Bluecheeze

Updated for 4 months. Dropped to about 90% paleo- We have a work breakfast every Thursday that is hard to sit out of for fear of being an outcast so I usually break the diet. The last 2 weeks we also started getting active on weekends again so I think I am trending in the right direction.

We started making it this year- Just need a good blender (we use the Ninja and its awesome) and get a cheap nut bag on amazon (like $4) Soak the almonds overnight (I think the wife does 1.5cups) Blend/process Add water or honey or dates or coconut milk or vanilla or all :-) - not sure how much she adds here Filter through your nut bag :-) Gives about 2L and lasts a little over a week for us Not sure how much cheaper it really is- I think we can get the almonds for $5 here, but we know exactly what is going into it and its a fun process. We then use the left over almond meal to make paleo cookies, cakes, pancakes, etc. Blend up with some bananas and apples and it is pretty much our go to flour substitute. Careful almonds are high in calories though.

+1 for NB Minimus just started wearing mine this week thanks to the thread and I love them- great if you have wide feet too.

Also- just because I wanted to spread the news- my wife just discovered the Flip Belt (from Amazon). Awesome!!! Great if you workout with a phone/keys/wallet. Kind of pricey but it looks great and is just awesome.

I just got the Polar H7 (it's just the strap and links to your iphone/android). I really like it because I can use it directly with myrunpal and the polar ap is pretty good too. Very comfortable and based on the reviews it is one of the best no frills high quality monitors out there. I prefer not wearing a watch because I run with my phone for music anyway and I can get the verbal updates during the workout instead of having to look at a watch while I am exhausted. When I get done or at the end of the week you can log on to the website and assess all of your runs/workouts and do all the charts and graphs over time. Syncs great and very comfortable- also noticed that when I run at a gym treadmill the newer ones automatically pick up my heartrate sensor- pretty cool in my opinion.

Just got the New Balance Minimus shoes and I love them. I have wide feet and they fit really good and look nice too. Not super cheap but really nice and if they last it would be worth it- my first pair of workout shoes that I have spent over $25 on and I am thinking it was worth it. Amazon.com was where I got but im sure you can find cheaper with a coupon somewhere.

Chipotle is great- get the burrito bowl not the burrito, no sour cream or cheese, brown rice or none and you are good to go. McDonalds and other fast food places usually always have a "premium" chicken (which I assume just means real chicken). Take the bread off and buy a side salad for a few bucks and you have a good chicken salad. Not the most cost effective solution but if you must eat out it's the best way I've found to stay healthy- other then prepacking and just pulling out the brown bag at the restaurant. Water only of course for drinks. Unless its happy hour and in that case beer must :-/

Thanks all.

Nice work.

3 months of dedication and commitment. Seems like it went fast. Went from 245lbs ~33% bf to 208lbs ~18%bf. Completed every single day of insanity (was completely insane), followed paleo diet, started lifting again last month. Some major achievements- hit 30 pullups!, 335lb 1rep max bench, ran a 22:45 5k, and just finishing insanity. Next checkpoint is sub 200lbs and then eventually 185lbs 8%bf. Have been doing a sprint workout 6days/week during lunch and will continue to lift using a full body workout 4days/week at night. Feel a ton better on paleo, though with the lifting I am getting HUNGRY. Currently eating ~2100cals/day. WOOT :-) _______________________________ Update: 4 months Still keeping up with everything pretty well. Injured my shoulders mid April and they still havn't healed so I am going to take a full month off of lifting so they can heal up. Will switch to Insanity T25 for evenings and keep the sprint workout at lunch. Hopefully I don't loose too much muscle. Only a 2lb weight loss this month but I am down to around 16% bf so I gained some muscle. A little dissapointed I havn't reached 200lbs yet. Seems to be slowing down a lot. Dropping calories by 200 for this month since I won't be lifting. Month 3-4 photo looks better- more definition and vascularity.