Hi everyone,

Hope you all enjoyed the beau­ti­ful weather we had over the week­end. I was debat­ing about going out for a ride on my bike but I chick­ened out. I hate cycling when I’m cold — my fin­gers espe­cially, so I decided to wait a few weeks until it’s a bit warmer.

So after about 3 weeks on the Paleo diet, I can hon­estly say, it’s def­i­nitely not for me. Not to say, that there aren’t parts of the diet that make per­fect sense to me, but as a very active per­son, it just didn’t pro­vide the nec­es­sary carbs needed to a) fuel my work­outs and b) restore my energy/​glycogen reserves post-​workout. After about a week and a half on the diet, my work­outs started to suf­fer. My legs, in par­tic­u­lar, felt fatigued and sore before I even had a chance to get started. It took my body about 3 days to recover after a 20k run a few weeks ago, which was not stan­dard pro­to­col for my body. So, I decided to return to my diet which I have been fol­low­ing for as long as I can remem­ber and sure enough, my body feels right again. I have the power and endurance back in my mus­cles and my work­outs thank­fully, are back on track.

I guess the key take­away from all of this is that if you’re an active per­son (and you all are!), you need your carbs to fuel your work­outs, get you through your busy day, and help your body to recover after you’ve pushed it to the limit. Choose your carbs wisely, cycle them around your work­outs and your body undoubt­edly, will be run­ning like a well-​oiled machine.

Have a great evening!