Whole30!

After many weeks of allowing too many "cheats" here and there and not being happy with my weight and some performances in the gym, I decided to start a whole30. I decided this before going to Virginia to start it the Sunday we returned. I knew that one of our outings on vacation was going to be wine tasting, so I didn't want to miss out on that. And we may or may not have stopped for some ridiculously delicious frozen yogurt...just sayin. Anyway, basically I'll be eating meat, fish, veggies, nuts, seeds, some fruit and lots of good fats over the next 30 days. This means NO grains, NO sugars, NO dairy, NO legumes, NO processed foods, NO alcohol, NO white potatoes, and NO making any paleo-fied foods/desserts. and NO weighing myself on the scale.

During the BBC, I did strict paleo for 3-4 weeks and I saw some amazing results. I have a problem of having one slip lead to another, so absolutely no cheats this time around otherwise it's back to day zero! My sleep has been somewhat off and I've been struggling to stay awake at work lately...not only because I'm not a fan of my job in the slightest, but also because of my diet. Mom is on board with me and doing the whole30 as well, so I'm excited to see how we do! I'll be posting my food here and on the CFF forum we used for the BBC. I'm also going to try and blog more like I was at the beginning of the year. I found it to be such a stress reliever, and stress is one of the main reasons I have a hard time losing weight. So much going on in my life...

Monday 6/20/11 - Day 2
Breakfast:
3 eggs
1oz almonds
1oz pecans
2.5 oz blueberries
2.5 oz strawberries

Lunch:
Big salad with mixed greens and spinach, peppers, tomato, guacamole, and 5oz chicken

Dinner:
Salad with peppers, cucumber, tomato and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. 3 small chicken legs and 1 cup of mixed veggies.


Strength: Press 5-5-5+ 25-28-32(8)

WOD:
5 Rounds of:
50 double unders
10 HSPU (used two green bands)
12:26

I actually felt pretty strong with the press today. Upper body is my weakest spot, so I was happy to see how I did with this. There's definitely room for improvement, in order to get better at pushups, pullups, get my ring dips and hspu. So upper body is one of my main areas to focus on this year.

My first 2 rounds of double unders were pretty solid. But then the third round came and I was starting to get the peeing issue. I don't know why I'm getting this now, but it's so not cool. Definitely a distraction from being able to string my du's together. Not only that but my shoulders were smoked from the HSPU, so they got tired fast. HSPU is definitely one of my weaknesses. I like working with the bands because I feel like I get a better range of motion than on the box. my first two rounds were unbroken, but after that it was brutal. My back also started to tighten up a little from the pressure of being upside down and I think I wasn't perfectly straight either. Overall, I was kind of disappointed with how slow this went, but upper body sucks!

Cash out: 3 sets of max (-1) pullups on the blue band 4/5/4