So I’ve entered the Paleo Challenge (again) which runs from yesterday (October 4) until November 13. I actually started eating completely strict Paleo a week ago, because it was well beyond time, and I’m already down 11lbs. Such is the magic. I should also mention that I was eating way too much crap and drinking way too much beer for a good week or 2 prior to that so a lot of that weight loss was just reversing the nastiness.
After participating and winning the first Paleo Challenge from Jan-Feb, I was really good sticking with it for at least 2 months, and then I hit a couple 2 week long vacations and summer, and pretty much everything went to hell. I think the takeaway here is that it’s hard to reverse 28 years of carb and sugar loading even though I know how great I feel when I stick to Paleo. I am going to use this challenge to hopefully lose even more weight than I did the first time (I have an extra week, and I weigh 2lbs less than I did at the start of the Jan-Feb Challenge). Beyond that, I want to use this as a reminder that if I can eat 99.9% strict Paleo for 7 weeks straight, I sure as hell can be 90/10 or 85/15 when I’m not involved in a challenge for money and prizes. I love that there’s a performance element to this challenge, and I’m very interested to see how much I am able to improve at the end of this 6 weeks.
Today was the benchmark performance WoD:
Establish a 1RM max back squat within 15 minutes: 215# (ties PR)
Metcon:
2 min wall ball (12#, 8′ target)’
1 min rest
2 min push press (55#)
1 min rest
2 min kettlebell swing (1 pood)
1 min rest
2 min box jump
Total – 153 rx’d
I think my breakdown was 44, 34, 41, 33. I think I can improve on push press and box jumps next time, no doubt. I had a bit of a right shoulder flare up during the second minute of push press (I really should get it checked out) and I am currently terrible at box jumps. If I improve to average, that will be a big difference.
