Friday 4 May

low carb experiment: fail


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 7am with an alarm

rest day


eat:
1130am: hamburger with tomato and half avocado
5pm: 2 glasses wine; spinach and artichoke dip with tortilla chips; salad with grilled chicken and roasted vegetables; ice cream
7pm: gf bread with butter and cream cheese
8pm: more ice cream

Fail.  Big time.  What started as a nice treat for a friend's birthday quickly snowballed into a free-for-all binge.  Maybe the low carb experiment wasn't such a good idea...

grocery: 
$22.46 at Whole Foods (gf bread, borsari seasoning, cream cheese, ice cream, pecans, dried cranberries)

Thursday 3 May

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 1130pm; up at 630am without an alarm

work: 430pm: (inspired by the Regionals event)
4x (10 one-armed DB snatches + short sprint): used 45lb dumbbell; 7:50

eat:
1130am: hamburger with tomato and half avocado
3pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; steak with steamed broccoli

Wednesday 2 May

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 7am without an alarm

work: 430pm:
5:00 run
5:00 pull-up practice
5:00 run
5:00 double under practice
5:00 run
5:00 L-sit on the rings practice
5:00 run
5:00 handstand practice
5:00 run
5:00 pistol practice

eat: 
1130am: burger with tomato and half avocado
3pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; steak with steamed broccoli
7pm: 4 glasses wine
1030pm: 4 scrambled eggs

grocery: 
$41.88 at Whole Foods (turkey tenderloin, steak)
$23.62 at Trader Joe's (chicken, tulips, lemon, ground beef)
$34.03 at Costco (broccoli, eggs, spinach, spring mix, tomatoes, avocados)

Tuesday 1 May

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 10pm; up at 630am with an alarm

work: 430pm:
on a 15:00 running clock, build to a heavy hang squat clean, then a heavy front squat: 133, then 158 (PR)
+
4x 0:30 burpees + 0:30 row sprints

eat: 
1130am: roasted chicken with tomato and half avocado
3pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; salmon with steamed broccoli

Monday 30 April

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 10pm; up at 7am with an alarm

work: 430pm:
A1: clean-grip deadlift, 5x3 (41X1): 103, 123, 143, 153, 163
A2: AMRAP ring pushups (2121): 5, 5, 5, 4, 4 (first time doing these!)
+
3x 0:60 Sorensen hold, 0:60 rest, 0:60 plank, 0:60 rest - all completed unbroken, which I was not expecting!

eat: 
12pm: roasted chicken with tomato and half avocado
330pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; pork chop with steamed broccoli

Sunday 29 April

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 230am; up at 930am without an alarm

rest day


eat: 
10am: sausage scramble with tomato, spinach and half avocado
5pm: 4 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; roasted chicken with steamed broccoli

Saturday 28 April

low carb experiment 


sleep: asleep by 10pm; up at 630am without an alarm

work: 10am:
3 rounds AFAP of: 15 back squats, 15 pullups, 15 burpees
1st round: 75lbs + blue band (unbroken); 1:50
2nd round: 85lbs + light green band (broken); 2:20
3rd round: 95lbs + light green band (broken); 2:30

eat: 
1130am: sausage scramble with spinach, tomato and half avocado
5pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; steak with steamed broccoli; 2 glasses wine
8pm: 2 glasses wine
130am: 4 scrambled eggs

I really, really wanted ice cream or frozen yogurt or chocolate this evening.  I'm so happy I resisted!


grocery: 
$10.84 at Kroger (wine, coffee filters)

Friday 27 April

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 6am with an alarm

work: 430pm:
reverse shotput toss: 26'3" (6 inches shorter than October)
3k run: 18:07 (2:56 faster than October - PR!)

eat: 
12pm: roasted chicken with tomato and half avocado
3pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
630pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; steak with steamed broccoli; 2 glasses wine

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I need to remember that I don't do well with cheese.  No. More. Cheese.

Thursday 26 April

low carb experiment 


sleep: asleep by 1130pm; up at 7am without an alarm

rest day

eat: 
12pm: roasted chicken with tomato and half avocado; 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: bacon, omelette with tomato, half avocado and goat cheese; slices of gruyere; 2 glasses wine

grocery: 
#22.71 at Whole Foods (goat cheese, wine, gruyere, bacon)

Wednesday 25 April

low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 1030pm; up at 630am with an alarm

work: 430pm:
Jackie: 11:14.  Accumulating 30 pullups took almost as long as the row and thrusters combined!

eat: 
1130am: roasted chicken with tomato and half avocado; 2 hardboiled eggs
330pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; steak with steamed broccoli
10pm: 4 scrambled eggs

grocery: 
$30.97 at Whole Foods (steak, butter, pork chops)
$36.78 at Trader Joe's (ground beef, chicken, lemon, coconut oil, coffee, tulips)
$67.29 at Costco (perrier, broccoli, olive oil, eggs, spinach, spring mix, tomatoes, avocados)

Tuesday 24 April

low carb experiment: day 2 


sleep: asleep by 1030pm; up at 630am with an alarm

work: 430pm:
standing triple jump: 17'10" (PR by 15 inches)
500m row; 90s rest; 500m row: 1:57.8 + 1:57.1 = 3:54.9 (6.1 seconds faster than October)

eat: 
1130am: roasted chicken with tomato and half avocado; 2 hardboiled eggs
345pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; salmon with steamed broccoli
9pm: 4 hardboiled eggs

Monday 23 April

low carb experiment: repeat day 1


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 630am without an alarm


work: 430pm:
build to a max in the clean and jerk: 133lbs (15lb PR!)
triple jump practice
4x 0:30 row, 0:30 off (tried to keep a 1:59 pace)

eat: 
12pm: hamburger with tomato and half avocado
4pm: 2 hardboiled eggs
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; pork chop with steamed broccoli

Sunday 22 April

low carb experiment: fail


sleep: asleep by 12am, up at 9am without an alarm

rest day


eat: 
930am: sausage with 3 scrambled eggs
11am: chicken drumsticks; cucumber, bell peppers and tomato salad; paleo almond banana chocolate muffin
4pm: kale chips
6pm: salad with tomato and avocado; roasted chicken with broccoli

Saturday 21 April

low carb experiment: day 6 /fail


sleep: asleep by 130am; up at 9am without an alarm

work: 10am:
3 minutes of toes to bar: 25
rest 7 minutes
3 minutes of 10 box jumps (20") + 10 KB swings (35lbs): 3 rounds + 1 jump
rest 7 minutes
3 minutes of AirDyne: 46 calories

eat: 
1130am: sausage with 3 scrambled eggs
12pm: kale chips
5pm: kale chips, 2 glasses wine
6pm: salad with tomato and avocado; roasted chicken with broccoli; 2 glasses wine
7pm: chocolate larabar
8pm: 2 glasses wine, some dark chocolate chips

grocery:
$11.69 at Trader Joe's (wine)

Friday 20 April

low carb experiment: day 5


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 7am with an alarm

work: 530pm:
A1: 4x 3 back squat: 115-135-145-155
A2: 4x 8-10 DB shoulder press: 25(10)-30(7)-30(8)-25(8)
+
4x 0:30 burpees: 12-12-12-12

eat: 
1130am: hamburger with half avocado and tomato
4pm: sausage with 3 scrambled eggs
730pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; pork chop with steamed broccoli

Thursday 19 April

low carb experiment: day 4


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 630am without an alarm

work: 430pm:
row 1k for time: 4:06.8 (PR by more than 0:13)


eat: 
12pm: hamburger with tomato and half avocado
1pm: 5 strawberries (brought especially for me by my boss since she knows I don't eat cake)
6pm: salad with tomato and half avocado; steak with steamed broccoli
10pm: 4 hardboiled eggs

Wednesday 18 April

day 3 of the low carb experiment


sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 6am without an alarm


work: 430pm:
12:00 at a steady pace of:
12 pull-ups
12 push-ups
100 double unders
12:00 active recovery
12:00 at steady pace of:
20 row calories
20 squats
20 sit ups


eat:
1130pm: hamburger patty with 1/2 avocado and tomato
6pm: salad with tomato and 1/2 avocado; steak with steamed broccoli

grocery: 
$80.93 at Costco (salt, vitamin D, vitamin B12, spinach, eggs, kale, perrier, tomatoes, broccoli, avocados)
$39.79 at Whole Foods (pork chops, steak, Tessemae's salad dressing)
$38.14 at Trader Joe's (tulips, chicken, lemons, butter)

Tuesday 17 April

day 2 of the low carb experiment

sleep: asleep by 11pm; up at 630am with an alarm

work: 430pm

A: build to a tough hang power clean in 10 minutes: 113lbs. Caught it in a squat clean, which is much easier for me.

+

35 dead lifts at 100% of A + 1 mile run: 12:48. The dead lifts felt heavier than I thought they would, but the run was easier! Also, this time last year, it would have taken me 12:48 just to run the mile without the dead lifts!

eat:

1130am: chicken breast with tomato; 4 hardboiled eggs

6pm: salad with tomato anvowvocado; pork chop with steamed broccoli

Monday 16 April

low carb experiment day 1

sleep: asleep by 10pm; up at 7am with an alarm

work: 430pm:

A1: 4x 3-5 shoulder press (behind the shoulder), 21X1: 65 (5), 70 (5), 75 (2), 75 (3) (PR)

A2: 4x AMRAP strict pullup, 21X1: 1 (+2 kipping), 1 (+2), 1 (+2), 1 (+1)

+

4x 0:30 Airdyne sprints; 2:30 rest

eat:

12pm: roasted chicken breast; 4 hardboiled eggs; tomato

630pm: salad with tomato; pork chop with steamed broccoli

Experimenting

Ok, so I'm going to experiment with a low-carb version of Paleo. I've lost the focus and control that I had a couple of months ago, and it's obvious that I'm not losing fat at the moment. I toyed with the idea of doing a Whole30, but I think that I've been relying on too much fruit and too many sweet potatoes for a Whole30 to be meaningful. I need some sort of structure to keep me accountable. And, I've had success with limiting carbs in the past, but that was not while working within a paleo framework. So, I'm beginning a 40 day low-carb paleo experiment (basically until I take a week vacation at the end of May).

The plan: minimal carbs, only coming from spinach, broccoli, tomatoes and avocadoes (subject to modification). No sugar, no fruit, no larabars, no nuts, no dairy (except a little butter), and absolutely no alcohol. Of course, as much meat and eggs as I want.

The goal: weigh 158lbs or less (which would be my lowest since high school!)