Hello out there!

I just wanted to stop by since its been a while that I have posted anything on here and let you all know what's going on.


The website is still very much alive and I have some pretty cool plans for it.

• First order of business is getting this blog all over to Wordpress so I can unleash its true potential
• The site once transitioned will have recipe cards (that are easily printable), blog, picture galleries and possibly even a community forum
• I am going to go on another year long journey...I've let myself get away from Paleo and I don't like the results. Stay tuned and come along on the journey.... there may even be some contests and prizes involved!

Thanks for all of you that have read this and follow it, I appreciate it and hope you get some value out of it!


Kris

IW360 Day 66 Dec 17th

Info: I'm going to change this up a bit, as I think that's part of the reason I am having such an issue updating this daily. I don't want to keep talking about myself over and over - that was cool the first year. I want to help all of you achieve your goals whether its weight loss, getting better at something, learning something knew....whatever it is. Helping others is what is motivating for me!

 

So going forward I am going to be adding information about a topic - this may not happen daily, it may even turn in to a few times a week thing, who knows at this point. If you don't like the changes, love the changes whatever it may be, leave me a comment so I know I am doing something right, or wrong!

 

I will continue on my Whole360 journey, but instead of a meal by meal, workout by workout recap of what I've done, I will simply have the red "Day XX COMPLETE" if I was successful for the day, and if I slipped up I will tell you about it. 

 

I do still owe the readers of this blog (all 4 of you LOL) a few more recipes, and I will work harder to get those posted!

 

Thanks for reading!

Whole360 is evolving!

DAYS 66 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 48 - 65 November 30th - Dec 16th

Info: I don't like the mass updates, but I also don't like being behind. I also hate that I am highly UN-motivated right now. The sore back has killed my progress in the gym and I am in a holiday funk right now. Need to break out of it and get it together ASAP!

As I posted in my last update - I am looking for topics to cover, so let me know what you want to hear about! Updating my status is fun and all, but I really want to offer information for people that are on their own weight loss journey or something you might enjoy knowing more about.

Food Log:

Breakfast: Sautéed broccoli, snap peas, onion and grass fed ground beef


Lunch: Chicken wings - (unbreaded of course!) and an iceberg wedge salad


Dinner: Smoked oysters, turkey breast, broccoli, and a few olives - odd dinner was more like picking at different thing



Exercise Log:

Back has been good, now I need to find my motivation!

DAYS 48 - 65 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 47 - Monday November 30th

Info: So I am trying to get through these updates and get caught up and realized probably not many of you care about what I do everyday. And I don't blame you! So if thats the case, leave me a comment, tweet etc and let me know whats on your mind! What do you want to read about? What information would be helpful for you? Or just want to hear some views on a certain topic? Let me know and I will post about that. I want to add value and help motivate you guys/gals to succeed, not just talk about myself!

Let me know what you want to talk about!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egg and broccoli and onion omelet


Lunch: Greek Salad with Shawarma chicken, habanero salsa and baba ganouj


Dinner: Grass fed roast with carrots



Exercise Log:


Getting ready to get back in the gym!




DAY 47 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 46 - Sunday November 29th

Info: Gah, I just can't keep up on this, I am going to dedicate some time to getting these caught up so I am actually in the same week with these updates. Sorry all, life loves to keep me busy!

Haha I found this and had to share...maybe I'm not that busy....

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egg and broccoli omelet


Lunch: Chicken salad with hot sauce - lots and lots of hot sauce


Dinner: Leftover turkey with green beans




Exercise Log:


Getting ready to get back in the gym!




DAY 46 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 45 - Saturday November 28th

Info: Attempting to update this off the mobile platform so we will see how it goes! If they fixed the issues it used to have it may make these updates a lot easier for me! 

Food Log:


Breakfast: Egg and broccoli omelette


Lunch: Leftover turkey breast cover in hot sauce, some canned green beans


Dinner: Taco salad with chicken beef, salsa, and hot sauce 




Exercise Log:

Progress, stabbing pains are gone, dull ache has appeared. I'll take it!





   
DAY 45 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 44 - Friday November 27th

Info: Wow, miss one day and it snowballs in to a week. I WILL get caught up and try to put more effort towards remembering...I've got kids...that's all the excuse I need!












I've got enough of a challenge keeping myself in line...add 3 kids and....

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs and an apple


Lunch: 1/2 Greek salad from FelFel - Romaine, onion, shawarma chicken, baba ganouj, habanero salsa


Dinner: Other half of my lunch salad




Exercise Log:


I tried to work out and the back is still pretty sore, going to give it another week and try again.





  
DAY 44 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 43 - Thursday November 26th

Info: First off HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Hope you had a great holiday!

2nd, I used a cheat day today - damn near broke the cheat day system lol (I've got one left)

So much food, so much bad stuff. Happy Thanksgiving.

Food Log:


Instead of listing it all out, just know it was a lot and see the pic above...i stuffed a LOT in my face!



Exercise: Back is broken still, going to try and get back in the gym on Monday Nov 30th ad do work that doesn't include my sore back.

  
DAY 43 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 24- 42 Nov 7th - Wed Nov 25th


Sorry guys way too far behind and way to busy to try and attempt to catch up. I could sit here and try to pound out some posts, but I don't want to rush it and put out some crap just for the sake of putting out crap. So I am giving you an all for one update and will start attempting to do daily updates again.


Stuff happens, life is busy, I hope you understand...if not good thing all the content is free right?

Quick update: I used 2 cheat days, and have had to take a week off from the gym now due to another back injury. All in all its been fine keeping up with the challenge (other than the blogging part!)


What to look for in the future:

• I've got 2 more recipes ready to drop any day now
• New website is progressing along
• A few surprises I am not able to talk about right now - but there is some cool stuff in the works
• A web store - Paleo at its finest!

Stick around if you'd like there is some good stuff coming in the future, now if you will excuse me I've got 3 assignments due for school and I have to start cooking dinner for my 3 girls!


Cya next time!

They said "Dad, its the blog or us.....of course they won!" (They didn't really say that I was just being dramatic)

IW360 Day 23 - Friday November 6th

Info: Being that we are creatures of habit (And if you follow the food log at all on this blog you will see I very much am) Have any of you found a favorite Paleo food and eat it all the time? I found an awesome restaurant called FelFel that makes awesome Greek salads.  I get questions...How many Greek salads can you eat? I smile and reply all of them! Just curious, anyone else out there stick with one food more than a few times a week?

They are Paleo friendly, have outstanding service, and delicious food. If you are near DTC in Denver check em out!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs and carrot sticks

Lunch: Greek salad with chicken, baba ganouj and habanero salsa for dressing

Dinner: Giant salad with romaine, mushrooms, black olives, carrots and chicken breast. Franks Red Hot mixed with a teaspoon of Olive Oil for dressing


Exercise: 

Gym is getting hard again...I like it!

Squats:

• 155lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warmup
• 225lbs x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Over Head Press:

• 75lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warmup
• 105lbs x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Dead Lifts:

• 155lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warmup
• 225lbs x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Lat Pull Downs:

• 80lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warmup
• 120lbs x 5 reps x 3 working sets

  
DAY 23 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 22 - Thursday November 5th

Info: Ahh dear cardio, you are by far not my favorite. I can think of a gagillion other things I'd rather do than run on a treadmill, stair climber or elliptical for 45 minutes. I really need to get back to doing the Tabata protocol which shortened my cardio time immensely and was more effective!

Whoever created this must have thought "Whats one thing everyone will hate?"

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs and bacon

Lunch: Chicken wings and a huge salad

Dinner: Taco salad with grass fed ground beef, salsa and hot sauce


Exercise: 

45 minutes on the life hating machine a.k.a. the Elliptical



  
DAY 22 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 21 - Wednesday November 4th

Info: Trudging along, for some reason I keep having a dream that I am eating the purple bag Skittles out of a 5 gallon bucket....yeah I'm odd.

I keep dreaming about tasting the rainbow...

Food Log:


Breakfast: Chicken breast and Sauerkraut doused in hot sauce

Lunch: Chicken and green beans

Dinner: Grass fed ground beef taco salad with salsa and Franks Red Hot



Exercise: 

Squats:

• 155lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 215lbs  x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Dead Lift:

• 155lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 215lbs  x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Bench Press:

• 85lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 135lbs x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Dumb bell Curls:

• 20lbs x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 35lbs x 5 reps x 3 working sets

  
DAY 21 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 20 - Tuesday November 3rd

Info: Spam incoming! Finally am able to sit down and crank some of these out. Truth be told I'm working on some networking homework and the videos are terribly boring...great time to get caught up!

Update Floodgates are open, Look out!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs and sausage

Lunch: Chicken and green beans

Dinner: Chicken on a giant romaine salad with hot sauce for dressing



Exercise: 

Cardio - 45mins on the dandy ol elliptical



  
DAY 20 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 19 - Monday November 2nd

Info: Sorry for delays again, I locked myself out of my dashboard and could not get it reset right. Another reason I am glad I will be off Blogger in the near future! Anyways updates will be rolling in as well as a recipe or two in the next few days!

I saw this so many times over the last week I wanted to cry..Thanks Blogger!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Quest Pumpkin pie bar.

Lunch: 1/2 Greek salad, romaine, onion, babaganouj and shwarma chicken

Dinner: The other half of the salad above



Exercise: 

Squats:

• 135 x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 205 x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Overhead Press:

• 75 x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 105 x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Dead Lifts:

• 135 x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 205 x 5 reps x 3 working sets

Lat Pull Down:

• 80 x 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 120 x 5 reps x 3 working sets

  
DAY 19 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 18 - Sunday November 1st

Info: Awesome weather today so I got out to shoot a USPSA match. Lots of rust from not shooting in so long, but managed to place 5th which isn't as bad as I thought it would go so that's a plus! Too bad this is probably going to be the last weekend with nice weather for a while.


Putting the PEW PEW PEW in to USPSA

Food Log:


Breakfast: Quest Pumpkin pie bar.

Lunch: Ground beef taco salad with hot sauce as dressing

Dinner: Went out for dinner to Sweet Tomatoes - had a giant salad with romaine, red cabbage, onion, carrot, mushroom, black olives, vinegar and oil dressing.



Exercise: 



Got out to the range for a match today, ended up racking up 6 miles running/walking!


  
DAY 18 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 17 - Saturday October 31st

Info: Happy Halloween all, hope you had a safe holiday!


Food Log:


Breakfast: Quest Pumpkin pie bar.

Lunch: Del Taco and lots of it (Gotta make the most of my cheat day!)

Dinner: Leftover Del Taco - which is good because I feel like a hog!



Exercise: 


Trucked all over with the kiddos for trick or treating ~4 miles on the day


  
DAY 17 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 16 - Friday October 30th 

Info: Using one of my cheat days today, we had some Living Social deals that had to be used for a local brewery called 4 Noses, and decided tonight was the night! We also discovered a new distillery right up the street which of course we had to try out.

If you live in CO or are visiting, 4 Noses is worth checking out! (But only on a cheat day of course)

Food Log:


Breakfast: Quest Pumpkin pie bar.

Lunch: Chicken wings and salad

Dinner: Starting Cheat day 1/5 - Pizza Beer and some bloody Marys.



Exercise: 

10 min warm up on elliptical

Squats -

• 135lbs for 10 reps x 2 sets for warm ups
• 195lbs for 5 reps x 3 sets working weight

Bench press -

• 95lbs for 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 135 lbs for 5 reps x 4 sets working weight

Dead Lifts -

• 135lbs for 10 reps x 2 sets warm up
• 195 lbs for 5 reps x 3 sets working weight

  
DAY 16 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 15 - Thursday October 29th 

Info: Getting on a good roll now that 4am isn't such a shock. I just have this crazy hate for stationary cardio. if I am hiking or running on a trail, that's great, but the treadmill/bike/elliptical kills me. I am going to switch to HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) next week so at least I am focused on not dying instead of clock watching which we all know just makes it worse. What do you all do for cardio? Leave me a comment and help me bust the "DeadTread"

Hahah this is so true!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, sausage, and hot sauce.

Lunch: Greek salad with onion, romaine, chicken, Greek olives and baba ganouj. All topped with Habanero salsa ( I know this has been the same for like 4 days in a row, what can I say, its easy to keep it simple once you find something you like and it's Paleo!

Dinner: Quest Pumpkin Pie bar (sugar and gluten free), and asparagus.

*Note on the Quest bars - technically they aren't Whole30 compliant, but since this isn't exactly a Whole30 I don't always adhere to that standard. This is one spot where I will make an exception, because Quest bars are some of the best protein/meal replacement bars out there. Gluten and Sugar free is close enough for my purposes!

Exercise: 

45 mins on the elliptical. Let me tell you this is a lot like watching paint dry. I like it because I listen to some great podcasts, but I think next week I am going to go to interval training. it has been proven to be more effective and I only have to torture myself for half the time!
  
DAY 15 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 14 - Wednesday October 28th

Info: Two weeks in which means only 52 to go! LOL. Got some cool mail today...for any of those following along, you may remembering me mention that I had a recipe selected to be in the Paleo Magazine readers choice cookbook....got home and there was a copy on my front steps! I'll be signing autographs alllllll week. Kidding of course, but it is kind of cool because the cookbook is going to be in Barnes and Noble,  Whole Foods and other stores nationwide! Besides my recipe being in there, there are a TON of awesome recipes from all over I will be trying very soon!

I will be giving away a copy of this cookbook to one of my readers in the near future. Just need to hash out the details with the publisher! Stay Tuned!

Soon to be released at major booksellers nationwide!

You don't have to squint for the recipe...it will be posted soon!

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs, bacon, sausage, and a LOT of hot sauce.

Lunch: Greek salad with onion, romaine, chicken, Greek olives and baba ganouj. All topped with Habanero salsa

Dinner: Odd dinner - wasn't feeling the cooking thing too much, so I ate 2 cans of smoked oysters (in olive oil) and 1lb of asparagus sauteed with a little sea salt, onion powder and cayenne pepper.


Exercise: 

Got back on the normal morning workout today.

Warm up - 10 mins on elliptical, mountain climb setting

Squats - 135lbs Warm up: 10 reps x 2 sets             
               185lbs Working weight: 5 reps x 3 sets

Overhead press - 65lbs Warm up: 10 reps x 2 sets
                              95lbs Working weight: 5 reps x 3 sets

Dead lifts - 135lbs Warm up: 10 reps x 2 sets
                    185lbs Working weight: 5 reps x 3 sets

Dumbbell Curls - 20lbs warm up: 10 reps x 2 sets
                              30lbs working weight: 5 reps x 3 sets

  

DAY 14 COMPLETE

IW360 Day 13 - Tuesday October 27th

Info: Skipped the gym in the morning because I was exhausted, keep having weird dreams that wake me up every 30 mins - hour. They are fun dreams but man can't I just stay asleep through them? At least I woke up laughing at one point LOL. Got my workout in after work though so not all was lost.

I can't seem to figure out the sleep part......

Food Log:


Breakfast: Eggs and homemade sausage.

Lunch: Chicken wings (gluten free) , carrot and celery sticks.

Dinner: Turkey breast, and leftover homemade sausage.....was lacking in the veggie department tonight.



Exercise: 


No sleep again, but I got my workout in at night.

•  Sledgehammer swings - 16# Sledgehammer and one big arse tire! 100 reps - 50 with each arm being in the dominant (hand on top) position
• .6 Mile sprint - I was running this loop last year and it was taking me 8mins and 50 sec. I ran it tonight and completed it in 5mins 45sec. Pushing yourself is tough but worth it in the end. Still a 9.5min mile pace, but its progress.

 

DAY 13 COMPLETE