WHATS FOR BREAKFAST!
Ok here is the deal, we are new to this business thing but not to this fitness thing. We (I) assumed that because we mentioned zone or paleo here and there and had a few journal articles available when ever Leah would print them from work meant you guys were zoning like the best of us… Turns out that is not the case! TIME FOR SOME INTERVENTION
1st step: Quality of food. We gots to get off the shitty carbs man! They are what bring us down, slow our times down and what make us chubby wubby! Here is your life line. It is CrossFit Journal issue #21 and its loaded with information that could throw Stephen Hawking for a loop. For now simply turn to page 3 & 4 and live by it! It is a list of good and bad foods with quantities. Lets not worry about the quantities for us newbies just yet but lets try to eat only items from the good side Monday through Friday or 3 outta 4 days whatever floats your boat. Shortly I will post regarding portions. Seriously if you guys get on this like I am asking it will EXPONENTIALLY increase your progress!
I know changing habits is WAY hard so here is where we start. Lets immediately start having a breakfast EVERYDAY that is purely from the good side. If each one of those quantities is a serving (a zone block) ladies have about 2 from protien, carbs, and fat, dudes 3 or 4 of each.
Let me here some thoughts and ideas in the comments. Who is on board, who wants more? If you guys wish we will print out those Good/Bad charts and get them laminated and have them at the gym for like $2. I have had the same one in my kitchen for the last 2 years! Seriously lets do this guys, I wanna build the biggest, baddest, sexiest gym in the WORLD!
Speaking of sexy, check out Mustache Mike with 2 poods over head! He and Elissa have been legit zoning for the past 2 weeks and I can already see the difference. Lets not let them get too big of a lead on us!
Since we are all fine tuning our diets (or at least poping the hood and taking a look) Lets talk about our little competition on 6/27. Obviously not everyone will win (actually only one dude and one chick will) but that is ABSOLUTELY no reason not to participate! We are doing our best to make it a blast and it is nice to do something a little different. I think I am begining to lean towards two events seperated by the 9am free class. So we will begin at 8am, break at 9, and start wod two at 10:30. The second wod will be something of our creation that will favor nobodies strengths to our knoweldge…. Seriously I encourage everyone to come on down, who knows you card may get drawn!
It would really be cool to get some conversations going in the comments. You people with questions ask them, if you are already on the boat, share your experiences. If you want those charts printed and lamented say it and I will get it down tomorrow! Have a great night everyone and lets take a moment and think about WHATS FOR BREAKFAST!
Hey there!!! Awww i wish I was gonna be here for the competition!!! I know you guys are gonna ROCK… Tomorrow is my last day for a whole month… so wish me luck doing crossfit on my own in Brazil….Im gonna miss the gym immensely. On the diet part….I been trying the paleo mostly and when I have my cheat meals I def. feel the difference. Just gotta keep on it!!! Good luck…
Wow! Great post Pete! I definitely have a “zoned” fridge and freezer these days. Last weeks vaca in San Diego ruined me, but the nice thing about the zone is it only takes 1 meal to get back in the zone. So I’m back and I can’t wait to get some killer wod’s in.
On days I fall out of the zone, I feel so lethargic and can barely do double unders…
I’m in for the competition! I may not win, but everyone has to start somewhere. Even if Leah is stronger than me, I give it all I’ve got. LOL!
P.S. I always notice when people step up their performance and I’ve notice Mike and Ellisa have stepped up their game. Nice work!
Mustache Mike……all along i thought that was Lt. Dangle from reno911 hahaha.
hey and thanks for noticing our improvements… im proud of mike for staying away from sweets and i have to work on eating breakfast. So does it matter if i eat breakfast before or after the gym?
Another thing I can thank Pete for…he gave me “the sheet”. I never realized that my diet was such an important aspect of physical training.
I was skeptical at first but after a couple of weeks on the zone I was beginnning to notice my performance increasing during the WOD’s. It is now obvious to me that when I am “zoning” I have much more energy and can hit the workouts with much more intensity. I would just say give it a shot and the results will speak for itself.
….now I just need to get my lazy arse back on track!
Good thing BEER is not a shitty carb!!!
For those of you looking to get your diet on the right track the Food/Meal Logger on Beyond the Whiteboard is a really helpful tool. It will give you your Zone block prescription, help you keep track of all the food you are eating, and let you know which foods are good or bad. Only the good items are listed on the site so it’s easy to see if you are eating foods that you shouldn’t be. Try keeping a nutrition log for a week or two; it will show you the way.
Becca Great job getting your first pullups yesterday! And to get two in a row is even COOLER!
Elissa, since you are attending the 10:30 class I would have to say if you waited till after to eat breakfast that would be called LUNCH… I would try to have a small meal a few hours before you come in, but that is just me.
As Ben said logging your food is a great way to get a clear look at what you are really eating. Even though there is all this talk about hormone regulation with the zone, first and foremost it is a method of bookkeeping your intake. I highly recommend Beyond the Whiteboard, heck I think it is even linked to the website!
For those that may not know, I have lost about 30 pounds following the zone way of eating. Crossfit and the zone have literally changed my life. Prior to January of this year, I was over stressed, eating terribly, and not excercising at all. In addition, I have metabolic arthritis, which prior to January I was having outbreaks on average once or twice a month. These outbreaks would leave me in such horrible pain that I was bedridden for days at a time. Almost 7 months later, I have more energy, fun, focus, and drive for every aspect of my life. Crossfit and diet have played a crucial role in this. Oops, gotta run for now, the jelly from my donut just oozed out onto my keyboard…..LOL!
Becca we will miss you! Great job on your pullups!
Peter, I definitely want a copy of the charts! Time to step it up! I really do notice a difference in how I feel on the days that I have those nasty bad carbs.
And by the way…..Brit you looked awesome yesterday doing
your hang power snatches! Very cool indeed
Hi All, I am sad I’m missing all this stuff. Plus I am so WAY off the zone right now it’s horrible. Actually I thought Carl and I were only doing so-so job of zoning, but after being away for 2 weeks and eating the kind of things my mum cooks (potatoes + potatoes, or bread at every meal!) I realize that we were actually doing really well back in Buckeye. We do eat tonnnes of veggies here, so that is good, but v. low amounts of protein, so the rest of the calories are made up with bad carbs, mainly. Uggh.
On another track, Pete’s fame is now spreading globally(like swine flu) LOL ! I worked out with X-fit Bath on Monday and when I said I was from CrossFit Fury the trainer guys immediately said “A guy from your gym just won the online qualifier” !! They went to the Europe qualifier in Ireland and said the guy who qualified there was a beast… I am still sore from the two killer WODS they put us thru on Monday. That’s what happens when you start up again after 2 weeks of slacking off
See you all in July… I have a feeling i’ll be at the bottom of the whiteboard by then!