If you wanna be the best, you gotta be coached by the best. I'm not sure who said that (probably Abraham Lincoln) first, or if I'm original in my thought (but lets face it, I steal 99% of my jokes) but it applies to everything. That being said, I'm pleased (okay extremely pleased) to say the Bayou City Crossfit Team (aka my coaches) got 1st place in the South Central Regional Crossfit competition and are on their way to nationals.
I looked down at the scale and it read 170.8, which is the lightest I've been since High School I'm guessing. Even though I'm past the point (at least I like to think I am) of weighing myself, it's still nice to know the small changes I've made since plateauing are helping me push through. I figure as long as I'm continuing to improve my strength / stamina / performance on workouts, and that I'm eating enough then the weight loss is safe.
The changes I made since plateauing:
1. Eat more at breakfast - Now I eat eggs / veggies (scrambled in a sort of "hash") along with my protein shake
2. Eat leaner meats - When I'm at home I try to only eat either grassfed beef / bison or free range chicken. Also when I go out to eat I'm choosing chicken more often then not. I've eliminated bacon (for the most part), despite everydaypaleo's claim that bacon can be eaten everyday.
3. Eat less nuts
4. Eat less fruit - this sounds counterintuitive because everyone just naturally assumes fruit is amazing for you. It is in some senses, but when trying to "lean up" or lose weight fruit can become a hinderance, its higher in carbs, high in sugar and some fruits have a high glycemic index which means insulin hits your system extra fast (not a good thing).
5. Eat more vegetables - try to eat at them at every meal, and have added a lot of broccoli into my diet
6. Drink more water - though I'm not always as successful at this as I should be
7. Add supplements of fiber , calcium, and a one a day (flintstones) vitamin every morning
(Some people might say, if paleo is so healthy, then why the supplements. My answer, paleo is very healthy, and if I were doing paleo perfectly I wouldn't need supplements. You can get fiber from many vegetables / fruits, same with calcium (spinach, kale, broccoli, other leafy greens) I just admittedly don't eat enough of certain foods (leafy greens) or a wide enough variety of vegetables (like beats, turnips, carrots, eggplant, etc) to get all of my vitamins. I try to add in different vegetables but I'm also trying to make this work in the modern world, which means I don't have the time to prepare something new everyday or have the space to have a wide selection of veggies. What works for me are a few simple meals and slowly adding in new ones, the number one thing about changing your life is to do what works for you.)
I think the natural reaction for most people is to eat less, but really the thinking should be "eat less bad food eat more good food". Your body needs food, eating too little causes your body to go into starvation mode and actually cling to calories / fat rather than burn it. I'm no scientist or dietician (but I know a registered dietician at church who I bounce ideas around with) and I believe that increasing my calories at breakfast helps jump start my metabolism in the morning.
As an added bonus, I'm starting Krav Maga on a trial basis today. I guess you could call crossfit + krav "2 a days" in preparation for wedding season (or life) .
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