Idyllic. Motivated. Passionate.

Busiest week ever.

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:49:49 -0600

Only one workout in so far. Finals and an incredibly busy week at work are kicking my butt but I expected that. Maybe tomorrow morning.

woke up before the alarm today!

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:02:38 -0600

Yesh!! I missed the workout yesterday due to oversleeping :/ but that’s okay because I just did it! Apparently Tuesday =’d Cindy (16 rounds). Let me shower before work :)

It's going to be a busy week...

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:57:44 -0600

No gym. All week. Here’s to waking up early in the morning to WOD. Not my strength but I can do it. Monday=Cindy. I just need to get some sleep first :)

bleacher jumps :)

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:03:29 -0600

Yesterday’s Workout

20 min warm up on the eliptical.

No bueno. Only machine available. Is it normal for your leg to fall asleep while you’re moving? No. But I did work up a good sweat…

WOD - 3 rounds

Two laps around the track
10 “Bleacher Jumps” (since the “boxes” they have are really short)
up and down the stairs twice
10 burpees
20 squats

Cool Down

50 KB swings
50 ab moves

Today, I think I’ll introduce the amrap to my friends :) I love those.

sassy-but-classy: thewaspsnest: Can I get a fucking round of...

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:53:11 -0600

sassy-but-classy:

thewaspsnest:

Can I get a fucking round of applause here?

Colbert is THE MAN.

“Confidence doesn’t come from being the best at something. It comes from realizing you don’t have to be.”

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:43:20 -0600

5k Goal = 23 minutes

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:59:48 -0600

Yesterday’s workout

Warm Up

1 mile run at 7:30/mile pace

I’m trying to reduce my 5k time - one mile at a time :) At 7:30, I’ll finish the 5k just over 22:30 so I ran one mile at that pace yesterday. It was really tough - especially on the treadmill. I still didn’t bring my iPod.

Homemade WOD - 3 Rounds

Run 2 laps around the track
20 mountain climbers
30 squats
up and down the stairs twice
30 second wall squat

It was so hard to run after the wall squats lol I should have added more to this though.

I finished up with some ab workouts - with the gymnast-like machine and then on a mat with a ball - moves courtesy of blogilates :)

3 miles today

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:14:56 -0600

No crazy workouts, just a 3 mile run with my running buddy. It was on the treadmill though bc it’s way too cold :) I forgot how much it sucks to run on a treadmill. You absolutely must have an iPod to get it done and I never workout with mine anymore. Needless to say, I didn’t do so hot. 27 mins. It was a rough start getting really bored but toward the end I remembered how to keep myself motivated with running at different speeds for certain distances, etc.

Tomorrow’s workout will be another homemade wod. I know for sure I want to do some mountain climbers. Anyone want to give me ideas for what to do?

Catch up :)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:45:31 -0600

Sunday’s Homemade WOD

Went really early so it was empty. Took a couple of medicine balls into the gym and made it happen :)

1 lap around the gym
lunges w/medicine balls (1/2 the distance of the gym and back)
10 “box jumps” on the bleachers
30 situps with the medicine balls

4 rounds

Stairclimber for 10 minutes

Then we did that machine that lets you bend side to side/back and forth with weights.

Today’s Homemade WOD

I had an extra friend today :)

2 laps around the track
30 squats
10 pushups
60 second plank
Run up and down the stairs twice

3 rounds

Then 40 KB swings, that leg lift thing that makes you feel like a gymnast, and 30 push presses

Oh and we “warmed up” in the sauna before getting started :)

why are lace panties so ugly to me? Good thing she’s...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:16:25 -0600

why are lace panties so ugly to me?

Good thing she’s effing hot :)

Today's Makeshift WOD

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 22:14:53 -0600

Gym with my friend:

Warm up - in the sauna :)!!

WOD

15 KB swings

15 burpees

15 jumpsquats

15 sit ups

Four Rounds

(the burpees were hell!)

Then we hit the track (It’s upstairs) so we would run around, run up and down the stairs twice, then 10 push ups and 10 leg lifts … 4 rounds again…

Then we did some leg raises on one of the machines 100 of em.

She puked in the parking lot. WINNING!!

Photo

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:10:05 -0600

November was hideous...

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:57:47 -0600

Not my best month. It started off really well, but towards the end of the month there was not enough time in the days to accomplish what I needed. I got to the point where I wasn’t planning meals, I didn’t have time to work out, I got behind in school work. And then that snowballed into me feeling bad about not getting everything done and then I didn’t want to do anything.

I’m glad that’s all behind me now :)

So, I decided to take a break from CF this month (very reluctantly) since I can’t justify spending that much money on myself around the holidays when it should be spent on loved ones. But that is okay. My friend (that gets me into the gym for free) is back from Panama and I have four days for next week lined up. Also, my CF coach posts the workouts of facebook so I’ve already been doing some of the workouts at home. I have to get a little creative with some of the equipment, but hey nobody can see it :)

I’m starting December with a food journal for at least the first 5 days to help me get back on track about what I’m eating (1700 calories today and most of them were not very nutritious-tmrw will be better!!). I’ve been so busy that I’ve been skipping meals or finding sustenance in a vending machine :/ If I plan ahead, I won’t need to do that - so that’s the key.

For school work, I just need to do a little each day and it won’t be so overwhelming and I have goals set for that now. I just need to stick to them - no sleep until the daily goals are accomplished!!

Biggest disappointment of November - I still can’t do a pull up. I can do knees to elbows and toes to bar which I couldn’t do before, so that’s progress and I’m not going to cry about it. I do want to end the year with the ability to lift my body weight the few inches necessary to do a pull up, though!

I also need to post more. It’s something that keeps me moving and this month, I didn’t even want to log on because I didn’t have enough time. But in December, I will at least post what I did to workout each day. Since I have to get creative, I’m sure people will benefit from it (I’m sure there are those in my same boat!). It also helps me stay awake in the mornings when I get up really early (because lately, I’ve just been laying back down - thank you snowball effect mentioned earlier).

seriously.

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 21:36:09 -0600

seriously.

Very thankful for good choices :)

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 22:36:47 -0600

I was a little worried about Thanksgiving. My husband’s family has a tradition of not cooking on the holiday and we went out with them. I was a little nervous, but they chose Cracker Barrel and I ate a turkey salad :)

Then, I went home and finished my “healthy” version of a traditional meal. The turkey, of course, low calorie stuffing, low calorie gravy, and some roasted root veggies.

After that, we went on a family turkey trot. ahahaha!!

best. thanksgiving. ever.

My times were finally posted...

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:48:58 -0600

From the ~~triathlon~~ dualthon (due to low water levels) I did in the summer (it only took a few months lol).

Pfft. I did not do so great :) I came in 172/189 woah. I’m glad they took forever to get that up because I got some momentum from that event that pushed me to try new sports, etc, and I’m not quite sure I would’ve had that confidence had I known where I placed :)

1 hr 39 mins. It was the biking that did me in - I don’t recommend using a mountain bike (especially when you don’t know how to work the gears) - sort of like bringing a knife to a gun fight :)

Not worried about it because I kept going the whole time and I finished and those were my two goals going into it.

I discovered my problem...

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:39:41 -0600

And maybe if I admit it on here, I’ll stop freaking doing it. I’m no longer overweight, but I do have a trouble zone right in my lower tummy. By Saturday - after a week of crossfit - it magically disappears.

Don’t think I’m ridiculous - it really happens. Don’t get me wrong - those stretch marks from being a mom are still there, but I wake up and my stomach is flat. Then on Sunday, I get a little overconfident and make a bad food choice - that turns into a few of them, and on Tuesday, we start the process all over again.

Seriously - no more bad choices on Sundays and Mondays - even if I am going to amazing restaurants with shrimp tostados and chile rellenos that have freaking pumpkin seeds dammit! :D This with Thanksgiving next week - well, I’ll make it through this weekend at least!

My box finally has some shirts and I got my first Crossfit shirt today! Wearing it to my son’s field trip tomorrow - ftw!! :)

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:21:53 -0600

25:55

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:20:31 -0600

That’s my 5k time from this morning. Not too bad :) I was really excited to see that I’m not too too far from the 22 minute mark. I have to drop 4 minutes. That’s like 1:20 off each mile. Jeez that sounds a little harder. Well, I have until March so really that’s less than 30 seconds per mile per month. I can do it :)

36:49 was my friend’s time and 42:22 was my other friend’s time (just putting this part in here for my memory)

Training for the run series begins tomorrow.

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:24:31 -0600

Did you read about the award I’ll be winning in about 15 months? :)

There’s the run series in my area with 14 or so races that you earn points for how you place and an awards ceremony that happens the following January (I’m already putting my name on the programs).

I know I don’t have an amazing time yet but I have to earn it or else my friend will pull a Kanye and get that damn award for me :)

So tomorrow I’m going to a place where I’ve previously done a 5k (because I know the path) and I’m going to time myself to get a starting time.

Then, I’m going to find some ideas online (i’ve already done a little research on that end) and come up with a plan for reaching the 22 minute goal I have for these races.

Wish me luck!