Last night was awful. I barely slept due to a horrible migraine. I'm allowing the stresses of life get to me and it's dragging me under. Significant stress always seems to manifest itself into migraines for me. Ugh!!
I didn't go to crossfit. I instead took some medication and stayed in bed until it was just a mild headache.
After I felt better I decided to do what Derek told me to do a few months ago when I couldn't make it into the gym. 50 burpees. I set my stopwatch and started. I was able to complete 50 burpees in 6 minutes and 21 seconds. Now this is the 3rd time I've timed myself doing 50 burpees.
April 26th ~ I completed 50 burpees in 11 minutes 51 seconds.
May 29th ~ 9 minutes 31 seconds
August 16th ~ 6 minutes 21 seconds
What a huge difference!! I've almost cut my first time in half. Woot woot!! I followed the burpees with 10 minutes of kettle bell exercises. I'm bummed I couldn't make it in today, but I'm proud of myself for at least doing something.
My goal for this weekend is just try to let go of the things in my life that I can't control. My health is more important than stressing over every little thing.
Have a happy and healthy weekend!
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Friday, August 16, 2013
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.........
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Thank you Mother, can I have another?
I can't believe my 1st week at CrossFit is over!!! I made it! I'm still alive! What was just a dream a mere three weeks ago has turned into a full fledged reality. I love it! Bootcamp workout number three was great. I didn't puke and I was able to (almost) keep up with the others. I'm pretty sure our bootcamp workouts aren't as hard as regular WOD's (workout of the day) but I'm not sure.
I realized today as I walked into the box that I wasn't as nervous, I was starting to feel a tiny bit at home and it wasn't such a scary place. Megan saw me almost immediately and yelled out my name and clapped her hands. She was happy I came back. She hasn't seen me since my puke fest on day one. It felt good to have someone happy to have me there.
We started with a warm up of....you guessed it......SQUATS. Oh lordy lordy......I'm starting to think they'll be the death of me. After squats we got dumbbells and did some exercises where we held them at our shoulders, elbows pointing forward, we'd do a quick, mini squat and jump up and thrust the dumbbells straight above our heads. I can't remember the name for them. I didn't get the lightest dumbbells, which were 5 lbs each, but I did get the 8 lb ones. One guy got 40 lb dumbells!! We did exactly 372.8 thrusts.....well......it felt like it. Afterwards we got out the rowing machines. Those looked nice and easy. I'm starting to realize quickly that there isn't ANYTHING nice and easy when it comes to CrossFit.
We got a short lesson on form and then we were told to keep our rowing at a certain speed. They all have digital monitors on them so we could see how fast we were going. Derek yelled at us to go faster. We held that new speed for a couple minutes and then he told us to go even faster! My upper arms and shoulders felt like they were going to burst into flames. Sweat was pouring down the sides of my face and my left heel kept slipping out of my shoe with each thrust. It's amazing how itchy dripping sweat can be when you can't take the time to wipe it away. After killing ourselves on the rowing machines we were able to take a quick water break.
As the group finished our 1 minute break we were told to get into teams of two. A nice girl ( I wish I knew her name) offered to be in my group. We had to row 250 meters, then jump off the machine and do 12 dumbbell thrusts before the other person could start rowing. We each did 3 sets of both exercises and we raced all the other teams. Derek pulled me aside and told me to do 200 meters on the rowing machine. He didn't say, if I wanted to, he told me that's what he wanted me to do, so I followed his instruction. I'm glad I did. That workout pushed me literally to my very limit. I think that if I had to row that extra 50 meters all three rounds I wouldn't have been able to finish. Our team came in last, but only by about 5 seconds. Everyone cheered everyone else on and when we all finished we gave each other high fives.
I felt so powerful tonight. I was living my dream. I was following through with something. I was DOING IT!!! Afterwards I met up with my sister. She lives several hours away and I only see her a few times a year. We met up and we went to a Mexican restaurant so I could eat since I was famished. I ordered a taco salad with no shell, no cheese, and no sour cream. I asked for guacamole and salsa instead and got shredded beef for my protein. It was so delicious. I washed it down with an ice water and felt like a million bucks. I didn't eat any chips and salsa and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to say no. I got a workout in, and went out to eat without cheating, what a great day! I'm looking forward to having 3 days off to rest and just enjoy my family during the Easter holiday. I'll blog again after next Monday's workout. =)
What I ate today:
breakfast~2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, 1 cup fresh pineapple
snack~1 square of dark chocolate and 1 TBS almond butter
lunch~paleo banana pancakes
dinner~taco salad
I realized today as I walked into the box that I wasn't as nervous, I was starting to feel a tiny bit at home and it wasn't such a scary place. Megan saw me almost immediately and yelled out my name and clapped her hands. She was happy I came back. She hasn't seen me since my puke fest on day one. It felt good to have someone happy to have me there.
We started with a warm up of....you guessed it......SQUATS. Oh lordy lordy......I'm starting to think they'll be the death of me. After squats we got dumbbells and did some exercises where we held them at our shoulders, elbows pointing forward, we'd do a quick, mini squat and jump up and thrust the dumbbells straight above our heads. I can't remember the name for them. I didn't get the lightest dumbbells, which were 5 lbs each, but I did get the 8 lb ones. One guy got 40 lb dumbells!! We did exactly 372.8 thrusts.....well......it felt like it. Afterwards we got out the rowing machines. Those looked nice and easy. I'm starting to realize quickly that there isn't ANYTHING nice and easy when it comes to CrossFit.
We got a short lesson on form and then we were told to keep our rowing at a certain speed. They all have digital monitors on them so we could see how fast we were going. Derek yelled at us to go faster. We held that new speed for a couple minutes and then he told us to go even faster! My upper arms and shoulders felt like they were going to burst into flames. Sweat was pouring down the sides of my face and my left heel kept slipping out of my shoe with each thrust. It's amazing how itchy dripping sweat can be when you can't take the time to wipe it away. After killing ourselves on the rowing machines we were able to take a quick water break.
As the group finished our 1 minute break we were told to get into teams of two. A nice girl ( I wish I knew her name) offered to be in my group. We had to row 250 meters, then jump off the machine and do 12 dumbbell thrusts before the other person could start rowing. We each did 3 sets of both exercises and we raced all the other teams. Derek pulled me aside and told me to do 200 meters on the rowing machine. He didn't say, if I wanted to, he told me that's what he wanted me to do, so I followed his instruction. I'm glad I did. That workout pushed me literally to my very limit. I think that if I had to row that extra 50 meters all three rounds I wouldn't have been able to finish. Our team came in last, but only by about 5 seconds. Everyone cheered everyone else on and when we all finished we gave each other high fives.
I felt so powerful tonight. I was living my dream. I was following through with something. I was DOING IT!!! Afterwards I met up with my sister. She lives several hours away and I only see her a few times a year. We met up and we went to a Mexican restaurant so I could eat since I was famished. I ordered a taco salad with no shell, no cheese, and no sour cream. I asked for guacamole and salsa instead and got shredded beef for my protein. It was so delicious. I washed it down with an ice water and felt like a million bucks. I didn't eat any chips and salsa and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to say no. I got a workout in, and went out to eat without cheating, what a great day! I'm looking forward to having 3 days off to rest and just enjoy my family during the Easter holiday. I'll blog again after next Monday's workout. =)
What I ate today:
breakfast~2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon, 1 cup fresh pineapple
snack~1 square of dark chocolate and 1 TBS almond butter
lunch~paleo banana pancakes
dinner~taco salad
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