Ok yesterday was really bad. I had cravings for meat all day. I didn't have that on a normal vegetarian or even vegan diet in months. The last time I had those were when I tried eating only fruit for one month. They took longer than one or two days to develop, but then they were also stronger. This time I just gave in, thinking they'd get a lot stronger soon. So, in some way, I developed negative will-power. Great. In the evening I sprinted home, not Tabata-fashioned, but still intervals. But I didn't do my max strength routine. I have to focus on learning how to squat before doing actual squats. I subscribed to the excellent  CrossFit Journal and they have some videos on how to do proper squats. I'll try those. Don't want to injure myself. They also have an "optimal" diet. It's the zone diet. It basically says: eat 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat in your meal. For convenience, CrossFit meals are divided up into equal "blocks" of each of the three macronutrients. A sample meal from one of the videos is: a steak, large side of broccoli and some blue cheese dressing (for the fat). This is a lunch- or dinner-type meal, they also have 2 snacks per day. Those are something like: almonds (fat), cottage cheese (protein) and an apple (carbs). Those are off the top of my hat now, probably not the right proportions. See the CrossFit Journal on "Zone Diet" for that. It sounds fascinating. Also: while vegans all sound nice and healthy, do I want to look more like Steve Pavlina or the guys from CrossFit, who eat the zone diet? Steve is probably healthy too, but he doesn't look as healthy as they do. AND THE CROSSFIT GUY HAS A SIXPACK! Which is what I want. Strive to be like your idols, right? So should I go zone? On the other hand this might just be another fad that I'm trying, like Fruitarianism. Maybe the key is actually not the diet so much as it is the working out for the CrossFitters. Sigh!