3,2,1, GO!

Hello Everyone! 

Welcome to the official blog for the CFD End of Summer Paleo Challenge! It's hard to believe we're already saying goodbye to summer, but what a perfect time to say hello to clean eating and feeling great! This blog will be used to post recipes, helpful tips and articles to get you through the next 4 weeks.  Additionally, every 3-4 days I will be posting different "challenges" for everyone to participate in.  These will be something like, find and post a new paleo recipe or record everything you eat for one day. We want to keep everyone involved for the full 4 weeks and I think this will help people to stay on track.  


Now for the good stuff: 

Are you asking yourself: What is Paleo?? Well I'll tell you! This term is often thrown around CrossFit boxes so we thought we’d give you a quick overview of what we consider “Paleo”.

Meat and Veggies

Nuts and Seeds

Some Fruit

Little Starch

No Sugar

Looks pretty simple huh?! The focus of this challenge is the QUALITY of the food you are putting in your body. ie. No processed foods, alcohol, sugar or grains. If you've never done anything like this before the first week might be tough, but the benefit of doing this with a group is that we can support each other and be accountable to one another. Stay strict! Don't cheat! It's only 4 weeks right?

One last little note: Beware of  all the “Paleo” recipes out there these days, specifically recipes that re-create baked goods. While these can be great, they often contain honey or agave nectar. If you want to try these recipes, leave out whatever is suggested as a sweetener (honey, agave nectar etc.) These recipes are generally plenty sweet on their own! 

Good luck to everyone! Looking forward to another great challenge!
-Kirsten