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Today is the day
I'm going back to Crossfit. My trainer is letting me go through onramp again thank goodness. I'm nervous and anxious (I'm about the farthest person from athletic, overweight, and out of shape). At this point I can be sore from hunching over a desk all day, stress, and couch sitting or I can be sore from crossfit. I don't…
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Day 11
I should be on day 11 of Whole 30 but fell off the wagon with wine. I've been awesome with the food and plan on being compliant from here on out. Oops. I'm half mad at myself and half forgiving b/c other than that I can't believe I'm doing so well! I've got tortilla-less soup on the stove, roasted chicken breasts, I'm hand…
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I have some newbie questions
Hi, I'm in the middle of on-ramp at a new box (the first time I tried xfit was in October but my knees forced me to stop) and while I'm picking up on some things quickly, I'm just not getting others. What is the move where you dead lift then heave up your shoulder and pop your hips and tuck your elbows under and bring the…
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I love my spiralizer!
Last night I made zucchini noodles with homemade walnut pesto and roasted tomatoes and it was fantastic, the zucchini noodles were a better substitute than spaghetti squash! I also spiralized with the flat blade purple potatoes and roasted them with garlic, salt, pepper, and Parmesan and they were amazing too!! With a…
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Interesting read: diet and brain development
I found this interesting! Sorry I can't give out the study article due to copyright :( https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/27058.aspx
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informing not arguing
I know better, but a group I'm in on FB started a thread about how dangerous and awful Crossfit is so I chimed in that I've done it and really loved it. Now people are posting links to huffington post Rhabdo article and I would like to quell the hysterics and inform a large group of people who have not done crossfit that…
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Dinner out
I'm really excited to try a new place to eat out tonight that serves paleo food! http://www.hotpotsmoothie.com/ Where do you go when you eat out? I know it's not ideal but life is life and I enjoy dinner out with friends sometimes.
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calories in vs. calories out
I haven't really spent any time on the general forums but WOW are people tied to the calories in vs. calories out theory to the point of name calling. I personally don't believe 200 calories of processed chemically laden packaged food is the same as 200 calories of fresh veggies or grass fed meats (thank you paleo for…
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I'm in a food rut
I usually cook two new recipes over the weekend to have for lunches and made nothing this weekend, nothing appealed to me. I'm thinking about making rogan josh and . . . What's been rocking your paleo world lately? Nothing with eggs please.
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Paleo gift ideas for a 25 year old guy
At dinner tonight my Uncle mentioned my cousin (who has been a big boy his whole life and is now living on his own in a house going to law school) wants to do Paleo. No one knew what it was and how hard it sounded was thrown around (I didn't say anything about having done it because my diet choices are my own and my family…
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Walk me through it
I found a box near me, looked into their intro classes and have been lurking here trying to pull the trigger but I have yet to really understand what a WOD is and how crossfit works/what it's like so could you guys walk me through what to expect? It sounds like it's a class, but is it like everyone in a room for an hour…
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Let's talk sleep
I know it's important and I struggle to get good sleep. My room is too light, warm, and loud. I have anxiety attacks when I'm half asleep and stay up way too late. I know all of these things are keeping me from good, healthy paleo sleep habits. What do you do to make your sleep environment appealing and ideal? Any advice?…
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motivate me to cook
I'm in a cooking rut and even though I follow quite a few paleo blogs I haven't seen any recipes that make me want to cook up a storm (which is more than necessary to stay on track). Share your favorite recipes and meal ideas and hopefully I'll get back in the kitchen! I bought a rack of pork ribs yesterday to do something…
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What do you say to naysayers?
I know Paleo is gaining popularity but there are still people (who don't really know anything about the diet) that love to make negative claims about it that are broad and somewhat false. I usually don't bother to argue with people about diets because EVERYONE has an opinion, but the anti-paleo people annoy me for some…
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Pre-training for cross-fit
I'd like to get into cross-fit, the problem is I'm so out of shape I can't run more than 30 seconds, going up a flight of stairs leaves me sweaty and squats might confine me to bed for a week. I'm barely exaggerating. I'm really out of shape; I sit all day then sit again when I get home. Which means I can only get more…
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Struggling to not stuff my face
I had a really emotional weekend, super happy high then a super disappointing, hurtful, low and eaten all day so I'm hungry and tired but I don't want meat. I'm feeling the old pull of emotional eating and want to order a pizza family meal (there was a reason I got fat). I'm down 16 pound and been on plan 11 weeks and…
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Factors other than food
I've been very very focused on food and letting the other 'factors' of health slide. Other than the Whole9 site where else do you get information and inspiration to do the WHOLE plan? Sleep is a major issue for me and while being paleo it's vastly improved I have a lot of work to do (going to bed at a good time, getting…
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Crossfit?
I think I get the basics of cross fit but can anyone really explain it to me? I'm really out of shape, will I have to work out to get to the point I can start cross fit? I'm really intimidated by it but I keep reading amazing things about it and people get results so I'm curious of course! Plus is seems to go hand in hand…
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Menu ideas?
I hope some people are interested in sharing daily menu ideas. I'm putting together some ideas and will post soon, critique is more then welcome!
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Eating nose-to-tail
I know we are supposed to be incorporating all parts of the animal into our diet, not just muscle meat, for health reasons and balance but organ meat doesn't appeal to me having grown up on the SAD. How do you incorporate more parts of animals in your diets? Tell me about your organ meat recipes and experiences please. I…
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Not eating enough
I'm starting week 5 of primal/paleo and am gaining this week. I don't think I'm eating enough and probably have to drop wine for awhile (yes, I know it's neither paleo or primal). I'm getting to the point meat is not appealing to me so I need to change up how I'm eating, what and when. How do you get fat in? What's your…
