A Quick Guide to Bacon
Check out what primal guru Mark over at Mark’s Daily Apple has to say about bacon.
Do you like bacon? What kind do you buy, and how often/much do you eat? Post to comments.
Posts Tagged ‘Nutrition’
Does a Body Good?
Check out this interesting article from The Fitness Spotlight on milk and milk substitutes.
Have you guys tried going dairy free? Have you tried any of the alternatives listed in the article? Post your experience to comments.
Designer Sweeteners
You guys have seen it: organic sweeteners designed to fool consumers into thinking they’re choosing a healthy option. Evaporated cane juice, sugar in the raw, blue agave nectar…
My take on it has always been the same; you’re body doesn’t care if it’s high fructose corn syrup or agave nectar. It ALL gets metabolized as sugar, and any form of sugar should be limited.
Check out this post for and expose’ on agave nectar. Post to comments if you have any questions.
Why Grains Are Unhealthy
Check out what Mark has to say about the staple of the Western Diet : Why Grains Are Unhealthy.
Got Your Tickets…
To the gun show!?!? Check out how Vicki leaned out in 30 short days on the paleo challenge! Nice work and keep it up!
Paleo challenge is OVER….now what?
4 weeks of eating real food…yup, no fancy packaged “foodlike products” designed to fool our senses of taste and smell; just REAL FOOD. So how do you feel? How are your energy levels? Mood? Performance at work and the gym? How do you look? Was it worth it?
Most of you are probably answering with a resounding, “YES!” Look how far you’ve all come in 30 short days. That is just a snapshot in the big picture. I saw most of you on a daily basis, and I could see the change happen right before my eyes. The same people who have plateaued and failed to thrive over the last couple of months, coming in looking leaner and crushing PR’s on a daily basis. From just 30 days! Think of what could be accomplished in 6 months… or a year… or 5 years.
Now what?
CrossFit is a lifestyle change. This isn’t some fad workout program you follow until you get bored in 6 months. We want it to be part of your new, healthy lifestyle. The Paleo challenge wasn’t designed so you could lose 10 pounds fast, just to go back to your old ways. We did it to get your butt in gear and show you it could be done. Live it. You have the tools now.
We don’t expect you to be perfect 100 percent of the time. Trying to will just set you up for failure, not to mention drive you crazy. Birthday? Have your cake. Friends visiting? Take them out for dollar beer night. Superbowl? Get you some hotwings (too late)! As long as your fridge and cupboards are stocked with whole foods, you have the flexibility to do these things guilt free when they come up.
Read this post from the Fitness Spotlight on how to handle “cheat meals” and stay on track.
Paleo Party
When: Thursday Feb 4th, 7 pm
Where: The Box
Happenings: Announce the winners of the Paleo Challenge, exchange some recipes and tell war stories about how hard it was to eat real food for 30 days, eat some food and drink some beer, see Derek off (I’ll be taking off Friday for 10 weeks 
We’ll also talk about how to make this a lifestyle change. The 30 day challenge doesn’t end next week; that was just to get your butt in gear… now take what you learned and apply it from here on out!
*Make sure you turn in your food logs to Derek or Jon sometime before Tuesday, Feb 2nd.
Paleo Or Bust!
The New Food Pyramid
So we are about three weeks into this whole paleo challenge, and I’ve noticed a progression in the gym:
Week 1: “I can’t eat bread and sugar!? What am I supposed to eat!?”
Week 2: “I’ve dropped 6 pounds already! This is awesome!”
Week 3: “I tried this new paleo recipe -insert recipe here- it was delicious!”
Hopefully week 4 will bring some of you a new outlook on your food.
Some of the recipes people have been telling me about sound great (samples for the trainers are always appreciated). Darcy has a good one for Paleo Candy Bars; we are in negotiations with her right now to trade them for her membership. A few of you have been raving about the Roast Sticky Chicken found in our recipe section (try out some of the links found there to websites for more recipes). A couple of you asked about the Apple and Pork Roast I was bragging about (I held the sugar and added sweet potatoes)… yea, I love my crockpot. Here are some yummy breakfast options Kristin H. sent me.
So, you can see that whole, “What am I supposed to eat!?” question is easily answered. The possibilities are endless. I told someone today that I eat more variety and better tasting food now then before I started eating paleo. It’s about eating real, fresh food; not foodlike products made in a factory, packaged with a health claim on it.
So try some new recipes and let me know how they go!
The Sunshine Vitamin
Anybody check the weather lately? Not a whole lotta’ sun ’round these parts this time of year.
Vitamin D deficiencies are very common in northern climates during the darker months. Low blood levels of vitamin D can lead to:
SAD (seasonal affective disorder and moodiness)
Heaviness in the legs
Chronic musculoskeletal pain
Fatigue
Hypersensitivity of the skin
Increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease
Cognitive impairment in older adults
Severe asthma in children
Cancer
The list goes on, just Google it…
So how can you get your dose o’ D? Well it’s pretty easy in CdA during the summer; our bodies produce the stuff when the sun’s UV rays hit our skin. Winter is the tough one.
Now before you move to a nudist colony in Florida, here are some other ways: milk is fortified with it, but only contains 100 I.U. per serving (not to mention it’s a fat soluble vitamin, so whatsup with skim milk?). Cod liver oil is a good source, serving up 400 I.U. per teaspoon. I supplement this with my fish oil during the winter months. New research is showing the upper safety limit for vitamin D is 4000 I.U. per day. Costco has a good brand packing 2000 I.U. (I take 2 per day) at a reasonable price, be sure to check it out.
Check out vitamin Vitamin D3 World for more info, and as always, ask the trainers!
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