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[Primal Toad]

It is about time I start a journal here at MDA. It will be interesting to see how many readers I get over the course of the next few weeks and months...

I decided to go primal on April 5, 2010. I made the decision for a clear skin experiment. My skined clered up just about 100%. Everything went perfect for about 5 months or so until stress started to hit me big time. Having no job and little money sucks... I finally got 2 jobs! Yay - working up to 60 hours a week sounds awesome! I did this for about 2 months till January.

During the last 2 months of 2010 my diet was horrendous. I started to binge eat on junk food and stopped caring about what I put in my body. I went to Chicago for the New Year with my good friend since our brothers both live there and had a good time. But, the day I left was AWFUL. I had the worst cramps you could possibly imagine and I literally felt like I may not survive.

I was laying down on my bed and had a scorching pain anytime I moved. I was able to take a nap and I managed to suck up and go to Chicago. I felt crampish for the entire 3 days I was there although I was feeling progressively better as time went on.

This was due to a binge eating episode a night or 2 before.

I decided to partake in the 30 day paleo challenge for the new year but "failed" as I binge ate just a few days ago. I have been meaning to start a journal for months in order to end this and I am 100% certain that I am finally back to the primal/paleo way of eating and living for that matter.

I have a blog that I once posted at every single day until I started to not eat as primal as I did. Starting tomorrow I will be blogging regularly - hopefully daily again soon. I have a full-time job but have everything under control.

I want to help others live this lifestyle and I hope this journal will do just that as well as keep myself on track.

I will be posting what I eat as well as my workouts amongst other things. Check out my blog for other primal stuff including the largest blogroll you will ever come across!

[Primal Toad]

I am starting my primal/paleo journey over today - Tuesday, January 18, 2010. I had a FANTASTIC day eating.


B: 2 scrambled eggs cooked in coconut oil, 2 grass fed hot dogs, 1 tomato and left over veggies (cabbage, carrots, brussel sprouts)
L: Big Ass Salad - mixed greens, bell peppers, olives, cucumber, avocado, ground turkey, balsamic vinegar, olive oil
D: Grilled grass fed hamburgers without the bun... I squirted a little mustard on top and thew on lots of onions and 2 slices of tomato. It was one of the best "hamburgers" I have ever had. Meat has flavor ya know? Green Beans and a few super small potatoes on the side.


I engaged in the 5 primal essential movements for my workout at about 6:30. I do 3 sets of the following...


Push-Ups: 25
Pull-Ups: 6
Bodyweight Squats: 35
Shoulder Press: 6
Plank: 45 seconds
Side Plank: 30 seconds each side

I go through each exercise without a break for the first 2 sets and take a very small 10-20 second break between each exercise on the 3rd set if I need it. It just depends on how my body feels!

My warm up varies but only lasts a few minutes. My cool down is the grok hang and grok squat.

Total time is always less than 20 minutes on the actual workout with a 5-10 minute warm-up and cool-down.

[jrherring]

nice job, PT. keep it up

[Primal Toad]

Todays eating...

B: Grapefruit. Leftover soup with chuck roast (cooked in crockpot earleir), tomatoes celery, carrots, bay leaf, spices. I added shredded coconut and ground turkey.
L: Big Ass Salad with leftover hamburger, veggies, olive oil, apple cider vinegar
D: Mahi Mahi baked in butter and seasoning with salsa, almond butter (take spoon and dig in!), 3 very very tiny potatoes, onions. One block of 90% dark chocolate bar.


Exercise - None. I am walking around all day at work and decided to skip exercise.

[Saoirse]

wow, 25 pushups! and i'm psyched that i can now do 4...

[Primal Toad]

Keep at it and you will be able to do more and more as time passes! Enjoy the journey!

[Primal Toad]

Eating on January 20

B: 1 Clementine, 2 scrambled Eggs cooked in coconut oil, leftover hamburger, broccoli, 1/2 avocado

L: Big Ass Salad - mixed greens, ground turkey, 5 large mushrooms, baby carrots, shredded coconut, olive oil, balsamic vinegar

D: Lots of part of a rotisseire chicken bought from Costco. Waaay too salty for me! I enjoyed a wing, leg and some breast meat. One sweet potato on the side, about 6 oz of coconut water before the meal. 1 scoop of almond butter and 1 block of dark chocolate for "dessert."


Exercise around 6:30 pm

I did 50 burpees in just over 5 minutes, about 12 pull-ups, 100 squats. It was a very quick 15-20 minute workout with grok squat and hang as my warm up and cool down. I enjoyed Dinner shortly after.

[Primal Toad]

January 21 Meals

B: 6 oz coconut water, Leftover Chicken, sweet potato, small scoop of almond butter

L: We had a potluck at work today since it was someones last day. It was a taco bar and thus I made a salad... lettuce, tomato, guacamole, bell pepper, olives, salsa, ground beef, chicken... I enjoyed a small amount of some dessert that was not at all primal. But, it was little enough to have no effect on me.

D: Smoked Sausage and beef brisket with 2 portions of broccoli at smokey bones. I had 4 blocks of dark chocolate as well which was a bit too much!

I did NOT exercise today... but, again, I move around a lot at work.

[jrherring]

February Whole30

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[Primal Toad]

I'm in. I should be updating this thread too since I am back on and on for life.