Tuesday, February 14, 2012

My knee has been feeling much better, in fact i was going to participate in gym today but i forgot my gym shorts so i couldn't. I am still going to try and stay off of it while working out for a while longer. I think i will probably do a set of 5x5 pushpress.
The Paleo diet is going well and i have started bringing food to school with me, i brought two apples and had a banana. I am having an easier time trying to find the right amount of food to hold me off until lunch time which alway starts from 11:20 to 12:20. I have to eat a few pieces of fruit and a glass or two of water to hold my self until lunch starts. All in all i have been doing a lot better with managing my intake and how much  i am eating.

Monday, February 13, 2012

So my quest with attempting the paleo diet in the month of February is going fairly successful. I have been making lots of steak and egg's to get the protien i need and lots of fruit and nuts for carbs and energy. I think i need to start thinking about ways to incorporate more foods together at once instead of eating tons of small meals all day long. I am going to definately look up some actual paleo recipies, and other ways i can eat more creative things.

I haven't really made salad as much of a part of my diet as i thought i would. I am going to try making a salad with hardboiled eggs, chicken, and some cranberries for sweetness over spinach and iceberg lettuce. Another thing i want to start trying is soups but i don't know the first thing about making soup so i will definately have to look up some recipies for that.

Height: 73 1/2in
Weight: 195.0 lbs

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

So for breakfast this morning i had a hardboiled egg chopped up and put it in a lettuce wrap with steack and guac. It was pretty good. I had some walnuts during school before lunch and then i had a sandwich without  the bread haha. I have been doing a lot better with my choices of food and portions too. My knee has been feeling better today and i can actually walk without a limp so thats good. I haven't done any exercise in a week which is a weird feeling and i am getting ready to do some upper body exercises. I really hope my knee heels up fast so i can start working on my lowerbody and then i can ski again too.

Monday, February 6, 2012

I have been doing pretty good with my little experiment of going through the whole month of February attempting the Paleo diet. I have had problems remembering to eat the right thing but in the past couple of days i have had to focus more on quantity instead of what i have been eating. I need to eat more, I'm frequently hungry. I started making a lot more creative things too. I made lettuce  wraps with eggs and guacamole and I'm gonna try making those with salsa too. I need to eat more meets and fruits. I just need to take the initiative to go and cook my own food.

I have to exercise more, except my legs started hurting a lot this morning. I think its hurting from walking a ton yesterday at the mall. I think if its still sore by the end of the week i am definitely going to talk to my doctor about maybe getting an X-ray on my knee. I hope it really stops hurting for good.
weight: 205.2lbs
height: 74 3/4in

Friday, February 3, 2012

My paleo diet has been going faily well. I have been hungry allot more than normal. I find myself eating regular portions of food, but i keep forgetting that there is no limit to the amount of food you can eat. I have been eating lots of eggs, hardboiled and scrambled. I have been eating lots of steak and chicken. Wheat is a big part of my diet, i eat alot of cereal, bread, and going without all of it is really hard. I have been getting lots of small short little headaches which Mr. Contois tells me is common to have them when first starting the paleo diet.
I wen't to Red Robin's last night with my dad and sister. I was pretty tempted by all the food they had there, i got a sald with grilled chicken on it, it was very good. I have been trying to eat more vegetables in my diet but i really don't like them so i guess that gives me just one more reason to eat large amounts of red meet...ha ha ha.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Paleo Diet

It's my second day taking part in the paleo diet. I feel like i have allot less energy off the bat, but i think i incorporate more carbohydrates into my diet i will have that extra energy throughout my day. For breakfast i have been eating eggs with some sort of meet mixed in. For lunch i have been eating salad with roast beef or turkey and no dressing.

I am going to try and do some more cross fit exercises and explosive workouts. I was reading that when doing the paleo diet it helps if your workouts resemble explosive exercises that a paleolithic person would encounter on a day to day basis. Things like sprinting and weightlifting with smaller amounts of weights and more repetitions are what I'm am trying to do with my workouts now. I think if i incorporate all these factors into my everyday life i will become noticeably more mentally and physically fit. I am excited to see my progress throughout the month of February.