Reminder that our Paleo 30-day Challenge starts this Monday, March 15th.This is an opportunity to consider new options for diet and nutrition in hopes to improve your performance and results with the CrossFit Cookeville program. Just like the CrossFit mentality, this is not a contest or a competition amongst each other, but rather a challenge against yourself. It's for anyone interested in exploring the Paleo lifestyle and challenging themselves to a 30-day period of clean, healthy eating with nutrient-rich foods.
What Do I Do?
- Using the Paleo Food List as a guide, plan 30 days worth of Paleo-friendly meals and snacks. You may incorporate dairy on a limited basis (1-2 servings per day); if you're going to incorporate dairy, it's preferable to consume it within 30 minutes after workouts and other activity. Lots of good Paleo recipes may be found online, and in the books Paleo Diet and Paleo Diet for Athletes by Loren Cordain.
- Follow the food pyramid (located at the end of the Paleo Food List) to determine the ratio of meats, vegetables, fruit, nuts, and seeds you should be getting within each meal. Additional info can also be found on Cordain's website.
- Make it your goal to maintain a strict Paleo diet for the entire 30 day period. Allow yourself one cheat meal per week (i.e. eating whatever you want). Track your meals on an excel spreadsheet or calender and make notes of how you felt (had more energy, felt full, was hungry 2 hours later, etc.) Adjust your meal portions accordingly based on these notes.
- Use other participants as a support group; share recipes, best practices, and use each other to keep you accountable.
We will post information and ideas everyday on our website throughout the 30-day Challenge period to challenge and encourage you to stick with it...
More info will follow, and see Coach Pugh or Nicole if you have any questions.
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