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You Wanna Get Nuts? Let's Get Nuts!! This might simply be an excuse to do a silly Batman themed challenge!! Why, cause Batman is awesome! No Superhero is quite as nuts as Batman, let's face it! Nuts! So this is what I've got to look forward to this challenge cycle: The Winter Nuts Challenge! Thanks to @Jarric being inconsiderate to have his birthday on this day both me an @Charlie_Quinn have been roped into this madness. The Nuts Challenge is meant to be one of the hardest winter OCRs in the country. I've got a little experience with Winter OCRs and I'm a little terrified. (In seriousness I'm really looking forward to the race season kicking off in March. Even if we picked one hell of a race to do that with!) On top of this I've also got one eye on the Half Marathon on March 18 and the Spartan Super on April and the larger goals of RRDW in May and a tiny little mountain Ultra marathon in July (28 miles is totally an ultra ) Though The Streets of Gotham So with the challenges in mind there is going to be lots of running! 4 Runs per week, 2 quality runs Stretch goala 100 Miles! It's a big round number but this shouldn't be too difficult to hit if I stick to my plan. Hills! 3000 feet of accent Who Never Misses Leg Day? My motivation has been low since I burned out at the end of last year and I've not really done any strength work since then. I know that I need to change that. I don't think I'm going to be able to do any kind of structured programming with my race calendar being what it is but so it'll be more along the lines of a WOD type structure. I plan on starting back at the gym on week 1 of the challenge as I finish out my current running plan, which peaks week 0. Hit the gym 3 days per week. The Joker! My arch enemy is food! The simple thing is I've set myself some huge endurance challenges and I need to drop as much weight and body fat as possible to make them easier on my body. Meal plan. Stick to 2600-2800 calories a day. I'm going to allow myself 1 variance a week but that does not count if it turns into a binge. Who Has the Coolest Gadgets! For the first time in a while I'm gong to tie a reward to this challenge. I am going to use a health bar to represent a 20/80 split of bad and good. If I keep the health bar above zero I succeed. If I beat the challenge I'm going to replace my Fitbit with a new Smart Watch. 15/15 |

This is definitely my favorite paleo-friendly brownie recipe yet, and I've made about half a dozen variations so far. This could easily be made vegan with a substitution of bananas for the eggs and agave syrup for the honey! 1c Almond Butter (if no salt added, be sure to add 1/2 tsp salt to the recipe) 1 1/2c shredded zucchini 1/3c raw cacao powder 1/2c raw honey 2 eggs (medium) 1 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking soda Cinnamon and nutmeg to taste 1c dark chocolate chips (split in half) Pre-heat oven to 350 deg F In a food processor, combine all but half the chocolate chips until smooth Fold in remaining chocolate chips Pour into greased 9x9 pan Bake 35-45 min, or until toothpick comes out mostly clean This brownies remain slightly lighter than other gf options, but still have that beautiful fudgy chocolatey-ness that we all crave. It's a perfect after workout snack.

Does anyone here do Paleo or any similar whole foods diet with a food allergy? Specifically nuts and fruit, in this case. My roommate and I are trying to clean up our diets, but it seems that the majority of food suggestions and recipes use nuts or nut oils. We're both allergic to nuts and fruit with varying degrees of severity. Anybody else have to work around diet limitations like these, or have any suggestions? It doesn't seem to be a very common topic...