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.

Week 5?

Phase 2 hasn't started off too well. I've been having some trouble sleeping and what not so I haven't been getting up in the mornings to work out. And I've been putting in really long days at work the first couple of days this week. The work is going to start slacking off a bit as I get further into the week. Today was the first day that I worked out. I just did chest, shoulders, and triceps. I plan on coming home today and doing cardio. I'll probably double up these next couple of days to get caught up on the week.

Tomorrow starts the paleo diet. I'm pretty pumped for it. I've heard good news about this diet if it is properly done. I won't be going hardcore with it, but will be mixing it with the zone diet as well. Just because hardcore paleo is crazy!

OK, gotta get ready for work.

Yes, I know, I've been bad about updating....

I know, I haven't been diligent in updating the blog this week. It's been recovery week and kind of a long week as well. But I got called out today, so I'd better do an update. So here goes.

Monday starts phase 2. The cardio workouts are the same, but the weight-training workouts are different except for the legs. I'm going to make a couple of changes for the month though. I will be changing up the ab routine and changing up the diet. So far, I think I'm about 10lbs lost roughly. I'll be going with a Paleo diet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleo_diet) as close a possible this month. I say as close as possible because anyone who does a strict paleo is crazy. The goal is fruits, vegetables, and lean meats for a month. No sugar, no eating out, no high fructose corn syrup. No stopping at starbucks in the morning to get a carmel macchiato. No stopping at sonic to get a happy hour beverage.

I say that I won't be sticking to a strict paleo because It's pretty much organic fruits, vegetables, and meats. I don't like milk, so I need to get the nutrients in dairy products some where so I'll have some cottage cheese every now and then as well. Low fat, of course.

And then there will be the abs routine change up. I feel like this is one area were this program is lacking...it's the same ab routine 3 times a week for 90 days. This needs to be changed up, so I'm going to do so. It's always been really difficult for me to work my obliques, and I don't think that this program does a good job of hitting those, so I'm going to focus on the love handles.

OK, it's 1:30am and I'm tired. This is the longest entry for me since the first one. I'm going to try to add more content to this thing here in phase 2, maybe talk about what I ate that day and such. Stay tuned.