Getting Serious - food update

Saturday, dinner at Panera...570 calories, 43g fat, 9 sat. fat, 0 trans fat, 135mg cholesterol, 1070mg sodium, 16g carbs, 6g fiber, 3g sugars, 41g protein.  (Whole Grain Baguette - 140 calories, 1g fat, 0g sat. fat, 0 trans fat, 0mg cholesterol, 310mg sodium, 29g carbs, 3g fiber, 2g sugars, 6g protein)

(Full) Chopped Chicken Cobb with Avocado Salad

Sunday, dinner after church, homemade pizza.  Whole grain (homemade) dough, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, green peppers, onions, black olives, and broccoli (with a salad on the side topped with Romano Basil Vinaigrette.)  This was mine.

I am trying all kinds of new foods and haven't found anything yet that I don't like!!!  And, I know I've said this before, but I feel great!

Getting Serious Update

So, I've been told by several of my friends who have had much stricter diets than I have over the years, that it is important to have a "free day" or a "splurge day" in your diet.  While this is very vague and open to interpretation, I'll just say that a free day is what it sounds like: eat what you want for one day each week.

Yesterday was mine.  I went to a small local place that has awesome burgers and got a Munchie Burger.  What is a Munchie Burger you ask?  It is a burger with mozzarella sticks and onion rings on top smothered in BBQ sauce.  Guess what?  It tasted delicious!!!  However, I felt like garbage all afternoon and didn't fully recover until later that evening.  The only other thing I had on my splurge day was A smore...as in ONE.  It was good, and there were no adverse affects from it...that I felt. 

All this to say that, while it was a free day, I found myself still "snacking" on seeds, fruits and veggies throughout the day instead of the Little Debbies that I used to get out of the vending machine.  I am finding that even on your free/splurge day you will not want to ruin what you have worked so hard to achieve so you will only "splurge" in moderation...if at all.

On Monday, I will post (hopefully) a new deadlift PR and a new Crossfit "Cindy" PR.*  I will also post my current weight.  I am only officially weighing in on Mondays.  (I will say this, I snuck a peak at the scale on Friday, post workout, and I can't wait to see what Monday brings!)


*PR = personal record       "Cindy" = 20 minutes AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) of 5 pullups, 10 pushups, and 15 squats

WOD's, Amino Acids, and Food

Today's WOD was Rx'd as 5 rounds of 25 yard walking on hands and 50 air squats.  In preparation for this I attempted to walk on my hands yesterday and barely made it 8 feet...that's, at minimum kicking up and restarting 9 times to achieve 25 yards!  We decided to substitute a 1 minute static handstand (up against a wall) for the handstand walk.  My official time for this workout was 12:32.  I was able to hold all of the handstands for the required 1 minute which means I completed my squats (250 total) in 7:32, that's 1 squat every 1.8 seconds!  Good workout, we were pretty whooped when we reached the end.  Tomorrow's workout is 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 of Chest-to-bar pullups, 30 inch box jump, and Glute-ham developer situps (we will substitute situps on a stability ball).  I will post my time tomorrow.

For lunch today, I am eating 2 small baked potatoes with salsa on top and a side of applesauce.

Regarding the diet portion of my program:
When eating a plant-based diet it is important to get your complete proteins.  These are normally found in the meats that my family and I are now limiting in our diet.  This article spells out how to make sure you are still getting the amino acids found in complete proteins in order for soft tissue rebuilding to occur after your workouts.

My wife recently sent me a link to a website called Meatless Monday.  It is a website that challenges people to cut meat out of their diet just one day a week.  It has a myriad of recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Foodie Alert!

Holla!  Another awesome place is opening near me soon!  Melt Bar and Grill is coming to Mentor!

So, once again, I CAN'T WAIT!!!