I'm baaaaack

Well, we are back from our cruise vacation which was, sorry to say, not Paleo in the least! Some days and meals were, but we had a week of eating and drinking (yummy margaritas and mojitos on that boat!! :)). I felt pretty bad after the first day with alcohol & non-paleo food, so had a good paleo day after that & then kind of alternated between paleo/non-paleo meals. As with anything, however, we do adapt & I didn't feel as sick later on in the week. We've been back since Monday and I have been strict since then - it feels good to be back to normal! I don't want to publish what I am eating every day any more, but will come back regularly to blog about things as they come up.

Vacation time...

Today will probably be my last post during the challenge as we are off tomorrow for a cruise vacation for a week - makes the challenge a little more..well..challenging for sure. I'm sure we will not be strict on vacation, but I'm okay with that - this really is a lifestyle and sometimes you've just got to have dessert! We will stick with it most of the time I'm sure as I really can't eat a lot of non-paleo food without feeling really unwell and who wants to feel that way on vacation?

Breakfast:

boiled eggs
paleo bread with almond butter
handful veggies

Lunch:

stirfry with chicken breast and veggies

Snack:

bison pepperoni
cauliflower

Dinner:

salad with turkey breast
brussels sprouts

CrossFit:

Grace
30 clean & jerk 95/135

Rx'd. 5:18. Not a pr day today (4:57), but darned happy with this performance! After yesterday & 115 lb. c&j's earlier in the week, my shoulder, neck & elbow are in bad shape. Wasn't sure I had it in me to do rx'd today, but went for it. Time not bad considering - but just didn't feel the rhythm, never got into the groove of it.

Oops...

Haven't posted for a couple of days. Eating-wise - all the usual stuff! :) Highlight was Tuesday night - I made a bison stew and dijon biscuits with some of our stew meat from Meteor Lakes. It was delicious. We are leaving for a cruise Saturday, so my mind has been elsewhere, but will try to remember to post today. Yesterday I actually wasn't hungry all day long for about the first time in 2 weeks. Yay!

Breakfast:

boiled eggs
paleo bread with almond butter
handful veggies

Lunch:

turkey breast
salad

Snack:

bison pepperoni
nuts

Dinner:

bison patties
fried mushrooms & onions
roasted rutabaga & butternut squash

CrossFit:

weighted pullups 5x5 2 mins.

10-1
ring dips
pushups

Pullups:

5x5, 7.5x5, 10x5, 12.5x4, 12.5x3

WOD:

Did 4 ring dips in the 6's. First 10 ring dips u/a, 3/9 in second round then that was it - went to smallest beige band for rest - black band might have better - would have gotten a few more in. Have done many more ring dips before, but tough WOD after arm fatigue from weighted pullups.

That was freakin' heavy...

My arms are already sore from today's WOD - shoulders, neck, collarbone all feel like they're being ripped out of my body - tomorrow should be great! Can't wait!

Lunch:

turkey breast & salad

Snack:

bison pepperoni
raw veggies

Dinner:

bison sausage
salad

CrossFit:

10 rounds:

3 push jerk 115/155
6 K2E
9 box jumps

20:23
Did 2 rounds at 105, then when more warmed up decided to go up to 115 & completed it at this. Cleans no problem today. Did step ups.

Recovery

I have been doing a lot of reading about recovery, which in all honesty, I'm not a big fan of. :) I tend to push myself and have been known to do 6 on/1 off in CrossFit. Lately, I've been trying to take more recovery time and have been trying to do 3 on/1 off, but usually do 4 or 5 on/1 off. I sometimes find, however, that I get to a point where I just feel extremely tired & sore and like I just want to quit CrossFit (well, not really, but I have the fleeting thought). I'm starting to feel that way now. My arms are so sore from yesterday's WOD that I actually feel kind of sick. There wasn't anything particularly awful about yesterday, so I think it's my body's way of telling me that it needs more rest (or less wine! :)). Mark's Daily Apple has a lot of good articles about the importance of rest & recovery and how it is such an important part of fitness, especially as we get older - my 40's body just takes longer to recover than my 20's body would have and I just have to accept that! :) We are going on holidays next week, so I will probably be away from the weights during that time & have more rest days & focus on bodyweight stuff. I think it will be a needed break.

Breakfast:

turkey breast
salad

Lunch:

same

Snack:

bison pepperoni
Asian pear

Dinner:

spinach salad with bacon, egg, chicken breast

CrossFit:

Took an extra rest day. Did an interval hill/running program on the treadmill. Can't remember the last time I did this! Found it fatiguing on low back/hips, but it didn't cause any back pain which is good! I think I'll incorporate this sometimes as a kind of active recovery when I just want a break from CF.

The whole shebang...

Today we went out for our anniversary (20th!) and Valentine's day and strict paleo was not in the cards. I didn't order a plate of pasta or anything, but we went to the River House Grill in St. Albert which was absolutely wonderful & I wanted to try everything, so had wine, some potato and dessert. Most of the meal was paleo (it certainly wouldn't have been difficult to be entirely paleo there) & every bite of it was deeeelicious!

Lunch:

salad with turkey breast

Snack:

bison pepperoni
mixed vegetables
nuts

Dinner:

wine
champagne
elk sausage salad
arctic char, vegetables, potato
creme brulee

CrossFit:

Ladders:

Start with 2 reps & every minute increase by 2 reps to a maximum of 10 minutes per exercise:

wallballs 16/20
SDHP 55/75
burpees

Order was SDHP, wallballs, burpees. Got 10, 7, 5.

Friday

Breakfast:

bison bacon (first time trying this - yummy!)
egg
paleo bread w/almond butter

Lunch:

stirfry with chicken breast & mixed veggies

Snack:

garlic sausage
almonds
mixed veggies

Dinner:

bison burger on portobello mushroom 'buns'
guacamole
rutabaga fries

CrossFit:

Rest day - definitely need it. I am so tired. Slept a bit better last night, but still not great & need to catch up.