Dakini By the Bay

Monday, Sept 10th, Day 3

I woke up at 7AM, made myself a shake with Whey Protein powder. I use ISO-X from max muscle, 1 can of coconut milk, a teaspoon of almond butter w/ flaxseeds (Trader Joes)  1/2 of a small banana, 2 strawberries, & a scoop of glutamine.  These are slightly smaller amounts then I’d use if I were having a shake as a meal, but I wanted something in my stomach so I’d have some fuel for my WOD.

9:30AM – WOD

A: 5 Sets

2 Front Squats, 2 Thrusters – 55/65/75/85/75

2 Supinated pullups

B:  FOR TIME:

18-15-12-9-6

Push press – 65lb

KB swing – 35lb

TIME: 8:05

My workout went really well.. I have a bad habit of doing a ‘jerk’ motion at the top of my thruster so I have to pay attention to really sticking it at the top.  Push presses were good! My upper body is super weak compared to my core, & legs so I really like when I’m able to work on my shoulders and arms. This WOD actually killed my arms for about 3 days!

FOOD FOR THE DAY

After my workout I had a small fritata with chickenapple sausage and broccoli. I had a lot of errands to run on Monday so I was running around all day, luckily I had a Larabar in my glove box!  That held me over for the afternoon. For dinner I had a burger of 1/2 Ground beef (grass fed) and 1/2 ground turkey… seasoned with sea salt and black pepper and my awesome grill, all on top of a heaping mound of arugla & baby spinach.

My portions this week are probably bigger then they should be, but I’m not too worried or focused on my portions for the this week. I’m just focusing on sticking with paleo meals and ingredients. Week 2 I’ll get into portioning my meals.

Tuesday Sept 11th, Day 4

WOW! My arms are SORE AS HELL … ok, I knew that was coming. I’ve been to crossfit the last 3 days in a row, so today I’m going to rest and stretch.  It’s also my first day going to work on this new Paleo thing, so I want to  make sure I pack enough food to get myself through the day!

In the morning, I threw some chicken on the grill to have at lunch while I cooked up a mini fritata. Yesterdays fritata was so good, I just made the same one for breakfast today.

Lunch time, I had my chicken  on top of arugla & baby spinach with some veggies, for dressing I use olive oil, lemon, garlic, salt & pepper…. Snack time, I had a mini shake that I had made in the morning and packed in my 6 pack fitness bag. Whey protein powder, berries and coconut milk. … before heading home I had a small handful of roasted almonds.

I didn’t work out today, but I did spend a good 15 minutes stretching, just doing some old school floor stretches, felt soooo good!