Paleo and kids

I'm a little frustrated right now.  I realized today that you don't ask non- fitness minded people for advice in feeding your children - it just won't work. (-:  As amazing as these awesome women are, assumptions run rampant, especially when you are a crazy crossfitter. 

1st thing, Paleo does not = low carb.  HUGE assumption.  If I'm eating Paleo to lose weight, yeah, I'm going to limit the carbs (which you should if you want the scale to drop no matter HOW you're eating), but for eating Paleo as a lifestyle, I eat a LOT of fruit, nuts, nut flours, baked goods, milk and yogurt (so not so much paleo).  I also use good ole' chemical laden coffeemate in the copious amounts of coffee I consume.  I don't track my food or obsess over what I can and can't have (who had time for that??) but I'm certain I consume as much sugar and carbs as any other normal weight person who pays attention to what they're eating.  I fuel some significant workouts  and stay satisfied.  I also cheat sometimes, because I have genes that allow me to.    But, when I'm buying food for my family, I choose non processed, naturally gluten free food.

2nd thing, my kids don't eat paleo as a rule, but we don't go out of our way to give them food with no value whatsoever.  Fruit roll ups, pop tarts,  buttered microwave popcorn, capri suns, gold fish (even organic!), flavored water.....what's the point?  They are gone in a second, and they don't keep bellies full.  Nuts, Lara Bars, Fruit with nut butters, etc - those keep bellies full and nourish growing bodies.  My kids are SOLID children.  They are built like their dad, and need calories that do something for them. They also play hard -they crossfit and do gymnastics.  They play outside, they ride bikes and scooters, and when their favorite sport seasons come around, they play sports. 

But, they are also kids.  And kids like junk.  And kids feel deprived without it, especially when their friends are all bringing junk to school.  So, when there is junk around, they want it, and they want as much as they can get.    So, what to do?  Where is the balance?  We do give lots of treats - lots of dinners out where they eat whatever they choose, and we tend to have ice cream out  once a week, and Jamba Juice  after a trying "workout".  Overall, they are getting plenty of treats, even if that's not what they find in their afterschool snacks.  But the parts seem to be more than the total in this case.  

Anyway, I just needed to get that out.  Right now, I'm thinking of baking a lot more paleo goodies to offer as snacks - that way they are getting the "junk" they want, but I know it's nutritionally sound, and will keep their bellies full for more than 5 minutes.  I certainly prefer they choose an apple over a paleo cookie but  I don't....(-:

Chest to Bar!

During our warm up today, we worked the C2B pull up. I was feeling pretty good, did my usual of trying a few and then going to the band. However, though I wasn't getting any closer unassisted, I wasn't really struggling with the band. My coach watched me do a few then asked how many I could do. I know that 10 is kind of the magic number for scaling less, so I guessed 6 or so. Then I tried it and got 10 just fine. It was time to move on so she suggested working on them at home and really stringing them better as opposed to one at a time 10 times. I moved on to the next skill (double under PR with 45!) and had about a minute left at the end to try the C2Bs again.

After one on the bar my coach realizes I was kipping much more aggressively on the band and I attempted the unassisted while picturing myself with the band. Sure enough, chest to bar. (-:

The WOD was Open WOD 11.3
5 minute AMRAP
Squat Clean
Press ( however it works, jerk or thruster okay)

RX was 110, aka my clean 1rm and just under my jerk 1rm. If this had been the open, I'd have pushed for a rep or two. Instead, 18 rnds @ 75#. My legs were shot, between cleans before and yesterday's snatches and row burpee nonsense.

Helton and the Open

Yep, that's me!  No clue how this is going to go.  I'm to the point where most WODs are just slightly below my 1RM, so I'm hopeful I'll be able to at least participate  in each of the Open WODs.

If I could make few things happen between now and March 6th, I'd like to get a few kipping handstand push ups (right now, I'm on two ab mats - but I think I'm okay kipping with one) and a few chest to bar pull ups.  I'm an inch short.  I think part of it has to do with how far I pull away from the bar, and then have to pull back in, but I'm not certain.  I'm also fairly certain that dropping the extra lbs I've gained lately would help a little too - that's how I got the unassisted pull ups a few months ago.  The 90 day paleo challenge pulled off about 5 lbs, and I was able to make the transition off the band and stay there.  I'm still deciding if it's worth what *might* happen to my barbell stuff. 

I'm trying to work those things a little at home, but a hot date with the GHD machine 3 days ago has rendered me useless at both of my focus areas.  (-:

Today's WOD
"Helton"   39:16
3RFT
800 M Run
30 Dumbell Squat Cleans (RX=35, I did 25#)
30 Burpees

It was tough, but survivable!  I think the weight was perfect, as I pretty much did 10/5/5/6/4  each time.  Burpees were unbroken but slow the first round, and then kind of the same make up as the cleans.  Running was running.  I "ran", loosely defined as making a running like motion with my feet and arms, even though I'm pretty sure granny passed me with her walker.  Mentally, I was in it, which is good.  Trying to prepare myself for giving 100% and resting only when it's necessary, so I'm practicing some self talk and cheerleading.  We'll see.

This is a boot camp off week.  I'm going to do bicep curls with that stupid blue band anyway.  Because they suck.  And I'd prefer to suck less at them when boot camp starts back.