Cheat Day

Following the cert and a long weekend I have decided to take a day off working out and took the night off and ate up some candy and other crappy food.

Unknown and Unknowable

While the future of The Shop is up in the air, I completed the Crossfit L1 training program this weekend. What does that mean? Well, it really means that I should hold myself to a higher standard and strive to improve those around me in constantly varied, functional movements for life. One thing that has been lacking in the past few months is intensity. Intensity in life as well as workouts. Time to bring that back. Weight is holding at about 202 and I was trying to maintain that throughout the weekend in order to keep enough energy to perform effeciently. Back to restricting calories and hard work. Hope to be under 200 by next week.

Going Strong

The days are going by quickly. Crossfit L1 certification is only a couple of days away. Diet has been near perfect. At some point if I ever get really serious the natural progression would be to go ZONE, but at this point in my life I do not see that happening. I feel good about Paleo and near-Paleo and will probably only try to stay closer to Zaleo. Caloric restriction has played a part in the current weight reduction. I am still trying to eat as much as I need and have found that a pre-workout snack of steamed borocoli seems to provide me the energy I need to push through a 10-15 min workout. I still feel a little weak, but not nearly as bad as I did a week ago. The bad days have been bad not because of sugary or high carb processed food, but instead it has been the lack of food. I have found myself missing meals because I was unpreparred for what the day had in store for me. I try not to let that happen but it has twice now in the last week. My options are to eat shitty food or go without.
After the cert I could go in 2 directions. Either I will stay the course and likely add in a few more calories to help me better maintain. Or, I will fall off the wagon and bury my face in a jar of peanut M&M's, pint of Ben & Jerry's, and slice of Peanut Butter Silk Pie. Not one of these, but all, on the same night. Obviously sugar cravings are still with me...

Cheat Day

Under that pile of fried goodness is a bunless bison burger covered in Jalapenos, Cilantro, and Jack Cheese. Overall not too bad considering it was split between the two of us.

In case that wasn't enough carbs, we decided to make the return trip just a bit more dangerous by trying to induce a sugar coma. I can only hope this is all natural icecream, but I am guessing that even a half serving is nearing the 600 calorie range. IT was THAT good.

Not pictured is the bison nachos we started off with, fortunately we did walk around both before and after the meal. Great end to a good week. Still on track.

Mexican Vanilla

Thanks to the 'rents for bringing over some of the best smelling/tasting vanilla last night that they picked up on their trip to Cancun a couple of cookies were laid to rest in my belly. As far as off-days go, it was not too bad. Did not weigh in this morning so I am not sure of the effects, but not really interested or concerned. Getting off to a good start.

Hell Week

Kicking the sugar is nothing new to me, and after the struggles in the past I question my own morals and judgement that have gotten myself back in the sugar kick. But have you tasted icecream? Enough said. This week, or maybe two weeks is the toughest. Energy level is low, hard to stay focused, dizziness, constant cravings. Even when protein levels are right on and carbs are from good clean sources. Meals are small and frequent, this is still the toughest time to go through. I feel for the heroin and crack addicts out there. I have quit smoking, chewing tobacco, and alcohol and all of that was a walk in the park in comparrison to the powder.

A good read

Biggest Loser

Unable to maintain any kind of self control has led to yet another challenge. Encouraged because I respond well to competition. Dissatisfied because I tend to let things go to hell afterwards.Competitors:

Rebecca Nelson - Current Weight 131 / Goal Weight 119 (-12 pounds)

Scott Cole - Current Weight 210 / 190 (-20 pounds)



The idea behind this contest is not to lose the weight as fast as possible, although that is not discouraged, it is to keep the weight off. Final official weigh-in is April 1, 2011.



Best of luck to both competitors...



Ultimately we are trying to be as fit as possible every day. We both know that there will be bad days.

Can we keep each other on track?
How much will our success/failure in this affect our lives together (marriage)?
What benefits will we receive from doing this?
What side effects positive/negative will come?
What methods? Paleo/Zone dieting, exercise, added cardio, fasting, fiber, calorie counting work and what does not?
What did we learn that can be appied to others?

Stay tuned for the answers to these question and more over the next few months.