Day 24

Tried to get up this am to workout or jog (meaning my alarm went off and I turned it off and threw it on the other side of the bed). Breakfast was 3 strips of bacon with a large iced coffee and heavy cream. Lunch I picked up 1 pound of BBQ brisket, sauce on the side. ate about 1/3 for lunch and most of the rest for dinner. When I got back from the office. I went for a 1.3 mile jog outside and then came back in and did 5 rounds (10 regular pushups - no knees, 20 situps). The pushups were the toughest part, but I'm happy I practiced them.

Weekend Recap - Day 22/23

Weekend was no bueno. It included drinking, Antico Pizza, Beer while kayaking the Broad River, Dairy Queen (with a beer in hand), La Fonda. Not the best choices. Got back on good eating Sunday night with some BBQ meats and veggies from Whole Foods. Monday I had to pack and do laundry etc before leaving town again early Tuesday am, so I didn't make it to the gym. Tried to run outside around 8ish, but my shins were KILLING me. Good night they hurt. It's frustrating because I feel like I'm getting better at running, not as tired, but my legs are hurting more with these new shoes. Dinner Monday was another Whole Foods trip with BBQ.

This am - ugh - got up at 4:50. Who doesn't love a glorious morning flight for work....Did the P90x ab workout in my apt before getting ready for the cab pickup. Brought hardboiled eggs with me through security (score). Had some coffee on the plane and got a Starbucks tall iced coffee with milk (sweetened). That got me through most of the morning. Ate 1 hardboiled egg. Lunch was sushi. I had 2 rolls (spicy California and spicy tuna), no rice - 6 pieces each, which become really small with no rice. No snacks. Went and ran about 1.7 miles outside when I got to the hotel. Again, felt decent running, my shins were just killing me. I stretched and massaged them (which hurts!!) back in my room. Then I did sets of "REAL"! pushups! I felt good doing those. Dinner I went to McCormick and Schmicks and got gluten free mussels to go. They came with bread...which i would have liked to devour, but the lady noticed (b/c she remember me saying no bread) and had them make me a new one - plus I got a $10 gift card for their mess up. SCORE.

Even if I do eat poorly - which this weekend I did - I still don't have an excuse to get back on the wagon. That's the good feeling.

Day 18

Morning: Got up and just walked on the treadmill for a mile on a high incline with weights. Got up early to WOD, but my body was too sore to go in for today's WOD.

Macadamia nuts and coffee with heavy cream throughout the morning. 2 deviled eggs (1 whole egg)

Lunch: Ate at TAP and ordered the salmon salad with the dressing on the side, ate all the salmon and parts of the rest of the salad. I also grabbed some gum to chew on my way back to the office.




Morning Weight: 136

Day 17

Morning WOD:

STRENGTH

Clean Pull 3×2 @ 80% of 1RM Clean - Did 65#
Clean Deadlift 3×3 @ 90% of 1RM Clean - Did 85#

then…

CONDITIONING

15-12-9 REPS FOR TIME OF:
Hang (Squat) Cleans 135# / 95#
Strict Burpees

Weak Sauce here. Started out at 75# and then dropped to 65# after the first round. Tweaked my back which is currently feeling like sh*t. Total time of 13:29. Not thrilled.

Had 1/2 a deviled egg when I got home and smashed some water and advil.

Morning at work: Coffee with heavy cream and some more coffee (iced and sweetened from Starbucks).

Lunch: 3 deviled eggs (1.5 whole eggs)

Snacks: some nuts and cranberries.

Went on a 1.97 miles jog when I got home prior to dinner

Dinner: Went to South City Kitchen in the Vinings. Ordered the app Scallops and Pork (sauce on the side, no slaw) for my meal. No Bread, but I had a few bites of other appetizers (fried green tomatoes, cheese thing, crab cake). I was most impressed by my ability to limit myself to just a bite or two each. Had 1 glass of wine....also impressive :) No dessert!

Morning Weight: 137 - slowly making it back down there with good eating and some exercise

Day 16

Holy hell scale. Got up early to get to the gym and weight myself before leaving. Dang. Back at 138.8. That's evident of a bad weekend. But again, just got concentrate on the here and now.

Gym WOD:
STRENGTH

Snatch Pull 3×2 @ 90% of 1RM Snatch
Snatch Deadlift 3×3 @ 100% of 1RM Snatch

then…

AMRAP IN 15 MINUTES OF:

Turkish Getups – 5 each side 55# / 35#, 10 Strict Pull Ups.

I did 65 # on the strength weight and then turkish getups were 15# and the blue band for strict pullups. This was my first time doing the getups and man do those things take awhile. Yuck. Got 3 full rounds in.

Ate a few macadamia nuts when i got home and had 1/2 an egg. Decent start to the morning.

At work: Had a handful of nuts and coffee with heavy cream.

Lunch: Ate some leftover skirt steak, leftover mushrooms and a deviled egg (1/2 of a whole egg). Didn't eat as much steak as I planned on, it was pretty tough. Maybe it was just a fattier piece then last night, or I could have smashed it putting it in the microwave. Oops.

Went for a jog when I got home. Total would have been 2.14 miles, but I walked maybe .25 of it because my shins were KILLING me uphill. I guess I just need to get used to the new shoes.

Dinner: Went and got some butter (this kind) for cooking. Sauteed some mushroom in that and olive oil, reheated my broccoli with some butter and spices and then had some leftover steak. Delicious meal.

Weekend Recap

Friday night: Rehearsal dinner: Didn't stay paleo, although I did do better with drink choices (ingredients...not quantity). Oooops. We had a 5 course sit down dinner, and it was all delicious and was catered from Sugo, Iberian Pig and Double Zero! YUM.

Saturday: Ate eggs and had 1/2 a burger in the afternoon. No workout. Friday night at the wedding - again, didn't stay paleo. Stayed away from tonic and drank wine, champagne, and vodka/soda. Late night wedding we ate and drank some more. No buno.

Sunday: No real breakfast. Stopped at the bride and groom house and had some chips/dip. Had a few bites of cheesesteak. Played kickball and then went to Park Tavern. Drank sangria and a few other things. Ordered a sushi roll without rice (they've made it there before), but the waiter messed it up, and then he told me the sushi chef can't do it. Bah hum bug, ate the sushi with the rice on. Dinner - Went here. Our friend just opened it up in Roswell and it was friends/family night. Ordered she crab soup, scallops, mac and cheese, and pudding. Drank lot of yummy wine and had a good time with another couple!

Weekend recap: Feeling really full from all the food/drinking we did this weekend. Weight is UP tonight like whoa! Not happy with it especially because I did well eating today:

Monday: 1/2 chicken wrap (unwrapped) which had chicken, bacon, avocado, spinach and a sauce on the side. Dinner I went to Whole Foods and bought grass fed skirt steak, eggs, mushrooms, broccoli, chimmichurri sauce. I made the steak and put the sauce on it. Delicious! Now I've got leftovers! :) Ate some mushrooms and made broccoli for tomorrow. Also made 6 deviled eggs to have on hand as snacks. I'm happy I'm back on track with eating and cooking, but it doesn't undo the damage done this weekend. I was down to 132 pounds! My lightest in awhile! I was proud, but i let that slip this weekend. A very nice Cancun trip is in 2 weeks. I'd like to feel confident in my bathing suit. But, more then that, I'd rather stop being such a disappointment to myself and those that are supportive of me.

DAy 12

Up early again, running on about 5 hours asleep. Alarm went off and I didn't want to get up, but I know I have a rehearsal dinner tonight, so this is my only time to get some activity in. Went for a jog around ATL, about 2.4 miles. Wasn't really feeling this one today.

Went to the grocery store and bought some pasteurized, heavy whipping cream to put in my coffee before work. I made some deviled eggs last night and I've eaten one so far. Pretty hungry, so I'll probably dig into those soon.

Breakfast: Did 1/2 a deviled egg and had lots of coffee with heavy cream.

Lunch: Went to Murphy's. Got the mussels. Then went to Alon's to get some cookies for my team...it was hard, but I resisted eating any of them!


Morning Weight: 132

Day 11

Another early wake up call: Went and lifted some weights in the gym downstairs. All they had was free weights - and honestly I wasn't feeling it. I didn't spent much time there. Went back to the hotel room and did P90x Ab Ripper X.

Breakfast: A few bites of egg whites. Got a big coffee to go with heavy cream.

Lunch: Ate here. Ordered a small naked burrito (no tortilla). Got a mixture of pork and steak, added pico and guac and that was it.

Had a few pieces of gum throughout the day.

Early dinner/snack: Had the remaining salmon leftover from last night's dinner around 5pm.

(Now just waiting in the Norfolk airport to fly back home).

Had 2 packs of peanuts on the plane and a hard boiled egg when I got home.

Day 10

Morning: Got up early (5:45 - too darn early), and jogged 2.28 (24:12) miles outside. My thighs are sore, and feet are uncomfortable from working in those shoes. Yikes. Anyways, when I woke up, I could barely get out of bed, but I was happy with my jog.

Pre-Breakfast, post jog: Starbucks coffee in the hotel room with 1/2 and 1/2 (that's all they had besides dry creamer)

Breakfast: 3 pieces of bacon. Big starbucks coffee, but i asked for either whole milk/cream instead of creamer.

Lunch: Ate here. Made my own burger. No bun. Hand avodaco, sauteed onions, mushrooms, pepper bacon and a fried egg. My side was sauteed spinach. Barely touched the spinach and had 1/2 the burger. Was disappointed I even ate, I wasn't hungry at all, but everyone wanted to go out. Next time, I'll just not eat and wait and have leftovers later. I felt REALLY FULL even though I didn't consume that much. Must be my body telling me I wasn't hungry. Duh.

Post work in hotel room: Ate some leftover brisket from the other day. Now I'm starving.

Dinner: Went out with the team, no time to workout. We went here: We had awhile to wait, so we sat outside and listened to a band. On the suggestion of a friend, I tried vodka soda (as opposed to my vodka tonic, or some other sweetener) again and this time added a lime and orange slice and surprisingly could tolerate it. Subbing soda for tonic cuts almost 32g of sugar. Ok, i'll make the sacrifice. I had a few at dinner, and one back at the hotel. For dinner I ordered grilled salmon, made sure it was at least gluten free, and ask what they cooked their veggie sides in. One was cooked in vegetable oil, so i nixed that and went only for steamed broccoli with butter on the side and my salmon. They gave me a baked potato too (not sure why), but I didn't touch it. Also said no to calamari and desert. Ate 1/2 my salmon, took the rest home, and ate some of my broccoli. I even had a bite or two of my brisket (before I threw it away before I went to bed)

I drank tonight, didn't get drunk or tipsy, but I felt comfortable drinking in a social situation (sans beer and lots of calories). I'd say tonight was a hit on the food. I ate healthy, made smart decision and was able and felt comfortable going out in a group situation. On the drinking front, I drank, but hopefully I'll learn to like this drink in order to cut more calories and grams of sugar. It wasn't bad, not my favorite, but maybe my tastebuds will want less sugary items as I try to continue this healthy eating.

Good day, not the best with drinking, but I'm feeling more confident about my decisions....however, the weekend is fast approaching...

Day 9

AM: Got up and went for a jog. 1.9 miles around town. My shins and calves and ankles started to hurt, I think it's all from the new shoes. Again, they are completely different then tennis shoes. (I'm not fast), but I was happy with my time at keeping it about a 6.0 (what would be on a treadmill). I had 2 lights I had to stop at, and other then that, I never let myself stop moving!

Breakfast: a few pieces of bacon, water

Lunch: went here. Made my own "sandwich". No bread. Had roast beef, portabello mushrooms, tomato and avocado. Ate about 2/3 of it.

Snack: Leftover "sandwich" stuff.

WOD: Practiced some DUs, did a 400M warm up run. Then the plan was to do: 10 rounds (5 DU, 5 HSPU), Got through the DU's and did 35 HSPU's and 15 knee push ups. So much for working on DU's! I'm definitely understanding how to do them, but boy, i'm getting worn out!!

Dinner: Went here again. Maybe lame, but it's easy to walk in, order gluten free mussels and have nothing else. This dinner made me feel way more full then last nights. Was it more mussels? Was I just fuller because I ate more protein today and all paleo? Not sure, but this is a weird full feeling. Not uncomfortable, just a different full feeling. 2 days paleo. I like it - i can do DU's!!

Day 8 - Finally a success

Breakfast: Wasn't really that hungry. Went downstairs and got a few pieces of bacon. Ate that, and asked for some eggs to go. Never ended up eating those.

Lunch: Finally got hungry around noon. Went here. Got 1lb of brisket only, sauce on the side. I ate maybe 1/3 and used not much of the sauce (They gave 4tbsp of sauce). Consulted with a friend who suggested brisket was probably the best out of the choices. Although I doubt it was grass fed, it was only meat I ate. I felt hungry a bit later, say 4pm, but resists the urge to eat any more.

During the day I had just water and some plain hot tea.

Workout in the hotel room:
TABATA (similar to one we did last week - for reps)

Tabata squats
Rest 1 min
Tabata flutter kicks
Rest 1 min
Tabata pushups
Rest 1 min
Tabata sit ups

I also ran a mile as a warm up.

Dinner: Went here. Ordered the gluten free mussels and had water.

Good day I'd say. I wish I could be at the gym for a better wod with some lifting, but I'll make do this week.

Again, wishing I had a scale. I know it's not about numbers, but I'm ready (once I can get my eating habits down) to hopefully see the weight come off.

Weekend Recap - Day 6 and 7

Day 5 ended with mussels at Palm Valley Fish Camp. I ate a piece of bread, tried someone else's pasta seafood dish, and split bread pudding 6 ways. Also consumed wine (YUM!). All in all, not awful.

Day 6: Went for a jog in my new shoes, it was hot, I had a slight headache, and going from running shoes (still...I'm no runner), to almost barefoot running shoes is no easy task. It wasn't far, but I did something. Ate eggs in the am. Packed roast beef for the beach (which i ended up not even eating - boo). Snacked on pistachios on the beach and drank. Dinner was steak, tuna, veggies and garlic bread. I ate some bread, and it was damn good. But boy of boy did i feel awful after doing that, sticking to the meat should have been enough. I also tried some pecan pie a neighbor brought over. Delish, but I couldn't tell you how much sugar, syrup etc must have been in that thing!

Day 7: Refresher! Deviled eggs and leftover steak for breakfast...same for lunch. Pistachios as a snack along with a few pieces of fruit. No drinking! I had 2 flights to get back to VA for work. No airport food, just ate the 2 bags of peanuts we got on the plane. Finally landed at 1am, with my travels starting at 6. Interesting to say, I wasn't hungry. Perhaps it was the eggs and meat - I'd sure like to think so. If it was only that easy to keep eating that way on the road!

Weekend Recap: Not great, but not AWFUL. I'm disappointed in decisions I made, but I tried to make each day new and start fresh and clean. Trust me, there were times when i wanted to say "F it", I already ate poor last night, what's one more meal. I'm happy that I was able to avoid that.

Day 5

It's a new day.

Woke up, drank lots of water and went outside to work on my double-unders (I brought a jump rope to the beach - which will also go to VA-with me!)

Breakfast: Deviled eggs and 2 pieces of bacon

Snack: A few pistachios on the beach

Lunch: 2 deviled eggs (4 halves) and a stack of roast beef. I've only had water to drink up to lunch. However, alcoholic drinks aren't far behind.

Dinner: Tonight we are eating here. Last time I went I got the mussels and tried others' fish. It's yummy and it shouldn't be hard to stay on track eating.



No scale here....that could be a good thing after stuffing my face last night.

Day 4

Drinking will ensure today (leaving for JAX beach for until Sunday), then off to VA for work again. Goal - no beer. I'll try and stick to Patron, Patron Citron, and fresh lime juice, they made delicious fresh/(more paleo) margaritas. But I've already decided my $20 pay out is more like a donation to someone else. With being on the road, I don't have much a chance stocking up on local food/ingredients. Also, drinking is just going to occur, but my goal is to cut out beer and make smart choices on mixers and ingredients. On a side note, stomach is still off - boo.

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs around 10am and coffee and coconut milk prior to that.

Lunch: TAP, ordered the Salmon salad. Dressing on the side, pretty much just ate the salmon, nuts and pears (i don't like salads)

Plane: No snacks, just rum, oj, cranberry juice (-2)

Beach: Vodka, OJ, cranberry juice (keeping on the -2 path)

Dinner: planned to eat some deli meat and eggs, instead, ate some pizza and cheese dip (-2).

I felt bad and embarrassed so I just went to bed. I hated that I caved so easily! Grr

Morning Weight: 134

Day 3

Got up this am at 5:38 to WOD. Could barely walk - so that was canceled very quickly. I'll have to make that up at some point to use as a benchmark. However, on a better note - I bought these last night: Inov-8 F195 lite. I really wanted to test them out so i just went for a short walk (no socks) outside this am. They are so lite and feel amazing! I'm finally done wearing those old tennis shoes for CF workouts!

Breakfast: Coffee and coconut creamer, 1 hard-boiled egg. (Thanks to a friend I learned I was missing all my Omega 3's by not eating the yellow parts).

Snack (right before lunch): 1 hard-boiled egg

Lunch: Grilled chicken and some avocado with spices (celery salt and minced onions). **I'm struggling today, it could be because I got up at 5:30, or maybe it's the diet thing, but I'm tired and my stomach is also killing me as well - no clue why**

Snack: Ate a handful (I'll go ahead and say probably too many) macadamia nuts. I was starving, but the good part is they are high in Omega 3's.

Dinner: Went home to see the fam with Chris. Mom made fajitas - delicious. She also provided chips, tortillas, cheese, cheese dip, packaged guac, and rice. I stayed with the grilled chicken, onions, tomatoes, and peppers. I even brought my own avocado (to avoid the processed guac). I just added some seasoning and it was delicious! Perfect paleo dinner - although I think i may have eaten too much, but it was amazing (Props to momma!)

Stomach still hurt going to bed, not sure why, maybe just a change in diet.

Morning weight: 134.6

Day 2

Woke up and made it to the gym: Did WOD:
STRENGTH: Back Squat 3RM
[This is a benchmark for the Paleo Lifestyle Challenge]
then…

CINDY: AMRAP IN 20 MINUTES OF:5 Pull Ups10 Push Ups15 Squats
[This is a benchmark for the Paleo Lifestyle Challenge]

I did 95# 3 RM and then 9 rounds and 4 pullups on Cindy. I didn't get on the band which i was proud of but i did PU on my knees. I feel like I could have gotten more rounds in if I was so sweaty and could actually grip the bar. Regardless, good feeling

Breakfast: Coffee with coconut creamer (again, meant to eat, I was starving, but I was on calls etc)
Lunch: Leftover chimmichurri steak - delicious! So easy to make, i want more of that in my diet - and I think Steak and Eggs would be a nice pair
Snack: Some grilled chicken with 3 small slivers of avocado @ work. A handfull of macadamian nuts when I got home
Dinner: Grilled chicken from Fresh Market and 2 egg whites.

Morning weigh in: 135

Day 1...again

Another CFPT Challenge - and this one involves $$. Dun dun dun.

Began 8/1:
-breakfast: coffee (was in meetings all am)
-lunch: 1/4 leftover turkey burger, grilled chicken, 1/6 avocado with spices
-snack: 2 egg whites
-dinner: 2 eggwhites and part of a chimmichurri steak

WOD:

STRENGTH: Deadlift + RDL

On the minute: 10 x 1 + 2 @ 45%

(10 rounds of 1 deadlift and 2 RDLs, lift on the minute)

then…

FOR REPS

Tabata bottom to bottom squats
Rest 1 min
Tabata flutter kicks
Rest 1 min
Tabata wall ball
Rest 1 min
Tabata sit ups

Bottom to bottom squats = the “rest” is in the bottom position.

Did 75#, and then 338 total reps.

Day 1 complete

Morning weigh in (yes, i know the scale is not your friend...) 137.6