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Rest Day 9/16: How do you track progress?

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Rest Day 9/16:

How do you track progress?

The following is a great post from dietitian Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition.  Check it out and respond with thoughts!

“I’m going to drop 10 lbs by summer”. “Time to get rid of this holiday weight”. “I have to be under X weight before the seasons starts”. Many of you may have made goals like these at one point or another, using the scale to measure your progress, and, ultimately, determine your success. I mean, it’s easy to do. You can get a bathroom scale  for as little as 20 bucks, and every time you use it, it’s free! There are some benefits to tracking your weight, but it’s important to make sure you go about it the right way, and don’t neglect other important measures of your overall health and fitness. In this post I’ll explain some of the common measurements used to track progress and give my advice on tracking progress and setting goals.

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Rest Day 9/2: Do you cheat? Share!

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Rest Day 9/2:

Do you cheat?

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Below is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on cheat days!

Why Sometimes Cheating Is  A Good Thing

And by “cheating” I mean on your diet, not your workout or anything else.  Anyway…

Bacon Wrapped Bananas!

I’ve written about “cheat days” before on the CrossFit Boston blog. But as Labor Day weekend and its end of summer festivities involved are approaching, I thought it was a good time to revisit the topic. I first started thinking about the idea of “cheat days” back in July when a coworker asked me if I’d heard of the “Four Hour Body” by Tim Ferris (he also wrote the “Four Hours Work Week). Apparently, he encourages dieters to take one day and cheat to the extreme, eating as much “restricted food” as possible, almost to the point of sickness. His reasoning is that this will make that bad food unappealing all week and the bump in calories will keep your metabolism from slowing down due to calorie restriction. While I don’t (and probably never will) encourage anyone to go to that extreme, cheating – when done right – can be good for you both physically and mentally. Here’s why…

Rest Day 8/26: What do you eat pre/post workout? Is it “Healthy”?

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Rest Day 8/26:

What do you eat pre/post workout?  Is it “Healthy”?

The following is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on popular snack foods and how manufacturers try to market “Health”.  Read on and share your snacks and thoughts!

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing – Healthy Foods That Aren’t So Healthy!

Food marketers these days are on their game. Everyday we buy foods with labels like “natural” and “7 grain” and “high fiber” because these words indicate that something is good for us. But oftentimes food products can be wolves in sheep’s clothing, or not so awesome for us foods disguised as health food. In this post I’ll go over a few commonly misnamed “healthy foods” and discuss why we think they’re healthy, why they aren’t, and what to eat instead. Read on for some great info and a recipe for Paleo Polish golumpkis!

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Rest Day 8/19: Where do you get iron? Are you getting enough?

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Rest Day 8/19:

Where do you get iron?  Are you getting enough?

Below is an excerpt from Wicked Good Nutrition’s Alex Black on something we all need.  Get Some!

Iron is an essential nutrient with important functions in the body. Yet despite the fact that many cereals and grain are fortified with iron, iron deficiency anemia is a relatively common problem among athletes, especially females and teens. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 9% of adolescent and adult women have iron deficiency anemia. In addition, a small study in the<em “mso-bidi-font-style:=””>Journal of the American Dietetic Association from 2005 found that 36% of recreational female athletes (and 6% of male athletes) were iron deficient. In this post I’ll explain what Iron does, how much of it you need, and why you need it. I’ll also leave you with a delicious recipe for grilled apples, which go great alongside iron -rich foods like steak and pork.

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Rest Day 8/9: What’s keeping you from rowing or eating well? Share!

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Rest Day 8/9:

What’s keeping you from rowing or eating well?

We all have excuses for not being our absolute best.  What’s yours?  How can you do better, row more, and eat healthier?  Below is a great post from Alex Black of Wicked Good Nutrition on what can go wrong with diets and what you can do to avoid pitfalls.  Think about your experiences with food and how you might do better in the future.

OK, I’m not really going to tell you HOW to fail, but I will talk about a few ways you might have in the past, and how you can fix it. This may surprise a few people, but you can be overweight or at your ideal weight on any diet. I have seen a vegan patient who was very obese, while on the other hand a professor in Kansas lost 27 pounds eating nothing but Twinkies, Oreos, Doritos, and sugary cereal. While I don’t recommend this “Twinkie diet” – professor Haub was doing it to make a point about energy balance – I will say that maintaining a healthy weight and getting the best performance out of your body is based on many factors. Research has shown a variety of eating patterns including the Mediterranean diet, Paleolithic diet, and low-fat diets can help people lose weight and improve health markers like cholesterol and blood sugar. No matter what type of nutrition plan you follow, there are a few key things that will help you maintain optimal weight and perform at your best. In this post, I’ll talk about some of the common mistakes people make, and how you can fix them.

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