Day 7-High Energy

Still feeling great. I have been pretty aggressive in my WOD's and still have a ton of energy through out the day. However; I have not been losing any weight or inches. If my goal were to lean out I would find this to be significantly more challenging. Would need to up my endurance and cardio training quite a bit. My guess is I would need to add in an additional 45m-1hr in order to see fat loss. I havent had any temptations to quit or give up. Feel so good and I am focused and determined to see this through. Posting a few more pics of food that I have been eating. Made ice cream this past week with Macro Greens, 1 banana, full fat coconut milk, vanilla bean, and 1 tbsp xylitol. Was pretty amazing. Also I have been using apple cider vinegar, coconut aminos and vinegar quite a bit for flavoring things up. I am making a lentil Ethiopia dish tomorrow. Pretty excited about it. I have been experimenting with Kaniwa and my Sea Kelp seasoning quite a bit the past fews days too.

Day 4 Vegan CrossFit

I have to be honest. I feel great. Outside of the terrible dream I had last night...lol...dreamt that I woke up
with scrawny arms. It was terrifying. Seriously though today I feel my best. Ton of energy.
Killed my WOD today then went trail running. Its 230 in afternoon and typically this is my
slouch period of the day...I get up at 430 every morning so around this time I usually want a nap.
But I feel fantastic. I have been taking pictures of my food. Hope to post some and more details
of what I am eating later tonight.

Lovin Trader Joe's btw....awesome organic veggies for half the price of Kroger and Whole Foods.
Pictured here: My favorite coconut water, steamed and sauteed veggies. Eatin a ton of veggies. The protein shown I have 3-4 times/day. Greens twice per day and Reds (not pictured) once a day. The last picture is a pic of a "gift card" I got in the mail today from OCharley's...its in the best place! THE TRASH!

Where's the Bacon?!?!?!

Vegan CrossFitter.
SAY WHAT?!?!?
Those are two words you typically DO NOT hear together....
typically someone says they CrossFit and the next question is "Sweet, how long
have you been following Paleo??"
As a CrossFit Coach and Nutritionist I strive to be a well balanced leader as well as an athlete.
Therefore;I wanted to put this to test.
Only one way to do that...trial and error by being my own guinea pig.So far I have been vegan for 3 days. It has not impacted my performance or my muscle mass thus far.
I plan to track my progress as well as nutrition on this blog
for the next 2 weeks....then we will see how it goes from there.

Whats Next??? Nicole

So I am hoping that you guys have seen so far from this blog that the way I eat, train, live, etc...it is a way of life. Its not a fad. Its not a diet. Its not a temporary thing. I live, eat, and breathe this stuff. Everyday. Also I am always setting new goals for myself. Dec, Jan, and Feb are months of "Off Season" so to speak. They are months out of the year that I wont be competing and I will probably only have one photo shoot in early Dec. Therefore, these months are a great opportunity to put on some new muscle mass. That is what I will be tracking for you guys for the next 12 weeks. As of now I am about 24 weeks from the 15th Anniversary Tri Fitness World Challenge in St Petersburg FL. I will spend 12 weeks adding muscle to my body and 12 weeks leaning out. I will have a few smaller CrossFit competitions I will doing in the first 12 weeks.  I will also be adding my fitness routine practice once a week in Jan, yoga once/week in Jan, and I will be focusing on my Pose method and Sprint work running as well.
Hope you will follow along!

After pic

So since I did say I was gonna do this I guess I will.

I really haven't changed a lot of how I really live.  Only started the Max Fit, Max Recovery, having the Perfect Protein immediately in the AM that was fermented with Probiotics and started CrossFit.

So I guarantee that the main thing that has helped me lean down is the CrossFit!  See I have mainly trained more for endurance and distance. which does cause increases in cortisol and decreases HGH and Testosterone.  So now that I am doing higher intensity workouts, only 2 days a week on top of my usual running, I have seen my overall strength, speed, endurance increase.  So I really like CrossFit!  Before I would do a MAxT3 on occasions, like 1/wk but not as hard as I do when your at the CrossFit gym which allows for more of a "competitive" environment which is a big help for me when I workout.  So here ya go.  Now though again once my CSA box in done for the season and I have to start purchasing all my meals from the store, etc. I will be doing a ketogenic diet and that will allow me to lean out quite a bit more!  So I am excited about that and I will post pics after that and keep you update each day I do that!

I will actually be starting this diet the week after Thanksgiving.

Nicole Preps for Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving being only a few weeks now I have already sat down and started making my menu! I will be sharing with you guys recipes/pictures/videos/etc for how to have a clean, grain free, dairy free, gluten free, artifical free,  healthy Thanksgiving meal! No reason to throw away all your hard work and your standards for clean eating just for one day of gluttony! We have all experienced the Thanksgiving Day "high and low" from eating crap food and stuffing our faces more than our bodies are prepared to process out! Hoping you guys will follow along and take some of these ideas and recipes and apply them to your Thanksgiving Celebration this year!

Menu:
Garlic and Herb Infused Turkey
Orange Glazed Duck
Sweet Potato Stuffing
Cauliflower Mash "Potatoes" with Mushroom Gravy
Cranberry Sauce

Finger Foods/Appetizers:
Hummus with Paleo Crackers and Veggies
Winter Salad w/ apples, candied pecans, avacodo, and figs
Deviled Stuffed Eggs

Dessert:
Pumpkin Pie with Coconut Cream
Apple Pie w/ Almond Crust
Homemade Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Almond Coconut Truffles

Last Few Days

Last few days have basically been the same.  Ive been a little busy so didnt workout today.  WOD on Thurs was good and then a track workout.  my 400m time was SLOW! like 1:10.  Gotta get that down!

I have really enjoyed my homemade coconut milk ice-cream!  I highly suggest that!

Started supplementing with Aloe Vera Juice.  Known to increase endurance through increasing the ability of the red blood cells to carry oxygen.  Also good for the digestive tract.  I mix it with my kombucha.

I will hopefully do a kombucha making video tomorrow.

I plan a 20mi run also in the morning with my sis and brother in-law.  6am meeting other runners so if anyone wants to "participate" we will be running from Beach Haven winery.

Turnips and radishes have been the seasonal veggie lately.

Other than that no real changes.

I had a few blue corn tortilla chips with salsa one evening. Also my sis made some cookies but they were actually made to be fairly healthy so when I can get it I will post that recipe.

TTYL