Drew's Weekend Update

As we enter into the 3rd week of the challenge, I’ll make note of a few observations that I’ve had over the past two weeks.

My food choices have been pretty damn good. I don’t get enough vegetables in my diet, but the grains and sugars have been all but eliminated. Until just a few days ago, I would have a small chocolate milk after some heavy workouts. It was my treat to myself until I decided to look at the nutrition label. Oops. The second ingredient after milk was High Fructose Corn Syrup. DAMMIT. I believe the fourth ingredient was Sugar. DOUBLE DAMMIT. I expected a little sweetener….didn’t expect to see it twice. Luckily, my lovely wife concocted a decent substitution for the sweet chocolate fix after a workout. Unsweetened Almond Milk, Unsweetened Cocoa, Stevia. Mix in the Magic Bullet®….sweet tooth satisfied.

For reasons that I have complained about all too often, I have not been able to spend a lot of time in the box. One of the great things about CrossFit is that it is a full body workout almost every day. Unfortunately, if you are dealing with an injury to a significant part of the body, in this case shoulders, finding good substitutions can be difficult and repetitive. Through the recent shoulder bias into the mix and it make for Drew spending more time away from the gym than in the gym. Yup…I just went 3rd person.

With the diet alone, I feel like I am starting to lean out…getting back toward the pre-surgery numbers, albeit slower than the Diet/WOD mix. I am still mixing in my 2-3 WODs a week, but hopefully with the right rehab, those numbers (as well as WODs Rx’d) will get back to the 5-6 number. Lungs, on the other hand, still have a long way to go.

Still need work on my sleeping habits. I am a major night owl, and lucky to get 6 hours a night.

Still drink my Coke Zero. Don’t plan on changing that. I’d like to turn this into a lifestyle change, and I’ll consider Coke Zero that in-law that you just have to deal with, b/c they aren’t going anywhere.

On to week three.

Oh, and Pebbles....just my two cents.