Four days and counting until the 49-day challenge begins.  I started to construct my first blog posting and after reading it over found that I was not using words that would set myself up to succeed. I have read and heard that in order to succeed you have to use words like "I will" and "I can", etc.  So I deleted every single word and am starting over.  If I am going to post pictures of my "jelly belly" and talk about how I am "feeling" while on this journey, I might as well set my mind straight before this all begins. 

For the next three days starting tomorrow, I have decided to share what I eat and drink, along with how I feel and any workouts I get in before the challenge begins.  To set the tone as to my current eating habits and fitness level, I would like to note that I have gone 4 weeks without working out at all, I am still rehabilitating a high-hamstring tear and have not been following my typical Zone Diet.  Since May 2011 my eating and exercise regime have been all over the place, because this is when I learned why I was having so much pain with running, a second degree hamstring tear at the insertion point of the ischial tuberosity.  

Needless to say I need a big jump start to get back on track and am sure this will be the perfect way to helping me reach my goals of losing that 10-15 pounds I have been fighting for 4 years, being able to see my abdominal muscles by summer, having a reduction in number of migraines that I experience and seeing my constantly nauseated stomach feel normal again.  Tall order you say?  Well, from what I am reading in the book "The Paleo Answer" by Loren Cordain, Ph.D., which is based upon twenty-five thousand plus scientific papers, it is definitely not a tall order.

So with all of that said - I WILL succeed each day while on the 49-day challenge by changing my eating habits to the Paleo diet, completing at least 4 Crossfit WODs (for you non-crossfitters that is "work out of the day") each week and whatever else makes this a fun and healthy journey.

I hope my friends and family will find some entertainment in all of this, but more importantly maybe inspire a healthier way of living for others.

Carrie