Guest Post by Carie

Tomorrow is Friday which means the weekend is right around the corner.  If you are anything like me, weekdays are full of routine making it easy to stay on track nutritionally.  Weekends; however, are a different story.  Weekends are somewhat off routine.  There are errands to be ran, chores to be done, not to mention kids birthday parties, family BBQs and dinner with friends.

The GO GO GO of the weekend makes nutritional off-roading a real possibility.  Don’t let that happen to you.  Just as you plan and prepare your weekday meals, prepare for the weekend.  If you know you will be running around doing errands, have some beef jerky on hand, pack a cooler with some hard boiled eggs, pre-cut veggies (celery, baby carrots, jicama),  fruit and a little Tupperware container of almond butter.  Or, know your route, plan where you will be stopping for lunch and plan what you will be ordering.  Do not let yourself get hungry without a plan.

Before you head out to that kid birthday party or BBQ consider preparing and bringing food you know you can eat.  Or, eat at home before you go so you are not overly hungry and reduce the risk of sticking your hand in that giant bowl of Doritos.

Don’t let your focus on nutrition deter you from enjoying dinner and drinks with friends. Plan, plan, plan…are you noticing a trend here? Plan. Know where you are going. Check out the on-line menu, know what you are going to order. Consider eating before you go and order something small. If cutting sugar is your goal you may want to avoid alcohol. Whole9’s Dallas and Melissa consider alcohol to be the mother of all sugar and it tends to lead to other less than optimal nutritional choices. If you want to enjoy a drink, Robb Wolf says “Drink as much as you need to improve your sex life, but not so much that you impair it.”  Of course, sparkling water is a delicious alcohol alternative especially with lemon, lime or my favorite, orange.

Even staying at home and snuggling up to a movie can provide it challenges, especially if you are use to bringing microwave popcorn to the party.  Kale chips are a great crunchy salty alternative to popcorn.

Speaking of Whole9, here is a great oldie, but goodie post: Weekend Motivation

~Carie

Today @ CFBF:
WOD
50 Walking Lunges
25 K2E
10 Pull-ups
40 Walking Lunges
20 K2E
10 Pull-ups
30 Walking Lunges
15 K2E
10 Pull-ups
20 Walking Lunges
10 K2E
10 Pull-ups

BONUS
Wipers 95/135

Week 1 at our new CrossFit box was a blast!  Week 2 is looking to be AMAZING!  We have Dallas and Melissa from Whole9 stopping by our place tonight to drop some nutritional knowledge!  We are super excited to hear their common sense approach on how to fuel your body for performance and health.  

WOD
50 Wall Ball
30 Pull-ups
30 Wall Ball
20 Pull-ups
20 Wall Ball
15 Pull-ups

Check out our schedule!  We’ve changed our morning class time based on your request.  We now have a 9:15 class on the schedule.  Is there another class time you’d like to see?  Let us know!

Our first post and it is EXCITING.

We open our doors in June
- exact date is still to come.

On June 15th, we will be hosting Whole9 – Melissa and Dallas will make their appearance to drop some nutritional knowledge!!!

The link above for the Workshop will take you to MindBody Online where you can register!!! Only 35 people can attend – this is a first come, first serve situation!!!

We are working like MAD PEOPLE – so many pieces are falling into place.

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