I have not exercised once this week. I've been battling the flu and just overall not feeling very good. I can tell my body has been fighting something. *sigh* Oh well. I can't do anything about it. I'm just going to continue to eat well, drink lots of water, and let my body get better.
I took my daughter to the fair for a few hours yesterday. Smelling all the food just hurt my stomach. It made me feel super nauseous. This is another reason I know I'm not totally well. Normally I'd be drooling at all the wonderful smells of kettle corn, elephant ears, and corn dogs. *shudder* Also seeing the animals and SMELLING the animals just about did me in. I had to take a break, to drink some water and chew some peppermint gum to keep my tummy happy. I promised I'd take my daughter since all the boys are at camp. She's never ever been to the fair and not going just wasn't an option. I'm super thankful I didn't toss my cookies while out in public.
Today my mother is taking my daughter and I to go look at granite. My parents are remodeling their house and she wants my opinion on colors. I'm looking forward to picking up my husband and sons tomorrow I miss them terribly. I will continue to rest up for the remainder of this week and hit my running and crossfit hard next week.
I saw that my crossfit is going to have a Fall Paleo Challenge coming up soon. I'm not sure when it starts, how long it lasts or what the rules are, but I'll be doing it no matter what. I know the winners can earn some nice cash. I could use to lose quite a bit of weight and the cash would help pay for, what else, crossfit!
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Thursday, August 22, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
CrossFit and the flu..........
I had to cancel my workout on Monday. I was up most of the night with the flu and spent most of the day in bed. I got a call Monday afternoon that my grandmother had died. She'd been battling dementia for almost 10 years and it was heartbreaking to see her memory fade. The last time I saw her was Christmas and she didn't know who I was. It was then I knew that I had already lost my Nana.
Fast forward to today and I still don't feel quite back to normal. I'm still a bit nauseous, but chose to go to CrossFit anyway. I'm determined to make this a normal part of my life. I don't want sickness, death, whatever, to get in the way. I have to change my life, I have to stick to my goals, I have to keep my eyes on the prize and not waver when life throws barriers in my way.
I had to modify just about everything we did today. I had to keep reminding myself that I'm not there to impress anyone, I'm there to just keep getting better. Our warm up wasn't too horrible, but the skill set had my stomach rolling. We got a quick 3 or 4 min break between our skill set and our WOD, so I got a quick sip of water, used the restroom and told myself that no matter what I was not going to get sick.
Our WOD today was what they called Ten Plus Two. We had ten minutes to do as many rounds as possible. 8 push ups ( I did girly push ups), 10 toes to bar (I did 20 second planks), and 6 left & 6 right kettle bell snatches. Once the ten minutes were up we did double unders for 2 minutes. I just did regular single unders. We were supposed to keep track of our rounds and write our scores on the white board. I know I got over 4 rounds done but lost track when the pain started to set in. I forgot to count my single unders. I was just trying to not die and not puke on the floor. SIGH...............one of these days I'll get my crap together. ;)
After the WOD we did some deep stretches which felt great and then I headed home. I've noticed it takes me a good hour to completely cool down after these workouts. I still feel super sick to my stomach and food in general just sounds disgusting. I'm hoping by Friday I'm back to normal and can kick some WOD ass. hehe
What I ate today:
Breakfast~ 1/2 egg, 1 slice of bacon
post workout~1/3 protein shake
If I can stomach it, I'll have a salad with chicken and avocado for lunch and spaghetti (w spaghetti squash) for dinner.
Fast forward to today and I still don't feel quite back to normal. I'm still a bit nauseous, but chose to go to CrossFit anyway. I'm determined to make this a normal part of my life. I don't want sickness, death, whatever, to get in the way. I have to change my life, I have to stick to my goals, I have to keep my eyes on the prize and not waver when life throws barriers in my way.
I had to modify just about everything we did today. I had to keep reminding myself that I'm not there to impress anyone, I'm there to just keep getting better. Our warm up wasn't too horrible, but the skill set had my stomach rolling. We got a quick 3 or 4 min break between our skill set and our WOD, so I got a quick sip of water, used the restroom and told myself that no matter what I was not going to get sick.
Our WOD today was what they called Ten Plus Two. We had ten minutes to do as many rounds as possible. 8 push ups ( I did girly push ups), 10 toes to bar (I did 20 second planks), and 6 left & 6 right kettle bell snatches. Once the ten minutes were up we did double unders for 2 minutes. I just did regular single unders. We were supposed to keep track of our rounds and write our scores on the white board. I know I got over 4 rounds done but lost track when the pain started to set in. I forgot to count my single unders. I was just trying to not die and not puke on the floor. SIGH...............one of these days I'll get my crap together. ;)
After the WOD we did some deep stretches which felt great and then I headed home. I've noticed it takes me a good hour to completely cool down after these workouts. I still feel super sick to my stomach and food in general just sounds disgusting. I'm hoping by Friday I'm back to normal and can kick some WOD ass. hehe
What I ate today:
Breakfast~ 1/2 egg, 1 slice of bacon
post workout~1/3 protein shake
If I can stomach it, I'll have a salad with chicken and avocado for lunch and spaghetti (w spaghetti squash) for dinner.
Friday, April 5, 2013
Final bootcamp CrossFit workout.......
First off, I have to say that since starting Crossfit just a mere 10 days ago, I have lost 9 pounds. I also can wear a shirt that I haven't been able to wear since I bought it over a year ago. It's a cotton, spandex blend and every time I try it on, I look like I've been squeezed into in like a stuffed sausage. I put it on today and not only did it fit comfortably, but it was a smidge too large. Freaking amazing!! Talk about quick results!
I was super anxious to try the workout that kicked my behind 10 days ago. I was feeling pretty confident that I'd be able to finish and not get sick. We started off with several squats to warm us up and then Derek wrote on the board what our WOD was. 3 Rounds of 15-12-9 squats, push-ups, ring rows, and down and ups. I was told to just do the modified, which was just 2 round of 12 and 9. He started the clock and we were off. The last couple down and ups were the only time I even stopped to catch my breath. I finished and yelled TIME! Derek just gave me a really suprised look. He told me I did WAY WAY WAY better than he thought I was going to. I did it in 4 min and 28 seconds. Afterwards he told me that he knows I could've done the entire 3 rounds and you know what, I totally agree with him. I felt good. I still had energy to spare. How is it possible for my body to change and adapt that quickly?!
Afterwards he went over membership options and we were free to either sign up and officially join, or to go home. I went ahead and signed a 12 month contract for a membership that gives me 3 workouts a week. I plan on going MWF at the 9:30am class. It sounds like it has several other stay at home moms that come at that time. I'd love to get to know some other women that have the same goals.
I can't even put into words how happy and excited I am to really start this journey. I feel like my life has real purpose. I was talking to my mom after my workout and told her that the world had better watch out because I'm not only going to get in the best shape of my life, but I want to then become a coach/trainer to help others like myself. Booya! I just feel like nothing can stop me. I've been searching for a direction in which to live my life for years and years and I finally found it and NOTHING ......is going to stop me from reaching my goals.
On another note, my family is doing much better and the husband and I get to get away for the night to celebrate our anniversary after all. THANK YOU JESUS! I will be checking in again after my 1st official CrossFit workout next Monday. ♥
What I ate today:
Breakfast~green smoothie (spinach, strawberries, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/2 scoop whey protein powder, chia seeds, stevia)
snack~handful of mixed nuts
Lunch~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages, 1 oroblanco
preworkout snack~3oz of leftover steak and a small salad w/ homemade dressing
Dinner~2 eggs, the last of the turkey sausage, 1/2 diced avocado
snack~a cup of tea and 2 squares of dark chocolate
I was super anxious to try the workout that kicked my behind 10 days ago. I was feeling pretty confident that I'd be able to finish and not get sick. We started off with several squats to warm us up and then Derek wrote on the board what our WOD was. 3 Rounds of 15-12-9 squats, push-ups, ring rows, and down and ups. I was told to just do the modified, which was just 2 round of 12 and 9. He started the clock and we were off. The last couple down and ups were the only time I even stopped to catch my breath. I finished and yelled TIME! Derek just gave me a really suprised look. He told me I did WAY WAY WAY better than he thought I was going to. I did it in 4 min and 28 seconds. Afterwards he told me that he knows I could've done the entire 3 rounds and you know what, I totally agree with him. I felt good. I still had energy to spare. How is it possible for my body to change and adapt that quickly?!
Afterwards he went over membership options and we were free to either sign up and officially join, or to go home. I went ahead and signed a 12 month contract for a membership that gives me 3 workouts a week. I plan on going MWF at the 9:30am class. It sounds like it has several other stay at home moms that come at that time. I'd love to get to know some other women that have the same goals.
I can't even put into words how happy and excited I am to really start this journey. I feel like my life has real purpose. I was talking to my mom after my workout and told her that the world had better watch out because I'm not only going to get in the best shape of my life, but I want to then become a coach/trainer to help others like myself. Booya! I just feel like nothing can stop me. I've been searching for a direction in which to live my life for years and years and I finally found it and NOTHING ......is going to stop me from reaching my goals.
On another note, my family is doing much better and the husband and I get to get away for the night to celebrate our anniversary after all. THANK YOU JESUS! I will be checking in again after my 1st official CrossFit workout next Monday. ♥
What I ate today:
Breakfast~green smoothie (spinach, strawberries, unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/2 scoop whey protein powder, chia seeds, stevia)
snack~handful of mixed nuts
Lunch~2 eggs, 2 turkey sausages, 1 oroblanco
preworkout snack~3oz of leftover steak and a small salad w/ homemade dressing
Dinner~2 eggs, the last of the turkey sausage, 1/2 diced avocado
snack~a cup of tea and 2 squares of dark chocolate
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The flu from hell....................
I know in my last post I mentioned getting out for a night to celebrate my 11th wedding anniversary....well.....it looks like it's going to be cancelled. Apparently the flu we all had last weekend came back with a vengeance. We haven't been this sick in years. Why did it have to ruin Easter, my anniversary, and wreck havoc on my CrossFit workouts? I know it's out of my hands but it really ticks me off. STUPID FLIPPIN' FLU!
On another note, I'm really starting to enjoy finding and eating new paleo foods. Yesterday I grilled up some turkey burgers and put them on a bed of organic spinach leaves and topped them with slivers of red onion, dill pickle, bacon and avocado slices. I also baked up some homemade sweet potato fries. Mmmmm it was so good! Even the kids liked it.
Despite not feeling very well, the workout was great. We learned about dumbbell squat cleans. Wow, what looks like a fairly simple movement (and it is) is also a great workout. We did several of these and then learned all about pull-ups. Only a couple people in my group can do a regular pull-up, so we learned all sorts of modified ones. After doing several of these we did 5 rounds of dumbbell squat cleans and pull-ups. 12-8-6-4-2
After our workout was complete we talked more about nutrition and how several elements need to be in check for us to succeed as athletes. EXERCISE~NUTRITION~SLEEP~STRESS
If any of those are out of whack, then we fail to get where we need to be. My biggest issue will be the sleep part. I've been an insomniac since I was in grade school. It takes me a good hour to fall asleep on a good night and on a bad night it'll take several hours or I might never fall asleep. It doesn't matter how much I exercise, sleep doesn't come easy for me. Once I'm asleep I'm fine, it's just getting there that's the problem. I've tried EVERYTHING to fix this problem and nothing seems to work that well. We'll see how the sleep thing goes after a few months of CrossFit. I feel like I have the nutrition down. I like it, it's easy, I feel good eating it, I don't feel deprived.......hopefully it stays that way.
Tomorrow we are going to do the same workout we did day one. We're going to see if we can better our time. I didn't complete it because I was having a moment in the bathroom reliving my dinner, so as long as I can finish tomorrow, I'll be very happy. I can't believe bootcamp is just one workout away from being complete!!! It feels good to force myself out of my comfort zone and do something that really means something. It feels good to tell my kids what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. I want them to learn that to change your life takes a lot of courage and effort, but it will pay off and be more rewarding than they could ever imagine. I want my family to see that just because we were raised to love to eat and not exercise doesn't mean that we can't change that about ourselves.
I'm going to have a cup of tea and maybe a square of dark chocolate while I catch up on some tv episodes before heading to bed.
What I ate today:
Breakfast~green smoothie(1 cup packed organic baby spinach, 5 large frozen strawberries, 1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein powder, 1 TBS organic chia seeds, stevia)
Lunch~3 cups organic baby spinach, few slices of red onion, dill pickle, avocado, bacon, 8 oz turkey burger, dijon mustard
pre workout snack~1/4 cup sweet potato, 1 turkey sausage
post workout snack~1/2 cup mashed sweet potato, 2 oz ground turkey
Dinner~leftover steak and a big green salad with homemade dressing
On another note, I'm really starting to enjoy finding and eating new paleo foods. Yesterday I grilled up some turkey burgers and put them on a bed of organic spinach leaves and topped them with slivers of red onion, dill pickle, bacon and avocado slices. I also baked up some homemade sweet potato fries. Mmmmm it was so good! Even the kids liked it.
Despite not feeling very well, the workout was great. We learned about dumbbell squat cleans. Wow, what looks like a fairly simple movement (and it is) is also a great workout. We did several of these and then learned all about pull-ups. Only a couple people in my group can do a regular pull-up, so we learned all sorts of modified ones. After doing several of these we did 5 rounds of dumbbell squat cleans and pull-ups. 12-8-6-4-2
After our workout was complete we talked more about nutrition and how several elements need to be in check for us to succeed as athletes. EXERCISE~NUTRITION~SLEEP~STRESS
If any of those are out of whack, then we fail to get where we need to be. My biggest issue will be the sleep part. I've been an insomniac since I was in grade school. It takes me a good hour to fall asleep on a good night and on a bad night it'll take several hours or I might never fall asleep. It doesn't matter how much I exercise, sleep doesn't come easy for me. Once I'm asleep I'm fine, it's just getting there that's the problem. I've tried EVERYTHING to fix this problem and nothing seems to work that well. We'll see how the sleep thing goes after a few months of CrossFit. I feel like I have the nutrition down. I like it, it's easy, I feel good eating it, I don't feel deprived.......hopefully it stays that way.
Tomorrow we are going to do the same workout we did day one. We're going to see if we can better our time. I didn't complete it because I was having a moment in the bathroom reliving my dinner, so as long as I can finish tomorrow, I'll be very happy. I can't believe bootcamp is just one workout away from being complete!!! It feels good to force myself out of my comfort zone and do something that really means something. It feels good to tell my kids what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. I want them to learn that to change your life takes a lot of courage and effort, but it will pay off and be more rewarding than they could ever imagine. I want my family to see that just because we were raised to love to eat and not exercise doesn't mean that we can't change that about ourselves.
I'm going to have a cup of tea and maybe a square of dark chocolate while I catch up on some tv episodes before heading to bed.
What I ate today:
Breakfast~green smoothie(1 cup packed organic baby spinach, 5 large frozen strawberries, 1 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/2 scoop vanilla whey protein powder, 1 TBS organic chia seeds, stevia)
Lunch~3 cups organic baby spinach, few slices of red onion, dill pickle, avocado, bacon, 8 oz turkey burger, dijon mustard
pre workout snack~1/4 cup sweet potato, 1 turkey sausage
post workout snack~1/2 cup mashed sweet potato, 2 oz ground turkey
Dinner~leftover steak and a big green salad with homemade dressing
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