Sorry to all for I have been busy and have not been spending much time working on my blog...I guess with all ending over the next day it all comes down to the WOD improvements and measurements.
Good news is yesterday I went from dead lifting 165lbs to 185lbs. The right hamstring was a bit angry with me after that and the shuttle run...but we improved!!
Today went great...I went from 19:40 to 15:05 to complete the Challenge WOD....very happy about my new time. I was still winded but did not have to take nearly as many breaks during the WOD and felt that my cardiovascular system showed it has gotten stronger!!
Please share your improvements and what you learned with the challenge!
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
WEEK #6
Day #35: Much better day all together with eating. Dinner may be challenging for we are going to a Japanese Steakhouse. Ella, my youngest is "Star" of the week at school and so we are trying to reward her for it is based on good behavior
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1 small grapefruit; 4 ounces organic orange juice with 1 Tbsp fish oil
Lunch: Protein Powder with Glutomor (suppose to help with lean muscle development) in 8 ounces chocolate almond milk
Snack: 1 KIND coconut & almond bar
Dinner: Japanese Steakhouse: TBD
Workout: CF WOD Front squat 10.8.6.4.3.3.3.3 (started at 35lbs and PR'd at 85lbs (up 5 pounds from 2 weeks ago)
After bash - Complete AMRAP in 5 minutes of: 7 Push-ups, 7 Pull-ups (6 rounds and 11 reps)
How do I Feel: Right now it is 6:28pm and VERY hungry. did not eat enough today for I only got about 1/2 of my grocery shopping done yesterday and have no meat and out of eggs!! Will have the house stocked tomorrow. Those few days where I was eating poorly did not agree with my stomach and had a headache on Saturday? So for me Paleo really does help me overall feel better!!
Day #35: Much better day all together with eating. Dinner may be challenging for we are going to a Japanese Steakhouse. Ella, my youngest is "Star" of the week at school and so we are trying to reward her for it is based on good behavior
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1 small grapefruit; 4 ounces organic orange juice with 1 Tbsp fish oil
Lunch: Protein Powder with Glutomor (suppose to help with lean muscle development) in 8 ounces chocolate almond milk
Snack: 1 KIND coconut & almond bar
Dinner: Japanese Steakhouse: TBD
Workout: CF WOD Front squat 10.8.6.4.3.3.3.3 (started at 35lbs and PR'd at 85lbs (up 5 pounds from 2 weeks ago)
After bash - Complete AMRAP in 5 minutes of: 7 Push-ups, 7 Pull-ups (6 rounds and 11 reps)
How do I Feel: Right now it is 6:28pm and VERY hungry. did not eat enough today for I only got about 1/2 of my grocery shopping done yesterday and have no meat and out of eggs!! Will have the house stocked tomorrow. Those few days where I was eating poorly did not agree with my stomach and had a headache on Saturday? So for me Paleo really does help me overall feel better!!
Saturday, March 10, 2012
WEEK #5
Day #34: It is not going to be a great day for eating as we are going out for my best friend's 40th birthday. I go out maybe 4 times a year and well...going to have some fun!!
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: Maki 101 Tuna sushi roll from Sushi 101 (ate 5 pieces for it was a little off in taste)??
Dinner: Dandelion Market - one of my favorite restaurants in town!! Have a little bit of most everything that came to the table - mac & cheese, steak skewers, sesame crusted ahi team (amazing), stuffed zucchini (one of my favorite items), hummus and pita bread, fried pickles...1/2 glass white wine, 2 Harp beers, 1 gummi bear shot and 1 red bull & voka
Danced for 2 1/2 hours straight at Suite - so much fun...
Workout: WOD 3 Rounds of: 200 meters farmer walk, 35lbs DB’s, 30 Slam balls, 30/20lbs & 50 abmat sit-ups - Time to complete 19:20
How do I Feel: Ready for Monday...I am ready to get refocused and have time to meal plan better and cook and not feel so stressed....2 weeks to go!!
Day #34: It is not going to be a great day for eating as we are going out for my best friend's 40th birthday. I go out maybe 4 times a year and well...going to have some fun!!
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: Maki 101 Tuna sushi roll from Sushi 101 (ate 5 pieces for it was a little off in taste)??
Dinner: Dandelion Market - one of my favorite restaurants in town!! Have a little bit of most everything that came to the table - mac & cheese, steak skewers, sesame crusted ahi team (amazing), stuffed zucchini (one of my favorite items), hummus and pita bread, fried pickles...1/2 glass white wine, 2 Harp beers, 1 gummi bear shot and 1 red bull & voka
Danced for 2 1/2 hours straight at Suite - so much fun...
Workout: WOD 3 Rounds of: 200 meters farmer walk, 35lbs DB’s, 30 Slam balls, 30/20lbs & 50 abmat sit-ups - Time to complete 19:20
How do I Feel: Ready for Monday...I am ready to get refocused and have time to meal plan better and cook and not feel so stressed....2 weeks to go!!
Friday, March 9, 2012
WEEK #5
Day #33: Finally almost done with the week and still a lot of work on my plate which is all due today - no way to do it...great feeling I tell you! Ready for a break....
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: Peanut butter and organic strawberry jelly sandwich
Dinner: Mellow Mushroom - Leftovers - 1 slice cheese and 1 slice pepperoni pizza, 8 ounces root beer
Snack: 1 cups homemade popcorn with salt and butter
Workout: No gym...bummer!!
How do I Feel: Ready to get back on track but when!
Day #33: Finally almost done with the week and still a lot of work on my plate which is all due today - no way to do it...great feeling I tell you! Ready for a break....
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: Peanut butter and organic strawberry jelly sandwich
Dinner: Mellow Mushroom - Leftovers - 1 slice cheese and 1 slice pepperoni pizza, 8 ounces root beer
Snack: 1 cups homemade popcorn with salt and butter
Workout: No gym...bummer!!
How do I Feel: Ready to get back on track but when!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
WEEK #5
Day #32: Wow and I thought yesterday's eating was bad - so what does lack of sleep, too much work, too much stress = anything I want to eat is what happened!! UGHS!! I am so over being so buried at work and not having time to prepare my foods well...maybe next week??
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: Peanut butter and organic strawberry jelly sandwich..couple natural cheetos, bite of homemade brownie..yes, I am really been bad!
Snack: Couple natural cheetos, my daughter didn't finish hers and they were staring me down!!
Dinner: Mellow Mushroom - 2 slices cheese and pepperoni pizza, 8 ounces root beer
Snack: 2 cups homemade popcorn with salt and butter
Workout: No time to go today - once again!!
How do I Feel: What do you think...not too great of a day...got to get back on track!! Anyone out there have a day or two like this??
Day #32: Wow and I thought yesterday's eating was bad - so what does lack of sleep, too much work, too much stress = anything I want to eat is what happened!! UGHS!! I am so over being so buried at work and not having time to prepare my foods well...maybe next week??
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: Peanut butter and organic strawberry jelly sandwich..couple natural cheetos, bite of homemade brownie..yes, I am really been bad!
Snack: Couple natural cheetos, my daughter didn't finish hers and they were staring me down!!
Dinner: Mellow Mushroom - 2 slices cheese and pepperoni pizza, 8 ounces root beer
Snack: 2 cups homemade popcorn with salt and butter
Workout: No time to go today - once again!!
How do I Feel: What do you think...not too great of a day...got to get back on track!! Anyone out there have a day or two like this??
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
WEEK #5
Day #31: So what do you do when you hear your 5-year old pray 2 nights in a row that I wouldn't have to work so much so that I could spend time with her and play? You spend time with her no matter what it means. After swim tonight I told her I would take her out to dinner, just the 2 of us. She was so excited. I tried to sway her restaurant choice, but ended up at her favorite - Noodle & Company. Needless to say, we had pasta tonight.
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: None
Lunch: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar (yes, this is correct, no typo - had to be in Winston today for meetings and decided to eat the bar instead of eating on the road so I could make the 3pm WOD)
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Dinner: Small bowl of penne pasta with spicy red sauce, spinach, tomato and broccoli along with their cucumber and tomato salad - couple bites of her mac & cheese. Then out of guilt, took her to PinkBerry and got a mini coconut with pineapple, chocolate chips, chocolate crisps and shaved coconut.
Workout: 21.15.9 - 55 pound power clean and 20″ Box jumps Completed in 6:42
After bash: Run 1 mile
How do I Feel: Hate I did so bad on my eating today - life happens and wasn't prepared or disciplined enough. Still working too much and hope to unload a bunch off of my plate by week's end so next week is calmer. The run was OK...hamstring never hurt like it did, but was struggling with a little discomfort and not sure how much to really push myself - good news is that I did it!!
Day #31: So what do you do when you hear your 5-year old pray 2 nights in a row that I wouldn't have to work so much so that I could spend time with her and play? You spend time with her no matter what it means. After swim tonight I told her I would take her out to dinner, just the 2 of us. She was so excited. I tried to sway her restaurant choice, but ended up at her favorite - Noodle & Company. Needless to say, we had pasta tonight.
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: None
Lunch: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar (yes, this is correct, no typo - had to be in Winston today for meetings and decided to eat the bar instead of eating on the road so I could make the 3pm WOD)
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Dinner: Small bowl of penne pasta with spicy red sauce, spinach, tomato and broccoli along with their cucumber and tomato salad - couple bites of her mac & cheese. Then out of guilt, took her to PinkBerry and got a mini coconut with pineapple, chocolate chips, chocolate crisps and shaved coconut.
Workout: 21.15.9 - 55 pound power clean and 20″ Box jumps Completed in 6:42
After bash: Run 1 mile
How do I Feel: Hate I did so bad on my eating today - life happens and wasn't prepared or disciplined enough. Still working too much and hope to unload a bunch off of my plate by week's end so next week is calmer. The run was OK...hamstring never hurt like it did, but was struggling with a little discomfort and not sure how much to really push myself - good news is that I did it!!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
WEEK #5
Day #30: Hard to believe it has been 30 days since we started the challenge...it is hard if you do not plan. With Zone you have more wiggle room and more choices and thus made it easier to get through the day. I still struggle daily to keep this up...love the food, but need more options at this point.
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: Salad (2 cups baby romaine, 1 roma tomato, 1/4 cup cucumber, 1/4 cup cashews and 1 Tbsp creamy balsalmic drsg - 1 protein shake)
Snack: 8 cashews, 1 dark chocolate egg
Dinner: Chick-fil-a; 10 hours of working straight and still worked another 2 hours tonight, daughter to get ready for field trip and raging headache...sorry to say but I just don't care...needed food, no messes and something quick and easy!!
Workout: Rest - not intentional but merely ran out of time due to work today....that always makes me crabby when my work interferes with me working out!!
How do I Feel: Cranky, crabby and ready for a work break so that I can concentrate on getting some organization to my life which would make this diet easier and keep me in the gym!!
Day #30: Hard to believe it has been 30 days since we started the challenge...it is hard if you do not plan. With Zone you have more wiggle room and more choices and thus made it easier to get through the day. I still struggle daily to keep this up...love the food, but need more options at this point.
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: Salad (2 cups baby romaine, 1 roma tomato, 1/4 cup cucumber, 1/4 cup cashews and 1 Tbsp creamy balsalmic drsg - 1 protein shake)
Snack: 8 cashews, 1 dark chocolate egg
Dinner: Chick-fil-a; 10 hours of working straight and still worked another 2 hours tonight, daughter to get ready for field trip and raging headache...sorry to say but I just don't care...needed food, no messes and something quick and easy!!
Workout: Rest - not intentional but merely ran out of time due to work today....that always makes me crabby when my work interferes with me working out!!
How do I Feel: Cranky, crabby and ready for a work break so that I can concentrate on getting some organization to my life which would make this diet easier and keep me in the gym!!
Monday, March 5, 2012
WEEK #4: Summary Results
Weight loss of .8 pounds
Inches lost from waist of approximately 1.25 inch
Day #29: Frustration has set in...went backwards on weight loss and gained no loss on measurements of waist. I am not one who is crazy about what the scale has to say, but when I have made both exercise and eating habit changes...well I expect the number on the scale to go down!! Just saying ladies!!
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: KIND Coconut Almond Bar-yes another one - is this my weight loss problem?
Lunch: Jason's Deli Nutty Mixed Greens Salad (mixed greens, nuts, berries, grilled chicken, apple slices, red grapes and feta cheese) - eat this a lot also
Snack: 6 almonds
Dinner: 3 ounces ribeye steak, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1 cup roasted asparagus, 1/2 roll and 2 bites of a brownie...sort of gave in since the scale was not nice to me today!
Workout: 20 minute AMRAP of: 35lbs Push press, 15 reps; 35lbs Overhead squat, 12 reps 9 Toes 2 bar - 7 rounds and 23 reps
How do I Feel: Getting better with my toes 2 bar - it wasn't until round 4 that i couldn't do the 9 reps without stopping. At the beginning I thought I should have gone for 45lbs, but at the end was glad for keeping the bar up with the overhead squats wore me out!! Overall I am fine, but want to post better numbers..now how to stay motivated and stick with it - not feeling it at the moment - sorry!
Weight loss of .8 pounds
Inches lost from waist of approximately 1.25 inch
Day #29: Frustration has set in...went backwards on weight loss and gained no loss on measurements of waist. I am not one who is crazy about what the scale has to say, but when I have made both exercise and eating habit changes...well I expect the number on the scale to go down!! Just saying ladies!!
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: KIND Coconut Almond Bar-yes another one - is this my weight loss problem?
Lunch: Jason's Deli Nutty Mixed Greens Salad (mixed greens, nuts, berries, grilled chicken, apple slices, red grapes and feta cheese) - eat this a lot also
Snack: 6 almonds
Dinner: 3 ounces ribeye steak, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1 cup roasted asparagus, 1/2 roll and 2 bites of a brownie...sort of gave in since the scale was not nice to me today!
Workout: 20 minute AMRAP of: 35lbs Push press, 15 reps; 35lbs Overhead squat, 12 reps 9 Toes 2 bar - 7 rounds and 23 reps
How do I Feel: Getting better with my toes 2 bar - it wasn't until round 4 that i couldn't do the 9 reps without stopping. At the beginning I thought I should have gone for 45lbs, but at the end was glad for keeping the bar up with the overhead squats wore me out!! Overall I am fine, but want to post better numbers..now how to stay motivated and stick with it - not feeling it at the moment - sorry!
Thursday, March 1, 2012
WEEK #4
Day #25: Plugging away with the whole Paleo diet thing and still enduring some painful muscles with getting back into Crossfit this month.
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit -same ole, same ole breakfast
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: 3 slices turkey breast, 1 organic orange, 1 organic gala apple
Snack: 12 almonds
Dinner: 4 ounces grilled organic chicken, 1 1/2 cups broccoli (steamed in water, olive oil and garlic) and 1 cup asparagus (lightly brushed with olive oil with sprinkles of parmesean cheese) - 2 bites of brownies made for the kids...ops!! Couldn't resist for the smelled SO good!!
Workout: 35 lbs 20″ Step-ups, 50 reps, 35 lbs Push press, 50 reps, 35 lbs Stiff leg deadlift, 50 reps, 35 lbs Snatch, 50 reps, and 50 Double unders - Completed in 19:26
Afterbash: 50 Back extensions
How do I Feel: Overall good...so loving not having as many headaches or tummy issues. My lower back is still not 100% and hamstring/right hip area not all too happy with me at the moment. Trying to listen to my body, yet continue working out - hard balance....
Day #25: Plugging away with the whole Paleo diet thing and still enduring some painful muscles with getting back into Crossfit this month.
Breakfast: 2 organic whole egg with 2 egg whites cooked in 1 tsp organic unsalted butter with 1/2 grapefruit -same ole, same ole breakfast
Snack: 1 KIND Coconut Almond Bar
Lunch: 3 slices turkey breast, 1 organic orange, 1 organic gala apple
Snack: 12 almonds
Dinner: 4 ounces grilled organic chicken, 1 1/2 cups broccoli (steamed in water, olive oil and garlic) and 1 cup asparagus (lightly brushed with olive oil with sprinkles of parmesean cheese) - 2 bites of brownies made for the kids...ops!! Couldn't resist for the smelled SO good!!
Workout: 35 lbs 20″ Step-ups, 50 reps, 35 lbs Push press, 50 reps, 35 lbs Stiff leg deadlift, 50 reps, 35 lbs Snatch, 50 reps, and 50 Double unders - Completed in 19:26
Afterbash: 50 Back extensions
How do I Feel: Overall good...so loving not having as many headaches or tummy issues. My lower back is still not 100% and hamstring/right hip area not all too happy with me at the moment. Trying to listen to my body, yet continue working out - hard balance....
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