Anaerobic exercise, which is what we do a lot of in CrossFit, doesn't access fat directly, however it still has a powerful indirect effect on the fat-burning process.
"If the intensity of the anaerobic exercise is high enough, it causes the body to release human growth hormone. This exceptionally potent hormone has a number of important jobs in the body, one of which is to repair the microdamage done to muscle tissue during anaerobic exercise. It takes a lot of energy to do the repair job, and that energy comes from your stored body fat. This means that, in effect, human growth hormone is the most powerful fat-burning hormone in the body." -- Excerpt from The ZONE, by Barry Sears
I'm finally feeling pretty much back to normal. I have not been in the Zone at all the past few days. I don't feel like I was "bad" b/c w/a cold you aren't that hungry, but what I did eat was NOT Zone friendly! I feel pretty gross and am happy to be back in the Zone tomorrow! Ugh! I'm impressed by how well you all did over Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Nicole O'Brien | December 01, 2008 at 07:49 PM
Breakfast: 2 egg whites, 1 whole egg, & 1 oz ham scrambled, oatmeal, 1/2 apple, 1 1/2 tsp peanut butter - 3 blocks
Lunch: 4 oz salmon, 2 1/2 c. broccoli, 1/2 apple, 1 1/2 tsp peanut butter - 3 blocks
Snack: yogurt, 3 almonds - 1 block
Dinner: Santa Fe chicken soup, 1 oz. ham, 1 1/4 c. broccoli, 9 almonds - 3 blocks
Snack: 1 oz. tuna, 3 almonds (skipped carb because I had a spoonful of Maia's tuna casserole) - 1 block
Felt great to work out and eat right today, especially with all the stress at work!
Posted by: Sara | December 02, 2008 at 08:46 PM
My stress yesterday got to me and I had an unintentional cheat meal for dinner... ugh!
Breakfast: 4 eggs whites, 1 apple, 6 almonds
Lunch: 2 cheese sticks, 1 granola bar, 6 almonds
Snack: Zone bar
Dinner: cheat-not even gonna talk about it!
Snack: skipped b/c of large cheat meal!
Keep up the good work everybody!
Posted by: Leigh Ann Cannon | December 03, 2008 at 07:29 AM
week 3, day 2 -
breakfast: zone bar - 2 blocks
lunch: turkey sandwich with cheese and almonds - 2 blocks
snack: swiss cheese, popcorn, and almonds - 2 blocks
dinner/snack: soup and snacks at aunt barb's lia sophia party - need i say more!?
annee
Posted by: Annee Buchele | December 04, 2008 at 12:34 PM