Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Got Motivation?

(video courtesy of www.crossfit.com)

I think that pretty much says it all. If you watch that video and continue to have difficulty getting motivated to go out and do something to improve your fitness, you seriously need to have your head examined!

Now about me:

Getting back into the Zone after a couple of rough weeks with travelling. Tried to cut out the dairy after talking with Robb Wolf. I never really accomplished the goal, but I significantly reduced my dairy intake. That meant no cottage cheese and no yogurt for breakfast or snacks. I did have a couple of cheese sticks for snacks. What I experienced going dairy-free wasn't necessarily pleasant. For the first time since I started the Zone I actually felt a sense of loss. Those cottage cheese and yogurt breakfasts were comfort food for me. I found myself standing in front of the fridge in the mornings saying to my self "F*ck, I don't want scrambled eggs again for breakfast." So, after a couple of week of giving it a go, I'm back on the dairy. I'm going to try to keep the intake fairly low, but gotta have my comfort breakfast at least a couple of times per week.

On the exercise front, I hit a new Overhead Squat PR last night with 165#. (previous PR was 151#). The travelling also took a toll on my CrossFit Endurance training, so I'm trying to get back into that as well.

weight this a.m. - 153.6

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ok, I'm motivated, leaving now for a run. Nice Blog, I'll check it often. -Robbie

Anonymous said...

i'm not anonymous, I'm Robbie

James Merrill said...

So, why no dairy? Just because it doesn't fit Paleo?

Anonymous said...

James,

My wife was seeing pretty good results with a Zone-favorable diet, but felt like she might be plateauing a bit. We decided to dump dairy to move more toward paleo to see if that would help move things along a little better. Coincidentally, once we went back on dairy she actually dropped a couple more pounds. Hmmm....