WODing it up with no time!

Haaaay! I've had kind of a busy week.  Its been tough to start my 4 week challenge with.  I started out well... cooking for myself and busting my ass at the box, but the busiest part of the week always catches up to me.  I know I should try to cook as much as I can but when I say I'm never home... I'm truly NEVER home.  That been an issue with trying to lead a paleo lifestyle.  Unlike most I have a job which usually starts around 11am and I don't get home most of the time til after 9.  Its tough just trying to get to a supermarket and even harder to get 8 hours of sleep.  Our challenge also includes trying not to watch as much TV and trying not to be on the computer soo much.  TV isn't a problem for me since I don't even have time to watch anything nor does anything really interest me.  Seriously though, I need my Internet time.... I've gotten so used to having the world at my fingertips that I don't hesitate to use it and often.  I will come home and check facebook which is how some people try to contact me through my job, and I like to keep up with the news and sports that way (as well as my challenge group) since i don't really watch TV.  Of course I try to have fun with it as post silly things to make my friends laugh so it really is a tool to unwind for me.  I also like to read blogs about things I'm into at the moment typically hair stuff, crossfit, and paleo eating.  Celebrity blogs used to be a guilty pleasure but I cut that out.  Either way I'm finding my challenge this time a lil more difficult with having enough food to eat.

I'm supposed to be trying to make my own meals but I was off today and was only home for a total of 2.5 hours from when I woke up til now.  I ran out of food soo I had to go to the store but that wasn't til late.  When I was home I showered, did some laundry, cleaned up my house.... later showered again(after my game) more laundry, and now I'm home again fed my cats put my food away and did more dishes.  I sat down to facetime my nephew and now I'm spent.  If i wasn't home I was running around... because my days off are split so relaxing is not really an option.  I did get to go play ball today though and it was a good game even though we lost.  My brother came out and played with us today which was awesome cuz hes good and hes a lefty.  I felt confident with him out there and he did make some great diving catches.  He should be good he did have me as an older sister! haha!  We always practiced together as kids our father would take us and shoot balls from the plate at us in the field with a pitching machine.  My dad knew that I was always going to be an infielder because i was always quick with my head totally in the game especially with having no fear of the ball.  So he shot bouncing line drives at me for years as a kid.  I'm still til this day an infielder and I still love to play.

This whole week I was able to WOD Mon-Thur early morning too.  I was trying to beat the heat but I realized waking up that early cuts into my sleep and makes it a little harder with trying to get home cook and get to work.  I even got up to WOD at 730 when I had a phils 1pm game which I spent the day at then went to practice later.  Somehow I cooked all my own food that day and ate like a saint, but summer shandys were a must and this game was planned from Feb when I took off for it so I enjoyed myself.   I had a good week at the gym, I didn't really make any significant PRs with lifting but my metcons were fast and felt good.  LOVING the romaleos!  They felt sooo good and gave me some extra stability, definitely a difference.  I'm not putting all my wods and times up cuz I don't feel like sitting on the computer sorry lol.  I definitely had a great crossfit week though and its probably from eating like a cavewoman.

 ughhhhh!  Then i was cooking at 1030 while trying to do some laundry and making lunch for Friday and taking a shower going to bed at 12pm not good.  I live a non-stop life... I'm always going somewhere or having to do something... but I'm never bored lol.
So I had a game Thursday night with the gals and played 3rd.  LOVED IT.  It was nice to not play short for once and take all the shitty hops and the pressure when everyone gets mad.  I was having fun running like crazy for foul balls.  Rob had family come in for the night so I had to run as soon as I was done to see them and then it was 9 and I hadn't eaten and there was no decent food either so I waited til i got home.

Friday I had to get up early for work and it was a monsoon.  I got to work late from traffic ughh!  So already behind from when I walked in, but all I wanted to do was make sure I got to eat something at some point.  I made sauteed zucchini and spinach with tomato sauce and poured it over grass fed ground beef i had made the night before.  SOOOOO GOOD... even if i only had enough time to heat some of it.  Reason being for forcing food in between clients was because I was leaving work and going straight to Dark Sparrow Tattoo to get my old shitty foot tattoo covered up.  Its awful that I walked around with it for so long while people would have to ask what it was.  When I had it done back around 2002 I just remember I didn't like it then but it hurt soo bad that I didn't even care what it looked like.  I decided to start a sleeve and I cant do it with this horrible travesty of ink on the top of my foot.  So i decided to cover this mess up first.

before and after

It hurt like a bitch... like a BITCH.  I was crawling out of my skin for 3 hours.  Lots of shading and dragging on the bone.   I'm just glad its over and I love it!!!  Sooo detailed and pretty I don't even know what it is but its beautiful!  My guy Alex is the man... he was soo funny and entertaining.  As always my amazing friend Karen also made the night easier to deal with.  Karen started playing crazy music over the whole studio and it definitely helped ease the pain.  At one point we were all jamming to Toto's Africa! YES!!!  We didn't leave til 10pm and I had to still go get dial soap and there was no food in my house so the closest thing to home (the wick) made me a burger on lettuce and I didn't even get a beer. I just wanted to go home and get my foot up and SLEEP the pain away.

After barely sleeping I had a great breakfast in the car on the way to work from Panera Breads hidden menu which I just learned about.... why after working next door for 6 years did I just learn about this!  I had a steak, 2 eggs, tomatoes, and avocado bowl!! YESS AMAZING!!!  Everything was organic although the steak was great I'm not sure it was grassfed, but at the time all I was worried about was my humongous swollen foot which didn't fit in any of my shoes!!!! It was killing me... so ill take that togo breakfast and eat it at every red light and not feel guilty about it.  Later after not eating all day and my foot hurting worse and even more swollen, I was starving and met my boyfriend at a new gourmet burger place close to home.  I got sweet potato fries and an amazing burger as well as 2 angry orchard beers.  It was a sad moment to cheat but I forgot to special order my burger and I really was in some pain so I had the beers but at least they were gluten free and you know what... it made me feel soo much better.  I swear the beers helped me relax and my foot wasn't throbbing as bad.  Whatever... day blown... and then we sat around all night and watched TV and relaxed to make it even worse but I had to rest.  Whatever... Sunday is a new day and I behaved all day.  As well as ran around and played ball with no beers after like normal.  I'm not making excuses but I was in pain and had a moment of weakness... anything to feel better. PS today my tattoo isn't as swollen and didn't even bother me playing ball.  Oh and my new bat came in... its ok I'm not sure I like it or not I guess I have to just get used to it. They sent me a B2.0 ehh... I'm not impressed but everyone else liked it. Til next time.... give me strength!

the last hurrah.. pre-challenge weekend

Hey everyone! I hope you guys were alot cooler than me! Works been crazy awesome but exhausting at the same time. Ill bet that has something to do with me eating like shit to get all my snacks and beer in before the 4 week challenge.  I'm actually very excited for this paleo challenge.  Paleo has worked well for me and my body loved it.  I started to stray off with life getting so busy which is a poor excuse.  The hardest thing about paleo is just having all the food and having it easily accessible.  I'm going to try to be as strict as possible.  Sooo we went out for dinner 5 nights straight including out to breakfast twice. What can I say it's a very busy time of year for us and we make plans for every night, especially on the weekend. Playing softball twice a week always ends with beer and its a great time. I'm truly going to struggle most with not having a few beers here and there. It's pretty much how I relax with my boyfriend friends and family. I don't get drunk but it's refreshing this time of year and it def helps me relax.

We ate at one of my favorite restaurants last night, La Esperanza, and had some beers. It was AWESOME! Later I went and talked to my tattoo guy about covering up my terrible foot tattoo that I've been hating for over 10 years. It's soo bad I've had to tell people what it is when they ask, and it's soo bad people actually had to ask. I'm thrilled and can't wait for it to be done Friday.

Pancake fries... soo good but soo bad

Sunday morning we went to the pop shop for a glutinous breakfast. They actually had PANCAKE FRIES ...ridiculous and u know we got them! They were sooo good with cinnamon cream cheese dip... But it was at that time I realized all this last hurrah food was absolutely making me sick. I felt awful and even worse I was sooo sluggish. I felt lazy and didn't even want to play softball. The heat isn't helping but I swear its from eating soo shitty. I needed to get this out of my system but then it caught up to me and I had no desire to eat anything all day after that massive breakfast which I could barely finish.  In fact after softball Rob wanted to go around the corner to crapplebees and all I got was a margarita.  I had no appetite what so ever and still don't.  I think I was poisoned with terrible fake food, lots of dairy and grease.  At least now I know that I don't want any of that crap and even after 4 weeks all I'll remember is how sick and gross I felt.  I cant wait to start my 4 weeks of clean paleo eating!  I cant wait for my face to not look all gross and broken out!  My body definitely craving a change.

Anyway we won our game and I realized both games were very dull and quiet.  I think its this crazy heat we've been having.  I love to play the game... but I'm a very emotional player... you could say?  I get into it and I don't hesitate to open my mouth back at the other team... especially with the coed team.  When someone has something to say or something is wrong (as in bad sportsmanship) I'm the first one to open my big mouth.  Its going to get me in trouble one day but I'm not afraid of dumb people and I'm going to stick up for my team.  Either way it was very quiet and no one was carrying on.  We won and just walked off the field like nothing happened.  I'm dying to get my new bat in... hopefully it will come this week.  I'm not hitting as good as I was with my bat... so hopefully this one will be a good replacement.  I just cant wait for Monday... new way of eating and I get back to crossfit.  Here's to a tough WOD to start off this challenge right... I cant wait to see whats waiting for me in the box tomorrow!

RX, sweat, and Personal records baby!

Soo I basically started my week off at 730am when my bud Alex (coach) says to me... why are you here so early?  Everyone kinda knows I'm not an early bird... especially because my work schedule doesn't usually start til 11am.  To be fair... i also work til 9pm when everyone else has had dinner and is already half asleep so whateve.  I decided last week, after taking the late morning class that I was still all red and sweaty by the time i was clocking in and ready for my first client, that that's not ok.  I needed to start going earlier... and you know what I actually like it.  Unfortunately this also made me more tired by the time I was done work I just wanted to go to bed and not eat but thats not ok either... I need to find a happy medium.  I cant get anything done when I work til 9 and cant get anything done before work because things aren't open.  I'll figure it out.. I'm just putting my passion first and that is training in crossfit.  Its soo good for me and I adore it, as well as all of the amazing people who I've come into contact with... and yes i love you all.  We are about to start a 4 week healthy challenge based on diet and rest and basically taking exceptional care of your body.  Its based on the paleo lifestyle which i definitely know about... i just still consider myself a rookie.  I'm still a crossfit rookie when it comes down to it.  I'm waiting for that day when I don't feel like going... I'm going on 9 months now and that has yet to happen... or even come close.  Its almost as if I'm going to play something ...a fun game of some sort, its hard to explain but we all know.

So anyway... I wanted to go hard this week since I felt like going early was going to be tough for me i wanted it to be worth it.  I was able to RX this all the WODs i did this week!!!!! YES!!! That's all I really try for everyday I train.  Clicking that lil RX button means everything to me... I feel like I can do it without being babied... although theres still alot of things I cant do RX, 3 days in a row made me feel  amazing! Tues there was no lift but I stayed after class with Alex and did the competition work so i felt better doing some clean and jerks after, and because I was there so early I had the extra time!  We did the Fight Gone Badish benchmark metcon.  YESS!!! I love doing benchmarks.. its good to try to beat your own time!

5/28/13 WOD
METCON
Fight Gone Badish


-3 rounds for reps 267 reps
--1min wallballs 14lb
--kettlebells 35lb
--box jumps
--push press 55lb
--row for calories
--rest 1 min

Wed I woke up saw that it was squat day and I wanted to beat my 1 rep max of 250lb.  I was determined.  My bud Rach was there and that made it soo much better.  I did the hatch squat program which required you to do your 1 rep max and when I got there I just did the required 3 reps.  I was soo excited it felt like xmas morning with a PR!!!  I think I love to squat.  I love doing alot of lifting but squats and deadlifts might be my thing.  The metcon consisted of front squats and push presses and bar hop burpees(which are the devil) and I did better than I thought.  The RX weight was 75lbs so I was good with that but it got heavy fast.  I cooled off and got ready for work only to realize it was one of my buddy's last day at our shop.  Shanely has been a huge part of our store and has really gotten to know our clients well.  I'm going to miss her soo much.

5/29/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-back squat x3 @250lbs
METCON
-AMRAP in 10 min
111,222,333,444......
-front squat
-push press
-bar hop burpee
finished with 8.7 rds


Today I decided to sleep in since I was falling asleep while trying to eat dinner late after 9pm.  I now know that I def hate watching Kelly and Michael and wont be wasting my time with that anymore.  Shes become soo annoying and its ashamed because I love him, hes been a great co-host.  I realized today I cant stand to watch her anymore.  I kept thinking that I shouldve been at the 9am WOD.  There were some errands I needed to run today and since places didn't open til 10ish I would go before my 12 class and get everything done... well that didn't work because I forgot a few errands and I went to see Dr Nelson about and hr early because I had the wrong time lol.

Anyway it was sooo hot.... duh like that's all we talked about all day ...but my car was saying 94 and it felt worse in the box.  Our strength for the day was power cleans ...which I love and I wanted a PR.  We started and I was all sweaty before I even got weight on the bar.  I managed to get up to 145lbs for a PR!!  I failed the first time and gave it a few min and then I got it!  We were doing cleans in the metcon too so it was a gonna be a good day.  This was another benchmark that i haven't done yet so I wanted to set the bar high for myself.  I felt like I did well since i couldn't breath and didn't feel weak til the last set.  My lungs held me back but I felt good about my score... I was moving as fast as I could thank god for that starbucks lol.

Top bruise..crossfit/sliding boo boo on bottom

5/30/13 WOD
STRENGTH

METCON
The Chief
-5 rounds of 3 min per round AMRAP
--3 cleans @95lbs
--6 push ups
--9 air squats
21 full rounds completed

We were soaked... but it felt good almost like a detox/sauna.  I got home and realized I had an email from Rogue about the Nike Romaleos finally coming in!  I have been waiting for these weightlifting shoes to come in now for at least 6 weeks.  My feet are tiny so I have a hard time finding a small mens size but these things are badass.  I cant wait to see how they help me with lifting.

I couldn't wait for my softball game tonight with the women's league.  These girls are the best.  We play well together, have fun, make fun of each other, and best of all we win ....ALOT.  So it was probably our biggest game before playoffs and we won, we played well tonight too.  I feel awful tho I hit one of my teammates with a line drive.... like a hard line drive.  Shes tough though trust me if I asked her if she was ok one more time she prob would've threw me in a headlock.  Robbie came with me we had a few beers and got food at the bar... ya know getting all the bad food and beer in before my 4 week challenge.  I need a challenge since I realized how great paleo is for me Ive really slacked, like BAD.  Its not that I want to eat that way but Ive had no time to prepare food or even get to the store.  Besides that its been a crazy time of year for me not only at work but everywhere else too.  This challenge will make me stop making excuses and get serious about this by being held accountable.  That's sad that I need it but maybe after 4 weeks it will come natural to me again. We shall see! this is going to be interesting!

where did this week go?

Soo this week went too fast.  I hit my regular crossfit schedule with the exception of  Tues.  After Mondays "grace" wod... i was just burned out lol.  Wed I got to do something new... its apparently a torture squat session lol but i loved it.  I think I did almost 100 squats yesterday with weights half about 65lbs and the rest over 150lbs.  No wonder I'm waddling around today lol.  So somehow the metcon had a few toes to bar(which i still cant do, but the form has gotten much better) which apparently did something to front of my shoulder.  Come to find out today that I must have really pulled it but, Dr Nelson figured out something huge with this.  So I have a majorly under developed bicep on the side that hurts, and that tends to be the side of my back that hurts as well as typical shoulder pain.  I'm glad we found out the weakness that's been causing some annoying pain off and on for a bit now.  Dr Nelson is the man, he really knows his stuff.

5/6/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-clean and jerk x1@140lbs
METCON
-30 clean and jerks for time
finished in 4:24

5/8/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-front squat x5@155lbs
-hatch squats
METCON
3 rounds of
-21 front squats @65lbs
-15 kettlebell swings @45lbs
-12 toes to bar
-9 burpees
finished in 12:57

5/9/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-hexbar deadlift x3 @295lbs
METCON
only finished one round
-500m row
-12 deadlifts
-21 box jumps


After my appt my shoulder felt good enough to workout, and the WOD didn't have much arms in it so I decided to give it a go.  I felt good doing the lift but I had a hard time with the first part of the metcon.  Rowing is something I truly enjoy but today I had to stop after the first round.  It even hurt my shoulder to do box jumps which is bizarre.  Sore wasn't even close to describe how bad it hurt.  I had a hard time driving and also could barely put deodorant under my arm.  Thank god I booked for an appt with my friend who is a massage therapist.  I saw her and just did neck and back, she said I was really tight.  After my awesome massage I was able to move more without pain... thank god because I had a softball game in a couple hours.

I love playing ball with my blue girls.  They're soo funny and its nice to spend that time with them.  I was pissed because I wasn't hitting well and my buds told me that my bat sounded weird.  Sure enough my effin bat was rattling when you tapped it on the ground.  WTF!!! I loved that bat and now its broken... that explains why I couldn't get anything to move on Sunday.  We found out that Easton has a return policy and should take my bat back.  Its not even a year old and I paid good money for it.  Either way we won and are still undefeated.

Tomorrow is a big prom day in the salon and I'm sooo excited for it.  I love formal hair, and thank god I don't have to blow dry because my shoulder couldn't take it.  Its going to be a crazy busy day though.  Days like this I don't have a break or a chance to eat.  I will rely on my orgain shakes to get me through the day lol.  I'm trying to not drink them as much with paleo and all, but its better than not eating and its atleast organic.  Speak of paleo... I had this amazing BACON BLOODY MARY last night, from Zinburger.  My meal was mostly paleo but it was an embellished delicious version. I enjoyed every bit!!!

Paleo=Blood work to make your Dr proud

my new necklace from melissa

So here we go again on the take my blood and pray for good results roller coaster.  I had my appt today to go over my bloodwork and I had them check everything besides my thyroid.  My doc was thrilled to see that my results have dramatically changed and all of my levels were right were they should be.  I even got a high five YES!  I worry now that I'm 30 because my mother had a heart attack very young and I have all of her health issues but we were able to find them earlier.  Including thyroid, and HBP I'm just waiting now to get the hypoglycemia.  The entire family suffers from high blood pressure on both sides so my bro and I were screwed either way.  I had high bp as a kid and only got worse as an adult.  At one point I was 220/160 and I was a size 7.  Since that point I've been medicated and was told I would never not be on high blood pressure meds.  I'm actually on 1 and 1/2 since I started running last year it started dropping so we had to cut back.  Lately its dropping again so I might just be down to 1 pill.  Anyway... I told my Dr about eating paleo and he was intrigued I explained to him how I've been eating more red meat and whole eggs than I've eaten in my whole life.  That was actually making me a lil uneasy, and even my boyfriend was getting concerned, and this was my reason for all the bloodwork.  But... all my sugars, cholesterol, and vitamins were great... imagine that all from eating non processed foods and more fat than ever!   We grew up with chicken and turkey everything since my moms heart attack.  No wonder she cant cook.  My dr said keep it up ...whatever your doing is working well for you.  YES!!! So now I plan on turning into a carnivore lol.  Somehow i ended up with another prescription.  I'm trying out singular, since my allergies have been the worst and I weeze and cough alot after a tough WOD.

I went to crossfit, saw Dr nelson and found out my legs and butt were a lil beat up from the race on Sunday.  So I thought I would take it easy with todays WOD.  We did a lift that Ive never done before and I loved it.  Barbell lunges!  I hope we do them more... I would like to be more stable but i did like them.  

5/2/13 WOD

STRENGTH

-barbell lunges

METCON

-Elizabeth- 21-15-9 sets of

--squat cleans @75lbs
--ring dips

CROSSFIT ASPIRE.. before sweat

finished in 8:57

On to my game tonight... we were playing the only team this year that puts up a good fight, and boy do they want to beat us.  Its soo bad they get all hostile with us... really... you don't win anything or lose anything its all fun.. but its more fun to be on the team who wins 21-12 hahaha lol.  That was rotten I know but as nasty as they are it makes the win that much sweeter.  I had some good hits tonight some plays in the field (couldve been better but not awful) and my first HOMERUN of the season.  I almost hit one in the 3rd inning but then to hit one with 2 girls on base in the last inning was sweet.  The best part was how my girls came off the bench and went nuts at the plate with me.  I love my blue girls.  Now here I sit finishing up a beer ...in bed lol.  I'm going to get in another wonderful practice tomorrow after work with my coed team.... they're crazy fun.  Its a big prom day in the shop tomorrow too its gonna be a great day!
soo

REST? who needs rest!

I started this week feeling kind of sore still from Festivus last Saturday, so I said... I'll take it easy... yea ok.  The wod monday was intense and long but I loved it.  We did bench pressing for strength and Tabata this! for our conditioning.  I know have a full understanding of what Tabata means... and I loved it.  I did what I could because my body was tired but I felt great about this WOD... and I was dripping in sweat so I know I got a good one in.

4/15/13 WOD
Strength
-Bench Press 3x6 @95lbs
Metcon
Tabata Sets of
-Rowing for calories
-Pull-ups
-Push-ups
-squats
-sit-ups

After my WOD I was feeling a lil lightheaded... I'm not sure if my allergies are just that bad and when I cant catch my breath I feel like my ears get all stuffed lol.  Either way I don't think light eating before working out is working for me.  Which sucks because I'm one of those people who cant eat right after waking up.  I had a protein shake and some eggs and felt much better.

Tuesday I was planning on getting up and hitting up Aspire but I ended up being soo tight in my shoulders/trap/neck that there was no way I could do cleans which I think was part of the WOD.  I guess I SHOULD rest... lol.  I know I have to do it to get strength but I HATE rest days... am I psychotic?  Am I crazy because I love going there and doing something good for myself while surrounding myself with awesome people?  NO.  Like I said before... its good for the soul.. I don't think you can walk out of there without feeling good.  On a side note... I found a pic from the photographer from the Festivus Games and its hysterical but I have to say im thrilled to see I make a face like im trying... any of the other pics im in while training usually just look like me trying to catch my breath lol.

Wednesday I already had my dri-fit clothes laid out to get up and go for the 730am class.  I HATE waking up early if I don't have to but I love that feeling when I'm done busting my ass for the day by 830am.  Sometimes I think I'm just as addicted to the post-workout feeling.  After that I ran to wegmans got some grass fed beef and got stuff for dinner later.  Ive been sticking to a mostly paleo diet which its been a lil easier to stray this week since I'm not training for a particular reason.  Im thrilled that ive been losing weight still.  But to be honest I hate the way I feel after I eat shitty... it hurts my stomach and I feel like shit.

4/17/13 WOD
Strength
-Back Squat x4 @235lbs
Metcon
4 rounds
-10 back squats @95lbs
-15 burpees
-400m row

Today I woke up and went to the 9am class... and I woke up early enough to eat something real before my WOD.  I'm not a fan of shoulder presses since I cant get a PR for months now.  I couldn't even get more than 80lbs up when I normally strict press 85 wtf.  Either way I wasn't sweating it... Alycia explained to me that I'm at a point now where I'm not always going to get a PR every time.  Sometimes I need people to put things in to perspective for me... shes absolutely right and realized I cant beat myself up for not lifting more weight than the last time.  However I am looking to build some arm strength in areas we don't really focus on.  So this is where Rob comes in.. although he doesn't really know good form lol.

4/18/13 WOD
Strength
-shoulder(strict) press
Metcon
sets of 21-15-9
-push press @55lbs
-pull-ups
-box jumps
finished in 9:35

I felt good after I finally caught my breath.  I wasn't lightheaded or feeling weird.  In fact I felt like hitting DSW for some new spring shoes for work since I put the boots away.  I did find a cute pair of strappy flats by some ortho company which is fab for my kind of job.  After that I went over to pick up my bud Melissa because its been 4 weeks since she broke her ankle and we had an appt at the orthopedic.  She got great news and is healing fast.  She also decided to try and drop the crutches for a lil bit and was hobbling around well.  Today was finally my day to get my 2 inches of roots touched up by my bud Ashley.  I pretty much tortured this poor girl for 2 hours while she did the tedious job of color my hair.  My color is fresh and bright and I'll like it much better in 2 weeks when I get a lil root ...I'm soo weird ...i want to be blonde but it doesnt look great with my skin and black eyebrows so I feel like a lil root makes me look better.... I'm nuts.

We had another great softball game tonight with the blue team winning 11-3... I just love these girls.  I swear sometimes all we do is break each others balls to the point where I almost forget about the other team.   There was some funny errors nothing too bad, and we were all hitting even if the women was pitching illegally all night.  Our new ump had a humongous strike zone...like up at the shoulders in slow pitch is not a strike but he called it.  Either way it was fun because I play on the best team and I swear when we aren't in season I miss these women soo much!

Sooo I got my clothes ready to WOD after work tomorrow, I apparently don't feel like resting at all this week but I feel good so why not.  I love seeing the pm crossfiters its nice to catch up with them and kill WODs.  I'm looking forward to curling my hair and seeing my fresh color done right.  All the girls from work (30 of us) and husbands are going to the 8pm phils game Sunday night and planning an day of tailgating with all the works.  I'm not sure yet but since my coed softball game is later in the day I'm prob going to skip it... as long as they don't need me and last week they didn't so we'll see.

Weekend Glutton ugh!

Ok so I found out the hard way that after eating clean and pretty strict... it's not good for your belly to CHEAT. Maybe I was tired after finishing my work week sat night, and maybe I was dying for a beer and some nachos. Ok I had a great work week with my buds and even had a wonderfully timed surprise visit by my nephew... But I was still delirious by the time I clocked out for the week. I was craving chicken nachos dripping with cheese and sour cream ...again bar food is going to be the death of me. My rob is always ready and willing to go to the local bar, grab some apps and beers and call it a night. So we made a few phone calls and had friends of ours meet us up there which was soo fun because I don't see them enough and I laugh alot when we hang and act like jackasses. It was great we put some beers down and I even ran into one of my favorite clients!!! Then when we left my Robbie HAD to stop at wawa and get some snacks for home( because I don't keep any around) and in my moment of weakness he talked me into getting a Cadbury egg (which is my demise) and a butter creme egg candy!! Wtf! I've done soo good and I bring these things home. Well guess what.. I gave myself such a guilt trip that they're still sitting on the counter right now. Although I don't completely trust myself with them damn Cadbury eggs ..I'm thinking they're going to take a ride down the garbage disposal which for some reason will be more liberating than just throwing them in the trash.. I'm mental. Either way my stomach was awful today I had pains and bubbleguts, I was afraid to leave the house but it got better throughout the day.

Today I was supposed to have softball practice but that got called off..😢. I made myself a delish spinach omelet with chicken apple sausage (which I'm not sure is paleo due to it being processed) and I made rob a turkey bacon omelet which I didn't tell him it was turkey bacon or he would've never eaten it. Then he promised me if I went on a quote with him, he would take me to lunch to elevation burger since we were out that way. Oh hell yes! I also got a Target trip out of him yay! Later ...and this is always the hard part... dinner and robs moms. They are small people who can eat anything they want without even thinking twice. Did I mention they're Italian and can cook ridiculously awesome? My rob had a heads up that she was making lasagna and she made grilled chicken for me yay... I was grateful but felt soo stupid. Then I couldn't help myself and had a small piece of the lasagna knowing I was going to be in pain later! What is wrong with me? It was killer though.

We are now watching the flyers game at home and I'm trying to cook some food to have for the next couple days ...ya know good choices on hand my friends tell me this is the way to go. So we shall see.  Im making my boyfriends tomato sauce(aka guido gravy), but i added ground organic grass fed beef... wow who am I turning into lol.  I also added some spinach and shredded zucchini.  I plan on just eating it almost like a soup, I added enough beef to make it more like beef w/sauce and veggies, but he cant understand what I plan on doing with it lol.  Also I decided to try and make egg cups from my muffin pan.  I took some good healthy eggs and sauteed up some spinach and whipped them up and poured them into the cups which I greased with coconut oil.  I then took some kind of organic ham steak that said pork raised with no antibiotics or other stuff... whateve... I cut it up and put it in the egg cups and baked them at 350 for 30 min.  Almost done and they look awesome but I just hope they don't taste awful.  I thought they would be great to have on hand for work and on the go.  Just throw at couple in a sandwich bag and run!

So heads up about the egg cups.... used more coconut oil or something better for non stick... I just had to chisel these things off lol, but they still look good.  Anyway... Ive rested two days and my quads are soo sore still from 13.3 ..but I cant wait to get in there tomorrow and WOD.  Just being at my box (Crossfit Aspire) makes me feel good.  Anyone have any paleo quick and easy recipes or ideas to share? please help me out lol!


Have a great Monday everyone!

WOD happiness

Hey everyone!  I don't have much to write about other than my last two days of WODs.  I woke up Monday not feeling spectacluar... i was up all night with my heart pounding ughhh!  My thyroid meds give me some anxiety here and there but it hasn't happened like this in almost a year.  Soo annoying!!!  Its funny how I can feel when my counts are off... I started a new med this month that I'm sure interfered with my hormones soo I'm sure that's what it is.  Anyway I decided although I felt off that maybe it would be best to go and get a good WOD in, ya know take my mind off it.  That's exactly what happened!  Thank god I felt soo much better after getting in a good sweaty workout,  and the good kind of heart racing lol.  This was a different kind of WOD and I really liked it.  Just a series of moves and you had to complete all 4 to count.  The metcon was good too, using a % of what you got for your strength, you had to get the bar from the ground to overhead any way you liked for sets of 15-10-5 also with chest to bar pull-ups.  I ended up with 85lbs so I tried doing a few snatches since they would be quicker but I would've wore myself out fast.  So power cleans and push presses it was.

3/18/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-power clean-front squat-clean-jerk @135lbs
METCON
-15-10-5 sets for time
--ground to overhead
--chest to bar pull-ups
finished in 7:20

Soo I decided since I actually got a great night of sleep I would get up and WOD in the am(not too early of course).  I saw that it was a back squat day but only 3 reps.  That sounded good to me since I've only done 3 sets of 6 for months.  My bud Alex told me I better PR today since last week I did 200lbs at 3x6.  So I started heavy and got right up to 205 and I couldn't believe it!  I then added more til I got to 235 and I couldn't believe it... me? 235? I dont know when it happened but I got strong lol!  The metcon spanked me tho ughhh... it was a tough one and I was dying!  For some sick reason though I do love those long metcons!  It was very hard looking and it did not disappoint.  There was man makers in it... ugh that's the only time I ever almost threwup from working out, I mean had to stop and run to the bathroom gagging eww, so I was not excited to do them again!  Anyway with all the rowing I took my time and paced myself and did burpees in front of my friend doing the recumbent bike so I she would fan me lol.  This was a tough one but I didn't scale any of it.

3/19/13 WOD
STRENGTH
-back squat x3
METCON
3 Rounds for time
--500 meter row
--25 burpees
--20 air squats
--15 push ups
--10 evil wheels
--man makers
finished in 26:52

My back squat was highest on the all time leaderboard which Alex showed me after our class... I still cant believe it!  He also wrote BOOM TOWN!! BITCHES under my score!  The best part was the shout out from the Crossfit Aspire Facebook page,  I was soo surprised!  I dont know who wrote it but they made me feel like a friggin rockstar.  Embarrassed(good kind), excited and flattered is how I should describe it... I just couldn't believe it was a post about me. I think I actually pranced around work all day... they've got to be soo sick of hearing about crossfit!




On a quick note... I'm cooking tonight because I actually bought more food to do some paleo planning.  I got some food going on that I can pack for a few days.  My reason being (even though I drank my face off this weekend and made 1 days worth of poor food choices) I lost 6lbs since Thurs!  SO I WILL KEEP THIS UP YAY!  I like quick results... who doesn't?  Even if I have one cheat day a week I can totally do this.... its really all about prepping your meals (thanks Alycia).

BTW sooo excited to see what 13.3 is!!!!

Paleo possibly?

Ok... soo after I thought I was iron woman I paid the price of waddling for 2 days lol.  Althought it was the good pain I still needed rest for 13.2 which im soo pumped for.  I rested Wednsday and thank god because this weeks WOD is overhead lifts, deadlifts, and box jumps... the box jumps are scaring me since my quads are kind of weak right now.  Box jumps intimidate me to begin with ever since I faceplanted a few times, but ive learned to shake it off, laugh, and start jumping again.

So I went to the big girl class today (RX class) and I was one of 2 people who came lol.  Everyone else is smart and rested today to be prepared for 13.2 tomorrow.  My Thursday off means that I'm getting that WOD in no matter what since the rest of my week is harder to get there.  Today wasn't going to interfere terribly with 13.2.  Well... I was doing pull-ups and of course a callus from the last 3 months decided to half rip tonight ughhhhhh.  I swear I'm jinxed! 

3/14/13 WOD

STRENGTH

-Benchpress 3x5 @100lbs

METCON

-7 rounds for time 

--7 hollow rocks

--7 dumbell snatches right arm and 7 left @ 25lbs

--7 chest to bar pull-ups

finished in 10:29

Since I'm still a big girl and need assistance in most body weight exercises, I decided i really need to get serious about eating healthy... everyday.  I talked to my bud about paleo which Dr Nelson also recommended for many reasons.  It looks like I'm going to give it another try even if its more paleo than I was eating before.  I'm just trying to figure out whats considered paleo and whats not.  Hopefully these coconut chips from Trader Joes are paleo because theyre AMAZING!!!! As well as a lil is plenty to satisfy my after dinner sweet tooth.  Soo Yummy!

I also for some reason stopped drinking the massive amount of water I used to drink, soo looks like ill be peeing like a racehorse again lol.  We actually had a laugh about how girls always announce they're going to "pee" like anyone is interested lol but I do it all the time.  Also how women pee themselves a lil bit when lifting or doing double unders lol, we live such a rough life.  Then I heard about a women having perfect form while doing a deadlift and projectile vomiting soo I had to look it up! Something is soo wrong with me.  ANYWAY... wish me luck for tomorrow on 13.2 and I'll be sure to write about my St Pattys shenanigans.