I went to bed super early last night. 7pm to be exact. I hoped that a ton of sleep would leave me feeling relaxed and refreshed. Instead I woke up feeling exhausted. My eyelids were not wanting to cooperate.
I made it to crossfit this morning. Huge accomplishment considering how I'm feeling physically and mentally. Everything we did felt impossibly difficult. I can tell such a big difference in my endurance and strength when I take a few days off.
Our warm up was 5 Turkish get ups on each side and then using a slightly heavier bell we did another 3 on each side.
Our skill set was all about pull ups and negative pull ups. Jonathan helped me get a super thick band and work on my negative pull ups. I felt like I was humiliating myself. I felt weak and it pissed me off! He told me he could tell how much better I'm getting and I just looked him straight in the eyes and in a sarcastic bitchy way said, "really?!" . This caused him to stammer a bit and collect himself. He said that he hadn't seen me in the last 6 weeks because he's been mostly doing evening classes but that he could see a difference in how I look since he last saw me. At that point he pretty much excused himself to go help some other people.
I feel really bad for being a jerk. I guess I just felt like he was blowing smoke up my rear. I still feel weak and fat and stupid and lame and and and.......
Maybe he really can tell a difference and I'm just cranky and being a negative nancy.
Anyhoo our WOD was to get in groups of 4. Two of us had to drag the sled down and back up the alley and then do 20 meter bear crawl and 10 native jump squats. We repeated everything twice.
I'm dead to the world after today's class. I hope I feel a lot more energy and strength come Friday and maybe I'll get the chance to apologize to Jonathan for being a snarky jerk.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Monday, July 8, 2013
I didn't wear any pants!
How is it Monday already?! What a whirl wind of a week!! I'm still not completely well. I still have a lingering cough, but for the most part I'm feeling much better. We've spent most of this past week outdoors. It's been hot and sunny and really just perfect weather.
I've mentioned before that I have a very active husband and for most of the past 11 years of marriage I have chosen not to be active with him. I told myself that this year I was going to do everything he did. If he goes hiking, I go hiking, if he goes to the beach to swim then......GASP......I will put on a swimming suit and go to the beach to swim. The beach is the hardest for me. I haven't worn just a swimming suit to the beach since I was in grade school. I'd wear shorts over my suit to hide my thighs or a shirt to hide my tummy. Anyway we went to the beach last weekend and as soon as we got our chairs and umbrella set up, I quickly took off my shirt and pants. I stood there on the beach in nothing but my swimming suit and sunglasses. I looked around to see if anyone was going blind from all my grossness.....but no one seemed to notice, let alone give two craps.
As time went on that day I saw several people who were in much worse shape than I was....and they all ran around in their swimming suits without a care in the world. A few even wore bikinis!!!!! They didn't seem to care, so why do I? The best part of the day was swimming with my kids. They were tickled pink that I got in the water with them. This is what life is all about! Spending time with the ones you love, not sitting on the beach, wearing pants and stressing over how fat you are. For some reason I've had it in my head that unless you are perfect at something, you don't even try it. Ever since I was a small child, that's how I've felt about life.
Long story short, I went to the beach several times this past week and each time I've taken off my shirt and pants and have tried my best to not let my fears and insecurities cloud my thinking. I still hate how I look, but this is who I am today and I'm working on changing what I don't like. So until I become a major babe, I'm going to strut my white flabby dimpled legs at the beach. ;)
I did go to crossfit today. Today was beyond hard. I can tell that I don't have my full strength back from being so sick. The smallest things just wear me out completely. We started off with junkyard dog. I was ready to quit after that. Our skill set was 4 rounds of various kettle bell exercises. Again, would've loved to have grabbed my keys and headed home afterwards. Our WOD was 3 rounds of running 400 meters and 15 over head squats with a weighted bar. I used a super light bar. This was my first time doing over head squats, so the movement for me was more important than the weight.
We stood up at the white board while Jonathan filled us in on what the WOD entailed. He then told us that we were going to do a "warm up" run before we started the WOD. What the heck?! Nononononono NO NO NOOOOOOOOO!!! I wanted to cry. Running is my enemy! So we all lined up outside and did our warm up 400 meter run. Oh my goodness. I was spent by the time I made it back inside. I was the last one in, as usual.
As they counted down the seconds until we started the WOD I just kept praying that I wouldn't get sick. I was starting to already feel slightly nauseous. I ran 400 meters the 1st round, then did 15 OHS (over head squats) and then Meagan and Jonathan both told me to just run 200 meters the last two rounds. My 2nd round was painful. I got the worst stitch in my side while running. UGH!! My 3rd round brought out the tears again. My eyes started to water and I could feel a cry-a-thon start to build. I bit the insides of my cheeks as hard as I could to stop myself from crying. I finished my 3rd round in 11 min 38 seconds. I believe I got the worst time and I was the only one (I believe) who modified the run. So yeah....once again......I'm in dead last. Oh well. At least I showed up, I tried my best, and I did everything they asked me to do.
My in-laws arrive tomorrow. My anxiety is building with each approaching day. I feel like I'm going to throw up just thinking about it. I'm praying that God gives me peace of mind while they are here and that this would be an enjoyable visit unlike every other visit that's ever occurred thus far.
I've mentioned before that I have a very active husband and for most of the past 11 years of marriage I have chosen not to be active with him. I told myself that this year I was going to do everything he did. If he goes hiking, I go hiking, if he goes to the beach to swim then......GASP......I will put on a swimming suit and go to the beach to swim. The beach is the hardest for me. I haven't worn just a swimming suit to the beach since I was in grade school. I'd wear shorts over my suit to hide my thighs or a shirt to hide my tummy. Anyway we went to the beach last weekend and as soon as we got our chairs and umbrella set up, I quickly took off my shirt and pants. I stood there on the beach in nothing but my swimming suit and sunglasses. I looked around to see if anyone was going blind from all my grossness.....but no one seemed to notice, let alone give two craps.
As time went on that day I saw several people who were in much worse shape than I was....and they all ran around in their swimming suits without a care in the world. A few even wore bikinis!!!!! They didn't seem to care, so why do I? The best part of the day was swimming with my kids. They were tickled pink that I got in the water with them. This is what life is all about! Spending time with the ones you love, not sitting on the beach, wearing pants and stressing over how fat you are. For some reason I've had it in my head that unless you are perfect at something, you don't even try it. Ever since I was a small child, that's how I've felt about life.
Long story short, I went to the beach several times this past week and each time I've taken off my shirt and pants and have tried my best to not let my fears and insecurities cloud my thinking. I still hate how I look, but this is who I am today and I'm working on changing what I don't like. So until I become a major babe, I'm going to strut my white flabby dimpled legs at the beach. ;)
I did go to crossfit today. Today was beyond hard. I can tell that I don't have my full strength back from being so sick. The smallest things just wear me out completely. We started off with junkyard dog. I was ready to quit after that. Our skill set was 4 rounds of various kettle bell exercises. Again, would've loved to have grabbed my keys and headed home afterwards. Our WOD was 3 rounds of running 400 meters and 15 over head squats with a weighted bar. I used a super light bar. This was my first time doing over head squats, so the movement for me was more important than the weight.
We stood up at the white board while Jonathan filled us in on what the WOD entailed. He then told us that we were going to do a "warm up" run before we started the WOD. What the heck?! Nononononono NO NO NOOOOOOOOO!!! I wanted to cry. Running is my enemy! So we all lined up outside and did our warm up 400 meter run. Oh my goodness. I was spent by the time I made it back inside. I was the last one in, as usual.
As they counted down the seconds until we started the WOD I just kept praying that I wouldn't get sick. I was starting to already feel slightly nauseous. I ran 400 meters the 1st round, then did 15 OHS (over head squats) and then Meagan and Jonathan both told me to just run 200 meters the last two rounds. My 2nd round was painful. I got the worst stitch in my side while running. UGH!! My 3rd round brought out the tears again. My eyes started to water and I could feel a cry-a-thon start to build. I bit the insides of my cheeks as hard as I could to stop myself from crying. I finished my 3rd round in 11 min 38 seconds. I believe I got the worst time and I was the only one (I believe) who modified the run. So yeah....once again......I'm in dead last. Oh well. At least I showed up, I tried my best, and I did everything they asked me to do.
My in-laws arrive tomorrow. My anxiety is building with each approaching day. I feel like I'm going to throw up just thinking about it. I'm praying that God gives me peace of mind while they are here and that this would be an enjoyable visit unlike every other visit that's ever occurred thus far.
Friday, May 17, 2013
Balls
I had quite the battle in my head today and didn't want to go to class. I did and I didn't. I kept hearing voices saying that I wasn't good enough, it was going to be too hard, I was going to fail. On the same note, I'd also hear that I could do it, it would be worth the hard work, I'm getting stronger. Back and forth all morning. I felt like I was going crazy! I ended up going and I'm glad I did.
We started off doing a 400 meter run. I was able to run with the group the entire time!!!!!! ME! The fat girl!! A few people passed me but for the most part I was right in the middle of the group the entire way. YAY!! Coach D (Derek) told me he could tell I was getting stronger and I can't even tell you how much I needed to hear that today.
After running we got a partner and tossed heavy medicine balls back and forth to each other. Next we got on the floor and locked feed together and one person would grab the ball lift it over their head while their back was on the floor then sit up and hand the ball to their partner.....it sorta resembled a teeter totter when we got the hang of it.
Next we did back squats and hollow rocks. This was my 1st time doing back squats. We used a barbell and added weights to both sides. Then we put the bar on the back of our necks and did deep squats. I had a bit of trouble with the form, but in the end I felt like I got the hang of it.
This 8 second video gives you an idea of what hollow rocks are. http://gymnasticswod.com/content/hollow-rock
Our WOD was 150 wall balls with a partner. One person held a chin up position while the other person did as many wall balls as they could. Then we'd switch. They were so tough!!! By the end I could feel my heart was racing and catching my breath seemed difficult.
We had a long cool down and stretch session which felt horrible and amazing all at the same time. It's painful and yet it feels great.....CrossFit is full of contradictions it seems.
Hubby and I will be working on building our back patio this weekend, I'll be shocked if we complete it. At least I know I'll be getting a great workout both days.
I need to eat some lunch before I go grocery shopping or I'll end up buying something I'll deeply regret. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
We started off doing a 400 meter run. I was able to run with the group the entire time!!!!!! ME! The fat girl!! A few people passed me but for the most part I was right in the middle of the group the entire way. YAY!! Coach D (Derek) told me he could tell I was getting stronger and I can't even tell you how much I needed to hear that today.
After running we got a partner and tossed heavy medicine balls back and forth to each other. Next we got on the floor and locked feed together and one person would grab the ball lift it over their head while their back was on the floor then sit up and hand the ball to their partner.....it sorta resembled a teeter totter when we got the hang of it.
Next we did back squats and hollow rocks. This was my 1st time doing back squats. We used a barbell and added weights to both sides. Then we put the bar on the back of our necks and did deep squats. I had a bit of trouble with the form, but in the end I felt like I got the hang of it.
This 8 second video gives you an idea of what hollow rocks are. http://gymnasticswod.com/content/hollow-rock
Our WOD was 150 wall balls with a partner. One person held a chin up position while the other person did as many wall balls as they could. Then we'd switch. They were so tough!!! By the end I could feel my heart was racing and catching my breath seemed difficult.
We had a long cool down and stretch session which felt horrible and amazing all at the same time. It's painful and yet it feels great.....CrossFit is full of contradictions it seems.
Hubby and I will be working on building our back patio this weekend, I'll be shocked if we complete it. At least I know I'll be getting a great workout both days.
I need to eat some lunch before I go grocery shopping or I'll end up buying something I'll deeply regret. Hope everyone has a lovely weekend.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Less Is More
My grandmother's memorial was very beautiful. I'm sad she's gone from us but feel peace knowing she's with her Savior.
I didn't eat the best this weekend. I had my parents and sister over for dinner Friday night. We ate grilled chicken and sausages, a big green salad, a pasta salad, and for dessert we had pound cake with homemade strawberry and huckleberry sauce to drizzle over. Saturday was the memorial and I ended up eating a cookie and 2 pieces of cheese during the gathering afterwards. We skipped lunch and were all starving. Later in the evening my brother, sister and I all went out to eat. As we sat down we realized it was the first time all three of us had done anything together since becoming adults. How strange and sad. We had a good time. We ate delicious Greek food and finished off our meal with a square of baklava. Mmmmmm!! Do I feel guilty about not staying strictly Paleo.....not really.
Yesterday after church we took the kids and the dog and went on a 3 mile hike. It wasn't some sissy hike, it was an intense, fairly steep hike up to the top of a ridge and then a steep trek back to the bottom. It took us about 2 hours. We were all pretty wiped out. I was proud of the kids for making it all the way and I was proud of myself for sticking to it. About halfway up my husband suggested to turn around and go down and I told him that none of us are handicapped and have no reason why we couldn't complete the entire hike. I think he was surprised and pleased I kept going.
I did get to attend my CrossFit class today. HURRAY!!!! One of the trainers pulled me aside and asked if I did the burpee workout they emailed me. I told him I did and that I also added a smaller kettle bell workout to it and finished up with 25 more burpees. He looked a little frustrated and then told me that I was doing too much. He said that less was more and what I did wasn't necessary. I wanted to lift up my shirt and grab all my extra flab, shake it in his face and say, really?!?!?!? It sure feels necessary when I'm such a fattie still. I was a little hurt because I felt like I really pushed myself last week to get in some great workouts despite not being able to make it into class. I have a super hard time when people criticize how I do things. I tend to retreat inward and shy away from them. He wasn't mean about it, he was just upfront and straight to the point. Apparently when he tells me to do 50 burpees that's it.....I'm not to add or change the workouts given. I need to suck it up and and not let his critique damped my spirit. Now I know and I won't make that mistake again.
Today was hard. We started off doing various types of lunges, most of which I'd never heard of before. One was called the spider-man lunge.....it was definitely my favorite.
We did lunges back and for across the gym for about 5 full minutes. My legs were burning and quivering by the end. Next we split up and did the skill sets. The advanced group went with Jonathan and the rest went with Megan. Megan had us grab a set of bars that were about 8 inches off the ground. We were to hold onto them and lift our bodies off the floor for 10 seconds and then rest for 20 seconds. I wasn't able to lift my entire body off the floor. My heels still touched, but I at least was holding about 75% of my body weight off the floor. We did that over and over and over and over. I don't know how many rounds we did. It felt like an eternity. Next we grabbed kettle bells and did 10 rounds of 8 squats while holding the bell to our chests and then 5 kettle bell rows with each arm.
By the end I looked like I dunked my head under water. Sweat was pouring off my face and my hair was matted and sticking to my wet face and neck. All my muscles were shaky and burning. It's only because others were there and I had accountability that I didn't leave and go home at that point. I didn't want to do the WOD, I was flippin' tired!!
We had about a 5 minute break and then started our WOD. We started off with 2 minutes of burpees and then did 3 rounds of
10 push ups
10 box jumps ( I did box step ups)
10 kettle bell swings over head
and then we finished off with another 2 minutes of burpees.
Those last two minutes of burpees felt like a living hell. My body is so heavy that going to the floor and back up over and over is absolute torture! I finished though and was super glad I didn't cry even though I felt like it. I just wanted to sit in the corner and bawl my eyes out. Afterwards we all did a cool down while rolling our muscles out on some foam rollers. I caught one young gal looking at me. I actually caught her several times. I immediately looked down away from her eyes, I don't like people looking at me. I looked down at my legs and saw just how fat my thighs were. Was she looking at me because I am a fattie? I always assume the worst case scenario. Oh well. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me. I'm anxious to start seeing some big results in my weight and size. Is it too much to ask to just wake up tomorrow and be thin? Hehe
What I'm eating today:
Breakfast~chocolate protein shake
after workout~turkey vegetable soup
Lunch~salad with homemade dressing and grilled chicken
Dinner~paleo stuffed peppers and sweet potato fries
Yesterday after church we took the kids and the dog and went on a 3 mile hike. It wasn't some sissy hike, it was an intense, fairly steep hike up to the top of a ridge and then a steep trek back to the bottom. It took us about 2 hours. We were all pretty wiped out. I was proud of the kids for making it all the way and I was proud of myself for sticking to it. About halfway up my husband suggested to turn around and go down and I told him that none of us are handicapped and have no reason why we couldn't complete the entire hike. I think he was surprised and pleased I kept going.
I did get to attend my CrossFit class today. HURRAY!!!! One of the trainers pulled me aside and asked if I did the burpee workout they emailed me. I told him I did and that I also added a smaller kettle bell workout to it and finished up with 25 more burpees. He looked a little frustrated and then told me that I was doing too much. He said that less was more and what I did wasn't necessary. I wanted to lift up my shirt and grab all my extra flab, shake it in his face and say, really?!?!?!? It sure feels necessary when I'm such a fattie still. I was a little hurt because I felt like I really pushed myself last week to get in some great workouts despite not being able to make it into class. I have a super hard time when people criticize how I do things. I tend to retreat inward and shy away from them. He wasn't mean about it, he was just upfront and straight to the point. Apparently when he tells me to do 50 burpees that's it.....I'm not to add or change the workouts given. I need to suck it up and and not let his critique damped my spirit. Now I know and I won't make that mistake again.
Today was hard. We started off doing various types of lunges, most of which I'd never heard of before. One was called the spider-man lunge.....it was definitely my favorite.
We did lunges back and for across the gym for about 5 full minutes. My legs were burning and quivering by the end. Next we split up and did the skill sets. The advanced group went with Jonathan and the rest went with Megan. Megan had us grab a set of bars that were about 8 inches off the ground. We were to hold onto them and lift our bodies off the floor for 10 seconds and then rest for 20 seconds. I wasn't able to lift my entire body off the floor. My heels still touched, but I at least was holding about 75% of my body weight off the floor. We did that over and over and over and over. I don't know how many rounds we did. It felt like an eternity. Next we grabbed kettle bells and did 10 rounds of 8 squats while holding the bell to our chests and then 5 kettle bell rows with each arm.
By the end I looked like I dunked my head under water. Sweat was pouring off my face and my hair was matted and sticking to my wet face and neck. All my muscles were shaky and burning. It's only because others were there and I had accountability that I didn't leave and go home at that point. I didn't want to do the WOD, I was flippin' tired!!
We had about a 5 minute break and then started our WOD. We started off with 2 minutes of burpees and then did 3 rounds of
10 push ups
10 box jumps ( I did box step ups)
10 kettle bell swings over head
and then we finished off with another 2 minutes of burpees.
Those last two minutes of burpees felt like a living hell. My body is so heavy that going to the floor and back up over and over is absolute torture! I finished though and was super glad I didn't cry even though I felt like it. I just wanted to sit in the corner and bawl my eyes out. Afterwards we all did a cool down while rolling our muscles out on some foam rollers. I caught one young gal looking at me. I actually caught her several times. I immediately looked down away from her eyes, I don't like people looking at me. I looked down at my legs and saw just how fat my thighs were. Was she looking at me because I am a fattie? I always assume the worst case scenario. Oh well. I'm not there for them, I'm there for me. I'm anxious to start seeing some big results in my weight and size. Is it too much to ask to just wake up tomorrow and be thin? Hehe
What I'm eating today:
Breakfast~chocolate protein shake
after workout~turkey vegetable soup
Lunch~salad with homemade dressing and grilled chicken
Dinner~paleo stuffed peppers and sweet potato fries
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Running running running........
Ok, so I wrote a huge long post yesterday only to accidentally delete the entire post. Grrr! So today I will recap and it won't be nearly as long nor entertaining as the previous one was. ;)
I was pretty tired Friday morning and my brain tried to convince myself that I didn't need to go to CrossFit, but I told my brain to SHUT IT and I went anyway. As soon as I walked in and looked at that day's WOD (workout of the day) I wished I had stayed in bed.
Our warm up was a 400 meter run. Then we ran with high knees for 100m, butt kicks for 100m, backwards for 100m and skipping with high knees for the remaining 100m. I felt quite sick after all that. My lungs burned, my legs were shaking, I felt just awful. Next we went back into the box and did several leg exercises back and forth. As I looked around it seemed everyone in there was exhausted and that made me feel better. I wasn't the only one in some serious pain. Our WOD to run 800 meters for time, row 500 meters for time, and ride the airdyne bike for 1 min and try to burn as many calories as possible.
We had 45 minutes to complete those three items and could take as much time as we needed to rest in between. I took a 5 min break, drank some water and did the running first since I loathe it with every fiber of my being. I was able to jog 200m, walk 200m, jog 100m, walk 200m, jog 100m. My time was 6 min 50 sec. I got the worst time by far. I rested for another 5 min and did the bike next. I burned 16 calories in my 1 minute. I was 2nd to worst. After another 5 minute break I climbed onto the rower. I was able to row the first 300 meters without too much pain but the last 200 meters were a KILLER! Everything hurt so bad I wanted to quit and just start crying. Megan came over and stood behind me and kept telling me to pull harder, use my hips, push off with my heels faster etc etc. She was encouraging me to finish strong. The pain my muscles felt was incredible. I finished in 2min 58 seconds. I wanted to collapse and die. Lungs, legs, arms, everything burned and hurt. After collecting myself I rolled out my muscles on a foam roller and went home.
It was by far the hardest thing I've done to date at CrossFit. Although my times are far behind everyone else, I'm just happy I'm able to complete the tasks given to me. That in and of itself is very rewarding.
What I ate:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
post workout snack~1 apple, 2 TBS almond butter
Lunch~1/2 avocado, 1/2 can of albacore tuna, 1 hard boiled egg mashed together w/ a little salt and pepper
Dinner~Paleo sloppy joe stuffed peppers and sweet potato fries
snack~2 squares dark choc with blueberries
I was pretty tired Friday morning and my brain tried to convince myself that I didn't need to go to CrossFit, but I told my brain to SHUT IT and I went anyway. As soon as I walked in and looked at that day's WOD (workout of the day) I wished I had stayed in bed.
Our warm up was a 400 meter run. Then we ran with high knees for 100m, butt kicks for 100m, backwards for 100m and skipping with high knees for the remaining 100m. I felt quite sick after all that. My lungs burned, my legs were shaking, I felt just awful. Next we went back into the box and did several leg exercises back and forth. As I looked around it seemed everyone in there was exhausted and that made me feel better. I wasn't the only one in some serious pain. Our WOD to run 800 meters for time, row 500 meters for time, and ride the airdyne bike for 1 min and try to burn as many calories as possible.
We had 45 minutes to complete those three items and could take as much time as we needed to rest in between. I took a 5 min break, drank some water and did the running first since I loathe it with every fiber of my being. I was able to jog 200m, walk 200m, jog 100m, walk 200m, jog 100m. My time was 6 min 50 sec. I got the worst time by far. I rested for another 5 min and did the bike next. I burned 16 calories in my 1 minute. I was 2nd to worst. After another 5 minute break I climbed onto the rower. I was able to row the first 300 meters without too much pain but the last 200 meters were a KILLER! Everything hurt so bad I wanted to quit and just start crying. Megan came over and stood behind me and kept telling me to pull harder, use my hips, push off with my heels faster etc etc. She was encouraging me to finish strong. The pain my muscles felt was incredible. I finished in 2min 58 seconds. I wanted to collapse and die. Lungs, legs, arms, everything burned and hurt. After collecting myself I rolled out my muscles on a foam roller and went home.
It was by far the hardest thing I've done to date at CrossFit. Although my times are far behind everyone else, I'm just happy I'm able to complete the tasks given to me. That in and of itself is very rewarding.
What I ate:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
post workout snack~1 apple, 2 TBS almond butter
Lunch~1/2 avocado, 1/2 can of albacore tuna, 1 hard boiled egg mashed together w/ a little salt and pepper
Dinner~Paleo sloppy joe stuffed peppers and sweet potato fries
snack~2 squares dark choc with blueberries
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Utterly Exhausted
I'm tired. No, I'm beyond tired, I'm utterly exhausted. I feel like I started running the moment my feet hit the floor this morning. I feel like ordering pizza for dinner. The kids would be happy, hubby would be happy, but I know I'd be tempted to eat a slice or seven so I'd better buck up and actually COOK a healthy paleo dinner. BUT I DON'T WANNA!
I was able to make it to CrossFit this morning. Today seemed to be a little easier for me. I don't think the WOD was too horrible. We started off doing something I can't recall the name of. I was told just to do down and ups. 5 then 6 then 7 then 8 then 9 So basically 35 of those buggers. Blah.....I feel so awkward doing them. I have to step back with one foot, then the other, and then I jump forward back to where my hands are and then jump and clap above my head. I don't know what it is about the clapping, but I feel like a retarded seal......cow......errr whatever. So I'm the only one in the room clapping like a moron. Super fun. Next we did three rounds of 15 hollow rock rolls. Those things are freaking hard!!! My trainer kept saying I was doing great since I was rolling, but I don't think I was doing them quite right. My behind is still large enough that I was really just rocking on my big bahooki instead of on my spine. Ugh! Oh well, it still gave my core one heck of a workout!
Next we did a skill set. I'm not qualified to do it yet, since I don't have enough core strength. So instead I did three rounds of 10 air squats, 10 ring rows, and 10 hollow rock rolls.
Our WOD was a mixture of using the rowers and stationary bikes. We calculated our calories burned and watts during short intervals on both machines. We ended up using the rowers three times and the bikes twice. Back and forth, back and forth. It was exhausting and I was so ready for it to be over.
After my workout I headed to my parent's house. I clean for them twice a month to earn a little extra $. After cleaning for 2 1/2 hrs, I headed home. I had my own house to clean. I was quite a bit behind since yesterday was full of taking care of my sick daughter. After a couple hours cleaning my own house, my husband called and asked me to go to the store so I could put together something for him to bring to a work pot luck.
It's dinner time and I'm so tired that making food feels like climbing Mt. Everest. A hot bubble bath and then crawling into bed sounds much better. I'm wondering if after a little while my body will get used to this whole CrossFit thing and maybe I won't get so tired in the evenings. fingers crossed!
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
post workout~2 ounces of beef jerkey, 1 apple, 2 TBS almond butter
Lunch~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
Dinner~Yet to be determined.........
I was able to make it to CrossFit this morning. Today seemed to be a little easier for me. I don't think the WOD was too horrible. We started off doing something I can't recall the name of. I was told just to do down and ups. 5 then 6 then 7 then 8 then 9 So basically 35 of those buggers. Blah.....I feel so awkward doing them. I have to step back with one foot, then the other, and then I jump forward back to where my hands are and then jump and clap above my head. I don't know what it is about the clapping, but I feel like a retarded seal......cow......errr whatever. So I'm the only one in the room clapping like a moron. Super fun. Next we did three rounds of 15 hollow rock rolls. Those things are freaking hard!!! My trainer kept saying I was doing great since I was rolling, but I don't think I was doing them quite right. My behind is still large enough that I was really just rocking on my big bahooki instead of on my spine. Ugh! Oh well, it still gave my core one heck of a workout!
Next we did a skill set. I'm not qualified to do it yet, since I don't have enough core strength. So instead I did three rounds of 10 air squats, 10 ring rows, and 10 hollow rock rolls.
Our WOD was a mixture of using the rowers and stationary bikes. We calculated our calories burned and watts during short intervals on both machines. We ended up using the rowers three times and the bikes twice. Back and forth, back and forth. It was exhausting and I was so ready for it to be over.
After my workout I headed to my parent's house. I clean for them twice a month to earn a little extra $. After cleaning for 2 1/2 hrs, I headed home. I had my own house to clean. I was quite a bit behind since yesterday was full of taking care of my sick daughter. After a couple hours cleaning my own house, my husband called and asked me to go to the store so I could put together something for him to bring to a work pot luck.
It's dinner time and I'm so tired that making food feels like climbing Mt. Everest. A hot bubble bath and then crawling into bed sounds much better. I'm wondering if after a little while my body will get used to this whole CrossFit thing and maybe I won't get so tired in the evenings. fingers crossed!
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
post workout~2 ounces of beef jerkey, 1 apple, 2 TBS almond butter
Lunch~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages
Dinner~Yet to be determined.........
Monday, April 8, 2013
Frightened Fatty experiences her first WOD
My anniversary was lovely. My husband went all out to make it a very special night. I did have a little bit of non paleo foods, but nothing overkill. The following day my tummy wasn't feeling super great. I'm surprised how such a small amount of sugar and grains made me feel so yucky. Oh well, onward and upward.
This morning I experienced my first real WOD. I walked in nervous. I'm tired of constantly being nervous! The nice thing was as soon as I walked in I saw several moms and older women who were so nice. They were very welcoming and made me feel at home. The coaches were great at showing me how to do modified movements. I really appreciate how they take time with each person, making sure everyone gets the best workout they can. We started off with a warm up. I had to jump over my partner and then they'd go up on their hands and toes while I crawled underneath them. We did this 12 times. I was sad to see that by the 6th or 7th jump, I could no longer jump with both feet together. I was tired enough to have to do a step/jump instead of an actual feet together type jump. I was pretty winded after doing 12. Then everyone grabbed a heavy weighted ball and threw it on the ground as hard as they could and then would squat to pick it up....over and over and over. I was told just to do squats. My legs and lungs were burning just after the warm up.
Next on the list was planks, squats, one armed clean thrusters (I know I'm not remember the exact term at the moment) . I did 4 ten second planks, followed by 15 squats and then 12 thrusters on each arm....we did all of this for 4 rounds.
After that it was time was our actual WOD. *crying* I was already drenched with sweat at this point and utterly exhausted. I can't remember what most of the group did, but a few newbies, including myself did 10 push-ups and 150 sets of jumping rope for 3 rounds. I learned something while jumping rope. I learned that after having 3 kids and jumping up and down over and over and over and over causes some slight incontinence. Sorry, but it's true. I had to run to the restroom to get things all sorted out. Good grief! It took me a little over 9 minutes to finish my WOD. I was just happy I showed up this morning and that I did my best with all the exercises. I'm quite worn out and will probably crawl into bed when the kids do at 8:00pm. *yawn*
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon
post workout snack~1/3 lara bar
Lunch~1 chicken breast cut up in bite size pieces and 2 cups of cut up pieces of asparagus sauteed in a little coconut oil and seasoned with spicy seasoning salt.
snack~1 apple cut up with 2 TBS almond butter
Dinner~1 bowl of spicy chicken and vegetable soup
snack~2 squares dark chocolate and a cup of tea
This morning I experienced my first real WOD. I walked in nervous. I'm tired of constantly being nervous! The nice thing was as soon as I walked in I saw several moms and older women who were so nice. They were very welcoming and made me feel at home. The coaches were great at showing me how to do modified movements. I really appreciate how they take time with each person, making sure everyone gets the best workout they can. We started off with a warm up. I had to jump over my partner and then they'd go up on their hands and toes while I crawled underneath them. We did this 12 times. I was sad to see that by the 6th or 7th jump, I could no longer jump with both feet together. I was tired enough to have to do a step/jump instead of an actual feet together type jump. I was pretty winded after doing 12. Then everyone grabbed a heavy weighted ball and threw it on the ground as hard as they could and then would squat to pick it up....over and over and over. I was told just to do squats. My legs and lungs were burning just after the warm up.
Next on the list was planks, squats, one armed clean thrusters (I know I'm not remember the exact term at the moment) . I did 4 ten second planks, followed by 15 squats and then 12 thrusters on each arm....we did all of this for 4 rounds.
After that it was time was our actual WOD. *crying* I was already drenched with sweat at this point and utterly exhausted. I can't remember what most of the group did, but a few newbies, including myself did 10 push-ups and 150 sets of jumping rope for 3 rounds. I learned something while jumping rope. I learned that after having 3 kids and jumping up and down over and over and over and over causes some slight incontinence. Sorry, but it's true. I had to run to the restroom to get things all sorted out. Good grief! It took me a little over 9 minutes to finish my WOD. I was just happy I showed up this morning and that I did my best with all the exercises. I'm quite worn out and will probably crawl into bed when the kids do at 8:00pm. *yawn*
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon
post workout snack~1/3 lara bar
Lunch~1 chicken breast cut up in bite size pieces and 2 cups of cut up pieces of asparagus sauteed in a little coconut oil and seasoned with spicy seasoning salt.
snack~1 apple cut up with 2 TBS almond butter
Dinner~1 bowl of spicy chicken and vegetable soup
snack~2 squares dark chocolate and a cup of tea
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