Day 1, FitWit Bootcamp

Today was day 1 of bootcamp. I am also trying out this paleo thing as well (for the majority of my meals, and for at least for the duration of bootcamp...I'll revisit once this month is over!).

For my meals today:
1. 1 egg, over easy with sauteed asparagus and cherry tomatoes and a few slices of turkey bacon. I used cooking spray and turkey bacon which I'm pretty sure aren't really paleo but whatever...
2. Coffee and coconut milk yogurt (blueberry flavor). I did NOT add sugar to my coffee today!! But, I did add two little french vanilla creamers lol... those probably weren't paleo. But, yo, not having sugar in my coffee is most definitely a first! You know, I'm not sure if the yogurt is paleo either (it tasted sweet) but it's dairy free, so it met that parameter of the paleo diet.
3. Grilled chicken with veggies - mixed greens, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli, tomatoes, carrots. I did put a little northern italian dressing on it...also probably not paleo :-)
4. An orange and an apple. Both 100% paleo!
5. Dinner is going to be fish and veggies. I ran out of dressing so this is most likely going to be 100% paleo! Except for the 2 sprays of cooking spray I use when I prep the fish and smother it in cajun seasoning :-)

It wasn't that difficult to put these meals together (with the exception of the little things like cooking spray and coffee creamer and turkey bacon haha). The things I've read so far about transitioning to Paleo indicate that this will be a detox period for my body and that I should expect pretty rough symptoms (e.g., fatigue, headaches, irritability) before I "stabilize"... so far I feel pretty good. I'm hungry for dinner, but that's probably because I sweat more in the last hour than I have for like the last 2 years! So, let me tell you about the workout:

There were about 10 or so of us "newbies" (more "vets" were also part of the camp but they did their own thing so I didn't pay much attention to them.) We did a dynamic warmup that pretty much kicked my ass and then a lot of assessments - # of pushups in a minute (3 toe, 12 knee), # of single jumps in 2 minutes (110), plank duration in 3 minutes (54 sec), # of squats in 1 or 2 minutes (24 i think?). In 4 weeks, we'll do this re-assessment again and the goal is to see that I've improved in these areas. Tomorrow, we're going to work out with the "vets", Wed off, Thursday "newbies only", Friday with the "vets"...

I did the best I could -but it was hard. there were people of all shapes and sizes and abilities - but I am very clearly deconditioned. I can only go up from here. I know I shouldn't compare myself to others in the group, but it was really hard for me *not* to do that. I am going to try to stay focused on myself and my progress...I hope others don't judge me for how out of shape I am. Though, if they do, should I care? Probably not. One of my coworkers is in the group (she was the one who told me about it) so it's nice to know someone. I'm not yet sure of the others in the group - people came with friends and sort of kept to their groups. I tried joking around with people, but it fell flat.. I kind of felt like what I imagine Daddy to feel like when no one responds to his idiocy. I should be nicer to him...

Anyway, I digress. So, I left the workout and could barely lift my arms to hold my steering wheel, to drive home. I'm screwed. OH, and what the hell am I going to wear for 4 workouts/week! I can't wear the crap that I have been trying to pass off as workout gear (3 out of the 4 pants I have all have holes in the inner thighs and the shirts are gross lol...time for a trip to marshalls or target, me thinks!).

I also want to see what health/wellness changes this month long experiment yields, so I am going to rate how I feel on a scale of 1-10 (1, best- 10, worst) on the following indictors:

Today my ____ is:
- stress: 7/10
- anxiety: 8/10
- energy: 5/10
-mental focus: 5/10
-fitness: 2/10
- quality of sleep: 4/10
- happiness: 5/10

Are there other indicators I should track? Please leave them in the comments!