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kirkcudbrightSo my gym had a Nutrition Challenge, which I signed up to do before the rules were even announced. And when the rules were announced, it turned out to be Paleo for a month. Sigh, I could rant for a month about why the scientific basis of paleo is complete and utter bullshit, but I decided to follow through in the spirit of the thing, as an elimination diet and a personal experiment.
The main experimental finding was that I'm not allergic to any of the things that were eliminated - grains, rice, beans, legumes, dairy, alcohol, or sweeteners. Yay, but good to know, I guess. Another experimental finding was that I tend to lose weight if I work out more often. Again, big whoop, I knew that from when I was on Lean Eating and when I was training for my first marathon.
A contra-experimental finding was, in the lead-up to this Challenge, if I don't work out and I don't watch what I'm eating (and this isn't even deliberate over-eating, just normal unconscious eating), I can pack on the pounds alarmingly quickly.
So anyway, there were initial and final benchmark workouts and weight/measurements (waist, hips, thigh, biceps), and daily points (paleo meals, workout, 7 hours sleep, fish oil, hydration, and journaling). So yes, popping 2 capsules of fish oil counts the same as doing the Workout Of the Day (exercising on your own doesn't count, BTW). And going way off the rails on one meal is less of a points hit than, say, having milk with your coffee every morning, or wine with your dinner every evening. But, whatever, it's a points game, and I know how to do points games. That said, it wasn't so much a sprint to the finish on Friday as a saunter to the finish; I mean, Friday's lunch was from my favorite taqueria - y'know, the place where I'm the only gringo.
Anyway, I guess I did well enough on the points game, because I was named as one of 4 winners, howaboutthat. And my prize will be...new shoes. And the next post will be about shoes, because boy I have a lot of shoes, athletic and otherwise.
The main experimental finding was that I'm not allergic to any of the things that were eliminated - grains, rice, beans, legumes, dairy, alcohol, or sweeteners. Yay, but good to know, I guess. Another experimental finding was that I tend to lose weight if I work out more often. Again, big whoop, I knew that from when I was on Lean Eating and when I was training for my first marathon.
A contra-experimental finding was, in the lead-up to this Challenge, if I don't work out and I don't watch what I'm eating (and this isn't even deliberate over-eating, just normal unconscious eating), I can pack on the pounds alarmingly quickly.
So anyway, there were initial and final benchmark workouts and weight/measurements (waist, hips, thigh, biceps), and daily points (paleo meals, workout, 7 hours sleep, fish oil, hydration, and journaling). So yes, popping 2 capsules of fish oil counts the same as doing the Workout Of the Day (exercising on your own doesn't count, BTW). And going way off the rails on one meal is less of a points hit than, say, having milk with your coffee every morning, or wine with your dinner every evening. But, whatever, it's a points game, and I know how to do points games. That said, it wasn't so much a sprint to the finish on Friday as a saunter to the finish; I mean, Friday's lunch was from my favorite taqueria - y'know, the place where I'm the only gringo.
Anyway, I guess I did well enough on the points game, because I was named as one of 4 winners, howaboutthat. And my prize will be...new shoes. And the next post will be about shoes, because boy I have a lot of shoes, athletic and otherwise.
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