Maria Week 25 day 2

Hellloooooooo!
Warm Up

handstand holds, 3 x AS long as possible.. goal is 1 minute

muscle work on harness

 

A.1  Power Clean, TnG style, 10.10.10.10, rest 20 seconds 65.65.75.80- should have gone heavier
A.2  Handstand hold, accumulate 1 minute x 4, rest 3 minutes- took me about 5 min just to get 1 min
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30 minute amrap
7 TnG Hex bar DL @ moderate weight- 50 lbs on the bar, I could have done 70 on the bar
800 meter row
7 dips on still bars
800 meter AD
7 T2B

 

Yeah, I was at the gym for like an hour and a half today.  My anxiety messes me up.  Jay doesn't tell me what weight to use, so I sit there wasting a lot of time trying to decide what I should do.  I don't want to go too heavy, and I don't want to go too light, etc, etc.  Not to mention that I am still terrified of even kicking up to the wall so I waste a lot of time getting up the guts to kick up too.  BUT I can now kick up from standing which is a huge accomplishment, and I am confident that I will be able to get at least 1 legit Rx HSPU by the end of the year.

 

Up until today my food has been stellar over the last couple of weeks.  I even dropped another 5 pounds.  Today there was a going away party for me at work and there was this amazing cake.  I had no intention of touching it, but by the end of the party, I caved and had some cake :-( which of course turned into a sugar fest for the rest of the day.  It is hard for me to admit it.  As I am writing I am thinking, "What's wrong with you, how could you be so weak?" So back to square one tomorrow.  Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary and my husband wants to go out.  I am putting it out there that I am eating ACAP (As Clean as possible, I stole that from Nitro) tomorrow no matter what.

Amanda M...Day 165

Hey all,

Slept great. Ate great (minus a few spoonfuls of chocolate ice cream post WOD--hey, after 3 weeks of eating shit and not working out, that's a pretty successful first day!)

WOD: Front squats- the tempo was rough, 3 count down, 2 second hold. 5.3.5.3...we got up to 85lbs

I did 65lbs for the TNG hang snatch...went up easy with no problem. I should have added more to the bar but being my first day back I wasn't sure where I should have been at.

Broad jumps- didnt go 100% on these because I'm still a bit worried to over do it with my foot. 200lbs slamming down on them first day back worried me a bit.

Sprints-these felt good. Definitely felt how much strength and speed I've lost over these past few weeks. No need to feel sorry for myself about it, just have to work hard to get back to where I was.

Have a good positive day today everyone :-)

Day 165ish

Whoa, 2 blogs in one week...what what!!!  Ok so I knew I was going to eat like complete shit this whole weekend and drink my face off and oh did I ever.  Now it's all over.  Dialed in the diet today like when we first started and I'm completely done drinking or doing anything harmful to my body.  For me to get to the next level and start getting good at this I have to make the sacrifice now.  I still have so much work to do and there's a ton of room for improvement and I want to see how far I can really push it...so I guess me being 100% committed to CrossFit started today.  Giddy up!!!  Food was good, my typically tilapia and chicken and blah blah blah.  I'm cutting back a little on protein cause I still need to drop body weight.  Shooting for 10lbs less by August 17th.  WOD:

Monday

A.  Snatch Grip OH BB walking lunge steps, 3 x 24 unbroken, rest 1 minute (95#)
B.1  Muscle up, 1-2 reps x 3, rest 30 sec. (0,0, 2 assisted)
B.2  cTB pull ups, 3 x 10, rest 30 sec.
B.3  Pull up, 3 x amrap, rest 3 minutes (13, 11, 10)
C.  Front Rack bulgarian split squat, 4 x 8/leg, 41X1, rest 1 minute bt. legs (95#)

As you can see we've turned it up a bit and my WODs are becoming more demanding, which was inevitable cause for me to get better I need to pushed hard and Jason knows it!  What's happening is just amazing...that's all I have to say about that!

I just want to remind everyone we're past the half way point.  This isn't easy...none of it.  Not the diet, not the training, not the stress, not the disappointment (sometimes).  It beats you down mentally and physically but you gotta just keep digging and moving forward.  Some of us may not have lost enough weight, don't look as good as you wanted yet, haven't reach those strength goals yet but the bottom line is you need to overcome those failures and use it as fuel to persevere.  You must believe in yourself, work hard and you will control your own destiny.  Remember, the hardest thing we have to do all day is walk through that door at CFM, everything else is a breeze.  Believe...Achieve...Succeed!!!     

Amanda M...Day 162, 163 & 164

Hi guys, Hope you all had a great weekend. Man, it is been SO HOT. All I've wanted to do is stay inside in the cool air. I hate constantly being sweaty--swamp ass is not attractive

Just relaxed all weekend. Didn't eat at much as I normally do, so that's good.

Got new running shoes and insoles so hopefully my feet will stay unharmed as I try to get back on track. I haven't really worked out like normal in 3 weeks...I feel horrible! And fat!! But, I have high hopes of looking like a skank in a skimpy dress for my birthday in September :-)

Short post--have a great day!

Amanda M...Day 161

Hey all,

Had a really rough day yesterday. Got into a mini-fight with a good friend over something really stupid and it really put a damper on my mood. I am a pacifist at heart, I don't like drama, I don't like fighting. Shit was said to me that made me question a lot about my life and it made me wake up and realize what and who was really important to me and deserved my time and attention.

Found another weight loss competition online through this blog Ben Does Life...look him up on youtube, his story is awesome. He lost 115lbs in 7 months, went from barely running to completing multiple marathons and an Ironman. The extra motivation will be nice. And I'll be competing against people from all over the US which is kind of fun.

Didn't go to the gym last night. I was moping around the house like a loser and the workout just didn't appeal to me and I knew I would half ass it anyways. I will be going tonight because clean and jerks are my favorite....

Have a good day guys and gals

Maria Week 24 Day 4

A.  Thruster, 5.5.5.5, rest 90 seconds- 55.60.65.70- should have gone heavier, doubted myself

B.1  Wide Grip BB Bent over row, 3 x 5-7, rest 1 minute- 75.75.75

B.2  CG Bench Press, 3 x 5-7, rest 1 minute 75.85.90

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3 sets of
5 squat cleans, 95#- tough for me
50 double unders- first set was 40 unbroken, the last 2 sets were 50 unbroken
5 burpee box jumps, 20"- I love these, but I am so slow
20 sec. sled push @ 90# on top AFAP- fun
rest walk for 2 minutes

totally forgot to time myself, I would say it took me almost 5 minutes to do each round Had trouble sleeping last night, not a good night at all and no explanation.  I gave up coffee a couple of weeks ago, I am not worried about anything, I just had terrible insomnia.  I felt like I was moving in slow motion today for the WOD, but I was sweating like crazy!  I LOVED THIS WOD!!!

9:30am- 6 oz steamed calamari, 1 C spaghetti squash, 1 C broccoli, 1 TBSP EVOO
2pm- 6 oz chicken breast, lots of brussels sprouts, cabbage, okra, 1 TBSP EVOO
6:30pm- 6 oz tilapia, romaine lettuce, 1 TBSP EVOO

Meeting with Jay tomorrow for measurements and I am all nervous about it!  I hate that feeling....

July 5th

Hello All,

Meals today consisted of protien shake in the morning. Had a busy morning at work so ate nothing until lunch where I had a spinich salad with grilled chicken. Dinner consisted of chicken sausage on the grill with squash and sweet potato.

Today was week 5 of our CSA share at Robert Treat farm. We received a few heads of lettuce, squash, napa cappage, cucubmers, zuchinni, and several other items. For those of you dont know wha tthe CSA is...well its a 20 week long summer early fall pick up. You pay a fee in the spring and just pick up every Thursday and it has different items all fresh from their farm. Its awesome!

Hope to see some of you soon. Overall all is going well. I have had a few more beers and I can feel the bad carbs bloating me. The biggest changes I made that helped me lose the weight  was becoming 95% gluten free and avoiding dairy. As I reintroduced some of these over the past weeks (had some pasta, pizza, beer, cheese all in the past month) I can feel the negative changes happening. I use having a newborn as an excuse, but in reality I don't know why I brought these things back into my life. As always it starts with the next meal. At this point in the past it would be gaining all 24 lbs back, but because of the changes I have made this time I realize its time to get back on track.

Best,
James