Over the past few days, I’ve directed many of my non-working hours toward preparing for my upcoming challenge, which begins on Monday! Part of this includes keeping up with my current calorie-counting and fitness routine, as well as making forays into areas I’ll be exploring more as part of my challenge.
I ordered my copy of The Paleo Diet a few days ago and have already received some awesome preliminary nutrition tips courtesy of local CrossFit rockstar Melissa “Melicious” Joulwan. This weekend’s homework: to make a sizable dent in reading the Paleo book and to plan out most of the next 12 weeks’ dietary challenges. Which I will then map out in my nerdalicious monthly planner, using my geektastic colored pens!
This morning, I got my initial body composition analysis taken care of (using super-accurate DEXA technology), and I’ll be sharing those numbers with you on Monday! I’m looking forward to challenging myself and seeing what the next three months bring.
5. February 2010 at 5:17 PM
1. Thanks for the shout-out!
2. DEXA Scan! GAH! I had quite the experience with mine.
3. I love to use colored pens in my workout and food logs.
4. I’m excited for you!
7. February 2010 at 12:33 PM
Melissa: Just posted my DEXA comp results . . . and yeah, the first time I had one done (back in August), get my fat percentage kind of freaked me out.
I’m nervous to start working on my diet as part of this challenge, but excited as well!
5. February 2010 at 10:04 PM
Okay, I’ll expose my ignorance. Dexa technology? Google says that Wikipedia says that this is a way to measure bone density, but is this something that your doctor advised? Or your insurance paid for? If no to either of those, is it expensive?
Good luck on your challenge!
7. February 2010 at 12:34 PM
Just blogged the details of the DEXA scan—you can find it here:
http://www.tinyglow.com/2010/02/07/dexa-scan-body-comp-analysis-results/
6. February 2010 at 8:42 AM
I love that word “Geektastic”! And love the pens. I can’t wait to hear about your body composition results. Is that an expensive thing to have done?
7. February 2010 at 12:35 PM
AFG: The scan cost under $100 dollars, so while it’s not super-cheap, I found it doable despite being on a budget.