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Hello Friends!\u00a0 Hope your hump day is going well, mine technically could be better… but I am alive and well so let’s run with that! So, my Crossfit Gym is currently doing their second Paleo Challenge and I decided to hop on the bandwagon for this one.\u00a0 The first time around I was pretty much eating ‘Paleo’ with the exception of Greek yogurt every day and a few carbs before my long training runs.\u00a0 The challenge was the same month as my marathon last year, so I was also afraid of tweaking anything too much since I was feeling really good at that point. So fast forward to now, I have no excuse.\u00a0 Let me first say something\u00a0 important, I am VERY much AGAINST diets in general. \u00a0\u00a0 I have never put myself on a diet, I just eat healthy and clean, workout like a banshee and have an occasional overdose in chocolate or candy.\u00a0 However, since I have a history of low iron levels, putting more meat into my diet as the Paleo lifestyle requires, I know will only help me.\u00a0 But I am also super curious to see how my workouts, runs and body composition is affected after 30 days of strict Paleo.\u00a0 We did a benchmark workout this weekend that we will do again at the end of the 30 days and then of course we got our measurements, weight and pictures taken.\u00a0 If I am able to get a copy of them, I will definitely share pictures post challenge.\u00a0 Not that I am super excited to show the world myself in shorts and sports bra biggest loser style, but I think it will be cool to show the results (fingers crossed that I have some good ones).\u00a0 COME ON SIX PACK!\u00a0 Also, I promise if I do someday\u00a0 get a six pack, (even though I will be really excited) I will not take a picture of myself in the bathroom and post it.\u00a0 Sorry, but that is just weird. See? Just weird (sorry random girl off the internet, you look great). I should also mention, I am a person of extremes.\u00a0 If it is just any other day and you put a bag of sour patch kids in front of me, I will own them.\u00a0 However, if I am putting myself on a challenge or I have a big race coming up and need to be extra clean, I am hardcore and prettty impossible to break. My friends love to test me on this. \u00a0 I just wish I could be like that all year long, stupid holiday season treats.\u00a0 Oh and did I tell you that the winner of this challenge gets CASH MONEY?!\u00a0 So there is another motivator right there! In a nutshell, the ‘Paleo Lifestyle‘ is also known as the Caveman diet.\u00a0 So anything that you would not be able to “hunt and gather”, you cannot eat.\u00a0 No dairy, no bread, etc.\u00a0 It consists of meat, fruits and veggies.\u00a0 I think the hardest part for most people is the carbs, I am lucky that I have somewhat of a gluten intolerance,\u00a0 so this portion was not really an issue for me.\u00a0 But MAN do I love me some yogurt and fatty coffee creamer!\u00a0 So that has been a struggle to try and change, but I have been working on it for a few months in hopes that by the time the next challenge came, I would be good to go.\u00a0 However, just as I anticipated the hardest part of this challenge so far is my snacking.\u00a0 I am limiting myself to one snack in between breakfast and lunch and one snack in between lunch and dinner.\u00a0 Sounds normal right?\u00a0 Well I am a snacking machine.\u00a0 Even though I snack on healthy things, I snack way too much. So wish me luck! I am sure I will be posting something about how I am going through processed sugar withdrawals, but other than that I am excited to see what this challenge brings! 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