My weekend days have become a bit predictable...I sleep fitfully knowing that I will have to rise in the dark...make a big breakfast...eat said breakfast and then drive to a place I have never been, meet people I have never met and time their event for them...so my cheese and salsa omelet, nuts, fruit, protein shake, grapes, cheese and pot of coffee don't really merit a blog entry....booorrrriinnggggggg.. I feel so much better on this diet...and although I have followed healthy diets before and felt better it is often difficult to stick to them...
This is what I like about the how my fellow crossfitters live...most of them follow a paleo based diet...lots of protein for building muscle..lots of veggies and nuts and sweet potatoes and avocados and then some fruit and for some people dairy and grains....it all depends...peoples bodies are different and their nutritional needs are different...here is another thing I like about how my fellow crossfitters and the way they eat...they are flexible...there is a built in cheat day...where you can eat pretty much whatever you want...anyone can follow a good meal plan for 6 days...and on the seventh day...there is pasta....and nachos...and Skittles...what ever it is...you can have it...guilt free...
During my first week I dreamed about all the diet coke and honey buns I would consume... my second week it was all about the bowl of cereal before bed...and the Klondike Bar...and then the third week it was BREAD of all kinds...BREAD BREAD BREAD....(OK and crackers and maybe chips)...and now I don't know...I mean I will definitely be re-living some of my favorite tastes...but I really don't think I can go back to how I used to eat....I think I know what it is like to do a 30 day stint in rehab...and I have already compared this to 30 meetings in 30 days from my AA days...there is something just right about a month...it is long enough to address both the habit and the addiction but short enough to feel doable at the beginning....
My daughter Molly likes sweet potatoes now, Gracie has tried meatloaf and pork...we are all watching our sugar....well I am watching their sugar...mine doesn't exist...so regardless of the details of the days for me...this challenge is already a success....(this is me floating to the finish line believing I have won the race....) I am smart enough to know that someone could sneak up and nip me at the finish... but I don't think so...I am having too much fun:)
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