So I know it has been a LONG time since I last posted here. For those of you that were hoping for more frequent blog posts my apologies... Honestly though I feel like Quality is much more important than Quantity... ( and yes, I promise I will finish writing my review of Lights Out )... Now on to the good stuff...
My Progress
Last time I posted here that I had 4 goals. They were:
1) Switching out all my fatty protein sources for lean sources ( i.e. Chicken instead of Beef )
2) Cutting out Sweet Potatoes / Squash / Blueberries ( I already don't eat much fruit )
3) No more Whey Protein post WOD... Going to EAT all my protein instead of drinking it
4) I'm 211#'s... I'll be eating 210 grams of protein a day ( That's 30 Blocks for you Zone Folks)
During the 7 week period I accomplished all of these goals with the exception of the week leading up to the Garage Games. And here is a break down of a typical day in terms of nutrition.
I kept my daily kcals to around 3100, 210 grams of protein ( I don't trust the protein calculation from fitday (above) , and generally 50g or less of carb's a day. Now I did do a little experiment with a cyclical ketogenic diet, but honestly I didn't give it enough time to have an honest assessment of how well it works.
And here are the results. Before and After pictures, with dates and Body Fat percentages. I have also included last years before and after pictures as well, just to see the progress.
Results
While the calipers say that I am at 6% Body Fat I think 8% is more accurate. That being said I still have some work to do. So what are my goals? Where do I want to go from here?
You all know that I love to be a human laboratory of n=1... So here are the goals for the next few months.
1) 8 Hour Feeding window... Fast from 9pm till 1pm every day.
2) CrossFit Endurance 2-3x a week
3) Focus of Performance instead of leaning out, and let the leanness come
So as per (1) I am going to try a little experiment with Intermitting Fasting (IF) and see how well it works. I am also looking into different supplements to take in order to incorporate IF with CFE.
Honestly, I am happy when I wake up every morning and look in the mirror, and while I know I still have more work to do I'm quite satisfied with how far I've come :-)
If any of you have suggestions regarding IF and CFE with CF please let me know if the comments. I'll update you all as soon as I have an opinion :-)
