No Excuses Challenge Day ??

Goals:

1) Kick my coffee with cream and splenda addiction. I’ve had maybe 3 coffees in the past 3 weeks? Not too shabby considering I used to drink 1-2 a day. I’ve replaced coffee with Matcha green tea and yerba mate tea. Both of which are supposed to help you metabolism. Um, bonus!

2) Drink more green tea. Yup! As above.

3) Continue eating Paleo. Yup! I’ve been especially diligent this past week or so. I’ve had several dinners and lunches out but have managed to make wise food choices. I even went to dim sum today and kept it carb free! My fellow Asians know how difficult this can be. I stuck with veggies and meat.

4) Limit nuts and dried fruit. The first 2 weeks, not so good. But the last week or so I’ve been doing really well. I’ve more or less cut them out of my diet bc I always over indulge on them. So now I simply don’t buy them!

5) Schedule a rest day once a week while working out hard the other days. Yup!

The hardest challenge so far has been limiting nuts and dried fruit. But I’m feeling really good and I’m liking the results. I’m especially happy with my progress the last week or so. I believe it’s a combination of a lot of things: the Matcha and yerba mate, the fact that I’m snacking a lot less, the rest day, watching my carb intake a bit more, and a couple of other things I’ve recently incorporated.

Hint: some interesting tidbits from the book 4 Hour Body.

I’m still experimenting on things and it’s only been about a week but I’ve already noticed a difference. I’ll give it a few more weeks and let you all know how it goes.