Remy's word was "inflamation" when playing paleo charades
For those of you in attendance on Saturday, you will agree that Remy’s Nutrition 101 Seminar was nothing short of awesome. She gave a greatly informative presentation complete with power point, videos and whiteboard instruction. If you new very little about nutrition going in, you left with a ton of knowledge. If you had prior knowledge through research on your own, you got an even deeper understanding of nutrition and quite a few facts to add to your repertoire.
Remy is getting her master’s degree in dietetics and has tried many nutrition philosophies. Through much research and personal trial and error, she has found the paleo diet to be the most effective. The cool part is that she can tell you why from a scientific perspective that paleo works and the other philosophies do not.
She explained the myths of the Food Pyramid, both old and new. She reviewed both the paleo and the zone, and gave examples. She explained why for optimal health, i.e. fitness; both paleo and zone were necessary. My favorite part was the discussion on the deadly quartet of hyperinsulinemia, obesity, hypertension and hypertriglyceridemia. Remy explained both causes (current American diet) and cures (paleo diet). I thoroughly enjoyed the acid-alkaline reactions of the body to different foods. If you eat foods that cause an acid reaction in your body, you will lose valuable calcium. One fast fact that I truly appreciated was that doctors are now prescribing the paleo diet to improve the health of people with autism, Alzheimer’s and multiple sclerosis. A friend of mine has MS, and I really want her to give paleo at least a month long test run.
Remy ended her fantastic presentation with a walk though of what paleo meals look like. She gave us ideas on how to fit grocery shopping and cooking into our already busy daily lives. Best of all, she gave us great places to find paleo-friendly recipes.
If you missed her debut, I highly recommend that you attend her next seminar. The cost was incredibly inexpensive. For $25 you got tons of valuable information, all your questions answered and the ability to call or email Remy with any questions in the future. She is also sending us her power point, videos and references for our own continued research. Oh! How could I forget about her sausage quiche and veggie medley – so yummy. The food was a measly $10 more, quite the bargain for a gourmet paleo delight.
WOD 1/18/2009
Thrusters 3-3-3 85%
“Jackie”
1000M Row
50 Thrusters 45 lbs. (no scaling)
30 Pullups
Optional:
Muscle snatch – 1-1-1-1-1 95%
Snatch – 3-3-3 80%
Clean & jerk – 3-3-3 80%
Front squat – 2-2-2 90%
Weighted sit-ups – 3×10
Remy’s paleo clinic was awesome, except that she told me that I couldn’t have bacon every day and sunflower seed butter was bad. I would highly recommend going to her next clinic.
I did my first barbell workout yesterday and am SO sore today. It was a quick tabata of SDHP, thrusters and cleans with 65 lbs. Knee feels good, body not so much. It’s going to be a long road to recovery.
How do we get upgraded on this here chat board, such that I can have my own picture next to my name?…..
I was going ‘YEAH!” and punching the air for you yesterday, Forrest.
Sunbutter’s fat is that from sunflower seeds which contains mostly omega-6 (n-6) fatty acid (about 5g n-6 per Tbsp). The ratio of n-6 to n-3 dietary ratio should be 1:6. Most Americans’ ratios are estimated to be flipped — between 10:1 to 25:1 in favor of omega-6 mostly as a result of the high omega-6 content in low-quality oils used in most processed foods (or in Forrest’s case perhaps, due to eating a jar of Sunbutter at each meal
). You could do a quick calc of how many fish oil caps you’d need to offset 1 Tbsp of sunflower seed butter. Probably a better idea to just moderate the n-6 intake!
Wow, that WOD burrrrrned. The 12pm class was awesome… you guys are great fuel.
85#thruster / WOD: 9:25
Just looked at my Beyond the Whiteboard account and Jack was the 3rd WOD I ever did — on June 2, 8 mos ago!. I used a blue band and did it in 13:14.
Chris, just go to gravatar.com and sign up. It will put a cool little picture next to your name on any chat board. It’s totally dorktastic
Remy I can’t picture you using the blue band!
It took a few days to get the kip.
Gravatar activated!
Remy, here’s my diet in a nutshell:
Breakfast: one tablespoon of almond butter, 3 whole eggs, one and one half links of chicken apple sausage from Trader Joe’s.
Mid-morning/pre-workout: one apple, one scoop of whey protein, one handful of cashews or almonds.
Lunch: 3 turkey burgers or one can of tuna or one 8 oz chicken breast, 7 celery stalks, one avocado or one egg without the yolk.
Mid-Afternoon/post workout: Handful of almonds, one scoop of whey protein, one apple.
Dinner: 10 oz of turkey breast cutlets from Trader Joe’s, 10 oz chicken breast, or 10 oz of salmon, tilapea, or some other fish; one cup of broccoli or other vegetable like spinach.
Before Bed Snack: One orange, one tablespoon of almond butter.
Thoughts?
Wish I could have made it on Saturday. It might have been the nutrition kick in the ass I need. I’ll have to do the next one.
Thrusters: 155-155-165
Jackie : 7:40
First day of the paleo challenge down. Thanks Remy for the delicious PWO snack, everyone should try it: coconut milk, 2 egg whites, lemon juice, and cinnamon–YUMMY! I went to whole foods yesterday and it is amazing how different my food intake is now.
I was stoked to go to the 12p class…the new vibe for me and Tonto’s deep voice really pumped me up:) Let’s just say I need to work on rowing!
Forrest-As much as it is going to be a long journey to recovery, you have amazing people here to support and encourage you on the daily. Now you can feel what you do for us EVERYDAY!
Thrusters: 85-85-85
WOD: 10:58
Strength: 3 x 10 weighted sit-ups (#25)
Nice job Remy!
Two breaths, get back on the bar!
Vince