think I was about 5 weeks in when I was feeling the lethargy. I also added more fat, coconut oil, avocado, ghee, and stopped worrying about whether the fat would make me fat (old habits die hard). Since tweaking my diet, I have thrown out my scale (it was really messing with my head), so I don't know how much I've lost, but I feel great and my clothes are all getting loose on me.

Good luck!

I have no idea what your caloric requirements are, but overall your meals seem a little light on calories. You may want to find out and adjust appropriately.

Up your calories. I eat what you eat in a day at half-a-sitting, and I don't even do Crossfit.

Second what Andy said, and given you are moderately/pretty active, that's an abysmally small amount of food.

What's your height, weight, and how do you look and feel in your clothes?

Eat More.

More sleep.

Consider working out less until you feel like upping it without feeling exhausted.

Looks to me that you need protien with your snack. Suggestion: make it a smoothie with protien powder or raw egg and maybe some ground flax. If the exhaustion continues, consider having your adrenals tested. A FDN practitioner can do that for you fttp://fdnmanager.com

I don't believe diet can compensate for lack of sleep. I also don't think the occasional good sleep can make up for lots of inadequate sleeps.

The increased exercise is going to be increasing your bodies need to sleep (to rest and repair). Without getting enough sleep you won't be maximising the benefit of the training.

I'd even go so far as to say given the choice between preparing and eating dinner - or getting an extra hours sleep, you'd benefit mroe from the sleep right now!

If you have adequate sleep every night, I'd be suprised if you find you still hit the wall

i don't see enough protein, and too many sugary items -- paleo muffin? lara bars? on the first day the only protein i see is from 2 eggs. on the second day, it's 1 egg and whatever is in your chicken curry. i'd definitely re-evaluate protein levels. i'm not saying every meal has to have animal protein, but if you're crossfit-ing, you should probably get a decent amount every day.

lara bar?

you are burning out with a huge calorie deficit man.

eat MOAR!

If iron is a concern (you mentioned it, can be if you are exercising, have some absorption issues, have a heavy period etc) get your weekly serving of liver, and try adding in some oysters (canned and smoked are what I find most convenient) in for your snack! Should eliminate or minimize any risk of deficiency.

Personally, I needed coffee to go to the crossfit box. If you drink coffee daily, probably you're dependent. I dropped coffee 100% and it's a son of a bitch. But after 2 weeks, I felt like I was on coffee all day long, but it was the return of my natural high. As months went on, I liked that I wasn't dependent on it, but I craved the taste, and has lead me here to now drinking too much of it again.

The best cure I know of you probably won't do. It's to eat mostly raw, vegetable/fruit juice from a juicer, raw honey, even raw meat!

Are u drinking any protein shake?