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Mark - Simply amazed at what you can do in the gym. Incredible.

That is really great. Sounds like you have a good program going! Hot Yoga is hard!!

Sounds also like a good place to get R&R after the surgery with a SF virgin pina colada in hand and feet dipping in the water. Have fun !!

I should design a small T-shirt for my dog that says " he did it."

Gassing the room is short term and will get better. Not!!! Over nine months out and still gassy all the time. Was fun at first until I realized I was no longer in middle school. The dog also refused to be my scapegoat any longer. lol.

Another related question for the cross fitters / lifters (mark, dean, others): is there any harm in eating an extra good fat / good carb ( honey) early in the day to prepare for an after noon cross fit session? This is in addition to the 3 regular small Protein meals (3 oz) preceding the session. I want to make sure my muscles have enough glucose in order to not bonk during the cross fit session. Extra meal would be a paleo bar of 300 calories that has 21 g fat, 22 g carb and 14 g protein. On cross fit days I also do 1-2 miles of hill running with weights and sprinting in the mid morning to get my blood moving. It is more of a quick HIIT then anything, but not designed to do anything but get my heart up for 5-10 minutes with a good sweat. Standard meals before cross fit are between 100-150 calories of dense protein. I think it is needed, but wanted to throw the question out there. Thanks!

I know there are several of you cross fitters on VST that can help with this topic. Here is what I am doing now. Before: 2-4 energy squares. Lots of good carbs, Protein and good fats. Approx. 200 calories. After: Paleo bar of approximately 300 calories. 17g protein, 14g carb and 9 g fat. 3g Omega 3 - from stronger, faster, healthier. 1 tsp of creatine monohydrate My day meals are: Meal 1: Protein shake (extended release) Meal 2: lean protein (3 oz) Meal 3: lean protein (5 oz) Meal 4: above - before Meal 5: above - after Meal 6: lean protein (4-5 oz), 2-3 oz veggy Meal 7: casein protein shake. 7 meals on cross fit day baby! Of course drinking like a race horse all day. My goal is to have the stamina and power to complete the WOD and get my name up there on the whiteboard list, higher each time. Right now, getting stronger and better each time I go and leaned out 6 lb this week. I am looking for your comments on my before and after to kill my WOD and have energy the next day to run 5-10k. My last WOD was 30 minutes long and left me spread eagle on the mat huffing and puffing. Intense! So far eating this way is working out pretty well and my mobility / flexibility is really improving, much better then even 2 weeks ago. Probably the super omega 3 is helping me out there.

Just like Powerade zero they make vitawater zero. My suspicion is that poster is not drinking vitawater zero, but regular vitawater.

Wow, lucky you. Felt like crap for at least a week. It took me 3 weeks to almost feel normal and the 5 months to have a lot of energy. I think the high energy comes with regular exercise. Myth!!

Joining WW is a good way to be in a group environment for support and accountable when maintaining. Plus one can limit themselves to weighing only on visit. It is a good model for eating long term.

By the way, I do not count fiber and sugar alcohols in my total daily carbs.

Choose lean Protein first and only eat carbs if they are part of the protein food. During 1st 6 months, the most carbs I have eaten as part of protein is 2-3 g. I did not drink milk nor did I eat fruit. Nuts were not part of my diet for a long time, but I added them back in around month 5 in terms of energy squares (good carbs / fats before running). The energy squares get burned up when running 10 k. Now that I am done with weight loss, I get carbs from veggies, raw honey (paleo bar) and energy squares. You have to be careful when eating out to know the nutritional content of food items on the menu. Sometimes I mess up and order something with too much sugar or fat because it looks healthy. I do not eat breads or sweets. This way of eating may be too strict for most during first 6 months, but worked great for me. I am slowly adding in food items that are compatible with a paleo diet. This is still a learning process to find a good diet that helps me maintain yet provides energy for an active lifestyle of running, hiking and cross fit.

What do you think of Chia seeds as a viable long term approach to staying hydrated during a workout? I seems to not need water during an hour of running and think the hydrated chia seeds are giving back water as they sit in the GI tract. Those that take Chia seeds, Your thoughts?

That's great BTB! I know you will love it. Every WOD will be a challenge, much different from running. You may need to modify your diet a bit to explode on the lifts.

Acid has been boiling up into my lower throat in the past week when being eliminated by daily Prilosec for so long. In fact, today I have take 3 Prilosec through the day today and it is still feeling like my throat is burning. Have any of you seen acid come back after month 9 or so (could be earlier or later)? It is not bad yet, but annoying as it makes me want to pop tums like candy.

No worries, I read it correctly even with the typo.

I hope it gets better as I have been popping PPI daily since surgery without missing a day. It would be good to not need it any longer, but now I am having doubts because of the issues.