February 2010
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Paleo Check-In, Day 30
Breakfast: 2 eggs, almonds
Lunch: chicken soup, brisket, asparagus
Snack: strawberry & coconut milk smoothie
Dinner: ka-choris*, chicken tikka masala
Ka-choris have chickpeas in em, which aren’t allowed. I was too hungry to be 100% and too busy to food shop all day, so I ordered Indian delivery and did the best I could - no rice, no naan. It feels good to be done with this...
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Kung Fu seminar
Pole seminar taught by Sigung at the NJ branch today. It was an action-oriented seminar and we spent most of the time drilling the techniques and applications we were taught. Really good stuff.
January 2010
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Paleo Check-In, Day 29
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mexican beef, asparagus, orange
Snack: apple, almonds
Lunch: 2 hot dogs, spinach
Snack: apple w/almond butter
Dinner: chicken, carrots, celery
Dessert: 2 scoops coconut milk ice cream
The food supplies are running low. I need to go food shopping to increase my options.
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Kung Fu practice
Started with a light run-through of Tiet Sien Kuen, barefoot of course. I felt aright, but wasn’t going for full power. After that I ran through Ji Mo Seung Do a few times, sans the ji mos.
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Sandbag Murder
Grabbed Larry Storch for a basement quickie:
Sandbag shouldering x 30 sec
Sandbag ground and pound x 30 sec
Repeat 10x, resting 30 sec between each round.
I alternated sides on the shouldering and ended up doing 8 reps for every 30 second interval (4/side). I wore gloves throughout to make sure my hands stay pretty. This would have been more murderous if I did a few more intervals - next...
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Paleo Check In, Day 28
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mexican beef, asparagus, orange
AM Snack: Larabar
Lunch: spinach salad with grilled chicken and stuff
Dinner:chicken teriyaki, vegetables, salad, almonds
Just two days to go and feeling fine.
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Paleo Check In, Day 27
Breakfast: almonds, apple, 3 eggs, sausage, orange
Lunch: chicken, turkey, and roast beast sandwich innards (no bread thx), salad
PM Snack: Larabar
Dinner: 2 hamburger patties from Five Guys (no bun), asparagus, apple w/almond butter
Dessert: 2 scoops of coconut milk ice cream
More lousy food at a company catered event today. I was forced to gut a few sandwiches for their precious...
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Kung Fu class
Small class tonight. I ran them through the standard warmup, drilled some basic kicks, did some bridge training, and worked on forms. Got a decent sweat, but couldn’t stick around as long as I’d have liked.
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Paleo Check In, Day 26
Breakfast: almonds, apple
Snack: banana/raspberry/pineapple smoothie, cashews
Lunch: salad with chicken, avocado and stuff, roast beast
Dinner: beef w/broccoli, beef stew, cashews, orange
Snack: apple w/almond butter
Stuck at a training session for work all day with lousy food so I had to hork down whatever I could whenever I could. I was hungry most of the day.
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Paleo Check In, Day 25
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mexican beef, 1/2 avocado
Snack: nose carrots, cashews
Lunch: beef stew, apple w/almond butter
PM Snack: cashews
Dinner: more beef stew (gotta work on those leftovers)
Snack: apple w/almond butter
I’m in the home stretch now. I’m not tiring of the paleo lifestyle, but I sure am tiring of logging everything I eat.
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Quick Strength Circuit
Grabbed Larry Storch (my 80lb sandbag) and went to work:
3 Sandbag Getups (80lb) each side
15 Pullups
Repeat 3x
Didn’t time this one since I don’t like to rush get ups, but all pullup sets were unbroken.
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Team Workout: 500 Double Unders/Wall Sit
Frank and I teamed up for this one. We took turns doing double unders until we hit 500 as a team. The guy not doing double unders “rested” in a wall sit.
Total time: 11:55. We traded off after every 50 double unders until we hit 400, then we traded every 25. This was pretty tough.
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Paleo Check In, Day 24
Breakfast: 3 eggs, sausage, orange
Snack: beef stew
Lunch: chicken souvlaki, salad
PM Snack: almonds, nose carrots
Dinner: chicken, spinach, cashews
Not much to say today. I didn’t have too much fruit and I was sorely missing it.
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Paleo Check In, Day 23
Breakfast: 3 eggs, 1/2 avocado, mexican beef
Snack: cashews, taste of coconut milk ice cream*
Lunch: beef stew
Dessert: mexican beef, cashews
Lousy food day with almost no vegetables, but I was busy working and taking care of le bebe. At least I got a good breakfast in. I also ate around the potatoes in the beef stew, which broke my heart a little.
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Paleo Check In, Day 22
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mixed berry w/coconut milk smoothie
Snack: cashews, taste of coconut milk ice cream*
Dinner: chicken, nose carrots, asparagus, spinach
Dessert: 2 scoops of coconut milk ice cream*, cherries
I know coconut milk ice cream isn’t strictly paleo but some paleo-heads rave about it. There’s the whole smoking candy cigarettes argument about creating paleo...
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25 Repetition Roulette Sandbag Workout
Zach and I built a couple of 80lb sandbags today, just like in the video from Mountain Athlete. I gave mine a baptismal name, Larry Storch, and then christened it with one of Ross Enamait’s workouts. 25 reps of the following:
Burpee with hands on the bag
Clean and press the bag overhead
Perform a lunge with each leg while holding the bag overhead
Total time: 10:57. Looking back at the...
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Paleo Check In, Day 21
Breakfast: 2 eggs, spinach, 1/2 avocado, apple, almonds
Lunch: chicken salad from Chipotle: fajita veggies, fresh tomato salsa, guacamole, lettuce
PM Snack: leftover chicken, nose carrots
Dinner: plantain crusted chicken, spinach, kale, cabbage
Those salads from Chipotle are pointless without double meat. Haven’t been able to work out all week between work and home stuff....
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Paleo Check In, Day 20
Breakfast: 2 eggs, spinach, 1/2 avocado, apple, almonds
Lunch: spinach salad with chicken and stuff
PM Snack: cashews, apple, nose carrots
Dinner: chicken w/broccoli, dumplings*
I ate three dumplings today, which is a foul. I’m shooting for 90% paleo, which I have definitely hit and looking to make my fouls worthwhile (make sure they taste good) and not too harmful (not going to...
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Paleo Check In, Day 19
Breakfast: 4 eggs, mexican beef, 1/2 avocado, apple w/almond butter
AM Snack: cashews, nose carrots
Lunch: mexican beef, spinach
Dinner: chicken, spinach
Late Snack: coconut milk + mixed berry smoothie
I’m hitting my paleo stride pretty well now. I’m feeling great, don’t have any problems with cravings at all, and even find myself wondering why anyone would ever eat...
“The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.”
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Paleo Check-In, Day 18
36 hour fast
It’s easy to avoid non-paleo foods when you don’t eat! Started fasting at 10pm Monday, will eat again 10am Wednesday.
I was doing some intermittent fasting at least once a week (often twice) before the little one was born, but haven’t given it a try in a while. It always makes me feel sharp, focused, and surprisingly hunger isn’t an issue. Now that her...
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Paleo Check-In, Day 17
Breakfast: 2 eggs, brussels sprouts, 1/2 avocado
Lunch: spinach salad w/chicken and other good stuff
PM Snack: almonds, cashews
Dinner: rotisserie chicken, thai beef, apple w/almond butter
I cooked up a big batch of mexican beef and added a little too much jalapeno, so I diluted it with some coconut milk. Thai beef = mexican beef + coconut milk! Is there anything coconut milk...
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Paleo Check-In, Day 16
Breakfast: 3 eggs, turkey, apple, almonds
Lunch: brussels sprouts, almonds, nose carrots
Snack: avocado + coconut milk smoothie
Dinner: plantain crusted chicken, spinach, kale, cabbage
Dessert: banana whip w/almonds
I had high hopes for the avocado smoothie (I’ve been making avocado shakes with ice cream for a while), but it came out pretty bland. I think I’ll need to mix...
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Paleo Check-In, Day 15
Breakfast: 3 eggs, turkey, avocado, salsa, almonds
Lunch: chicken and eggplant
PM Snack: almonds
Dinner: chicken, meatballs, spinach
Late Snack: coconut milk + mixed berry smoothie, almonds
Half way point and feeling great. I’ve had no cravings for sugar, bread, or any of that mess. Since the modern world is so paleo-unfriendly, it just takes planning and lots of nuts to make it...
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Sprint Intervals
At the nearly-empty field in Washington Park on this warm (40 degrees!) morning:
Sprint 50m
Repeat 20x
I rested as needed between sprints and didn’t bother timing anything.
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Kung Fu practice
I headed out for some morning practice by the Old Stone House today. I kicked things off with Tiet Sien Kuen, as I tend to do. After that I worked on Ng Ying Kuen since I had some space to really open it up. To make sure I took full advantage of the space, I ran through the leopard section 20x.
I was dressed for winter when I started but I gradually shed a few layers and was just wearing my kf...
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Paleo Check-In, Day 14
Breakfast: 3 eggs, sausage, orange
Lunch: Carnitas salad with double meat from Chipotle: fajita veggies, fresh tomato salsa, guacamole, lettuce
PM Snack: almonds
Dinner: chicken fajitas, guacamole, lettuce, salsa
Dessert: banana whip w/walnuts
Good thing I packed it in at lunch because dinner was a wash - too small and not satisfying.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 13
Breakfast: 3 eggs, sausage, orange
Lunch: turkey, almonds, nose carrots, eggplants
PM Snack: apple w/almond butter
Dinner: chicken shish kebab, lamb adana, spinach, cabbage, lettuce
Dessert: coconut milk w/apple sauce
Had a Turkish feast for dinner and had the restaurant substitute spinach for the rice that comes with the dish. I haven’t eaten out much since going paleo since...
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Kung Fu class
Nice, crowded class today. Standard warmup followed by some basic drills, then we went into some hand techniques. I was the odd man out partner-wise, so I spent a lot of time bashing my forearms on the gravel-filled sandbags after I drilled the techniques with the heavy bag.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 12
Breakfast: 3 eggs, sausage, 1/2 avocado
Lunch: spinach salad w/chicken and vegetables
Dinner: chicken w/broccoli, eggplant, almonds
Late Snack: apple w/almond butter
Busy day at work and I was feeling pretty hungry. I need to stock up on some nuts from Trader Joe’s so I can put together my little snack bags and carry them around.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 11
Breakfast: 3 eggs, turkey, salsa, orange
AM Snack: apple w/almond butter
Lunch: meatballs, nose carrots, cashews
Dinner: steak, broccoli
Dessert: Paleo Pina Colada (coconut milk, water, frozen pineapple)
I need to patent that Paleo Pina Colada recipe!
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Burpees / Double Unders
Poached from Crossfit Virtuosity:
10 Burpees
20 Double Unders
Repeat 5x
Total time: 4:20. This is a good short, intense, burpee-centric workout that will hopefully help me get my 100 burpee time down. I was shooting for sub 4 and I had a shot at it, but I had to take a few breaths during the burpee portion.
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Kung Fu practice
Ali got jealous that I practiced with Dave in my basement the other day, so he came over and we did the same thing - ran through every hand form including Tiet Sien Kuen. We actually managed to do TSK side by side at the same time. Felt good.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 10
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mexican beef, 1/2 avocado
Lunch: roast turkey, mixed vegetables, Larabar
PM Snack: cashews, coconut milk + banana + frozen raspberries smoothie
Dinner: mexican beef, hot dogs, broccoli
Late Snack: apple w/almond butter
That smoothie was pretty good. I used 1/2 c coconut milk, 1/2 c water, frozen fruit, and a whole banana. Still feeling like a champ.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 9
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mexican beef, 1/2 avocado
AM Snack: almonds, apple
Lunch: meatballs, pistachios
Dinner: huge steak, spinach, almonds
Late Snack: apple w/almond butter, unsweetened almond breeze
I’ve been feeling kinda hungry for the past couple of days so I got me a huge steak and bought some almond butter, which I can now apply to everything I put in my trap. It may just be...
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Team Workout: 100 Burpees/Plank Hold
After our practice, Dave and I decided to do 200 burpees as fast as possible, with one person doing burpees, one ‘resting’ in a plank hold and switching as necessary. We only made it to 100 because he needed to stop, but it took us about 6:20. The plank position isn’t really a rest at all and keeps those shoulders burning for your next set of burpees.
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Kung Fu practice
Got together with Dave and worked on the hand forms in the basement. Decent workout and good discussions about a few sections here and there. We ran through Gung Ji, Fuk Fu, Fu Hok Seung Ying Kuen, and Ng Ying Kuen.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 8
Breakfast: 3 eggs, mexican beef, 1/2 avocado
AM Snack: almonds
Lunch: turkey/avocado smash, meatballs
Dinner: steak, chicken, nose carrots
Late Snack: meatballs, hot dog, almonds
Went to a kung fu/tai chi party for dinner and crammed my face full of as much meat and carrots as I could grab. I also made a big batch of fantastic chocolate chip cookies, didn’t touch the dough or...
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Goal Achieved - 10 Unbroken Handstand Pushups
Maybe this goal was a bit unambitious, but I hit it today. I think I just needed a few sessions to reinforce good form because the strength was already there. I felt rock solid in my handstand and banged em out.
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GPP Circuit
Burpees x 30 sec (12)
Mountain Climbers x 30 sec
Jumping Jacks x 30 sec
High-Knee Alternating DB Press (5lbs) x 30 sec
Repeat 6x, resting 30 sec between rounds.
This was pretty tough because the second and fourth exercises were so similar. I also feel like I dogged it on the mountain climbers a bit since I don’t count reps there.
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Kung Fu practice
Nothing but Tiet Sien Kuen today. Ran through it cold to start and focused on charging up, which felt really good. Then I did a conditioning workout and ran through it again right afterwards. I tried to focus on cooling down, but I felt unfocused and sloppy…I should practice this more when I’m really beat.
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Paleo Check-In, Day 7
Breakfast: 3 eggs, sausage
AM Snack: cashews, orange
Lunch: Barbacoa salad with double meat from Chipotle: fajita veggies, fresh tomato salsa, guacamole, lettuce
Dinner: meatballs, cherries
Now that’s a lunch. Expensive, but huge and filling. The meatballs I made for dinner had some breadcrumbs in em, but I skipped the pasta and ate em plain. Feeling pretty great these days.
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