Most everyone is doing a pretty decent job of keeping up with their workout logs - and many have seen how valuable they are. Hopefully you're all, in one way or another, keeping track of what you eat as well. Whether you're eating well or eating poorly, the information in your food log helps tell your body's story and it can be a super valuable tool. Something as simple as - "my food log says I've been in the zone for 3 weeks and my CrossFit Total went up" or more complex like "I've been performing better when I up my fat intake by 50% two days out before a race."
Not that the 2nd example should be true - but for some people that might be the case... and a well kept food log can help make that discovery.
For all you zone challengers out there - you want to stay on top of you logs! Gina has noted that all journals need to be updated for the week by noon each Wednesday to get points. Please do not go back and log days from a prior week and expect those days to get reviewed a 2nd time to make up for lost points. (Even if Gina tells you it's ok - I am telling you it's not - don't ask!)
Also, in looking through some logs, I've noticed that some people are not eating enough! Missing by a little bit here or there is no big deal, but consistently coming in UNDER your prescribed blocks is just as bad as going over!
You do not want to miss on your protein prescription. Also, it's ok to sub some fat blocks for carbohydrate blocks, but not the other way around. For example, if you can't fit five cups of broccoli in your stomach and bread makes you sick to your stomach, replace a couple of those broccoli blocks with a couple blocks of delicious cashew butter :)
All that said, I'm adding a rule to the zone challenge. For a day in the zone to count, you need to be within one block (plus or minus) of your protein prescription AND the sumof your carb and fat blocks must be within one block (plus or minus) of two times your protein blocks.
Example: if my prescription is 16 blocks and I eat 15 blocks protein during the day, the sum of my carb and fat blocks must be between 29-31... like 13 carb and 17 fat. Capisci?
Now - back to work!
(Dr Raetz and Gina lunge into the dark abyss!)
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