PALEO OVER AND DONE WITH

ON DAY 21 OR THERE ABOUTS I DECIDED TO END MY PALEO CHALLENGE. NOT BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HARD OR ANYTHING BUT BECAUSE MY GOALS HAD BEEN REACHED AND I FEEL FANTASTIC. IN 20 DAYS I DROPPED 10 POUNDS SO BACK TO MY NORMAL WEIGHT. I HAVNT DONE A BODY FAT ANALYSIS YET BUT IM SURE IVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MONTH SINCE. MY WORKOUTS AT THE CROSSFIT GYM ARE GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY AND I CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE IN THE MIRROR(WHICH IS WHAT EXERCISE IS ALL ABOUT RIGHT, JK).

THE PLAN NOW IS TOO FOLLOW A COMMON SENSE DIET PLAN KEEPING IN MIND PORTIONS RATHER THAN COUNTING CALORIES. COUNTING CALORIES SUCK, AS DOES MEASURING AND WEIGHING BUT IF YOU WANT TO PERFORM AT PEAK PERFORMANCE ITS A NECESSARY EVIL.

IM REALLY ENJOYING THIS CROSSFIT STUFF BUT HOPEFULLY I GO HAVE AN ADVENTURE SOON SO I CAN BLOG ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I REALLY NEED TO GET TO AZ TO SEE MY NEW NIECE.

I LOVE THAT FACE. AND HER CHEEKS.

DAY 9

So im now 9 days into my little challenge. All in all i feel fine. Ive been told there is a transition time between when your body switches from using muscle glycogen to fat stores for energy. So far i haven't really hit that. Hard to tell though since im such a horrible sleeper and typically feel tired anyways. As far as the diet itself i dont find it real hard to follow. I still get plenty of food and rarely feel like im starving. It has been interesting in the kitchen though trying new alternatives to my ordinary meals. Ive also adopted a "waste not" attitude so anything that can be used for something else gets used. An example it almond pulp after making almond milk. Ive turned it into almond meal and tried almond hummus. The hummus wasnt awesome but thats mostly my fault. So far ive lost 5 pounds which for me is the reason for doing this. Also my body is finally getting used to the crazy Crossfit workouts so ill have enough energy to get out and run this week. Or XC Ski since we finally got a little snow.

Theres my plug for now...

Almost there...uh...not really

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30 Day Challenge

So ive decided to take on what some or rather most would say is crazy nonsense. A 30 day Paleo Diet Challenge. I know its a new and kind of radical idea being that it teaches against what weve been taught for so long. Here is the gist of it. NO DAIRY. NO GRAINS. NO LEGUMES. Now before you all go nuts just know that Ive been researching it pretty heavily and all i can do is...TRY IT! Its funny cause all the literature ive read spells out the science behind it all but it really comes down to giving it a shot.

Ive always thought that we consume way too much gluten products in our diets. Same with dairy. but legumes? So again all i have to say is that im going to give it a try. This also does not mean that 90% of my diet will be meat. Actually i dont plan on eating more than i already do. The hardest part i think will be no bread, cookies, pasta, rice.

After 30 days ill make my decision on continuing with it based on my results. I expect that after ill reintroduce some things but at a reduced volume, again especially breads. I eat way too much of that.

So tomorrow i start. This is mainly cause ive dedicated 2012 to reaching my fitness potential and finally feeling better internally (GI tract) which has always been a roller coaster ride for me.

Ill post as i go...

what i decided to get myself into

so last week i decided once again that i would not bother any more with conventional gyms...a friend of mine got super fit doing crossfit and although i always knew of crossfit i didnt really know what it was. heres a short video that puts it in perspective. im really looking forward to seeing what i can achieve with this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzD9BkXGJ1M