WHOLE 30 Day #3 TIP #1

Tip #1:  Read.  Reading has been pretty amazing for me the past couple of days.  When I have down time, and I find myself idle (which generally leads to wandering around the kitchen) I've picked up a book.

You may enjoy something else like knitting, video games, or surfing the web.  Whatever it is, try it when you find yourself drawn to the kitchen.

Yesterday was pretty easy.  Between 2pm and 3pm I find myself hungry.  Monday I had grapes, and yesterday I went for a walk around the building.  Last night we had a deconstructed Taco Salad without the lettuce.  I mixed lean ground beef with chorizo to add a ton of flavor and served it on top of grilled pepper and onions with a side of avocado and homemade salsa.  The kids loved it.

By dinner I'm generally flying around the kitchen, but I will get better at grabbing dinner photo shots.  Here's another pic of Breakfast and Lunch packed.  I'm taking my left over onions and peppers with Chorizo Chicken Sausage for Breakfast.  Broccoli and Garlic Chicken Sausage with avocado are for lunch.

NOTE:  Last challenge I would add fat to my breakfast.  I've found that between my Fish Oil and Coconut Milk in my coffee I don't need any additional fat.

Workout

Swimming was out as my partner cancelled.  I should have gone anyway but decided that it was better to get home earlier to make dinner.

WOD-
Nancy

I felt really good about this.  The last time I completed Nancy was at Gravity Janes and I came in above 23 minutes.  Last night was 16:25.

WHOLE 30 Day #2

Good Morning Happy Campers!!  The power is out on the Ridge which left me some extra time to work on my blog this morning while trying to figure out the school situation.

Day one was smooth.  Breakfast and Lunch went as packed with a snack of grapes in the afternoon.  Dinner was a fantastic chicken breast and garlic asparagus.  All in all a perfect and wonderful day of eating.

Workout
WOD -
As Many Rounds As Possible (AMRAP) in 20 Minutes of:

15 Hang Power Cleans(115#/75#)
12 Ring Dips
21 AbMat Sit-ups


I'm happy to say that I finally have some full range ring dips.  The obstacle is that I don't have enough to do them RX in the WOD above.  Still working on them.  Today the plan is swimming and Nancy.


Breakfast and Lunch is packed for today.  Tonight I'm making homemade salsa!

30 Day Challenge Take #2

So judging from my last few postings I think that everyone can see that my eating habits have not been so stellar.  Yesterday afternoon my Mom was baking and my good eating went to hell in a hand basket.  The issue is that this has been a continuous pattern for the past few weeks.  My Mom bakes all the time.  She's a fine baker, but I generally don't eat what she makes.  It just seems that for whatever reason, call it stress or lack of willpower, I've been saying yes more than I've been saying no lately.

The Whole 30 is back.  If you don't know what it is, check out this link.  If you do it, you will feel better and your health will improve.  I want to feel better, I want to be healthy, and I want killer performance in the gym.  White Chocolate Molasses Bars and Wine are not going to get me there.

www.whole9life.com

Breakfast and Lunch ready to go.  

For the next 30 Days you will see posts of my Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner.  Feel free to post your meals and your ideas to implement Lifelong Paleo Eating.

Disclaimer:  My Mom, Gary, my Best friend and I are going out to a restaurant on 11/28.  I will not be eating Paleo for that meal.

5k, Mud, & Obstacles = a TON OF FUN

The Pineapple Classic was awesome!  Costumes, Mud, Tires, Walls, Long Jumps, Tunnels...what's not to love?  All in all it was a great day!

At the finish...Brenda, Rick, Joel, Me

The last two days have been a lot of fun, but light on the WOD'ing.  Friday was a forced rest day, and yesterday although fun was light on the output.  I finished feeling let's do it again!

Today the plan is Friday make up WOD and a 3 mile run.  In addition, I want to get in some skills work, double unders & ring dips.

Practice Makes PR!

Okay, practice may not make Perfect, but darn it I PR'd Annie by 3 minutes and 3 seconds.  Of course it also helped to have Lucy working out next to me who was killing the double unders.

I also got two full range ring dips tonight.  Life is GOOD!

11/11 Food and Workout

Workout


WOD- Annie

Skills-
10 HSPU with a green band 5 HSPU with a blue band
3 Ring Dips

Food

Breakfast-
Americano w/ Splash of Heavy Cream
Pork Chop, Avocado, Mandarin Orange, Asian Pear

Lunch-
Steak, Broccoli, Squash

Snack-
Americano w/ Splash of Heavy Cream

Dinner-
Chicken Breast, Zucchini, Carrots

Dessert-
Nuts

Happy Veterans Day!

Happy Veterans Day to all active duty and retired Military!  Yesterday we did the Lumberjack 20 in honor of the Soldiers that were gunned down in Fort Hood, TX on 11/5/09.

I did not get any skills work in yesterday, but it felt good to go RX on the WOD.  Today I'm feeling pretty good.  Looking forward to getting into the gym and doing Annie tonight.

11/10 Food and Workout

Food

Breakfast-
Americano w/ a Splash of Heavy Cream
Pork, Asian Pear, Mandarin Orange

Lunch-
Steak

Snack-
Americano w/ a Splash of Heavy Cream
Nuts, Mandarin Orange

Dinner-
Chicken Breast
2 glasses of Wine

Workout

WOD-
Lumberjack 20

And the sickness is finally going away!

Finally...I'm starting to get over this cold.  Thank you!  This is going to be a quick post tonight as I'm exhausted.  Over the past two days I've still managed to get some double under practice in.  Due to my cold, my food has been soup based with some popsicles thrown in to heal a sore throat, so not entirely Paleo.

11/8 Food and WOD

Workout


WOD -
7 rounds for time: 10 Wallball, 10 Pull Ups

Skills Work -
Double Unders
Static Dips, Muscle Up Progressions (something new from Crossfit Cashmere, very cool!)

Food


Breakfast -
Americano w/ a splash of heavy cream
Grapes

Lunch-
Green Curry

Dinner-
Popsicles (don't ask, my throat was killing me)

11/9 Food and WOD

Workout

WOD -

Snatch: 1 a minute for 15 minutes

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5 rounds: 4 O/H squats (65#), 20 Double Unders

Skills Work -

Nothing Extra Today.  :(

Food

Breakfast -

Americano w/ a splash of heavy cream

Mandarin Orange, Eggs w/bacon, Nuts

Lunch-

Chicken Pho

Snack-

Nuts, Apple

Dinner-

Meatballs, Broccoli