Day 4 – 30 Day Challenge

Day 4 was an an experimental day with food. The past 3 days I’ve been tracking food on Weight Watchers. For those of you not familiar with WW, you get a set number of points for food each day based on your weight, sex, etc. In their Point Plus program things like vegetables and fruit are 0 points. So because I’ve been mainly paleo the past 3 days, I’ve noticed it’s been a struggle to get to my points target. And since I’ve also been working out, I’ve been slightly worried that I’m not eating enough which can have a negative effect on weight loss as the body can go into starvation mode and you don’t lose weight. So today I decided to do something different, just to see how it goes. While still sticking to my whole foods (ie no processed/fried foods), I added in a bit more carbs. Also because I’m doing a 5K race on Sunday and I usually try to “carb up” 2 days prior. It’s only a 5K but I figure I may as well. Anyway, I added in some whole wheat toast to my breakfast and for dinner had whole wheat pasta with home made spaghetti sauce. What ended up happening is I went way over my points for the day, but since I hadn’t cut into my weekly extra points (I think WW used to call them flex points), I’m fine. I also had a glass of wine with dinner. So it wasn’t a cheat day, I still tracked and stayed within my guidelines. I also tried CrossFit for the first time. Well, I didn’t do the typical workout of the day, but I started 1 of 3 1:1 sessions to learn all the different exercises you do in the workouts. I’m a little sore today (mostly my chest and arms) but I feel good. I think this could be a really great fit to get in weight training with my regular running. All in all, a good day. We’ll see how the scale reads on Tuesday.

Date: November 1st, 2013

Days Complete: 4

Tracked: Yes

Worked Out: 60 minutes of CrossFit training

Feeling: Still motivated, surprisingly 😛

 

1 thought on “Day 4 – 30 Day Challenge

  1. Sounds like you are doing wonderful, Melanie. Keep up the good work. It sounds like you are really doing well on the program.

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