PALEO CHALLENGE UPDATE......WEEK 1 DOINGS

Time for a check in!

Well, I submitted my food log and training log for the week.......awaiting feedback now.

For work last week, I was in an active job.  It involved power walking/sometimes some running, along with pushing and pulling for 5-7 hours a day!  Enough for a sweat up despite almost freezing temperatures over here.  For work I've been on the go picking up bundles of either 5 or 10 1-2 year old trees, and bagging up either bags of 100 or 150 trees.  I have to power walk/sometimes run/use muscles to keep up the pace required!  And I come home totally covered in mud and mainly wet and buggered lol!

Other than that, my training was 2 Crossfit WOD's, (Workout of Day) plus 2 stints on the treadmill.  My fitness isn't all that flash at the moment.  Therefore I set the incline on 1 and speed at 10kmph, aiming to push out 30 mins or 5km!  Right now I'm not managing to do it in one stint.  On Tuesday I had to have a 5 min break at the 22 min mark, and on Friday a 4 min break at the 25 min mark before getting on to complete the 5k.  I was too stubborn to drop the pace....so opted for the rest.

Oh, I managed a 1:57 500m at level 10 on the rower on Thursday at Crossfit gym!  I am eventually aiming for a sub 4 min km at level 10 on rower.  Ellusive to me.  A few years back, the closest I've come is 4:08.  I can't yet keep up the pace required, - I have a love/hate relationship with rower.

Compared to other fit people in the class, I have a long way to go.  The box jumps scare me.  I don't know how all of the chicks seem to make it look so easy to do heaps of box jumps on a 16 inch box minimum...but up to a 24 inch box!  And the guys!  They are awesome!  But I am determined to get better and stronger all round.  I can only seem to do a 16 inch box jumps with a small run up, so my WODS can take a while!

Food wise, I can report no bingeing, no coke zero, no drinking alone, no sugary confectionary, lots of water so all good.  HOWEVER....my social life has um...changed a bit of late, too much drinking on Friday and Saturday night took place, not the best food choices, (but social eating) and no training on the weekend.  It's a hard one, as while trying to fit into new social situations, I want to appreciate the efforts/be grateful of how others prepare food for me and not be too rigid and obsessive.....but still feel 'on track'.  But I really must/want to cut back on drinking this week and prioritise rather than flag off all training!

While I am still eating grains, I do want to try just to prioritise Paleo eating a little more.

Till next time,

Pip