Morning, Happy Friday, thank HEAVENS! This week has gone by super fast but I feel like it kicked the crap out of me. In extremely positive news, I think I’ve come through to the other side and have started to consistently feel pretty good. I still haven’t gone to get my blood test, I’ll try next week, but I’m less concerned about it now.
Thinking about it this morning I wondered if I’d come through to finally having cleared toxins and crap habits from my body. The only decent reference for this is this “timeline” on Whole9. While I fully admit that I am not Whole30 and I tip my hat to those who are, I am staying fairly close and I wondered if, even with my “non-W30 transgressions” that I choose to be alright with, if I had come to “Tiger Blood” stage. But what could I possibly have been detoxing from, I got to wondering. I have always stayed pretty close to paleo. Or….maybe not. In a moment of post-gym mental clarity, I formed the following list of edible reasons why maybe it is possible that I really was going through some sort of cleanse. The list below is what I can remember from approximately May 2013 – December 31, 2013:
Vodka: (by the 26-er) chocolate, lemon meringue, coconut, coffee, whipping cream, lemon meringue again and one more lemon meringue
Wine: too numerous to count….’nuff said
Other alcohol: gluten free beer, maple whiskey, disaronno, maple cream whiskey, baileys
Pub (about 3-4 times per month): egg & chorizo hamburger (bunless), French fries, wine, gluten free beer, potachos (nachos made with potato chips), chicken wings, more hamburgers & fries, more potachos and of course, more alcohol
Diner: always the same, bacon-mushroom omelette (no cheese) and pan fries. Nearly every weekend.
Sweets: chocolate, chocolate almonds, ice cream, ice cream, ice cream, grain free cookies, grain free muffins, gluten free cookies. Oh….and ice cream.
Snacks: Miss Vickie’s original kettle chips….every weekend
Dairy: sour cream, cheese, plastic cheese
So….that might be the reason why maybe I could possibly have been experiencing a hellish detox. Maybe. Considering the list above, it’s amazing that I only gained 15 pounds this year and not 50! I will slip in here, that had I been following a SAD protocol, I most certainly would have gained a lot more….the fact that I continued to cook balanced paleo meals during this time is probably my only saving grace. Anyway, in January, despite feeling like absolute GARBAGE for 13 out of 17 days (I felt pretty good the first two days), I stayed the course and think I have come out the other side.
I had an awesome gym workout this morning, rowing, running, bench press (which I was proud of until Lana’s video of her super-strength shamed (*) me, LOL!), assisted dips, shoulder press, weighted split squats, straight arm lat pull down, dumbbell curls. I actually had done the 2000m row as my warmup/cardio and then did the weights….and when I realized I had some time still until I had to leave, I went for a mile on the treadmill…..and the ONLY reason I did that was to add mileage to my Century chart!
When I got home I iced both shins and my one Achilles tendon and had a coffee in the quiet of my sleeping house. I laughed when I looked down at myself…and thought, “I think this might mean you’re back!”.
This weekend I have gym tomorrow morning, chiropractor after that and then another bank appointment. In there is cooking, dog walking and some serious sitting. The weather looks decent this weekend so my plan is to get out and do things that add mileage to my Century and then balance that with….well….some nothing!
(*) just kidding Lana, I wasn’t shamed….your strength is impressive and gives me something to aim at!)
Fitty vs Fatty 