Krysta Matt - Personal Training
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Since graduating from high school (6 years ago) I've tried to work out 3-5 times a week. I've gone through ups and downs with my consistency and though I haven't gained much weight (between 5 and 10 pounds) I've never really felt healthy. Since working out with David and changing my diet over the past 2 months I have definitely noticed a change!Before starting the paleo diet I was eating pasta almost every night, and frozen diet meals at lunch (full of sodium) and barely ate any vegetables (maybe once a week). Since changing my eating habits I have been eating more fruits, vegetables, meats, and nuts than I have ever eaten in my life - and I've lost 9.4 pounds so far! I feel so much more satisfied with the kinds of healthy foods I have been eating and am surprisingly enjoying making dinner and planning out my meals. Eating paleo foods has changed the way I think about food! I no longer feel guilty about what I'm eating, because I know that the foods I am fueling my body with not only taste good but make me feel better too!
I definitely haven't stuck with my paleo diet 100% of the time, but have tried to eat mostly paleo. In the past 2 months I have to admit that I've (over)splurged on non-paleo foods on a few occasions, and every time I have felt so sick to my stomach that I've lost sleep. The way that non-paleo foods (especially pasta and breads) have made me feel after eating them only add to my desire to continue eating paleo foods!
In regard to exercise, I am excited about the progress I am seeing with Cross Fit. The technique that I am learning, the challenging workouts, and the time I am taking to stretch make me feel like I am making the most of every hour I spend working out! For the first time I am setting fitness goals for myself and actually believe that I can meet them! People have mentioned that they've noticed a change in how I look, and it's only been 2 months since I changed my diet and 1 month since I started my Cross Fit workouts! I am SO EXCITED to see how this lifestyle change, both in diet and fitness, will continue to change my life!
Recipes
Baked Stuffed Tomatoes
1 can tuna (or fresh crab or shredded chicken, etc...)
2-3 TBS olive oil
1/4 cup almonds
1/4 cup walnuts
dashes of cayenne pepper
squeezes of lemon
bunch of basil
fresh ground black pepper
half of avocado
stalk of celery
Combine in food processor! Stuff hollowed out tomato. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Health Tips
Buy Organic
Foods that were once thought to be very good for your health, are still good for your health. BUT, many of them also have added problems and dangers associated with them that they never had before.
There are some more commonly known problems such as the use of pesticides, toxins and other dangerous chemicals that now exist in non-organic foods. These can lead to various health problems and conditions. Just do a search for "side effects of pesticides" and see what you come up with.
But aside from these issues, there is a very big problem even worse than pesticides; Genetically Modified Foods. The US does NOT require labeling of GMO foods. Fruits and vegetables are some of the most commonly modified foods. They are created in labs and then patented as something the said company owns. There are no laws about the safety of these foods being put into distribution. They are only required to have a patent. Some foods that are VERY likely genetically modified are soy, corn and it's products (canola oil, high fructose corn syrup, etc.) and wheat.
So just by eating the way our pre-agricultural ancestors ate, we can avoid some of our present day dangers all together. We already know that grainfed animals are the "protein equivilant of cardboard." We also now know that there are some potentially dangerous effects of the other foods we are eating as well. So if we are trying to live as healthy and disease-free as possible, let's think more carefully about what we put in our bodies. Buying organic, grassfed, local products is good for the local community, good for your health, and good for future generations.
"A plant, fruit, or animal grown without the administration of artificial pesticides, herbicides, or insecticides, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics or growth hormones (in the case of animal products), most closely replicates wild or untampered-with growing conditions" - Mark Sisson
“The doctor of the future will no longer treat the human frame with drugs, but rather will cure and prevent disease with nutrition.” ~ Thomas Edison
