For some, trying to eat healthy can seem complicated and overwhelming.  Try following some of these tips to improve your nutrition.  Compliments of Atomic CrossFit:

• Enjoy eating paleo. Enjoy what you eat. If you are unhappy with what you are eating you are unlikely to continue to keep eating that way, and once the nutrition is gone, staying fit and healthy becomes much harder.
• Pre-cook food and cook more than you need. Spend a few hours at the beginning of the week and cook big batches of food. This will allow you to minimize the amount of time that you have to spend cooking during the week.
• Check the labels. Even it’s organic and has added probiotics, the portions of macro-nutrients are still important. Shop where fresh food is abundant; invest in a healthy future.
• Rather than cutting yourself off from all of those foods which you enjoy that aren’t 100% paleo friendly, simply eat smaller amounts and be moderate.
• Do not keep junk/unhealthy food that you know you shouldn’t eat, in the house. For most people, if it is in the house they will eventually eat it.
• Do not run out of food. This is horrible; you will end up eating out or munch on cereals. Do not let it happen to you.
• Try planning out your meals for 5 days or a week. This comes easily to type one personalities, for the rest of us it can be a nuisance. Though this has the benefit of ensuring you know what you need in the house for the week, and eliminates that time wasting period during which you try and figure out what you should cook for dinner.
• Keep a handy meal replacement shake/can of tuna in your car/office/desk/bag for a paleo friendly snack in case plans change.
• Learn to use spices; this will do wonders for you and will offer variety and different flavors to your meals.
• Avoid soda, pasta and bread. Let us know how you’re doing after two weeks.
• Eat lots of vegetables; try and eat a good variety with many different colors. .

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Friday’s WOD:

Deadlift
3-3-3-3

rest 5 minutes, then:

5 Rounds:
5 Deadlifts
10 Burpees

results:

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Saturday’s WOD:

Row 400m

then 6 Rounds of:
8ea. Single Arm KB Squat
12 Situps
8 Pullups
8 Ring Dips

finish with (1) 403 meter Run

results:

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