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Food Geek info

This is from a blog I follow regularly. This guy is a scientist, doesn’t seem driven by any particular agenda other than facts and truth, Read more

24 Feet & 272 Pounds

Through 44 people thus far, the Challenge has reduced the hip and waist sizes of all the members by 24 feet (289 inches)!!!  And we have lost a combined total of 272 lbs.

Here is a photo of Amy Brown, who did consent to showing these before and after photos…  Way to go Amy and way to go CrossFit Enhance…

Amy Brown

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Some quick hits from the cookout today

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BK manning the gril

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Pretty good selection for the eats…

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Some of the finest grass fed burgers, provided by the Smithmiers…

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Yup, guilt free!!!  Thanks for the cheesecake Jenna!

(Update)Post Dietary Challenge Measurements & Picnic

Remember to bring a side dish of whatever you please (Cheescake is a good idea).  Also if you would like buns for your burgers you will have to bring your own.

There has been some interest in doing the post WOD on Friday, due to the Race for the Cure.  We will be having a test out slot on Friday at 3pm.  You may also come to the 12:15, 4 and 5p classes and test out as well on Friday.  Other arrangements can be made by emailing us…

Also there is a slight schedule change…  We will start the grills as soon as possible after the WOD…  With the help we will have we hope to have the WOD, measurements and pictures done by 11:30…  Bring your own drinks…  See you there…

Come get some grass-fed burgers after your measurements on the Post Challenge Measuerment & Picnic Day

June 26th…  Register so we can have enough beef…  (Enroll as unpaid if you get an error message)

  • Once you have registered on the scheduler…  Post in these comments how many extra people are coming with you…

Bring a side, what ever you please, and celebrate a job well done!!!

If you cannot make that day email us to set up a day for your Measure-Out…

Dietary Challenge Message Board

This will be the place you can come journal, discuss, sympathize, and just be a community with the Dietary Challenge.  Everyone will need support and somewhere to “confess” without being judged.  Eventually this board will be available by clicking on the “CFE Dietary Challenge Journal” link under the Special Events category to the left.  Also you may use this for Public Refereeing …  Good Luck, everyone can do this!  80 82 83 85 Participants!!!

Apparently the comments lock after a month or so…  So please direct all questions to the Picnic thread…

1st CrossFit Enhance Dietary Challege

Begins this weekend!!!

CrossFit Enhance 6 Week Dietary Challenge

Rules/Regulations

-         Information Meeting/Seminar/”Jackie” WOD May 15th 10:00am

-         6 Weeks of dietary change starting May 16th

-         Baseline WOD of “Jackie” (will be scaled to various levels) on Saturday, make up day Sunday the 16th

  • Games – 1000m Row, 50 Thrusters (45#), 30 Pull-Ups (kip)
  • Training – 750m Row, 50 Thrusters (25#), 30 Pull-Ups (jump/band DOCUMENT)
  • Games – 500m Row, 50 Thrusters (10#PVC), 30 Pull-Ups (jump/band DOCUMENT)

-         Baseline Hip and Waist Measurements

-         Recommended Pictures (3; front, side, and back) Pre & Post

  • See staff for pictures for quality control, they will be kept private.  We will only post after getting permission.
  • Make up day for pre-pictures will be Sunday the 16th.

-         You may choose one of four dietary variations

  • Strict Paleo
  • Paleo+Dairy
  • Zone
  • American Heart Association

-         Use Calendar to tabulate points Diet Challenge Calendar

  • Start with 5 points per day
  • Cheat deductions based upon criteria of diet choice
  • 8 hours of sleep in the same day (naps count)
  • Visits will include verifiable CrossFit workouts not at CrossFit Enhance (home/traveling WOD’s)

-         Winners will be those that have the most points on calendar combined with Pre/Post WOD difference, measurements and pictures.

Cheat Definitions/Criteria

Strict Paleo

Paleo+Dairy

Zone

AHA

Minor Cheat

- A meal w/o Paleo meat - A meal w/o Paleo meat - Not eating 5/day - Full fat dairy
- Soda/Juice/Milk - Soda/Juice - Eating too little blocks - Skin on poultry
- 2 drinks of alcohol - 2 drinks of alcohol - Any pre-packaged  or processed food (frozen, pre-made meals) - Candy/Sugar
- Potato/Bread - +150 cal. saturated fat
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Major Cheat - More than one meal w/o Paleo meat - More than one meal w/o Paleo meat - Too many blocks of food - +250 cal. Saturated fat
- Non-Paleo food (breads/rice/grains, dairy, surgar etc.) - Non-Paleo food (breads/rice/grains, surgar etc.) - 3+ drinks of alcohol - +2400 mg. of sodium
- Fast Food - Fast Food - Sugar - 3+ drinks of alcohol
- 3+ drinks of alcohol - 3+ drinks of alcohol - Pasta/Rice/Begal/etc. - +2000 cal./day for woman
- +3000 cal./day for men

Notes:

  • Please schedule via the scheduler for Saturday and/or Sunday
    • Those currently in Elements can sign up as well, click the “free class” button when scheduling
  • Pictures are HIGHLY recommended and will be taken in private and not shown.  We encourage you to take advantage of this.  Also when taking the pictures the less clothing the better for comparison, like the “Biggest Loser”.
  • You can come to the informational meeting Saturday then do the WOD/Pictures on Sunday as well.
    • (UPDATE) with the high response of the participants Ken will be there on Sunday as well for the informational part.
  • For those that cannot make any of these times and want to participate contact us via email and we will do our best to make arrangements.

Comments have been closed on this post…  All Dietary Challenge questions/concerns/stories can now be posted in new post above…

Omega 3 fatty acids

We talk about this a lot, I think no matter what dietary approach you choose everyone will agree that the o3s are very important, especially the ratio between them and the omega6 fatty acids, o6s. Read more

Oh, so you mean sugar is not good for you?!?

Am I the only one that reads things like this and ask why people really need this explained to them? Read more

Maybe fruit isn’t so great after all??

I pulled this right from the blog of Dr. Wm. Davis, a Milwaukee cardiologist

http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/ Read more

A Simple Visual of Primal Nutrition

courtesy of drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com

courtesy of drbganimalpharm.blogspot.com

Ken thought everyone would both enjoy and learn from this diagram…

Here is some more information of Vitamin D from a solid source (see entry from Monday January 11)…

Nutrition update

It would be worth your time to take a look at Read more

A must read on diet/exercise/cholesterol/fitness

I have followed this blog for some time now, it is well researched and well written by a practicing radiologist Read more

Grass fed Angus beef

I am buying more Saturday, this beef has been raised locally by Read more

How about some simple dietary suggestions?

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Does “Cardio” cause heart disease?

This is from the PaNu blog that is linked under our Nutrition banner on the front page, http://www.paleonu.com/.

In case you don’t want to read the whole article just check out his summary: Read more

More Vitamin D talk

I posted this on talkwithken.com but wanted to get it on here as well. Read more