Hello,
Well last week ended up being a rather productive week on the workout front.....except Sunday, which was too sedentary for my liking! Was up too late Saturday night, so up too late Sunday, still tired and spent a couple of hours catching up on internet stuff, reading Sunday paper, and got coaxed into watching a long movie.
Last week managed:
Monday: - 4.45km run, - 28 mins....then on the powerwalk home I did a 1k 'sprint', 5:17 and a bit later down the road a 500m 'sprint', 2:30. Then intense Crossfit WOD that evening.
Tuesday: - Swim, well over 50 laps of 25m pool, think I wrote it down last post. First 40 laps, (km) as fast as poss, I clocked 28 mins for that. (I need to improve but that is my best effort ever). Then some lengths with kickboards....working legs, and backstroke, and doggie paddle. Then 3 lots of 2 laps, (50m)....going as fast as poss, and I managed each 50m in 1:10.....best ever by about 15 secs for 50m! I was stoked, think I'm kicking harder now and stroke must be a bit more efficient.
Wednesday: - Treadmill run, - 32mins....started off at 10.2, incline on 1. After the 16 min mark I kept putting the speed up .2 every couple of mins, then for the final min, put the incline up to 2, and had speed on about 12.6 by memory......just to totally waste me to full max! Ouch.....and puff puff!!!
Thursday: A casual gym visit with my mate, I found a way to make the Crosstrainer cane me in the warm up, then many different weights machines, focussing on upper and lower body, going upper...then lower. I was doing 3-4 sets of 12-15 reps, occasionally having to break briefly mid set as I'm stubborn about lowering weights, (did once though)! Then attempted 1km level 10 rower, 4:13 after weights, and then squats and a bit for shoulders with 5kg dumbbells.
Friday: Day off, light incidental activity throughout day.
Saturday: Crossfit WOD in morning. After a warmup including jogging, walking lunges with plate, pushups, shoulder press/squat things, running with a plate, (5kg), then tyre flips, we were then to work on our 1 repetition maxes for shoulder press, deadlifts and back squats. Shoulder press: 27.5kg for me. Trainer wasn't happy with my deadlift technique so wouldn't let me go past 55kg for them, but I could do a good few at that weight like 3 sets of 12 I I had to.....almost 'OK' technique he said. I think I had 32.5 on my bar for my 1RM back squat, I can do heaps of them, (a songs worth) at that weight going as far down as having my butt in line with knees...such as I've done at body pump over the years. But he wants me going lower, (nearly butt to ground like he does!) so to do that I need to go lighter by quite a bit!
After our Paleo brekkie I asked to see if I could try a pullup with the easiest dark blue resistance band. About 3 weeks ago I could only get myself up a few inches, no where near getting chin above bar. WELL: - I did 3, and got chin above bar, I was firstly EXCITED AS! Then on the 3rd rep I realised I was swinging my legs out front, - damn! So I hung in the starting position again for a few seconds, thought....straight up Pip! Damn, I was about an inch or 2 away from getting my chin above bar, and did that 3 times. I may have been able to do it properly the first time if I hadn't done the 3 kipping style ones with the band. But either way.....great progress from me!
I needed to go on a run Saturday arvo.....as I didn't run on Friday. I did my outdoor 6.25km route, it was a 'nice mild arvo' for my standards. That is about 13 degrees, some sun and cloud and no wind or rain....acceptable to go running with a singlet/no beanie or gloves etc as long as I shower/put on warm clothes at completion! I did it in 37:09 which was a vast improvement from the previous week's attempt of 41:30! Clocked the first 5k in 29:29, nothing yet to write home about except it's the first time I've gone sub 30 mins for 5km since March this year outside!
As well as that, I've been doing a few pushups, going from as many toes as poss, then to knees. Plus dumbell shoulder raises, airsquats. Not alot, but a couple of sets of 20 of each on a couple of different days. I probably need to also do a bit more back work to help toward pullups eventually!
Monday, (yesterday) morning I weighed in, probably a bit dehydrated, (a couple of beers the night before.....and tea was early). But 79.9 it was. That can bounce around by about 2kg in a day by the way. It needs to be consolidated under 80....and working toward sub 75kg.
Crossfitted it last night.....after our warmup, (hard enough) we did a tabata of 20 seconds airsquats, 10 secs rest, repeated 8 times. We counted our squats, I made 80. Then we did a WOD starting with a 400m run, then 3 rounds of 8 Deadlifts, (40kg suggested for me), 9 Wall Balls, (I hated these a while back so decided on the 4kg, but soon realised I could now probably do the 6kg Wall Ball, - YAY!), then 20 Kettlebell walking lunges, (an 8kg KB in each hand), - ouch!!!, then a 200m WallBall carry. The KB walking lunges were the worst here, 3 rounds of 20....nice burn, (although hated it at the time).
Today, hit the gym. Thought I'd start with the level 10, 1km row, incase I could now crack 4 mins! I did 4:06....actually a PB from my previous best of 4:08 a year or so ago. That fatigued me, but went on and did quite a few weights, alternating UB and LB, getting some nice burn. Attempted the treadmill later for my 30 min run. I knew I was really going to suffer after the first min, was really caned at 12 mins, about 2.1km, incline slightly up. I'm too stubborn to drop pace, so terminated it, and did some abs and more tricep work.
Am still loving the paleo styled food. Have had some social incidences where I've made the best of it, (and ate what was going). And one evening last week, (after too much wine) I gave into an urge to go and make a avo, cheese, tomato, spinach, cracked pepper wholegrain toasted sandwich, then decided it was so good and made myself another of the same but adding vegemite, all the much more attractive after wine. But on more nights than not, no wine or beer.
Anyone still reading deserves a medal!, - lots of self centred 'babble' from me lol! But will be an interesting account, I find it easier and quicker typing than writing sometimes.
Till next time,
Pip
Monday, August 5, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
MILESTONES, START WEEK 8 'PALEO' CHALLENGE, CROSSFIT, FITNESS, LIFE.......
G'day!
Well, - where to start haha!
* In line with my last post, I have achieved something off the list, - so this wins first place! Last night at Crossfit, I used a 12kg kettlebell for the first time instead of an 8kg kettlebell in the WOD and managed that.....with burn.....to satisfaction! We had a challenging warm up and skills section, and the WOD was an awesome fun gymnastic based Hero one. It went, 400m run, 21 kb swings, 15 whatever they call those hang bar swing, lift knees and curl to stomach thing....(and that was my scaled option) plus 9 ring row dips.......repeated 3 times for time.
* I loved the ring row dips, am in awe at watching the pros complete them, (and Olympic gymnasts!) Non scaled version is calves, 90 degree angle behind thighs. Lower arms till straight, then lift back up time 9! I used a purple band.....and had to let some overhang. However I completed 3 sets of 9 of these, a couple of rests along the way. And twice I wasn't happy with the last rep as I didn't straighten my arms fully so I made myself repeat them.
* I was very happy to complete a WOD......3 lots of 21KB swings....first time on 12kg....a noticeable jump from 8kg. At about 17 on each set the fatigue set in, but I completed the 21 each set proper form without breaking! New standard for me now is to use 12kg KB for each WOD for a while....until I decide to brave the 16KBs obviously! The 15 hanging bar, knees to chest, feet together controlled lifts, (scaled) was a challenge! I had a small break at the 10 point of each set! WOD completion = 17:40 for me.
* I did a run to my parents yesterday arvo for a job. 4.45km flat. 28 mins flat. Nothing spectacular at all, but not a bad result considering where I'm at currently. I worked it hard. I powerwalked most of the way back....but on one road decided on a 1km time trial! I was going OK till 2 cars decided to come....and I had to step down and jog on uneven ground to let each pass! My 1km time trial was 5:17 going by Garmin GPS watch....buggered! I think at a fit point it was about 4:30.....something to work toward! After some more walking I then tried a 500m sprint! It fatigued me fully, but I did it in 2:30! A few hours later yesterday was Crossfit!
* Today I trained again.....at the pool! I was focusing on pace and technique and my first job was 1km freestyle....40 laps of 25m pool. I managed just sub 28 mins for that today....not the 30 mins or slightly over that it normally takes me when I attempt! I then did 4 backstroke relaxation lengths, a couple of doggie paddling, 4 of holding kickboard/vigorous kicking. Then decided on 3 50m time trials freestyle as fast as poss....about 2 mins rest between each set so nothing yet overly structured. I can report, over each 2*25m laps as fast as poss, my freestyle time was 1min, 10 secs. I can't do the professional 'curl under' at end of each lap like the pros.....that could slow me down up to 5 secs! However, I'd never seen my attempts of that under 1:25 before.....so 3 times, I improved on my PB by 15 secs......this may pay off for triathlon season! I have spent some time trying to slightly improve my swim form and technique, (which some would argue is still horrid!) Very pleased with that though!
* Am down a few cms....bare skin 84-85cm waist, 93cm stomach, 102cm bust, sitting between 80-81kg (height 1.71m), you know time of weigh in/hydration levels affect morning weigh in!. About 4kg gone in 7.5 weeks. Measurements go up by a cm or 2 even with a thin top on! Defo a bit fitter and stronger.
* The birthday cake still remains frozen. I average about 1 bit a day of birthday fudge or chocolate, (20g max) so there is still a good amount left in fridge...almost 2 weeks later! I have had a couple of different type of meals of late. One meal last Friday was my mate deciding he wanted to treat me with his 'home smoked salmon' and garden salad! We went shopping sourcing salmon fillets which he bought! His 'smoked salmon' marinates in honey, and is smoked in his garden oven, no other ingredients so Paleo indeed and delicious! I did inform him....um....120g about my max for a serve, if he wanted to buy a 400g plus fillet, it was all his! He 'pffffeeed' at that, (I only put up a small argument), even though he is into the gym, I do think we ended eating about half of a 420g fillet each, off one plate. He made tea yesterday after Crossfit! If it was me at home, I would of had my mince/veg serve on some spinach or silverbeet, but did end up having it on a small/reasonable serve of his fresh pasta. I was slightly fuller than I needed to be last night, but had less brekkie before todays swim....hopefully balancing it! Big thing though = no bingeing or out of control eating despite life's doings! Still haven't had any soft drink or diet soft drink in.....almost 8 weeks! Closest is a serve or 2 of veg V8 juice, no fruit juice!
Have to say I really love Paleo food, and the principals soon, - it's delish, feels great!
Weather here has been rather mild 'mostly' the last 2 weeks for our standards! That means highs in the double digits.....up to 14-15 degrees on the really good days as a max! Either sunny or cloudy with minimal wind = not bad training weather as long as we can get warm straight afterward! Normally this time of year we are looking at windier/wetter less pleasant weather with ave tops in the 5-10 degrees spectrum.....so I am glad I have been utilizing our weather recently for outdoor runs! The weekend after the Catlins....I even spotted a split temp of 18 degrees! That has never happened in Southland....in July! Generally we are lucky to see over 10, often closer to freezing, and it's windy, wet and unpleasant. What I mean.....in Perth, or Brisbane......our days would be BEYOND FREEZING, UNBEARABLE, but as I was expecting the worst, I take the days which are better than expected!
Will catch up again soon, it was a long post for tonight from me!
:-)
Well, - where to start haha!
* In line with my last post, I have achieved something off the list, - so this wins first place! Last night at Crossfit, I used a 12kg kettlebell for the first time instead of an 8kg kettlebell in the WOD and managed that.....with burn.....to satisfaction! We had a challenging warm up and skills section, and the WOD was an awesome fun gymnastic based Hero one. It went, 400m run, 21 kb swings, 15 whatever they call those hang bar swing, lift knees and curl to stomach thing....(and that was my scaled option) plus 9 ring row dips.......repeated 3 times for time.
* I loved the ring row dips, am in awe at watching the pros complete them, (and Olympic gymnasts!) Non scaled version is calves, 90 degree angle behind thighs. Lower arms till straight, then lift back up time 9! I used a purple band.....and had to let some overhang. However I completed 3 sets of 9 of these, a couple of rests along the way. And twice I wasn't happy with the last rep as I didn't straighten my arms fully so I made myself repeat them.
* I was very happy to complete a WOD......3 lots of 21KB swings....first time on 12kg....a noticeable jump from 8kg. At about 17 on each set the fatigue set in, but I completed the 21 each set proper form without breaking! New standard for me now is to use 12kg KB for each WOD for a while....until I decide to brave the 16KBs obviously! The 15 hanging bar, knees to chest, feet together controlled lifts, (scaled) was a challenge! I had a small break at the 10 point of each set! WOD completion = 17:40 for me.
* I did a run to my parents yesterday arvo for a job. 4.45km flat. 28 mins flat. Nothing spectacular at all, but not a bad result considering where I'm at currently. I worked it hard. I powerwalked most of the way back....but on one road decided on a 1km time trial! I was going OK till 2 cars decided to come....and I had to step down and jog on uneven ground to let each pass! My 1km time trial was 5:17 going by Garmin GPS watch....buggered! I think at a fit point it was about 4:30.....something to work toward! After some more walking I then tried a 500m sprint! It fatigued me fully, but I did it in 2:30! A few hours later yesterday was Crossfit!
* Today I trained again.....at the pool! I was focusing on pace and technique and my first job was 1km freestyle....40 laps of 25m pool. I managed just sub 28 mins for that today....not the 30 mins or slightly over that it normally takes me when I attempt! I then did 4 backstroke relaxation lengths, a couple of doggie paddling, 4 of holding kickboard/vigorous kicking. Then decided on 3 50m time trials freestyle as fast as poss....about 2 mins rest between each set so nothing yet overly structured. I can report, over each 2*25m laps as fast as poss, my freestyle time was 1min, 10 secs. I can't do the professional 'curl under' at end of each lap like the pros.....that could slow me down up to 5 secs! However, I'd never seen my attempts of that under 1:25 before.....so 3 times, I improved on my PB by 15 secs......this may pay off for triathlon season! I have spent some time trying to slightly improve my swim form and technique, (which some would argue is still horrid!) Very pleased with that though!
* Am down a few cms....bare skin 84-85cm waist, 93cm stomach, 102cm bust, sitting between 80-81kg (height 1.71m), you know time of weigh in/hydration levels affect morning weigh in!. About 4kg gone in 7.5 weeks. Measurements go up by a cm or 2 even with a thin top on! Defo a bit fitter and stronger.
* The birthday cake still remains frozen. I average about 1 bit a day of birthday fudge or chocolate, (20g max) so there is still a good amount left in fridge...almost 2 weeks later! I have had a couple of different type of meals of late. One meal last Friday was my mate deciding he wanted to treat me with his 'home smoked salmon' and garden salad! We went shopping sourcing salmon fillets which he bought! His 'smoked salmon' marinates in honey, and is smoked in his garden oven, no other ingredients so Paleo indeed and delicious! I did inform him....um....120g about my max for a serve, if he wanted to buy a 400g plus fillet, it was all his! He 'pffffeeed' at that, (I only put up a small argument), even though he is into the gym, I do think we ended eating about half of a 420g fillet each, off one plate. He made tea yesterday after Crossfit! If it was me at home, I would of had my mince/veg serve on some spinach or silverbeet, but did end up having it on a small/reasonable serve of his fresh pasta. I was slightly fuller than I needed to be last night, but had less brekkie before todays swim....hopefully balancing it! Big thing though = no bingeing or out of control eating despite life's doings! Still haven't had any soft drink or diet soft drink in.....almost 8 weeks! Closest is a serve or 2 of veg V8 juice, no fruit juice!
Have to say I really love Paleo food, and the principals soon, - it's delish, feels great!
Weather here has been rather mild 'mostly' the last 2 weeks for our standards! That means highs in the double digits.....up to 14-15 degrees on the really good days as a max! Either sunny or cloudy with minimal wind = not bad training weather as long as we can get warm straight afterward! Normally this time of year we are looking at windier/wetter less pleasant weather with ave tops in the 5-10 degrees spectrum.....so I am glad I have been utilizing our weather recently for outdoor runs! The weekend after the Catlins....I even spotted a split temp of 18 degrees! That has never happened in Southland....in July! Generally we are lucky to see over 10, often closer to freezing, and it's windy, wet and unpleasant. What I mean.....in Perth, or Brisbane......our days would be BEYOND FREEZING, UNBEARABLE, but as I was expecting the worst, I take the days which are better than expected!
Will catch up again soon, it was a long post for tonight from me!
:-)
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
ACTUAL FITNESS GOALS NOW.............
Hello, I have been giving this some thought lately! With Crossfit I look forward to improving with everything!
Firstly I will start with the Crossfit related objectives. OK, I will call them 'objectives' as I don't want to put pressure on myself with dates they 'need' to be accomplished with. More than anything, I want to be happy with my commitment to training and consistency with leading a lifestyle to my liking but here goes!
* Accomplish the bloody 16 inch box jump.....Crossfit style! Once first, then again.....then say work toward 5 reps, then work at being able to complete my WODS using that level! Now in my WODS I have to turn the box around and make it higher and do step ups if there are lots of reps. The other instructor lets me do a couple of steps run up before jumping with power, feet together onto the 16 inch box. I can do quite a few 16 inch jumps with a run up, but not often time for that in a WOD. It is intimidating looking, I am scared of breaking my ankle trying it still lol!
* Improve with pullups! OK, EVENTUALLY do 1, then 2 full unassisted pullups. But for now I will be very happy when I can use the resistance band, (with most resistance, - dark blue band) and manage 1 pullup with getting my chin above the bar! Then will aim for 2....etc....once I can do a few reps, obviously I will try the next band up. With the easiest band, I can now move myself up a bit, but am embarrassed to admit I can get my chin very close (or above) the bar at all! Am now doing the jumping pullups from the box, or ringrows trying to push myself with these as much as possible.
* Gosh, it will be good to be able to use at least a 15kg bar in WODS for front squats, thrusters, overhead squats. I can use these in the skills bit, but when it comes to a WOD and I'm already fatigued, I can't manage these weights yet.
* All the girls (except me) seem to use a 12kg kettlebell for kb swings in WODs, and there are normally at least 30 in a WOD, sometimes a few sets of 20-30. Some girls even use the 16kg kettlebells. I am still using 8kg kbs in the WODs. I picked up a 12kg kb, noticed it was a big jump up from the 8kg. (There are no in between 10kg options!) I definitely couldn't do anymore than maybe 1-2 swings with the 12kg kb....but there isn't time in a class to try. I aim to in the not too distant future make the 12kg kb my standard!
* I just need to master and automatically remember all the basic Crossfit moves with correct form. Firstly I wasn't going deep enough in my squats, now I'm informed I'm going too low and deep, (probably why I'm fatiguing with not really a heavy bar). I keep needing to practice air squats out of Crossfit. I hate it when I have to do 3 plus sets of 30-40 plus of them!
There is a new booking system. At the moment I'm aiming to make 2 Crossfit sessions a week, but with the new system, for $30 extra a month I can attend unlimited WODS, and even if I don't go to a WOD, I can come and practise skills self directed at the box when a WOD is on and gradually work on sets with more reps etc. That will be good for me with bumming around with the 16 inch box, dark blue resistance bar, 12kg kettlebell etc, while I get my skills and reps up. So if I go to 3 WOD's a week or even 2 WOD's and one skills session, I will feel pleased with that effort.
* In addition to that I want to keep up my running, (aim for 20k a week outside of Crossfit), - some longer outdoor runs, others being treadmill efforts and interval/hill work, do a swim every week or 2, and some either road or mountain biking, (which I've been a bit slack with). Will be good to work toward a sub 50 min 10k, sub 25 min 5k and also enter some not too long duathlons and triathlons.
As for body composition goals/weight goals, I'm not totally sure. Body fat down close to 20% would be nice, some muscle definition, awesome! With my Crossfit objectives, I will be doing more consistent strength training than before. I wonder if I will fit my size 10 clothes again? And if I did, would I need my weight in the low 60's, or would I achieve the same feat in the mid-high 60's with more muscle? Hmmm. That tiny looking little dress, those narrow tiny looking jeans! Believe it or not but I actually had a size 9 pair of Levi's, (they have a little bit of stretch in them) which actually fit just over 2 years ago! They all look so small now! It would be nice to fit all that gear, but getting comfortably into standard size 12's would be nice for now! Getting below 75kg, (well 80kg first of course) will be a good relief first up!
I have been doing the odd few sets of pushups at home, starting with as many as poss on toes, and the like to try and build upper body a bit, to help toward attaining the next level with my pullups!
So, this is where I'm at now! Will keep you informed when I reach little mini milestones. :-)
Firstly I will start with the Crossfit related objectives. OK, I will call them 'objectives' as I don't want to put pressure on myself with dates they 'need' to be accomplished with. More than anything, I want to be happy with my commitment to training and consistency with leading a lifestyle to my liking but here goes!
* Accomplish the bloody 16 inch box jump.....Crossfit style! Once first, then again.....then say work toward 5 reps, then work at being able to complete my WODS using that level! Now in my WODS I have to turn the box around and make it higher and do step ups if there are lots of reps. The other instructor lets me do a couple of steps run up before jumping with power, feet together onto the 16 inch box. I can do quite a few 16 inch jumps with a run up, but not often time for that in a WOD. It is intimidating looking, I am scared of breaking my ankle trying it still lol!
* Improve with pullups! OK, EVENTUALLY do 1, then 2 full unassisted pullups. But for now I will be very happy when I can use the resistance band, (with most resistance, - dark blue band) and manage 1 pullup with getting my chin above the bar! Then will aim for 2....etc....once I can do a few reps, obviously I will try the next band up. With the easiest band, I can now move myself up a bit, but am embarrassed to admit I can get my chin very close (or above) the bar at all! Am now doing the jumping pullups from the box, or ringrows trying to push myself with these as much as possible.
* Gosh, it will be good to be able to use at least a 15kg bar in WODS for front squats, thrusters, overhead squats. I can use these in the skills bit, but when it comes to a WOD and I'm already fatigued, I can't manage these weights yet.
* All the girls (except me) seem to use a 12kg kettlebell for kb swings in WODs, and there are normally at least 30 in a WOD, sometimes a few sets of 20-30. Some girls even use the 16kg kettlebells. I am still using 8kg kbs in the WODs. I picked up a 12kg kb, noticed it was a big jump up from the 8kg. (There are no in between 10kg options!) I definitely couldn't do anymore than maybe 1-2 swings with the 12kg kb....but there isn't time in a class to try. I aim to in the not too distant future make the 12kg kb my standard!
* I just need to master and automatically remember all the basic Crossfit moves with correct form. Firstly I wasn't going deep enough in my squats, now I'm informed I'm going too low and deep, (probably why I'm fatiguing with not really a heavy bar). I keep needing to practice air squats out of Crossfit. I hate it when I have to do 3 plus sets of 30-40 plus of them!
There is a new booking system. At the moment I'm aiming to make 2 Crossfit sessions a week, but with the new system, for $30 extra a month I can attend unlimited WODS, and even if I don't go to a WOD, I can come and practise skills self directed at the box when a WOD is on and gradually work on sets with more reps etc. That will be good for me with bumming around with the 16 inch box, dark blue resistance bar, 12kg kettlebell etc, while I get my skills and reps up. So if I go to 3 WOD's a week or even 2 WOD's and one skills session, I will feel pleased with that effort.
* In addition to that I want to keep up my running, (aim for 20k a week outside of Crossfit), - some longer outdoor runs, others being treadmill efforts and interval/hill work, do a swim every week or 2, and some either road or mountain biking, (which I've been a bit slack with). Will be good to work toward a sub 50 min 10k, sub 25 min 5k and also enter some not too long duathlons and triathlons.
As for body composition goals/weight goals, I'm not totally sure. Body fat down close to 20% would be nice, some muscle definition, awesome! With my Crossfit objectives, I will be doing more consistent strength training than before. I wonder if I will fit my size 10 clothes again? And if I did, would I need my weight in the low 60's, or would I achieve the same feat in the mid-high 60's with more muscle? Hmmm. That tiny looking little dress, those narrow tiny looking jeans! Believe it or not but I actually had a size 9 pair of Levi's, (they have a little bit of stretch in them) which actually fit just over 2 years ago! They all look so small now! It would be nice to fit all that gear, but getting comfortably into standard size 12's would be nice for now! Getting below 75kg, (well 80kg first of course) will be a good relief first up!
I have been doing the odd few sets of pushups at home, starting with as many as poss on toes, and the like to try and build upper body a bit, to help toward attaining the next level with my pullups!
So, this is where I'm at now! Will keep you informed when I reach little mini milestones. :-)
LIFE AND CROSSFIT PALEO CHALLENGE.....(I THINK WEEK 7) UPDATE!
G'day, sorry it's been a bit long and far between since my last post here. To me, life has seemed really busy of late, in a few different directions.
OK:, - the nitty gritty first. Yesterday weight was 81.3kg. Waist 87cm, Bust, 105cm......a tiny smidgn less than end of week 2, (last post lol).
Going by my last post, - weight was 81.8 on the slightly dehydrated morning I weighed in. 2 weeks later...(along with an active lifestyle)....I followed the urges to have icecream, chocolate, cheese) in too large comfort, (or kinda binge) portions and I was back at 84kg.
A couple of new things, (and normal life challenges) have been going on in my life lately, (I haven't refused them). At times I've felt overwhelmed, - am used to my 'freestyle living' to a degree.....so at times when 'too' overwhelmed'....I went to the 'default' of binge/comfort eating, instead of scheduling/dealing with it!
I luckily decided to 'ignore' an urge to food medicate, and made myself turn up to a Crossfit training I REALLY didn't feel like attending! I felt guilty for my Crossfit team on this Paleo challenge. My 'ideal' way was being very focussed, it almost being my main focus outside of work, study and family! I pictured myself winning the 'fatloss' section, (I have more to lose than most of the other Paleo challenge participants)....and doing that while doing the least strict paleo diet option! Yeah.....me!!!!! Infact I really like paleo food, love salad/veg and lean protein with freshly squeezed lemon juice, cracked pepper and parsley on top and served with fresh hot chillies diced up fine!
The fact that I 'out-trained' a binge urge to failure....made me 'again' decide, yay, I DON'T want to gorge out of control! There have been a few more social life/different foods/sometimes bigger social eating serves than I am accustomed to since and not 'all clean'.....I thought EEEEEK! I was wanting to be in 100% of all my food intake, and keep it to basically lean veg/salad/lean protein/a 'bit' of wholemeal grains, (my small 'paleo' rebel talking) and lots of lemon juice/rind/garlic/pepper, minimal almonds, small serves of 'clean' avo plus heaps of water! I was in the 'mood' 'zone' suddenly for awesome changes, sorta wanted nothing in my way! All round changes that is, - fitness performance, Crossfit performance, fatloss, to feel I'm living in line with 'values'.
I sorta took it one day at a time, 'obstacle meals/situations' sure did arise. But I didn't binge, tried to make what I considered at least a 'reasonable' choice in each situation given it, - trained 'hard' somehow about 3 days a week as well as an active lifestyle. I'd prefer 5-6 times, but did hold some self respect for managing 3 sessions. About 10 days ago, I weighed in at 82.5. I had my birthday week last week, a week ago I had received 3 bags of delicacy fudge from my sister, - am pleased to say still half of that exists despite averaging 1.5 pieces a day! Last Thursday I purchased chocolate to put out at my party, - that even still exists in my fridge. I did eat about 3 moderate portions of my caramel mudcake over 3 days. Then froze what remained. I made awesome sushi, my mate does make yummy well received gourmet homemade pizzas....he did that at my party. He made a gourmet feed Sun evening.....pretty healthy, but I couldn't quite drum into him.....'100g odd portion size for me regarding red meat'! I ended up with a T-bone, salmon kebab and nice salad, all beautiful but ate it all anyway. But contrary to my 'plans' I didn't resort to bingeing/overdoing it. I did have a couple of drinks Monday night along with 2 pieces of leftover pizza served up relatively late for tea, (no waste)...and weighed in Tue morning at 81.3.
Yesterday, (Tue) evening I did my best performance treadmill run since March which tells me things are on the 'pickup'. Definitely had no desire to binge after that. I attended Crossfit, did the 'Chipper' WOD, today - TOUGH!
3.5 weeks till end of this Paleo Challenge. I can see my original 10kg loss goal is out the window. I will now aim for 5kg loss all up.....and to just keep up good paleo habits, no bingeing in my personal life......and take one day at a time socially, - and really need to keep up the workouts. I loved seeing my treadmill improvement yesterday, I have noticed a little improvement on some regards with resistance training, - just want to achieve some new resistance/power Crossfit milestones as well as running and triathlon based small victories!
Ciao till next time!
Pip
OK:, - the nitty gritty first. Yesterday weight was 81.3kg. Waist 87cm, Bust, 105cm......a tiny smidgn less than end of week 2, (last post lol).
Going by my last post, - weight was 81.8 on the slightly dehydrated morning I weighed in. 2 weeks later...(along with an active lifestyle)....I followed the urges to have icecream, chocolate, cheese) in too large comfort, (or kinda binge) portions and I was back at 84kg.
A couple of new things, (and normal life challenges) have been going on in my life lately, (I haven't refused them). At times I've felt overwhelmed, - am used to my 'freestyle living' to a degree.....so at times when 'too' overwhelmed'....I went to the 'default' of binge/comfort eating, instead of scheduling/dealing with it!
I luckily decided to 'ignore' an urge to food medicate, and made myself turn up to a Crossfit training I REALLY didn't feel like attending! I felt guilty for my Crossfit team on this Paleo challenge. My 'ideal' way was being very focussed, it almost being my main focus outside of work, study and family! I pictured myself winning the 'fatloss' section, (I have more to lose than most of the other Paleo challenge participants)....and doing that while doing the least strict paleo diet option! Yeah.....me!!!!! Infact I really like paleo food, love salad/veg and lean protein with freshly squeezed lemon juice, cracked pepper and parsley on top and served with fresh hot chillies diced up fine!
The fact that I 'out-trained' a binge urge to failure....made me 'again' decide, yay, I DON'T want to gorge out of control! There have been a few more social life/different foods/sometimes bigger social eating serves than I am accustomed to since and not 'all clean'.....I thought EEEEEK! I was wanting to be in 100% of all my food intake, and keep it to basically lean veg/salad/lean protein/a 'bit' of wholemeal grains, (my small 'paleo' rebel talking) and lots of lemon juice/rind/garlic/pepper, minimal almonds, small serves of 'clean' avo plus heaps of water! I was in the 'mood' 'zone' suddenly for awesome changes, sorta wanted nothing in my way! All round changes that is, - fitness performance, Crossfit performance, fatloss, to feel I'm living in line with 'values'.
I sorta took it one day at a time, 'obstacle meals/situations' sure did arise. But I didn't binge, tried to make what I considered at least a 'reasonable' choice in each situation given it, - trained 'hard' somehow about 3 days a week as well as an active lifestyle. I'd prefer 5-6 times, but did hold some self respect for managing 3 sessions. About 10 days ago, I weighed in at 82.5. I had my birthday week last week, a week ago I had received 3 bags of delicacy fudge from my sister, - am pleased to say still half of that exists despite averaging 1.5 pieces a day! Last Thursday I purchased chocolate to put out at my party, - that even still exists in my fridge. I did eat about 3 moderate portions of my caramel mudcake over 3 days. Then froze what remained. I made awesome sushi, my mate does make yummy well received gourmet homemade pizzas....he did that at my party. He made a gourmet feed Sun evening.....pretty healthy, but I couldn't quite drum into him.....'100g odd portion size for me regarding red meat'! I ended up with a T-bone, salmon kebab and nice salad, all beautiful but ate it all anyway. But contrary to my 'plans' I didn't resort to bingeing/overdoing it. I did have a couple of drinks Monday night along with 2 pieces of leftover pizza served up relatively late for tea, (no waste)...and weighed in Tue morning at 81.3.
Yesterday, (Tue) evening I did my best performance treadmill run since March which tells me things are on the 'pickup'. Definitely had no desire to binge after that. I attended Crossfit, did the 'Chipper' WOD, today - TOUGH!
3.5 weeks till end of this Paleo Challenge. I can see my original 10kg loss goal is out the window. I will now aim for 5kg loss all up.....and to just keep up good paleo habits, no bingeing in my personal life......and take one day at a time socially, - and really need to keep up the workouts. I loved seeing my treadmill improvement yesterday, I have noticed a little improvement on some regards with resistance training, - just want to achieve some new resistance/power Crossfit milestones as well as running and triathlon based small victories!
Ciao till next time!
Pip
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Paleo Challenge.....week 2 Update.......
Today marks 'Week 3, day 1'.
The 84.1kg at the start, now 81.8kg on my scales, (which weigh me about 500g more than the Crossfit ones anyway)
Bust, (fullest part), was 110cm, now 106cm
Waist, (most narrow part), was a disgusting 95.5cm, now 88cm
Navel had swelled to 102cm, now 95-96cm
Didn't re-do hips or thighs.
Another week down. Not perfect but controlled. Was pleased to note my last treadmill session had improved. I could actually keep up running on an incline of 1 for 32 mins at 10kmph, and not stop for a breather after 20 something minutes. Nothing worth writing home about but the best managed since about March.
Had a really tough WOD on Tuesday. (I thought it was tough anyway). During our skills session we practiced front squats. As trainer knows my form looks awkward, he decided to help me, decide I needed a really light weight, and to only increase weight gradually. (I think he thinks I'm really unfit, haven't trained much before or ever really done barwork ever). I did notice I wasn't squatting very low, as it got a bit painful....and I was still getting used to the front squat. After a while I decided to do a squat with no weight.....ouch.....I pulled my groin somehow. I told the coach that, indeed I'm not that pathetic and weak! Not sure how exactly I strained my groin but it was sore for a couple of days, seems to be all good now.
After that......I did a workout, 40 walking lunges, 40 pushups, 40 sit ups, 1 min constant skipping, then 20 of each, plus a min skipping, then 20 of each again, 1 min skipping, then 10 of each, 1 min skipping. I have to say by Thursday, I had severe DOMS, particularly across my abs. Trainer told me how to scale my sit ups when they got too tough....pffffff.....was determined not to do that haha! I did a scaled version, (some of us were asked to for time), I think the RX version is 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 for all the 'fitzos'!
Oh well, if he thinks I'm elementary or unfit now......he is gonna be shown hahaha! At the end of the Paleo challenge, he has said he is doing 5 burpees for each kilo each person loses......so for me I want him doing 50, and there are almost 30 people doing this challenge so he may be busy!!! And I'm on the easiest dietary choice of the 3 options.
I missed Crossfit on Wednesday, - groin was still sore and there were huge threats of snow storms. Thursday I had severe DOMS and spent all Thursday and Friday doing an assignment for my course. Saturday got the treadmill run in and some work doing pushups, kettlebells swings and squats and tricep dips. I still need to be a bit more consistent with workouts I feel, - my 3-4 a week effort need to be stepped up to at least 5 now! Diet wise, still good on no diet or normal soft drinks. No real binges......although after tea, then wine one night I had 2 jacket microwaved potatoes with cheese, squeezed lemon and pepper. Regretted that, still felt full when I woke up, but did skip breakfast. Another day, my steak was so good, (my 220g portion was supposed to be 2 meals), I cooked it all to have half for tea, and half cold the next day for breakfast. Umm, had all for tea, was slightly overfull but skipped protein out of my breakfast the next morning.
On Saturday night, - a new friend I'm sorta seeing found out luv Paua, so made me paua patties. I was thinking 2, 3 max for me with some side salad. But he made me 5, had his steak, I know paua is expensive to buy, but he can catch them himself. He didn't want to eat any more than half of one so I ended up having 4 and a half. Anyway, these were the best paua patties I've ever had, no flour, pretty much just paua meat and onion in these ones! I keep telling him about my challenge, my need and desire for results lol, performance all round and of course fatloss! He made me tea another night, I tell him....'healthy, and not too much', but feel too rude if I get too strict about the paleo ingredients hardcore. He is right into resistance training and building muscle himself, and is doing a hardcore programme.
Other news, my best mate from Perth and her partner are coming to stay at my house tomorrow! (I lived with her for just over a year before returning to NZ, and her partner moved in a couple of months before I moved back). On Wednesday and Thursday, I think we are heading up to Queenstown. Am very excited about that. Am about to head to the pool now, do 1km of laps, then Crossfit. Final house pampering tomorrow morning, then a Crossfit workout at lunch, then meeting them mid arvo or so I think. Healthy version lasagna and salad for tea at mine!
So that's me at the moment, talk soon. Oh yeah, - we have a 'mild' high of 9 degrees today. For a good few days last week I didn't see anything above 4!...and into the negatives at night!
Pip
The 84.1kg at the start, now 81.8kg on my scales, (which weigh me about 500g more than the Crossfit ones anyway)
Bust, (fullest part), was 110cm, now 106cm
Waist, (most narrow part), was a disgusting 95.5cm, now 88cm
Navel had swelled to 102cm, now 95-96cm
Didn't re-do hips or thighs.
Another week down. Not perfect but controlled. Was pleased to note my last treadmill session had improved. I could actually keep up running on an incline of 1 for 32 mins at 10kmph, and not stop for a breather after 20 something minutes. Nothing worth writing home about but the best managed since about March.
Had a really tough WOD on Tuesday. (I thought it was tough anyway). During our skills session we practiced front squats. As trainer knows my form looks awkward, he decided to help me, decide I needed a really light weight, and to only increase weight gradually. (I think he thinks I'm really unfit, haven't trained much before or ever really done barwork ever). I did notice I wasn't squatting very low, as it got a bit painful....and I was still getting used to the front squat. After a while I decided to do a squat with no weight.....ouch.....I pulled my groin somehow. I told the coach that, indeed I'm not that pathetic and weak! Not sure how exactly I strained my groin but it was sore for a couple of days, seems to be all good now.
After that......I did a workout, 40 walking lunges, 40 pushups, 40 sit ups, 1 min constant skipping, then 20 of each, plus a min skipping, then 20 of each again, 1 min skipping, then 10 of each, 1 min skipping. I have to say by Thursday, I had severe DOMS, particularly across my abs. Trainer told me how to scale my sit ups when they got too tough....pffffff.....was determined not to do that haha! I did a scaled version, (some of us were asked to for time), I think the RX version is 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 for all the 'fitzos'!
Oh well, if he thinks I'm elementary or unfit now......he is gonna be shown hahaha! At the end of the Paleo challenge, he has said he is doing 5 burpees for each kilo each person loses......so for me I want him doing 50, and there are almost 30 people doing this challenge so he may be busy!!! And I'm on the easiest dietary choice of the 3 options.
I missed Crossfit on Wednesday, - groin was still sore and there were huge threats of snow storms. Thursday I had severe DOMS and spent all Thursday and Friday doing an assignment for my course. Saturday got the treadmill run in and some work doing pushups, kettlebells swings and squats and tricep dips. I still need to be a bit more consistent with workouts I feel, - my 3-4 a week effort need to be stepped up to at least 5 now! Diet wise, still good on no diet or normal soft drinks. No real binges......although after tea, then wine one night I had 2 jacket microwaved potatoes with cheese, squeezed lemon and pepper. Regretted that, still felt full when I woke up, but did skip breakfast. Another day, my steak was so good, (my 220g portion was supposed to be 2 meals), I cooked it all to have half for tea, and half cold the next day for breakfast. Umm, had all for tea, was slightly overfull but skipped protein out of my breakfast the next morning.
On Saturday night, - a new friend I'm sorta seeing found out luv Paua, so made me paua patties. I was thinking 2, 3 max for me with some side salad. But he made me 5, had his steak, I know paua is expensive to buy, but he can catch them himself. He didn't want to eat any more than half of one so I ended up having 4 and a half. Anyway, these were the best paua patties I've ever had, no flour, pretty much just paua meat and onion in these ones! I keep telling him about my challenge, my need and desire for results lol, performance all round and of course fatloss! He made me tea another night, I tell him....'healthy, and not too much', but feel too rude if I get too strict about the paleo ingredients hardcore. He is right into resistance training and building muscle himself, and is doing a hardcore programme.
Other news, my best mate from Perth and her partner are coming to stay at my house tomorrow! (I lived with her for just over a year before returning to NZ, and her partner moved in a couple of months before I moved back). On Wednesday and Thursday, I think we are heading up to Queenstown. Am very excited about that. Am about to head to the pool now, do 1km of laps, then Crossfit. Final house pampering tomorrow morning, then a Crossfit workout at lunch, then meeting them mid arvo or so I think. Healthy version lasagna and salad for tea at mine!
So that's me at the moment, talk soon. Oh yeah, - we have a 'mild' high of 9 degrees today. For a good few days last week I didn't see anything above 4!...and into the negatives at night!
Pip
Sunday, June 16, 2013
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
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
Sunday, June 9, 2013
CROSSFIT 10 WEEK PALEO CHALLENGE.......
G'day all!
Well, life has been a bit topsy turvy of late...in other words I have let the *stop *start effect occur. Not enough consistent streamlined progress before really falling off track. However am not here to moan about that.......instead I ht ave signed up for a 10 week paleo challenge!!!!!
This isn't an 'online' challenge.......or a shakes/supplements type of challenge either.
We had 3 levels of Paleo to choose from, number 1 being ultra strict....no grains, 0-1 serves of dairy, no starches, no alcohol, no sugar, some of the right fruits, (ie berries)....basically protein, greens, nuts, seeds, and some non sweetened baking without grains or regular flour. Number 2 option was called 80/20......meaning either a free day, 3 free meals, some alcohol, or similar *agreed* conditions applied, - the rest as per option 1. Number 3 option, - healthier living! I signed up for the easier option, number 3 in this case today.
My goals for the 10 weeks are:
* No bingeing
* At least 2 Crossfit WOD's per week....plus 20k running, (either outdoors, incline treadmill or flat faster treadmill) plus either a 20k bike ride or 1k swim. I also own a 6kg and 8kg kettlebell and some 4kg dumbells so just need to regularly put in at least 10 mins each third day working those at home along with pushups, lunges, plank.
* No confectionary sugar except social occasions where none feels out of place....keep moderate! If I'm to make a dessert of cake, I'm to keep it paleo friendly this challenge!
* I am not wanting to give up bread, starch and grains......but am aiming for at least 2 days a week where I just go paleo....for the 10 weeks.
* No drinking alcohol alone, just moderate socially if I choose to, always alternated with water.
* Am shooting for about a 10kg loss, to be much faster, stronger and fitter....and to have a consistent 10 weeks.
* No coke zero......I drink about 2-3 600ml bottles per week. So this should be easy as a few years ago I used to average 2-3 600ml bottles per day of diet fizz.
We repeat todays Workout of the day.....in 5 weeks, to see progress, then again at end of 10 weeks.
* We had photos taken today, again that happens in 10 weeks
Today weighed in at 84.1kg, had a 95.5cm waist, (shit!) I know I've never had to worry about giving up grains or carbs to lose weight in the past. Even mid 2011 I reached 62kg......still ate grains, potatoes etc as I dropped to that while eating them, training well and feeling good. When I was 21, I decided to get fit, low fat was more the craze then, so I worried more about what a piece of meat contained rather than a wholegrain baguette and quite easily at that time dropped to 58-60kg where I maintained for a while. I do luv paleo food, want lots of my diet made up of it, but I'm tentative about cutting out food types, but like the environment and am keen to try and keep up with the 'strict' paleo group :-)
Well, life has been a bit topsy turvy of late...in other words I have let the *stop *start effect occur. Not enough consistent streamlined progress before really falling off track. However am not here to moan about that.......instead I ht ave signed up for a 10 week paleo challenge!!!!!
This isn't an 'online' challenge.......or a shakes/supplements type of challenge either.
We had 3 levels of Paleo to choose from, number 1 being ultra strict....no grains, 0-1 serves of dairy, no starches, no alcohol, no sugar, some of the right fruits, (ie berries)....basically protein, greens, nuts, seeds, and some non sweetened baking without grains or regular flour. Number 2 option was called 80/20......meaning either a free day, 3 free meals, some alcohol, or similar *agreed* conditions applied, - the rest as per option 1. Number 3 option, - healthier living! I signed up for the easier option, number 3 in this case today.
My goals for the 10 weeks are:
* No bingeing
* At least 2 Crossfit WOD's per week....plus 20k running, (either outdoors, incline treadmill or flat faster treadmill) plus either a 20k bike ride or 1k swim. I also own a 6kg and 8kg kettlebell and some 4kg dumbells so just need to regularly put in at least 10 mins each third day working those at home along with pushups, lunges, plank.
* No confectionary sugar except social occasions where none feels out of place....keep moderate! If I'm to make a dessert of cake, I'm to keep it paleo friendly this challenge!
* I am not wanting to give up bread, starch and grains......but am aiming for at least 2 days a week where I just go paleo....for the 10 weeks.
* No drinking alcohol alone, just moderate socially if I choose to, always alternated with water.
* Am shooting for about a 10kg loss, to be much faster, stronger and fitter....and to have a consistent 10 weeks.
* No coke zero......I drink about 2-3 600ml bottles per week. So this should be easy as a few years ago I used to average 2-3 600ml bottles per day of diet fizz.
We repeat todays Workout of the day.....in 5 weeks, to see progress, then again at end of 10 weeks.
* We had photos taken today, again that happens in 10 weeks
Today weighed in at 84.1kg, had a 95.5cm waist, (shit!) I know I've never had to worry about giving up grains or carbs to lose weight in the past. Even mid 2011 I reached 62kg......still ate grains, potatoes etc as I dropped to that while eating them, training well and feeling good. When I was 21, I decided to get fit, low fat was more the craze then, so I worried more about what a piece of meat contained rather than a wholegrain baguette and quite easily at that time dropped to 58-60kg where I maintained for a while. I do luv paleo food, want lots of my diet made up of it, but I'm tentative about cutting out food types, but like the environment and am keen to try and keep up with the 'strict' paleo group :-)
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