Paleo a go-go.

Time to do more walkin-the-walk instead of just talkin-the-talk.

I give moderately detailed nutrition advice to any one who asks. I preach the "eat more fat, eat more protein, lose the sugar" mantra to everyone willing to listen. I have pretty sound anecdotal and empirical evidence to go along with the "new science" that is finally making it's way into the public realm. I know how to calculate zone blocks for folks, how to critique their current diets and recommend changes.

Then I go home and order pizza once a week and my cheat "day" turns into cheat "weekends". Time to buck up and put my money where my mouth is, and many other cliche's.

Starting today, I'm as close to 100% Paleo as I can get. I'm not ditching the zone completely, I still will have fat, protein and carbohydrate with every meal, it's the quality of what I'm going to eat, and maybe more importantly, what I'm not going to eat, that is key. I'm ditching dairy... I know, I know. Milk is good. I love it and there's nothing wrong with it. However, I can't tell someone to drink it for "A" when many people do not because of "B" without experiencing "B". So I'm off dairy. I'm also finally getting rid of artificial sweeteners for all the reasons I already knew. Just bad stuff. Milk might be back, artificial sweeteners will not.

So, what am I eating? It's simple, and Coach Glassman outlined it in the now famous "World Class Fitness in 100 words...". "Eat meat and vegetables, nuts and sees, some fruit, little starch, no sugar." That's all folks. But, that leaves me with all the meat I already love and eat, veggies, fruit, nuts, eggs... all the yummerific stuff about clean eating. It get's rid of the grains, breads, sugars and processed crap that I was letting back in too often.

I pose this challenge, or better yet, this question, to fellow CrossFit trainers. What example are you setting for your clients? Shouldn't we be the example of what we preach? I will go out on limb and say many of us already do pretty well. But could we do better? Nutrition is such an important pole in the tent, wouldn't it behoove us to show our clients how important it is? How often do you hold nutrition classes or workshops? I've yet to hold one, but I do cover nutrition in my foundations course.

So, another new leaf to turn over today. Black coffee. No ranch dressing on my veggies. But plenty of the good stuff to satisy and fuel me for life.