Kyle’s daily info 8/30/2012

Good morning!

My weight this morning was 240lbs. 

WOD

5,000 lbs (m)/3,000 lbs (w) Ground to Overhead*

21-15-9

Pull-Ups

Burpees

*In the first part of the workout, the athlete will choose one weight and then do the corresponding number of reps to reach either 5,000 or 3,000 lbs (3,000/1,500 scaled). For example, if a male athlete chooses to lift 135 lbs, they will need to complete 38 reps of ground to overhead to reach the 5,000 lb limit. Likewise, a female lifting 95 lbs would need to complete 32 reps to reach 3,000 lbs. Choose wisely and scale accordingly. Once the ground to overhead reps are completed you will immediately move into the pull-up/burpee portion of the WOD

For the WOD I chose to do the weight scheme mentioned in the paragraph above (135x38) thinking this would be a manageable weight to do to get through the WOD. This WOD was a pain in the ass. Holy shit. I love lifting weights but repetition like that always burns me out. After doing my reps I moved immediately on to the pull-ups and burpees. All in all this WOD stomped a mud hole in my ass and then proceeded to walk it dry and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I came home feeling like hell, made Rochelle and I some delicious breakfast and now…off to work. 


Kyle  

An intimate letter to our followers from Kyle

Hello my fellow paleo/primal acolytes. It has been far too long since I have spoken to you and it’s past time I get real with you in order to achieve my goals. 


I think I wrote something a while back about needing to be stricter on the diet, blah blah blah. Well, I didn’t. Over the past 4 weeks I have eaten copious amounts of fast food and other non paleo approved foods with little regard for the devastating effects it was causing on my body. When Rochelle and I began eating paleo back in February we realized that along with the weight loss benefits other aspects to our life started improving. For example, we slept better, our skin and hair were healthier and the things that happened in the bathroom seemed less severe with no processed foods in the mix. Well, for 4 weeks I looked past the fact that all of these issues resurfaced with me and kept eating. Now, I know that I am an emotional eater. And before I go further let me be clear, I hate that fucking term, however, it is nonetheless an accurate title for me. When I am in a bad mood I want to eat fast food not until I am full but rather until I’m so stuffed I hate myself. 

I’ve been trying to think of what the reason for my change in eating could be. Work has been treating me well. My home life is better than it has ever been and I generally don’t have any complaints right now. So, with all of those potential stressers out of the way it leaves one option: Me. 

My dear friends I have become lazy. Rather than put in the extra time at home to make something delicious and nutritios to take to work for lunch I have chosen to eat out. At first I rationalized it, “It’s just sushi, it’s not that unhealthy, look at the Japanese!” and then I gave up, “Hi, can I get a sourdough Jack and a medium curly fry? thanks”

Well that stops now. 

I have decided to come back to blogging everyday. I work in sales so I definitely have the time! At the very least I will blog everything I’ve eaten per day and what my morning weight is. I know there are many people who think you shouldn’t weigh yoursef daily but I’m not one of them. Weighing myself is like checking my bank statement every morning. The information may not do much for me, but I feel better knowing it and it makes me work harder to improve the number. 

So, here we go, again? Thanks for being faithful followers, readers and friends. 

Kyle