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Paleo / Zone Challenge: Competition Blog

How's it going out there in the Paleo / Zone nutrition challenge? Everyone dialed in? Sick of it? Where you at?

 

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0 # SarahC 2009-11-12 05:01
Still going strong! Although, I've definitely plugged in a few more cheat meals here and there - I find that it really helps curb cravings and makes me feel like I can accomplish the 60 days without wanting to kill myself!
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0 # Sarah77 2009-11-12 14:19
I'm not really sick of it, but like Sarah said, cheating now and then definitely helps. I've leaned out a little, but nothing too shocking. My biggest disappointment is that I feel like my energy level has been much lower on this diet. Which is weird and sad because I found that to be the best selling point for the diet in the first place. Right now I'm at 16-17 blocks and about 35/40/25 f/c/p. Not sure what else to try. I have no idea why I feel so drained, I'm getting the same amount of sleep. Maybe I'll try taking a few days off of working out..
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0 # James Kitcher Jr 2009-11-13 06:36
Try upping your fat blocks 2-5x for maintenance and optimized performance. 16 block person would look like this:

16P, 16C, 80F
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0 # Max@UCD 2009-11-13 06:51
When you add fat blocks don't you usually subtract carb blocks? I thought it was like a 3:1 or 5:1 ratio fat:carbs

Keep going Sarah and Sarah!!!
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0 # lizardo 2009-11-16 10:10
So far I'm doing okay... especially when Sarah cooks me dinner. I'm still eating a lot, and I just naturally drifted toward significantly more fat and lower carbs, with lots of protein too. Like 8 or 9 protein, 9 fat, and maybe 4 to 5 carb (though it varies a little depending on the time of day). Plus snacks of around 2/2/2 between breakfast, lunch and dinner (and after dinner sometimes). I think I've leaned out a little bit, but my weight has stayed almost exactly the same after a slight dip in the beginning. If I cut out the snacks I'd lose a little, probably, but my body is still telling me to eat more.
As far as performance goes, I saw some pretty good gains in the beginning, but I feel as if I've hit a bit of a slump in the last week and a half or so. More tired, not doing as well at the met-con stuff.
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0 # 2009-11-16 12:50
I'm continuing on my somewhat relaxed primal/paleo thing focused on eliminating gluten and most grains. This weekend my daughter and I made a primal pizza found on Mark's Daily Apple using almond meal and egg as the base of the crust. We put raw almonds in our coffee grinder to make the almond meal. We made our pizza Thai themed adding bbq chicken and sauteed ginger broccoli and a little tomato paste as a base. Did use mozzarella. We really liked the pizza - though it is kind of earthy and crunchy and different. Then just tonight we made nut butter muffins for dessert which were warm and wonderful and simple to make by beating 1 cup almond butter (or peanut butter) with 2 eggs and 1/4 cup honey then adding a tsp of baking soda and lemon juice and placing in greased muffin tin (made 8 for us) at 350 for about 20-22 minutes. Mmmm. 20g fat, 14g carb, 10g protein per muffin. Continuing to also enjoy some beautiful lunch time salads and am planning to experiment with soups soon since it has cooled down.
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