Wednesday, January 22, 2014

GF and Running, KB Swings are still King on Kindle!

Greetings RAW Warriors,

I have been getting in plenty of snow shoveling interval workouts lately. We have had a spell of snow, blizzard conditions, and cold wind chills to boot. Its a decent workout by itself but its not a really fun one that you schedule out to do! :)

With my gluten-free change in diet lately, I have really noticed a great positive change in my running. My workouts have gone a lot smoother, and I don't feel as bloated as I would sometimes get as I ran. By really reducing wheat foods in my diet, and simply replacing it with corn and rice, I never thought it would be this easy and how I would feel this much better.

Another big change is cutting back on my snacks of chips... I have replaced it with a nut and raisin mix I created out of peanuts, almond slivers and raisins. A small handful of this helps curb the appetite more than a small bowl of chips would do for me. I also have picked up some Quaker Rice Quakes, a light rice cake snack that comes in some different flavors and is a lot healthier than chips are, for sure.

I have also enjoyed the switch to Silk brand soy milk and almond milk, instead of regular dairy. The price is about 2x the price of regular milk, but I still get 2 small serving, 8oz cartons at school during the day. I haven't totally taken it out, but reducing it at home keeps me from taking a lot more.

I am not saying its a great cure all and everyone has to do it, but if you have had problems with digestion of breads and wheat products in the past, it is a change worth informing yourself about and looking into.

The guide that got me to change was The Gluten Free Edge. It may still be pretty inexpensive on Kindle vs its paperback price. Search for it on Amazon and discover it there.

My weight continues to drop and that is another great feeling from all of this coming together. My goal is to get to my prime racing weight of around 175-180, which is the weight I have had some of my best times for 5K and track events. Currently sitting at 192-3 on my scale. I am getting there.

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Last year, I had a nice drop in weight from doing a pretty intensive Swing challenge and I didn't really watch my diet as close as I do now, mostly in portions I was consuming overall. Things like less seconds at the lunch line in school and a bit less food at breakfast too.

My journey last January and February is covered in my best selling Kindle guide, "Just Swing It!".  I haven't been doing the 10K Swings Challenge this January due to some soreness I still had at the beginning of the month from a work injury in December. I recently got back into some swing workouts and feel fine to head back into it. February looks like a good month to try one of my Swing plans in Kettlebell XL, my newest guide that is starting to sell at a rate of one guide to every 6 of JSI. For only a few weeks, I feel its doing good for starters.

Grab a look at these guides if you are looking for a solid plan to follow, and get both for under $4 total!

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Coach Rick Karboviak

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