Monday, November 9, 2009

WOD at Possum Corner
(Chia, Joe, Janet, Mary, Jean-Micheal)

ONCE THROUGH FOR TIME:
50 Crunches
10 Burpees
50 Flutter Kicks
10 Burpees
50 Cross-Knee Crunches (25/side)
10 Burpees
50 Side Crunches (25/side)
10 Burpees
50 Plank Reach-Unders (25/side)
10 Burpees
50 Supermans (50/side)
10 Burpees

Here's a little bit about how I eat and track my nutrition.


I eat based on the Paleo Diet, a way of eating that emphasizes quality of food, not quantity or macronutrient ratios. Admittedly it is heavy on protein and fat and low on carbs, but there is no proscribed ratio.

The Paleo way of eating is centered around the idea that as humans our genes make us designed to ingest certain types of foods and that eating outside that box is the cause of inflammation (the body's response to stuff it doesn't like) which in turn is the cause of many chronic disease states which plague modern, Western society.

Processed food and the chemicals they contain also contribute to these disease states. Salt, nitrites, and high-fructose corn syrup being the most ubiquitous and among the worst offenders.

If you want to learn more just Google "paleolithic diet inflammation" or something similar. There's plenty of smart people out there who make the argument for the paleo way of eating much more eloquently than me.

I also track what I eat using a free site called Fitday.com. The site allows you to enter custom foods or select from its database of foods. It keeps track of Kcals and macronutrients and the relative ratio of each. It may seem burdensome to use, but after a few days, especially if you eat the same foods day to day as I do, it's really pretty easy. I use the log mostly to make sure I'm getting enough protein throughout the day, and as my training increases, that I'm getting enough total calories per day also. You can also share your log or make it private. You're welcome to check mine out any time here: My Fitday Log

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