Monday, May 30, 2011

Intermittant Fast, KBM Meidum week 6, Primal Challenge, No Coffee!?!?!

Went off the Primal/Paleo diet reservation yesterday.
It was my wifes b'day party and I prepared some good meats (brisket, hamburgers, hotdogs) there were a few veggies (not enough, but I was tied up @ the grill) and of course the obligatory cakes and ice creams.

I made a Gluten Free cake for the missus (who is gluten intolerant). I had some of her cake but I also had some of the regular cakes that others brought, and even some ice cream!

Now by and large, when I go off the diet I usually end up with VERY sore joints the next day. Like I feel 20 years older kind of joint pain. This time I didnt, but I wonder if thats because I didnt have as much refined white flour products? Not sure, but at about 7pm last night I decided to do a 24hr fast. Only allowed foods, my morning coffee (sans heavy cream) and water.

Fast forward 21 hours or so later.....
Got home from a trip to Wally-World and realized I still needed to do my Kettlebell Muscle Medium Day.
Gotta tell ya, I was not looking forward to this. I was already feeling a little weak, but I ok'd it with my ego that if I felt really bad or if my form was crap, I was cleared to stop at anytime.

First two sets were good, no need to set the bells down except when proscribed by the program.
Sets 3-7 however necessatated a brief (maybe 30 mississippi's max) in the middle. I just didn't have the juice to do the presses w/o a  brief rest.

But I got all 7 rounds in, so I am very pleased with myself. :o)
I have another 3 hours left in this fast, but I'm going to call it good and have a small protein shake.

Might play around with Scott Sonnon's Tacfit Stress relief routine tonight, or at the very least tomorrow.

Challenge
Starting June 1st,  my students and I are going to do a Paleo/Primal/Whatever Challenge.
The idea is to eat clean/(primal) for 30 days.
I wont be pushing primal/paleo per say to those that don't want to, but I will ask them to eat clean. Basically  if you have to read the ingredient list to tell whats it in, you probably shouldn't be eating it.

This challenge is based off of Crossfit New Englands Paleo Challenge. I made a few tweaks to work with my group and equipment restrictions. Personally, I would like to drop 10#'s of fat....Not weight, but FAT, so we'll see how this goes.

I am giving up my heavy cream (coffee) and am going to REALLY strive to not drink coffee this next month. Nothing wrong w/ coffee on a paleo diet per say, but I have a wicked addiction to it, and I cant help but think that I am driving my adrenals too hard.

See ya in a month!

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