I know you didn't ask this, but if I could ADD one thing to your diet it would be more healthy fats! Seems like you're getting a lot of PUFAs but not too much saturated fat.

One more vote for getting rid of the powdered creamer - the cholesterol in it will have been oxidized during the heavy processing it goes through.

My uneducated opinion: #1 and #3. Why not heavy cream?

I think the easiest to switch out would be the powdered creamer. Real cream or half and half is soooo much better. If you still want your starbucks, just go for their real cream or half and half on the counter...don't use the powder! You won't miss it at all.

But yes, if you only wanted to eliminate one...I'd pick the protein bar.

What's going on today with the boneless and skinless chicken breasts? It's leaving out the best part! I think the closest I come to meditating is when I am spaced out and just gnawing on a bone. I'm telling you, there are some deep and ancestral emotions going on at these times. I'm with Ingenol, add some healthy fats. It sounds like you are good on Omega 6, add some 3s.

Dude,

If I could remove one thing from your diet, it would probably be the powdered creamer. I'm not crazy about the protein bar, but at least that provides something beneficial. The powdered creamer provides no nutrition.

By the way, it sounds like a pretty great life that you lead. Kudos, my friend.

I would drop (in this order)

Protein Bar - I used to eat these chocolate-dipped cat turds until I read the ingredients (then I think I would have been happier if it were a cat turd). Make your own or just don't eat the damn things.

Powdered creamer - The amount of crap that is put into powdered non-dairy creamer horrible stuff, really.

Whey - I would drop unless it's one of the more "pure" CFM isolates, for instance IsoPure and some of the offerings from TrueProtein are VERY low in lactose.

Leave the caffeine, unless you think it's a problem or you can't sleep. Leave the red wine as well, under the same circumstances (I've put down two glasses of Pinot Noir tonight). And eat the bacon. It's tasty and it won't kill you (as quickly as the above items).

You say you are eating clean yet you just listed off four things that I see as being detrimental to a paleo lifestyle (personally, wine is fine in moderation as long as you realize it does have natural sugar and bacon is fine too provided it is a GOOD brand, but it is a little salty..) Maybe your problem isn't the products you are eating, but that you need to increase fats to get rid of these cravings for these un-paleo products.

To answer your questions eliminate #3! Is "powdered" creamer even a food? After that, eliminate the protein bar, there are many other foods that can satiate your cravings besides that :)!

From the standpoint of most to least processed combined with most to least problematic in general, here's the order I would consider adjusting or removing...

• powdered creamer
• protein bar
• whey
• bacon

Bacon isn't the healthiest cut of meat, especially if it's sourced from factory farmed pork. That being said, I'd leave bacon and caffeine alone until you experiment with eliminating the others. Keep the red wine... it's a good vice in moderation! :)

Certainly the powdered creamer first... don't see any benefit that could be providing that you couldn't get with heavy cream, which is a much better option and tastes better in coffee... but since you're trying to remove dairy, perhaps learn to like black coffee... channel Whole9 ("beating cancer is hard...drinking your coffee black isn't hard"). Still, I can't see powdered creamer ever being a good option.

I know it's against your rules, but if I could continue on making adjustments to your diet...

(It's really easy to tell others what to do...)

After that, I would probably take out, or at least limit, the bacon because, odds are, it's filled with garbage preservatives/nitrates/etc.

If I fixed that, I would continue by replacing the protein bar with some grassfed beef jerky (or pemmican), then remove the whey protein. Probably wouldn't replace that because your diet is solid enough that it's probably not needed.

Personally, I wouldn't worry about a glass of red wine or a cup of coffee a day.

yep, another vote for the powdered creamer. go to heavy cream and dump the bars, beef jerky and/or hardboiled eggs instead

Yup dump it all eat completely clean if u need dairy then drink whole milk. The end I eat clean minus dairy and pr ing all over the place and feel great! I've lost 135 pounds total and now I compete in olympic weightlifting. My lifts keep going up and up and up!

I agree. Ditch the powdered creamer. if you're trying to go dairy free try full fat coconut milk. Ditch the bars too.

Personally I think whey is no good, so the Number 4. If the bars are made with whey and not casein, then those are a no-go in my book. I have no idea what powdered creamer is but why not get the real stuff?

As far as protein bars go, I've only tried 2 in my life. One is called Zero IMpact (pumpkin supreme flavor) and the other is called Think Thin (brownie crunch flavor). These are not optimal calories but from bars they're about the best I've found.

My votes are for removing the protein bars, the creamer, and the caffeine.

Try coconut milk in your coffee - or heavy cream, baking some paleo bars with nuts and seeds/nut butters, and decaf coffee.

As far as the bacon goes, I don't see why you should get rid of it - but make sure it's uncured/nitrate free.

I'd ditch the powdered creamer and use half & half or heavy cream.

3, then 4, then 1, then maybe 2.

Powdered Creamer. Bad news. Homogenization, pasteurization, and squeezing already nutrient stripped liquids through super small holes is no good. Plus there may be oxidized materials in that...

Whey Protein. For me...n=1, I advise against any sort of liquid nutrition unless you're lean, jacked, and begging for calories. You may be different so take this with a grain of salt.

Bars. Not food. I'd rather go for some delicious ribeyes.

Caffeine. It still is a drug. But it won't kill ya.

Bacon (watch the additives, but it shouldn't be your only meat source.)

Red Wine is fine in moderation. Not sure about everyday, but then again, I'm a one shot wonder, small guy.

What about the mass amounts of chicken broth? Is that just an unnecessary source of polyunsaturated fat? Why not beef bone broth?

I'd cut down on the creamer and red wine. What are your goals?