"I was on a cruise in the Carribean. Food buffet 24/7. Friday was a travel day and it was tough to do Paleo on the road. But I stuck to it. Some beef jerky on the plane, Dinner in Ft. Lauderdale was from a upscale mall salad bar; later night snack was meat from the Publix deli and some fruit! The cruise ship had lots and lots of meat of all different varieties and fruit and fruit and more fruit. Vegetable dishes were a little harder to find variety that weren't laden down with other stuff. I ate and ate; when I was full -- I ate some more. Food everywhere all the time. But, I was also working out everyday and felt very hungry (could this be "rabbit starvation?" - the more protein the hungrier). Protein intake was VERY high. I will have a little beef, and how about some of the chicken and can't forget the fish. Then have seconds. I managed to forego desserts but started to have a few little slips here and there at the end. Other than a few cookies, I managed not to eat the full blown non-Paleo meal followed by scrumptious life giving dessert until towards the end. Most meals were "modified" Paleo. I tried to make good choices, but did not forego the salt that came with the prepared meal territory. Not limiting my food intake really helped to achieve success, if that's possible? I didn't feel deprived. Success measured by not gaining weight during a week long cruise - food extravaganza."-Marty



NIKKI and DAIVD hit the "Wall Ball" target.

Workout of the Day
Five rounds for reps:
1 min. Deadlift (225/135#)
1 min. Push-Ups
Run 400m
Start each round 6 min. apart

PALEO RESOURCE
Mission: The Ancestral Health Symposium fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and translational efforts between research scientists, physicians, health experts/professionals, and patients who study and communicate about the human ecological niche and modern health from an evolutionary perspective to develop innovative solutions to our current health challenges.-ANCESTRAL HEALTH SYMPOSIUM

"Always remember that the future comes one day at a time."-Dean Acheson

If you want to eat healthy and follow a "Paleo Lifestyle", you must learn to cook and prepare your own meals. By now, I'm sure you have figured out how to cook something... Right? Yes. Even if you have not taken responsibility (yet) at least you know what is PALEO (lean meats/seafood, fruits/vegetables, nuts/seeds) and what is NOT PALEO (grains, legumes, dairy, processed foods). These are your guidelines to live by. At any point in your day, at any restaurant or any food/meal choice opportunity, what are you going do under PRESSURE? Over the weekend, this was a very real situation for me. I had a few friends visiting from out of town and they had to stop at Taco Bell for a late nite snack. Have a look their menu HERE. What would you do? Below is a photo of what I came up with? Take a guess...



Workout of the Day
Last week on Feb. 21st, the New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory Sectionals put on "Fight Gone Bad!" as WOD #1. Get in here today to see how you measure up to the competition.
Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 20 pound ball, 10 ft target (Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 75 pounds (Reps)
Box Jump, 20" box (Reps)
Push-press, 75 pounds (Reps)
Row (Calories)
In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

PALEO RESOURCE
Principles of Paleo Diets - Even though there are many variations on the Paleo theme, at a high level all Paleo diets agree on a few key principles: only eat foods that can be picked or hunted in nature, avoid foods that cannot be eaten raw, and prefer meat products from animals fed their natural food. In practice, this translates into the following:
Avoid sugar, high fructose corn syrup, and refined seed and vegetable oils as these are not available in nature, and only become available after heavy industrial processing.
Avoid grains (particularly wheat), legumes (particularly soy), and starchy tubers (such as potatoes) as these foods cannot be eaten raw.
Prefer grass-fed and grass-finished beef over grain-fed beef.
Prefer pasture-raised poultry over conventionally raised poultry.
Natural saturated fat is generally considered neutral but superior to refined vegetable oils.-www.paleoforlife.org

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."-E. B. White