Meals are pretty easy and simple. For breakfast: eggs, avocado, tomatoes, and a fruit smoothie. Lunch: salad with lean meat and a boiled egg and fruit. Dinner: we grill out a lot in the summer, so fish or chicken or steak with either grilled squash, onions, and peppers or lately, a sliced zucchini “lasagna” with garlic and homemade pasta sauce. There are tons of resources for meals, such as paleomama.com, jensgonepaleo.com, and marksdailyapple.com.

And Crossfit is better summed up as training for life. It runs off of basic movements (push ups, pull ups, sit ups, back extensions, squats), but is different every day. You warm up and go practice skills for about 30 minutes, and then the actual workout is anywhere from 5-20 minutes long. It’s intense, for sure, but really fun. Here’s a good summary of what Crossfit is: http://www.crossfit.com/cf-info/what-crossfit.html

I go to Conviction Crossfit, which is in the Erie Airpark. They have a class at 6:30 a.m. that I make, but others throughout the day. I’d love to talk to you more about it, or take you with me! It’s changed so many things for me.

And yes, the diet! We’ve removed grains and dairy and that’s the key. Sugars and starches are huge contributors to inflammation, which exacerbated that back pain for me. Other people I’ve talked to about it have said it’s helped with so many things: rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, joint pain, etc. Two great reads along that line are “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “In Defense of Food.” I’ve also been eating lots of fat: coconut oil, avocados, etc., and a good (but taxing) read on that is “Eat Fat to Lose Fat.” Diet is 80% of your health. And by changing a few things, 10 pounds are gone. And I eat ALL of the time.