(N.B. Brent wrote this back in November)

So let’s give you some background.  I’ve been doing Crossfit-style workouts 5 days a week for 6 months, and have gone Paleo for 2. I just got a job as a traveling consultant, and I’ve been scared to death that my “per diem” was going to take my diet and send it to hell. Being that it’s so scary, I decided to periodically document my efforts;  it helps more than you know that my wife has the same plan and goals and supports me fully.

So I’m 2 weeks in.  I started this all wrong, keeping a daily log of every bite I ate.  Meal 1, chicken and veggies, meal 2 i tore a sandwich apart and ate a big salad… I  think this blog may be boring because it’s not that hard to do “Paleo on the Road”, it’s all about perspective.  Once I got used to this diet 2 months ago, and I got so fit, how would I dare screw it up??  I find salads, and veggie subsitutions for starches at most restaurants. I avoid pizza, pasta and all that hullabaloo. I’m NOT afraid to ask anyone at any restaurant to make it “my way.”

So back to where I am.  I’ve been on the road 2 weeks as I said, and I’ve not found a constant location or Gym to join.  What I have found is discipline, and a combination of modified WOD’s (workout of the day) from my home gym http://HardExerciseWorks.com and using their “travel WOD’s” have enabled me to stay true to the workouts.  Combine that with the fear of not fitting into my new clothes (lost 15 lbs, and 4 waist inches) has kept my food intake pure. OK, ok, I’ve had a few drinks a few more nights a week than I did at home (yes this is cheating) however, that forces my food choices and exercise regimen to be more strict.  Also being a beer brewer and honestly “beer geek” working in Denver, home of many breweries, does not help.  However I persevere.

Join me as I fight the beer and swing the kettlebells, then fly back and forther, hither and yonder.

Being a Paleo On the Road isn’t for the faint hearted, so I best not faint!