A Whole New Approach

Two weeks of the CrossFit Open in the books and I'm feeling it.  Week two (also known as 13.2) consisted of a 10 minute balls-to-the-wall sprint of shoulder-to-overhead, deadlifts and (the dreaded) box jump.  The best part of the Open is watching everyone attempt these workouts as prescribed.  I love seeing Whitney lift heavier than she thinks possible and Marcia kick ass in her division.  I love being pushed by Sam.  I love the atmosphere and environment of the Open.  I love reading this guy's tweets every week....

The Central East Regionals will be held in Columbus sometime in April or May and I'm thinking of coordinating an overnight trip to watch.  We have some great athletes in our region (::cough:: Rich ::cough cough::) and it would be incredible to watch some of the best lay it all out on the floor during Regionals.  Sam and I talked a little about it already but I'm curious...would anyone be interested in this?

On another note, tomorrow I'm starting my first Whole30.  Essentially, it's 30 days of clean eating where you eliminate processed foods (duh), grains, dairy, legumes (including peanut butter..sniffle), alcohol, sulfites, white potatoes and all sugars (even natural sugars like honey and agave).  Basically, it's paleo on crack.  Is crack paleo-approved?  You also can't "paleo-fy" traditional naughty foods, like cookies and muffins and pizza.  Some people also add caffeine to the list of eliminated foods but, uh, yeah...that ain't gonna happen.

Seriously, I'm not joking....

You can eat animal protein, veggies, some fruit and good fats.  You can pretty much drink water, black coffee and plain tea.  This may not seem terribly difficult but it's the sugar that's the tricky part. Even if you're a fairly clean eater, it's amazing how many foods have some form of sugar in them.  I'm serious...look at ingredients list - it will amaze you.  Restaurants add sugar to even the most seemingly simplest foods.  It's in marinades, dressings, spice mixes...it's EVERYWHERE.

I was thinking of telling y'all that I'll be posting what I'm eating every few days, maybe with some pictures and/or recipes but...let's be honest, I say I'm going to do that all the time.  And then it doesn't happen.  I'm sorry, ok! I'm kind of a busy girl!  But hey...this way I keep your expectations really low and then if I do post something more often than every two weeks you'll be really impressed by me.  I like for people to think I'm impressive.

I really like Mumford and Sons lately.  Oh, and that new Fall Out Boy song is awesomesauce to blast during a WOD.  There's also a lot of links in this post so I hope you have fun clicking around all those windows.  That is all.