Wall

So, I've hit the wall. Glad that it is this late in the game. I am repeating week 3 of phase 2 this week. Next week is recovery week and then it's phase 3. Haven't weighed myself in a while, but I have been sticking to the diet pretty well and have been feeling really well. I'm repeating last week because I had some sleep issues. And some work issues. But I'm keeping up with it.

Sorry for the short update (Matt). Just don't have a lot to discuss.

Don't stop believin...hold on to the feeling..

So, I got on the scale on Friday...had added 1 pound from when I last weighed myself. That's no way to begin a friday. But, I weighed again yesterday morning and lost another pair of pounds. Still sticking to the paleo. Haven't cheated...yet. And I'm feeling great. So, that' puts me down 7 pounds thus far. And as I realized today, I'm in my last week of phase 2. The real weight loss is supposed to show up in phase 3. That's when things are changing so much you're body kicks into overdrive. This is probably I've taken this program as well. I'm ready for it.

I made an executive decision to stick with the Paleo diet until the end of the year. Should make the holidays interesting. Especially when I show up at my family's house with my own groceries.

M

What a week

First off, I'm going to do a better job of updating this thing, I promise. It's gonna happen.

The week started off crazy. Work had me busy for about 20 hours on Monday and Tuesday. So needless to say, workouts didn't get done. But I've started making up for lost time and after tomorrow, I'll be all caught up on my workouts for the week.

The diet has been going well. Haven't eaten out or consumed a processed sugar/carb in over a week now. Headaches are gone. There's even a 2 liter of diet dr. pepper in my refrigerator that was left by my roommates girlfriend that has gone untouched. I even turned down a free lunch at mazzio's from my boss today as I didn't want to deal with the temptation of cheating on the diet.

I think that tomorrow I'm going to make some chilli. Use some ground turkey instead of beef. Perfect food for enjoying a cool Oklahoma Saturday while watching football. Who would have known that Oklahoma would have a fall this year? Usually it's still 90 degrees at this time of year.

I think it's time for sleep...got two WODs to do tomorrow.

F R A N . . .

It could be said that this is not the lady you'd bring home to momma. She's not very nice, tends to make you work harder than you ever thought possible, and kind of makes you want to die. In general.

It's ok, this lady is not a real person. I decided to change things up a little bit after the stunningly bad performance of my OU Sooners at Miami tonight. Figured Kenpo just didn't have the type of outlet that I wanted. And unlike Kevin Wilson (OU's Offensive Coordinator) I decided to use a different playbook tonight. I went Crossfit.

Keep in mind, I didn't do this workout as Rx'd....not even close! But I did it...and I know some things that I need to work on...like thrusters. Anyway, here are the details of the workout.

Video:

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFitPrimal_ChristyFran.wmv

Program:

Fran

Thruster 95 lbs Pull-ups

21-15-9 reps, for time

Source:

www.crossfit.com (in case anyone from crossfit.com is on this site, my intention is not to steal from your very reputable source, but simply to educate those that follow my blog. If you wish, I will take down this entry...please don't sue me)

Hopefully, I can move in the morning...

PALEO!

Well, as I am writing this it has been 24 hours since I have had sugar (minus the sugars found in fruits). Which means that in 24 hours from now I'm going to be cranky. Today was a pretty good day. Got in my workout and ate very well all day. Actually felt energetic for most of it. Had a couple of eggs and some turkey bacon for breakfast. Some sliced turkey, celery and apples for lunch and some broccoli, black beans and chicken for dinner. Feeling pretty good right now. But ready for bed. Went to Sam's before I had dinner and was having a tough time with all of the sweets and stuff stacked everywhere in that store. But I made it, and didn't get any of the free samples...of the brownies that I walked by 3 times. Woot for me.