Audevourahn

Totally paleo so far today! Breakfast: 3 egg omelette with a green pepper cut up, half an onion and some smoked ham, topped with some cheddar. Lunch Yogurt with almonds and chia seeds Afternoon snack Ham

Yesterday was nearly a total loss- lol! but I had a great holiday!

Today started off really well, but I made some compromises and mistakes as the day wore on... Breakfast 1 microwaved scrambled egg 1 apple 1 orange Lunch 1 can of pacific salmon 2 microwaved scrambled eggs a bunch of broccoli with olive oil and garlic powder 1 apple Supper- things kinda fell apart here a small amount of whole wheat pasta with alfredo sauce mixed with a huge amount of green peas a fruit smoothie with- pineapple, a banana, an apple and some blueberries, chia seeds and some milk Then when I went to pick up my daughter from my mother in laws, she had made a new recipe of chocolate chip cookies, and without thinking I ate two. Not happy. I felt pretty stupid after having done so. Tonight I'm going to do a bit of weight lifting for some exercise. I did a bit of walking around the office today on breaks.

I'm 30 years old, weigh 150 lbs and am 5'8" with a light frame. I'm bad for bouncing up and down in my weight. Right now, I'm starting to get pretty thin, down to 150lbs at 5'8". But... I've just been promoted at work and need to go on a business trip for 8 weeks, 2weeks from now! That means a lot of eating out and stress. So I've decided to go paleo and exercise like a fiend while I'm away. This can go one of two ways- like I have in the past during business trips, I could get amazingly fat. But this time... this time I'm going to get in shape. I hope. Most of my exercise as of late has been shovelling the piles of snow we've had so far this winter in eastern Canada. I'm going to take some time every day from here on out to do some dedicated exercise on days when I'm not shovelling. My hotel has a gym and a nice pool, so I'm pretty ambitious in my plans for exercising. My goal is to get thin enough and muscular enough to see my abs and get some decent shoulders and biceps. That's the plan. And I hope to do it in 10 weeks.

Science Fiction. I've got my first draft done and now I'm in the editing phase. I hope to submit it to a publisher in the fall.

I'm writing my first novel.

I actually came upon it as I was looking up how Daniel Craig got into shape for Casino Royale! LOL! The article on NF about it was probably one of the best written, so I decided to check out the site further. Being a bit of a Nerd, well, here I am! I've been going to Goodlife for about a month now, so I'm enjoying that pretty well. I work for ExxonMobil/Esso, so they've got good benefits such as fitness reimbursement. They cover either 75% or $300 per year, whichever comes first. I'd be into doing the home thing, but I find the fact that I'm shelling out the dough to be pretty good motivation for me to keep up my regular routine of gym-going! Nice to meet a fellow New Brunswicker!

I'm in Dieppe!

Right on, inflexibility sounds about right! Any suggestions on how to improve that?

my shoulders do it all the time! i just raise my arm, and as i bring it down, it clunks.

Hey All, Being a type one Diabetic, I'm told by my dietician to eat a certain amount of carbs regularly, or else I get hypoglycemia. I hate this because I can practically feel myself getting fatter with every meal! LOL! Are there any of you out there who are Type 1 Diabetics and are following this plan? If so, any suggestions on how? Thanks! Audevourahn

When I do a bench press, I find as the bar nears my chest, my shoulders give kind of a clunk. It doesn't hurt per se, but it feels not the best. Is this normal, and if not, how can I avoid it?

Hey Everyone! I'm 28 and work in IT in eastern Canada for a large multinational corporation. I've been with them for about a year, and the sedentary nature of this work, coupled with my experimentation in Home Brewing my own beer has led me to pack on 20 pounds since I got married 3 years ago. I always led a sedentary life too, playing PC games and just basically lounging around. I was 150 LB, but I was up to about 170 two months ago. I've since begun walking on my lunch breaks. Then the same multinational corporation organized a presentation about getting in shape as part of a safety initiative. (said company is all about safety). One of my co-workers was a sprinter in the 80's and he actually went to the olympics for Canada! Wow! So his motivational talk, and the fact that my company will foot half of my gym bill motivated me to get off my ass, and into gear. I've been wandering around the edges of the NF blog for a while, but found the forum, so I decided to join. I've had some pretty good success thus far, but knowing me, my zeal may flag over time. So joining here is part of my endeavour to stop the inevitable decline in my enthusiasm for working out. So far, I've dropped from 170 to 163 LB (as of today). My body fat went from 20.3% to 18.8% so far. And the best news- I went to my endocrinologist today and was taken off a blood pressure pill that I've been taking for the past 9 years. She said it was all due to my exercising! Outstanding! I'm a type 1 diabetic, so my doctor has been after me for a while to get exercise into my routine. I also had heart surgery when I was a baby that resulted in the subclavian artery to my left arm being cut off, so my left arm is a fair bit weaker than my right. Presents an issue when I work out, but they say secondary arteries will take up the slack as I work the arm. So with all the foregoing in mind, you can see why getting into better shape is UBER important for me. My goals at this time are to drop to 15% body fat, and to get bigger muscles. I'd like to see my cardiovascular capacity increase so that I can run/jog for about 10 min straight, as opposed to the 2-3 minutes I can do now between walking before I get out of breath. We've recently had a baby girl, so I want to be able to keep up with her and set a good example as an active person. Well after my million word rant, I want to say that I look forward to working with all'yall and hope to see my goals realized! Audevourahn