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Paleo - Day 12 Recap - "A Dozen Days"


(Original FB Post Date: January 25, 2013)


Can't believe I'm just a couple days shy of completing two full weeks of the challenge. Started the day off with the strength workout this morning at 6am - I was correct about it being the Bear. I felt tired when I did the workout and used the 18kb through the whole thing. Looking back now, I probably could have ramped up the weight a bit...at least doing 20 or 22. It was a good workout nonetheless, and Mike had given us a battling rope finisher with some different styles of performing them.

After the workout, I came home and went back to bed for two more hours. Then had the last fritatta for breakfast and then headed up to Elizabeth for the dentist.

Did lunch at Applebees in Woodbridge Center. Wound up having a Paleo-friendly version of Bourbon Chicken with shrimp, omitting anything having to do with butter or cream stuff, and doubled the veggies instead of potato. I need to give props to this franchise: they went above and beyond to be accommodating, and even caught a potential pitfall with the 9oz. sirloin (which had gluten wheat among its ingredients). This particular dining experience in an Applebees was undeniably the best one ever. Service was unbelievable and the food was good.

Dinner tonight was pork chops and veggies...and in between snacked on grapes and cherry tomatoes (how's that for a combo??)

Tomorrow dinner and Sunday dinner are going to be cheat meals. We're doing PF Chang's tomorrow evening, and Al's making a nice pot roast dinner on Sunday night. Not planning to go overboard, but want to reward myself for a good week before doing the week-long stretch to my next cheat afternoon: Superbowl Sunday.

Grade for day: B (could have pushed myself more at the gym)
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