I want it MY way!

Finally feeling better, hurray!  I did make it to crossfit yesterday and it was great to get back in the game. 

Warm up: run 400 meters then do a partner burpee ladder.  Example:  I do one burpee, partner does one burpee, I do two burpees, partner does two burpees etc etc until we both get to 7 burpees. 

Skill set: kettle bell snatches, ab rollers, jump squats
We went over and over the proper techniques and then did 5 rounds of 5 snatches on each arm, 10 ab rollers and 5 jump squats.

WOD: This was a EMOTM (every minute on the minute) for 12 minutes:

3 kettle bell snatches on each arm and 7 up/downs (similar to a burpee)

I AM SO SORE TODAY!!!!!!!


So we finally found out the details of our paleo challenge and I'm super bummed.  Usually it sounds like if you want to participate you pay $50.  After 6 weeks the 3 people with the most impressive results get the cash prize.  I believe Meagan said last time the winner won a few hundred dollars.  Unfortunately this time they changed the rules.  It's $15, no cash prize, and the $ goes towards a bbq meal that all participants will get after they complete the challenge.

 I don't want any freaking food, I want to win $$$$$$!!!!!  I'm sorry but winning $ to me is a hugely motivating.  Eating a bbq meal is not.  I know I know I'm acting like a spoiled child who isn't getting things her way.  Still.......I'm quite frustrated.  I'm embarrassed to admit I actually felt like crying after I read the new rules.  *sigh*



Other rules include:

before/after pics
before/after weight
before/after measurements

doing a minimum of 3 WODS a week

a food log

We can partner up to support each other.  I don't really have any friends there, so I guess I'm on my own. 

I'm sure that if I can stick to 6 weeks of Paleo and 6 weeks of crossfit 3 times a week plus running.....that I'll see some decent progress in my health and fitness goals.  I could've really used that prize money. 

Oh well.  Such is life.  Time to "build a bridge and get over it".  (as my husband likes to say)  ha!

bear crawls and burpees, oh my!

Hope everyone had a nice Mother's Day weekend.  We went to church and then we grabbed the dog and we all went down by the lake to enjoy a picnic lunch.  My kids each made me handmade cards and gifts, they were darling.  =)

I felt great walking into CrossFit today.  Normally I get super nervous the entire car ride there, but today I felt at peace.  We started off doing wheelbarrow walks, but I'm not strong enough to do those quite yet, so they had me do three 30 second rounds of bear crawls.  Those are no fun, like not even a tiny bit.  nope.  not fun.

We did push ups, good mornings, Turkish get-ups, and 20" box step ups with two kettle bells held under our chins.  I did 15" box step ups.  The 20" boxes are insanely high for me....at this point at least.  I met another newbie and we were both wiped out after all the skill sets. 

These are the Turkish get-up's

Our WOD was to do 3 clean and jerks and 8 burpees every minute on the minute (EMOTM) for 10 minutes.  I had mine modified a bit to my fitness level.  Burpees are so incredibly hard to do when you're heavy.  Having extra stomach fat and thigh fat really gets in the way of the movement and makes it incredibly hard when you have to jump back into position to stand back up.  Being a thick girl sucks big time. 

I can see and feel a difference in my clothes, but I'm impatient.  I want to wake up tomorrow and have magically dropped 6 sizes.  I just don't understand why that doesn't  happen.  hehe

I had a small bit of dessert last night with my family and my mom, but today it's back on the Paleo bandwagon.  Time to get something to eat, I'm famished!