Archive for July 28, 2012

Sleep, Eat, Sleep, Cheat

Posted: July 28, 2012 in Food
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Ah, a weekend. That means one glorious thing. I get to sleep in!! I woke up for Sahoor with just enough time to get something together and eat. Rest assured it was done with only one eye open. I ate, did my morning prayers, and was back to bed in no time. I didn’t even give my self the opportunity to take a picture of the food.

This morning’s sahoor was a pretty simple one. I made an omlette with 2 eggs and 3 egg whites. I added onions, tomatoes, sea salt, and chili powder to it and cooked it with extra virgin olive oil. I had some left over chicken from last night so I added that to my plate as well. I washed it down with a liter or so of water.  Simple, quick, and did the job. Some guac would have made it perfect but I used the last of it last night.

Cheat Meal

I mentioned something about a cheat meal a few days ago and tonight I’ve decided to take one. You should allow yourself a cheat meal once in a while as a reward or to tame those one off cravings. Some people have a “3 cheat meals a week” plan, others like myself save it for outings or when I need a break. I’ve gone over a week being fairly strict with Paleo so I’ve decided tonight will be a cheat night for me. I find it important to take a cheat meal once in a while when taking on a dietary lifestyle change like this one. If you go too strict for a long period of time, you could find yourself breaking down one day and binging on ice cream and soda for 4 days straight. I have plans to have dinner with friends at a local resturant tonight for Iftar. Oh and I won’t be posting what I eat because, well, it will be my dirty little secret.

I think this cheat meal, sleeping in, and rest day from working out are the ingredients I need to get back on my game plan.

Workout of the Day = Rest

Game Plan Juxtaposition

Posted: July 28, 2012 in Challenge, Food
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For CrossFitters, a workout at the gym can affect your mood and your whole well-being for the day. A good workout can relieve even the greatest stress on an athletes mind where as a bad one lingers around like bad gas. Yesterday was one of those bad days. I modified the met-con to make it a bit easier since the programmed one was fairly long. Here is what I did:

3 rounds for time
Run 200 meters
10 Push Press 95#
10 Toes to Bar
2 Rope Climbs (15′)

Aside from not running fast enough, keeping my rhythm while doing toes to bar, or maintaining proper correct technique while climbing the rope, I just couldn’t keep my intensity up. I came home frustrated and feeling weak. It took me a little while to compose my self even when I got home. I started to write a post about the experience last night but I had writers block from the frustration and weakness I was feeling so I decided to leave it for today.

I was able to sleep in today, finally (actually) catching up on my sleep and had a thought occur to me. I had somewhat of a game plan coming into this and here I am 8 days into it, completely disregarding it! Instead of doing more strength WODs, I’ve taken on some difficult met-cons all week. All the while, lying to myself about being rested enough. I had 4 solid points that I wanted to stick to on my game plan post and I find my self already disregarding a lot of them. I think ambition is getting the best of me. I see a fun WOD on the board and I feel like I should be taking it on. When I walk into that gym, it’s as if I forget that I haven’t eaten or drank anything since 4 am or how little I’ve slept this week. It’s the power of CrossFit and it’s a great feeling but I need to keep my circumstances in mind. Time to refocus.

Now that I’ve let that out, time to talk about what I ate last night. I made chicken with eggs and cauliflower:

    • 1/2 lb chicken breast, diced up
    • 2 eggs
    • 1/2 tsp of sea salt
    • 1 tsp of chaat masala
    • handful of cauliflower, chopped up
    • extra virgin olive oil

This was very easy to make. I added the oil to a hot pan and then dropped in the cauliflower for it to satuee. In the mean time I marinated the chicken with salt and chaat masala for some kick. Once the cauliflower was starting to soften up, I added in the chicken and stirred it around. Once the chicken was done cooking, I placed it on a plate, added the remaining guacamole I had left from the day before, and added some vegetables to it:

1.5 liters of water washed it down. I snacked on a bowl of watermelon a little later in the evening. Simple enough. Now if I can only stick to the game plan for everything else…

Focus!