The breakthrough is that I am off roasted and salted nust and made the switch to raw! It was a short term goal of mine to get into raw nuts and it was tough! Roasted and salted are just so much easier to chew and tastier but after slowly phasing them out I can confidently say I prefer raw to roasted.
The slip was a half day of eating whatever I wanted, including some very bad for you but delicious foods we deep-friend in canola oil. Grace and I had a last minute UFC gathering (Silva vs Bonnar). We were going to order Buffalo Wild Wings but instead decided to make our own junk food! I picked up some breaded chicken wings and french fries. It was like making a fresher, cleaner version of fast food but definitely still unhealthy. I am pretty sure canola oil is very bad for your blood health but I dont think occassional binges like this are going to affect your body too badly in the long run. I will say this, everybody who came to the party ate and enjoyed the food. People love high-density flavorful fatty/carby/salty foods! Even if they said they were not hungry once they smelled it and watched someone else eat it they were hooked. I can see how the fast-food business got so big!
I have had a couple of solid slips on this 21-day challenge. I am still happy with my progress because I had a 6 1/2 day run without a single processed food and another 4 day run. This is a great thing for me and I know I am heading in the right direction!
My upper back is getting better..I think I am at about 40% at the moment. I am moving away from rehab type exercises and am moving to traditional kettlebell exercises. It feels great to get the kettlebell in my hand and move it around, even if I am only working with the 4 kg bell. This injury is definitely humbling. Before the injury I was doing the RKC 6 with the 18 kg bell! I think my search for the perfect form in the kettlebell swing, snatch and clean is going to benefit tremendously from this injury. Since the 4 kg bell is so small it gives a great opportunity to pay attention to the fine details of the movements rather than being concerned with moving bigger and bigger weights.
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| Prepping the eggs. My goal is to make the vegetable portion of my meals as big or bigger than the animal product of the meal. |
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| 3 free range brown organic eggs, 1 whole red bell pepper, 1/4 onion ready to eat. Just add tapatio! |
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| My entire life I avoided apples. Now I am an apple enthusiast! These red apples from Trader Joes were pefect. |
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| Daily Big Salad! No meat for this meal, it is loaded with baby spinach, carrots, red bell pepper and a big handful of raw sunflower seeds. |
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| Prepping the picadillo. I like this dish so much that I made a 2-3 day supply to pick at during the weekend. 2 pounds of grass-fed ground beef, 2 green bell peppers, 1 whole onion, garlic. Simple recipe - Brown the peppers/onions in a pan, mash in the 2 lbs of beef and garlic, add 1 tsp of salt/black pepper, 1 can tomato sauce, 3-5 tsp cumin, 1 tsp oregano and let simmer on low for 15 minutes. Reheats easily in the microwave and has a good strong taste! |
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| The peppers and onions ready to go! |
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