So, I am focused today. I made my salads for the week last night, I haven't eaten any wheat or corn today. No sweets. YAY!!! I feel good!
I joined Crossfit today. I signed up for three months. I am excited to see what this type of activity does to change my body. After my first session last week I was hooked. I loved the amount of focus it took to push my body beyond what I thought I could do. Last Tuesday I took one look a the posted workout and thought (after they explained the acronyms and other such foreign notation), "If I can get through this, I am a Badass!"
I made it with modifications of course, but I was in love with the intensity and the huge feeling of accomplishment I felt afterwards. So I decided to join.
And then I had to rest since the workout was a beating and aforementioned Whataburger excursion was followed by Sushi Gluttony and Braums Fudge Brownie Sundae. Double. Scoop. It's amazing how much food you can pack into 48hrs over a weekend. Buuuuuut, I joined today! Yay me!
Today was not easy either but I loved it. The challenge of pushing my body to move the weights, to focus on form is relaxing and therapeutic. I am convinced I will see results quickly. But as any self-saboteur knows, the high precedes the pits of sabotage. We'll see if I stay focused or fall completely off. This was my workout:
And this was my time:
Now I have a baseline. No, I did not do a Hand Stand Push Up. I did a Push Press with the Oly Bar. I attempted a handstand once today. I got my feets up in the air with an assist from coach guy. That is the extent of it, but one day I WILL! HSPU here I come! That is something I haven't attempted since the third grade. Ok?
I did take some photos a few weeks ago in preparation for taking my exercise up a notch and not counting calories/points, or otherwise stressing over the minutiae of my diet. My plan is to keep making healthy decisions on a daily basis and plan for some days that include ice cream or chips and queso. I re-set my Fitness Pal to be at 2000 calories a day and I'll let you know how that goes. The pictures and not the scale will be my measurement of success. One day I might share the pics, but I'm not ready to show the world my jelly. And yes I have it. I just hide it under my clothes.
CrossFit-yeah! Introduction session for me today :) Upside down push ups?! I'd LOVE to be able to do them one day!
ReplyDeleteQuestion: I've never prepared salads for a week, how do they hold up to freshness? (In my head, if you cut up carrots, they dry out faster, so I think the same happens to the rest of veggies?)
I put the salads in a ziploc bowl and they keep pretty well for about 6 days. The key is to make them very close to the day you buy the lettuce. I never use spinach since that goes bad so fast. Hearts of Romaine and the Artisan clamshell from Kroger are the best. Green Leaf lettuce is what I have in the pics. I use broccoli slaw, shredded carrots, cherry or grape tomatoes, cucumbers and radish. Anything else doesn't last too long
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