Day 9

Here we are - Day 9. Nearly 1/3 done with this Challenge. I finally got over the energy slump and am enjoying having more energy once again. Yesterday's workout felt good and I was thrilled to finish it (45# thrusters/63 jump ropes) in only 10:24. I felt good enough to do 10 sets of 10 each GHD situps and back extensions. After that I was feeling a bit strange, but had some baked sweet potato chips (totally paleo) and the weirdness went away quickly.

This morning's CFE WOD was great and I marked good times for my intervals. It feels SO GOOD to feel good again!!!

I wonder if I'm eating too much though, and I know I need to stop having fruit with dinner. I don't do it every night, but I love fruit and just think veggies are "okay". I could live on fruit all day and never have another vegetable again and probably be totally happy.

My family is sick of chicken. I've made steak twice in the last 9 days, and most of the rest of the nights have been chicken, which is a lot!! Its just hard to come up with creative ways to make paleo dinners and lunches. I've got recipes and I've been trying them, but I don't have lots of time to prepare stuff. Sometimes I've even gone to make a recipe and realized it takes 3 hours to cook, and so I've had to shift gears and find something else.

I also am not thrilled with having to go to the store every 4 or 5 days. I used to shop for two weeks at a time, and only hit the stores maybe once in between for milk and a few other things. Now I'm shopping 3-4 times more often, buying less at a time, and probably spending more money! That is not so enjoyable.

So, anyway, I'm starting to wish nobody mentioned the "In Moderation" section of our Paleo plan. I'm not so good at moderation and since then I've been obsessed with wanting Diet Cherry Dr. Peppers. I've only had one, and am having another one right now. But, still. I'd rather not be drinking any at all since they are so full of chemicals. It was easier when I thought they were totally banned. Yes, how stupid is that? But, whatever, the mind works in quirky ways - especially my mind.

Even so, this whole challenge is going good and I'm feeling great. This week is starting off awesome!