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.

Today's WOD

Today's Crossfit WOD was: Run 800m, then 10 rounds of 10 pullups & 10 ring dips, then run another 800m.  I completed this as Rx'd in 33:26.  My first 800 was 4:02 and the second was 4:58, not too shabby of a dropoff.  The "stuff" in between the runs was interesting.  The pullups would leave you winded and the ring dips just wore you down until you felt like you couldn't push yourself back up to save your life.  Tomorrow is a much needed rest day.  I will concentrate on stretching and some mobility movements to loosen everything back up and get ready to hit it again on Thursday.

Also, in regards to the focus on plant based foods, here are some of things we have eaten in the last week:
Eggplant Parmigiana
Veggie Burgers (Lentils and black bean based)
Tofu Stir Fry

On Sunday, for Mother's Day, I grilled marinated chicken breasts, pineapple slices, "potato packets", and we had corn on the cob.

So far everything has been absolutely delicious, which mostly has to do with the fact that my wife is an amazing cook!!