Life gets so hectic around the holidays!! I don't know how people keep up with it all. I feel like I start to fall behind around Thanksgiving and by the New Year I'm ready to throw in the towel.
I made it into crossfit the day after Thanksgiving. I felt extremely swollen due to all the salt I consumed. I had just one plate of food, and really just normal/proper amounts of everything. Potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, turkey, gravy and some cranberry sauce. Nothing too extreme. Still the next day my joints hurt and my fingers and toes felt stiff. I was glad I got right back on the horse the day after the holiday. I was also proud that I only had about 6 bites of pie that evening. I used to use holidays as an excuse to not only eat bad food, but to stuff my face for days afterwards.
By the weekend I started to developed some terrible migraines. They were so bad that noises, smells, light, just about everything made it almost unbearable. Because my head hurt so bad I couldn't eat because it would make me feel sick. I couldn't sleep, couldn't eat, couldn't listen to music or watch a movie. It was all I could do just to make sure my kids got out the door for school and there was food for them to eat. That has been my existence for most of this week. I don't know what's causing them. I'm guessing stress, but who really knows for sure?
I felt a lot better this morning. I was able to make it to crossfit today. Hurray! My head still hurts but it's only a slight headache. Friday's are deadlift days, which are my favorite. I really feel badass when I can lift heavy weights. I lifted more than any of the girls there today. I'm still the fattest, but it's nice to not be the weakest as well.
We did a 10 minute kettle bell warm up. Followed by 5 sets of 5 heavy dead lifts. I pulled 205 lbs for my dead lifts. My personal record for a single rep is 225, so I'm pretty sure the next time I test my limit, I'll be able to beat my last record. 205 is hard. By the time I finished all my sets I was exhausted and sweat was dripping off my face. They sure don't look like they are hard or that they do much, but if you research the deadlifts, they are one of the better lifts as far as results go.
Here's an article that goes into way more detail.
Our WOD was a 6 minute AMRAP.
5 air squats
5 kettle bell swings
10 air squats
10 kettle bell swings
etc etc until the 6 minutes runs out.
I used a 25 lb bell. This was HARD!! 6 minutes sounds like it would be cake....it was not cake, it was more like torture. Jonathan came by about half way through the WOD and told me that my squats were looking awesome. He said my form was so much better than it used to. Hurray! I was ablet to get up to 25 squats and 17 kb swings before time was up. My lungs burned SOOO bad!
We finished off class with some cool down stretches and we were done.
I'd really like to finish December strong. No more sickness, no more migraines and getting in all my crossfit workouts. Time to get in a hot bubble bath and relax. It's flipping cold here today! I think our high today should be about 3 degrees. Brrrrr!!!!
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, October 3, 2013
Kettlebell day #3 workout
Three days into October and I've done some sort of exercise each day. Just need to keep it up for the remainder of the month.
Today was all about KETTLEBELLS. Woohoo! I'm amazed at all the different exercises a person can do with those.
I ended up doing a workout similar to yesterday's skill set.
Round 1:
10 lateral kb (kettlebell) swings per arm,10 kb snatches per arm,10 kb power cleans per arm,1 minute kb native squat,10 kb sit ups
Round 2:
10 lateral kb swings per arm,10 overhead kb swings,1 minute kb native squat,10 kb sit ups
Round 3:
10 lateral kb swings per arm,10 kb swings,10 kb goblet squats,10 kb sit ups
Round 4:
10 lateral kb (kettlebell) swings per arm,10 kb overhead swings,1 minute kb native squat,10 kb sit ups
I was able to get through everything in about 18 minutes. I was very out of breath, but still felt good.
Today was all about KETTLEBELLS. Woohoo! I'm amazed at all the different exercises a person can do with those.
I ended up doing a workout similar to yesterday's skill set.
Round 1:
10 lateral kb (kettlebell) swings per arm,10 kb snatches per arm,10 kb power cleans per arm,1 minute kb native squat,10 kb sit ups
Round 2:
10 lateral kb swings per arm,10 overhead kb swings,1 minute kb native squat,10 kb sit ups
Round 3:
10 lateral kb swings per arm,10 kb swings,10 kb goblet squats,10 kb sit ups
Round 4:
10 lateral kb (kettlebell) swings per arm,10 kb overhead swings,1 minute kb native squat,10 kb sit ups
I was able to get through everything in about 18 minutes. I was very out of breath, but still felt good.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
deep squats
I can totally feel my strength coming back after being ill. Yay! It kinda freaked me out on Monday when my muscles literally wouldn't work. Today's workout at crossfit was great. It was hard, it's always hard, but I felt really good by the time it was over.
We did ankle and hip mobility for our warm up. Whew, very difficult for me to do some of those moves. Although the cool part was I was actually able to do them, where as two months ago I couldn't. Literally couldn't. I can feel my squats are getting a lot deeper. When I first started my deep squats were more like super shallow ones for everyone else. My hip mobility was awful. I'm slowly getting my hips in good working order and am getting stronger so my squats are getting closer and closer to what they should be.
Our skill set was stepping off a box and landing in a deep squat and then jumping up and high as we could with one strong thrust. We also did Turkish getups and kettle bell windmills.
Our WOD was a 10 min. AMRAP.
10 kettle bell power cleans
5 ab rollers
15 wall balls
I actually just looked at our WOD online and realized we were supposed to be doing 15 wall balls and I was only doing 10 per round....OOOPS! Apparently I wasn't with it when they explained the WOD.
I finished 5 complete rounds (with my 10 wall balls vs. the 15 we were supposed to do).
Today is a busy day. I have 1st grade open house for my daughter and 6th grade open house for my son. I have a house that needs to be cleaned and picked up. The 6th grade open house is from 5:30-7:00pm. So we either eat a super early dinner or a fairly late one. Ugh! I should get my crap together and put something in the crockpot so I don't have to scamper and scurry to get dinner out as soon as we get home.
Tomorrow is another running day. Woohoo, bring it!
We did ankle and hip mobility for our warm up. Whew, very difficult for me to do some of those moves. Although the cool part was I was actually able to do them, where as two months ago I couldn't. Literally couldn't. I can feel my squats are getting a lot deeper. When I first started my deep squats were more like super shallow ones for everyone else. My hip mobility was awful. I'm slowly getting my hips in good working order and am getting stronger so my squats are getting closer and closer to what they should be.
Our skill set was stepping off a box and landing in a deep squat and then jumping up and high as we could with one strong thrust. We also did Turkish getups and kettle bell windmills.
Our WOD was a 10 min. AMRAP.
10 kettle bell power cleans
5 ab rollers
15 wall balls
I actually just looked at our WOD online and realized we were supposed to be doing 15 wall balls and I was only doing 10 per round....OOOPS! Apparently I wasn't with it when they explained the WOD.
I finished 5 complete rounds (with my 10 wall balls vs. the 15 we were supposed to do).
Today is a busy day. I have 1st grade open house for my daughter and 6th grade open house for my son. I have a house that needs to be cleaned and picked up. The 6th grade open house is from 5:30-7:00pm. So we either eat a super early dinner or a fairly late one. Ugh! I should get my crap together and put something in the crockpot so I don't have to scamper and scurry to get dinner out as soon as we get home.
Tomorrow is another running day. Woohoo, bring it!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
I want my mommy!
My husband woke me up at 5am as he was leaving for work to let me know our daughter had a temp of 103. Seriously? I'm starting to wonder if she is licking the handles of grocery carts and door knobs, because I swear she's been getting sick nonstop for the past few months!! Guess it's another day of crossfit at home.
After I got my boys off to school, I took my daughter and ran to Walmart to get some fever meds and decided to see if they carried kettle bells. They did!! I bought a 15 lb bell and when I got home I went online and found a few at home crossfit type workouts to do at home.
Todays warm up consisted of 3 rounds of:
25 jumping jacks
10 push ups
10 squats
My WOD was 5 rounds of :
10 right hand kettle bell snatches
10 left hand kettle bell snatches
10 right hand kettle bell swings
10 left hand kettle bell swings
10 sit ups
It took me about 14 minutes to finish. I was sweating bullets by the 4th round. It's a gorgeous day here, maybe after the older kids get home from school I can take a quick 1 or 2 mile walk while they keep an eye on their sister and do their homework.
What I'm eating today:
Breakfast~ham and egg scramble
post workout snack~coconut milk protein shake
Lunch~large salad with pork tenderloin and homemade dressing
Dinner~homemade paleo spaghetti meat sauce over spaghetti squash and a side salad
evening snack~1 square of dark chocolate and a cup of tea
I'm totally digging the Endangered Species chocolate at the moment.
After I got my boys off to school, I took my daughter and ran to Walmart to get some fever meds and decided to see if they carried kettle bells. They did!! I bought a 15 lb bell and when I got home I went online and found a few at home crossfit type workouts to do at home.
Todays warm up consisted of 3 rounds of:
25 jumping jacks
10 push ups
10 squats
My WOD was 5 rounds of :
10 right hand kettle bell snatches
10 left hand kettle bell snatches
10 right hand kettle bell swings
10 left hand kettle bell swings
10 sit ups
It took me about 14 minutes to finish. I was sweating bullets by the 4th round. It's a gorgeous day here, maybe after the older kids get home from school I can take a quick 1 or 2 mile walk while they keep an eye on their sister and do their homework.
What I'm eating today:
Breakfast~ham and egg scramble
post workout snack~coconut milk protein shake
Lunch~large salad with pork tenderloin and homemade dressing
Dinner~homemade paleo spaghetti meat sauce over spaghetti squash and a side salad
evening snack~1 square of dark chocolate and a cup of tea
I'm totally digging the Endangered Species chocolate at the moment.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Psyched Myself Out
So my plan is going to CrossFit MWF.....and getting a nice walk in on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I found out that my CrossFit posts the daily WOD online so you can see what is in store for that day. I woke up and got online and saw that it was mainly running stuff today. Bleh! I know that running is definitely something that I need to be working on, but OMGoodness it's so hard to run when you have ninety pounds of fat strapped to your body.
I hate that I psyched myself out. I suppose I shouldn't even look online to see what the workout is, because truly it doesn't matter. I need to do it, no matter how much I might hate it. Since I shucked out of going to CrossFit I decided to go online and find a WOD I could do at home where I wouldn't need any type of equipment. I found one and boy did it kick my booty!
The warm up was 3 rounds
50 jumping jacks
10 push ups
10 air squats
I took a 5 min break in between the warm up and workout. I got some water, opened up some windows to get a slight cross breeze throughout the house to help me cool off a bit.
My WOD was 4 rounds:
25 push ups
20 lunges w/ each leg
15 sit ups
10 air squats
5 burpees
60 second planks
This ended up being much harder than it looked. Halfway through my brain tried to convince myself that just doing 2 rounds was good enough. I stood in my living room arguing with myself and I ended up finishing all 4 rounds. I was thoroughly worn out.
My husband called me this afternoon to see how my workout went and he was a little ticked I didn't make it to class. He reminded me just how much it costs and that I need to go no matter how much I hate running. He's right. I need to go.
I still feel like I'm in a bit of a "funk" since last Friday's workout. I think it was so hard that it scared me and then seeing how much running there was to do today, I let that fear keep me from going to class. I told my husband at the very beginning that I was tired of letting fear rule my choices in life and here I catch myself doing it again.
I suppose we all have setbacks along the journeys we take. I will go on Wednesday and will give it 100% no matter how much I may hate it.
What I ate today:
Breakfast~eggs, turkey sausage
post workout snack~chocolate protein shake
Lunch~salad w/ grilled pork and homemade oil/vin dressing
Dinner~paleo sloppy joe stuffed peppers, sauteed french green beans, side salad w/ homemade oil/vin dressing.
recipe for the peppers: http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/2012/11/sloppy-joe-stuffed-peppers.html
Yumm!!!
I hate that I psyched myself out. I suppose I shouldn't even look online to see what the workout is, because truly it doesn't matter. I need to do it, no matter how much I might hate it. Since I shucked out of going to CrossFit I decided to go online and find a WOD I could do at home where I wouldn't need any type of equipment. I found one and boy did it kick my booty!
The warm up was 3 rounds
50 jumping jacks
10 push ups
10 air squats
I took a 5 min break in between the warm up and workout. I got some water, opened up some windows to get a slight cross breeze throughout the house to help me cool off a bit.
My WOD was 4 rounds:
25 push ups
20 lunges w/ each leg
15 sit ups
10 air squats
5 burpees
60 second planks
This ended up being much harder than it looked. Halfway through my brain tried to convince myself that just doing 2 rounds was good enough. I stood in my living room arguing with myself and I ended up finishing all 4 rounds. I was thoroughly worn out.
My husband called me this afternoon to see how my workout went and he was a little ticked I didn't make it to class. He reminded me just how much it costs and that I need to go no matter how much I hate running. He's right. I need to go.
I still feel like I'm in a bit of a "funk" since last Friday's workout. I think it was so hard that it scared me and then seeing how much running there was to do today, I let that fear keep me from going to class. I told my husband at the very beginning that I was tired of letting fear rule my choices in life and here I catch myself doing it again.
What I ate today:
Breakfast~eggs, turkey sausage
post workout snack~chocolate protein shake
Lunch~salad w/ grilled pork and homemade oil/vin dressing
Dinner~paleo sloppy joe stuffed peppers, sauteed french green beans, side salad w/ homemade oil/vin dressing.
recipe for the peppers: http://peaceloveandlowcarb.blogspot.com/2012/11/sloppy-joe-stuffed-peppers.html
Yumm!!!
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
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
Monday, April 1, 2013
Frightened Fatty does CrossFit bootcamp #4
Here I thought I'd be able to enjoy a nice three day break from my workouts, boy was I wrong. Our entire family came down with the flu. Coughing, fevers, congestion, we all felt miserable. We cancelled Easter dinner with my parents and just stayed home. For once in my life, I fared better than the rest. I'm wondering if all my clean eating, and overall treatment of my body, made my symptoms not so severe. hmmmm
I made a yummy Easter breakfast that was still paleo. I scrambed up some eggs, bacon, fresh strawberries, grapes, and made some paleo apple cider donut holes. I don't have a donut maker, but I do have a cake pop maker, hence why mine were the holes. ;)
Recipe link: http://paleospirit.com/2012/apple-cider-paleo-donuts/
They were different, but still really good. I thought they were better after sitting for a couple hours. I love donuts. I could easily eat half a container of donut holes in one sitting. These just don't have that addictive quality to them. I had three with my breakfast and another one a few hours later. My three picky kids each had a couple and thought they were quite tasty. Hubby loved them. yay! It was nice to make something kinda fun without feeling guilty.
My 11th wedding anniversary is this Saturday. Hubby has the whole night planned and won't tell me anything except that we'll be having champagne and strawberries delivered to our hotel room after dinner. I'm going to enjoy my anniversary dinner and try to eat as paleo as possible but not worry too much about it either. I will have a glass of champagne or two and not ream myself over it. It's life and I'm not going to let an anniversary stop me from meeting my goals, nor am I going to get all paleo Nazi about it either. So there! Enough on that subject.
The workout tonight was rough. We started off with a little run. This time we only ran 200 meters, which I could at least run the entire way without stopping. Then we did squats. Shocking, I know! After squats we did kettle bells. I always thought kettle bells looked fun. I've seen people use them on the Biggest Loser many times and they didn't seem so bad. We learned 4 different kettle bell moves. After the 1st one I was dripping sweat so bad that there was a circle of little drops of sweat all around me on the floor. I was so very tired. The next three weren't as exhausting as the 1st was. After we learned several moves we swung kettle bells for almost 5 minutes, changing positions as we went. There was a moment I thought I might need to vomit, but I held it together and finished the workout.
Afterwards I felt great. I never knew such a "high" existed. I can't believe how much energy I feel after my workout. I'm exhausted of course, but there is an energy current that buzzes through my body for a good few hours afterwards. I love it!
I was thinking about my food today and realized for the first time in my life....literally......everything I put in my mouth I'm using to fuel my body. I think about what I need to get through the morning, or my workouts, etc etc and I make smart choices based on what my activities are. It's something I've been told many times before but for some reason it just all makes sense now. I don't feel deprived that I can't have X Y and Z, instead I feel joy when I fuel my body with what it needs to thrive. Food has ruled my life and my choices since I was 8 years old. For the first time in 25 years, I'm in control of what I put in my mouth and into my body. I'm letting my food be my fuel. It's such a simple concept and yet it feels so profound. I'm so very grateful for the changes I feel in my head and in my heart. I'm so ready to change my life for good.
I'm hoping that a day off tomorrow will allow my body to fully recover from this flu and that I can rock Wednesday's workout.
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 3 slices of bacon, handful of strawberries
snack~2 TBS almond butter, handful of grapes
Lunch~spaghetti squash, ground turkey, salsa, avocado
pre workout snack~ 1/2 banana, 4 oz steak
post workout snack~ 1/2 fudge baby larabar (homemade)
Dinner~spaghetti squash, ground turkey, salsa, avocado
I made a yummy Easter breakfast that was still paleo. I scrambed up some eggs, bacon, fresh strawberries, grapes, and made some paleo apple cider donut holes. I don't have a donut maker, but I do have a cake pop maker, hence why mine were the holes. ;)
They were different, but still really good. I thought they were better after sitting for a couple hours. I love donuts. I could easily eat half a container of donut holes in one sitting. These just don't have that addictive quality to them. I had three with my breakfast and another one a few hours later. My three picky kids each had a couple and thought they were quite tasty. Hubby loved them. yay! It was nice to make something kinda fun without feeling guilty.
My 11th wedding anniversary is this Saturday. Hubby has the whole night planned and won't tell me anything except that we'll be having champagne and strawberries delivered to our hotel room after dinner. I'm going to enjoy my anniversary dinner and try to eat as paleo as possible but not worry too much about it either. I will have a glass of champagne or two and not ream myself over it. It's life and I'm not going to let an anniversary stop me from meeting my goals, nor am I going to get all paleo Nazi about it either. So there! Enough on that subject.
The workout tonight was rough. We started off with a little run. This time we only ran 200 meters, which I could at least run the entire way without stopping. Then we did squats. Shocking, I know! After squats we did kettle bells. I always thought kettle bells looked fun. I've seen people use them on the Biggest Loser many times and they didn't seem so bad. We learned 4 different kettle bell moves. After the 1st one I was dripping sweat so bad that there was a circle of little drops of sweat all around me on the floor. I was so very tired. The next three weren't as exhausting as the 1st was. After we learned several moves we swung kettle bells for almost 5 minutes, changing positions as we went. There was a moment I thought I might need to vomit, but I held it together and finished the workout.
Afterwards I felt great. I never knew such a "high" existed. I can't believe how much energy I feel after my workout. I'm exhausted of course, but there is an energy current that buzzes through my body for a good few hours afterwards. I love it!
I was thinking about my food today and realized for the first time in my life....literally......everything I put in my mouth I'm using to fuel my body. I think about what I need to get through the morning, or my workouts, etc etc and I make smart choices based on what my activities are. It's something I've been told many times before but for some reason it just all makes sense now. I don't feel deprived that I can't have X Y and Z, instead I feel joy when I fuel my body with what it needs to thrive. Food has ruled my life and my choices since I was 8 years old. For the first time in 25 years, I'm in control of what I put in my mouth and into my body. I'm letting my food be my fuel. It's such a simple concept and yet it feels so profound. I'm so very grateful for the changes I feel in my head and in my heart. I'm so ready to change my life for good.
I'm hoping that a day off tomorrow will allow my body to fully recover from this flu and that I can rock Wednesday's workout.
What I ate today:
Breakfast~2 eggs, 3 slices of bacon, handful of strawberries
snack~2 TBS almond butter, handful of grapes
Lunch~spaghetti squash, ground turkey, salsa, avocado
pre workout snack~ 1/2 banana, 4 oz steak
post workout snack~ 1/2 fudge baby larabar (homemade)
Dinner~spaghetti squash, ground turkey, salsa, avocado
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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