A Beginning.

About two and a half months ago, I started Crossfit for serious at Potomac Crossfit. A few weeks in, I found myself hooked, and decided to tackle the Zone diet in an effort to lean out and boost my performance. I've been tracking my workouts for awhile and logging my food intake in FitDay since I started the Zone, but I'm hoping that putting both on this blog will give my coaches and peers the chance to provide me with some good constructive feedback.

Today was a rest day, so nothing to report on the workout front. Eating was a little off because I stayed home to work on getting rid of the raccoon family that recently moved into our attic. Words cannot sufficiently describe how it feels to wake up at 3 am to a chorus of baby raccoons shrieking at the top of their tiny little lungs. But I digress - here's my food intake:

10:15 - 1 whole boiled egg, 4 boiled egg whites, 1 small apple, and 2 oz honey roasted peanuts (3P, 2C, 11F)

1:00 - 3 oz chicken breast, 1.25 c cauliflower, 2 oz honey roasted peanuts (3P, 1C, 11F)

3:30 - 2 1-oz buffalo sticks, 15 almonds (2P, 5F)

6:15 - salad (2 c lettuce, .25 medium tomato, .15 c onion, .5 oz croutons, 1 oz chicken, 1.5 oz part-skim shredded mozzarella, .5 oz pepperoni, 2 tbsp caesar dressing), 21-ish cashews (3P, 2C, 9F)

Add in a bunch of sugar-free popsicles that I took down while sitting on my can all afternoon, and I think I ended up around 11P, 8C, and 36F - not too far away from my goal of 11P, 6C, and 39F (am trying out 1.5x fat these days). I know honey roasted peanuts aren't an ideal fat source, but I bought a can as a treat after foregoing them for many weeks, and am done with it now, so no worries...in fact, I've decided to go legume- and dairy-free for the next 2 weeks, just to see how my body responds. Other than sugar-free popsicles and the occasional glass of wine or beer, this would put me pretty close to Paleo, which is pretty amazing considering how far away I was from anything resembling Paleo not more than 4 months ago.