Paleo Challenge: Garden State Open Edition

A big thank you to Allison Smith for kicking off the challenge with an awesome talk on Wednesday! If you would like a more in-depth assessment or a personal outline of what to eat, she will offer all CFV Paleo Challenge participants special rates on her services. You can contact her directly at:

asmith87@vt.edu

CFV 6-week Paleo Challenge Overview:

- This will be run on the honor system. CFV is all about the truth. If you lie, not only are you hurting yourself, but you will also negatively impact your fellow members. Also, when you lie, your breath smells. Don't let halitosis happen to you.

- Starts Monday Sept 24 at 12:01a. Ends Saturday Nov 3 right after the Garden State Open

- There will be two divisions: Rx and Scaled.

- Both Rx and Scaled: Organic is recommended but not required. Do the best given your budget.

- Both benchmark wod and body fat measurements to be completed during week one

Guidelines:

Must post to this website EVERYDAY (starting Tuesday under Monday's wod, etc.) one of three things (with respect to what you ate that day given your division): Strict Adherence (meals and snacks/treats), Adherence with Allowances (meals and snacks/treats), Cheat Meal(s). You cannot treat a bad afternoon / entire weekend as one cheat meal (examples given below).

Rx: No Grains, No Legumes, No Added Sugar. No Dairy. No Excuses.

Allowances: You can have - but are not obligated to have - the following:

Two (2) Paleo alcoholic drinks per week (e.g. - a glass of organic red wine, tequila, masculine hard cider) and no stockpiling drinks. Make them count.

Two (2) Paleo treats per week (e.g. - one (1) serving of baked Paleo goods, full fat cultured yogurt, 85% chocolate, etc). Please be reasonable with your serving size and note that one (1) serving is rarely a dozen of anything.

One (1) 'off the reservation' cheat meal over the course of the challenge.


Scaled: No Grains, No Legumes, No Added Sugar, Some Dairy (full fat cultured yogurt, 85% chocolate) in moderation. Some Paleo treats in moderation.


Allowances:  You can have - but are not obligated to have - the following:

Five (5) alcoholic drinks per week and no stockpiling drinks.

Five (5) 'off the reservation' cheat meals over the course of the challenge. (You cannot treat a bad afternoon / entire weekend as one cheat meal.)


Prizes:

One Rx winner will receive two (2) months of membership and one scaled winner will receive one (1) month of membership that will be decided upon by:

Compliance with the guidelines of the challenge.

Body fat loss (percentage relative to initial numbers).

Improvement in benchmark wod (Fight Gone Bad).


Please keep in mind the following:

This is all about eating healthier. Make good choices to minimize your sugar intake (this includes fruits). Don't skip meals. Drink plenty of water. Keep that in mind when making all your food decisions and you should come out on top.

If you're eating Paleo but also having 3 paleo brownies after dinner each day, don't expect to see the results you are hoping for. A Paleo brownie is still a brownie.

Eating Paleo can be tailored for you to lose weight or gain it - but don't obsess over that number on the scale. Stress (i.e. obsessing over a number) will prevent you from achieving your goals. DO NOT WEIGH YOURSELF EVERYDAY.

Google is very helpful but a few websites to start everyone off can be found HERE

Start posting today - just to familiarize yourself with the process.

Here is a good video summarizing the why of Paleo:

Best to all!