LONG time coming....Day 1 of 30

 I came to school hoping that I would "fall" into better habits nutritionally and overall well being. I was hoping that I would become regimented in my daily routines...being in school for 8 hours a day and not running 911 calls throughout the night, I truly felt like this was my chance to establish some sort of 

normal lifestyle, I was wrong. 

 Initially, I was able to stay strong with my nutrition and consistent workouts and I was able to get a "normal" sleep pattern. I was able to pre-plan my meals and I was able to get into the gym consistently even with a hurt ankle. THEN, the stresses of school and life started to catch up. I slowly lost focus in many aspects of my current life and let things slip, like we all do at times. This is my attempt to get back on track and keep myself accountable for a while and establish what I hope to be permanent lifestyle changes. 

 During the first month or so of my time here in Iowa (paramedic school) I was able to drop 15ish pounds and felt better than I have in a long long time. I got stronger, felt better, and was leaner. I haven't put any weight on since but I definitely know that my nutrition has had an huge effect on my energy levels throughout the day and that led to a drop in energy in the gym. So, now I'm going to attempt to get back to where I was and get better from there. 

Day 1

Breakfast: 4 eggs, 3 pieces of applewood uncured smoked bacon, 2 handfuls of spinach and a handful of almonds. 

Mid-morning: 12 oz of coffee for the morning drop off (trying to get rid of coffee temporarily..we'll see how that goes)

About 30 minutes of basketball...this definitely loosened my ankle up and surprisingly now it feels a lot better. Maybe it was the lack of movement for such a long time that kept things tight in there. 

Lunch: ~10 oz of steak and applesauce (I know the apple sauce is probable NOT the best option, bad planning is to blame)

Pre-wod: Chicken and almonds

WOD: 

6 minutes of squat snatch @ 95#. 2 EMOM

rest 2 minutes

6 minutes of clean and jerk @ 185# 2 EMOM

rest 2 minutes

200 m sled push with #45 on the sled

3:38

Squat

5x340

3x360

1x380

3x8x275

Post-wod: 8 BCAA 

Dinner: Coconut grilled chicken thighs and sweet potatoes. Handful of almonds

I feel like I might need to eat more but time will tell. I definitely anticipate a little drop in energy over the next few days but am definitely stoked to feel that turn around. Rolled out during halftime of the football game...LEGS ARE ROASTED