Day 45 - Halfway

I thought since I am officially halfway through that i would revisit my goals and see how I think it is going. Just to refresh us all - here are my goals:

Nutrition Goals -

• Recommit to a paleo/primal style of eating 90% of the time - for me this means no processed foods or grains
• Limit coffee to 2x/wk
• Limit dark chocolate to 3x/wk
• Limit alcohol to 1x/wk

Fitness Goals -

• Do 5 unassisted pullups in a row
• Do 3 kipping pullups in a row
• Do chest to bar pullups with the lightest band possible
• Do 5 consecutive toes to bar
• Do 1 unassisted ring dip with good range of motion
• Do a handstand and hold for 45 seconds
• Do more WODs as Rx or at least push to use a heavier weight

Nutrition goals -

Without going through each post, I am pretty certain I did well sticking to everything on there. If anything I was pretty conservative and strict to start with. I have started to ease up a bit more and incorporate the treats of dark chocolate, coffee drinks and the occasional alcoholic drink.


Fitness Goals -

I think I will be goal by goal and try to figure out where I stand.

• Do 5 unassisted pullups in a row - DONE! As a matter of fact, my first 13 rounds of Murph were unbroken sets of 5 pull ups.
  
• Do 3 kipping pullups in a row - I don't think I am there yet. I feel like my kipping pullups break between each pull up still. But they are getting better.
  
• Do chest to bar pullups with the lightest band possible - I haven't actually tried any type of pull ups with a band. Once I stopped using a band, I haven't gone back. I don't think this is something I am going to try to do without a band at the end of 90 days and if I can't, then I will try it with a band. But only for the measurement of the goal, there is no plan to return to a band for any pull ups.
  
• Do 5 consecutive toes to bar - Yes and no - I can do 5 in a row, but the kipping motion isn't smooth yet.
  
• Do 1 unassisted ring dip with good range of motion - I will confess I haven't really tried ring dips in a long time. Time to bump that goal up!
  
• Do a handstand and hold for 45 seconds - I will confess on this one too. I am still scared of these stupid things. I know it is all in my head. I don't seem to push myself like I should on this. Probably because I don't want to look silly in front of others. So, my plan is that at least once a week (or every rest day) to attempt handstands until I get up at least one - no matter how many attempts it takes.
  
• Do more WODs as Rx or at least push to use a heavier weight - I think I am doing a good job on this, but this one is tough to measure.

All in all, I am pretty pleased with where I am in with my goals. And honestly the time has flown by. Time to bump up some of the fitness goals and devote some extra time to them.