Wednesday, June 26, 2013

One Rep-Max

Yesterday I should have taken some sweet photos of me lifting some crazy heavy weights but I increased my weights on all my lifts yesterday!!!

 
 
Shoulder Press 60#
Back Squat 135#
Deadlift 180#
 
I admit I am super sore from all the heavy lifting but I impressed myself and was thrilled that I went up in all my weights!! We are doing a 6 week conditioning program at Verve so hopefully in 6 weeks my numbers will go up again!!! Looking forward to it!


Products that help me eat healthy!

 My Amazing In-laws gave me this food processor for my birthday last year. . .right in the middle of my first whole30 and right after getting tons of produce from a local u-pick farm.  I love this thing and I use it just about every day, don't think I could cook the delicious paleo meals that I do without it! Get one!
 I just purchased this beauty for myself to help me get a few more veggies in every day.  Love it!  I try to juice 2-3 times a day but when I have a sink full of dirty dishes that doesn't always happen since I have to clean it immediately after using it.  Didn't think I'd like all the green juices but I love it!
My parents gave me this beauty for Christmas, I don't use it every day but it is perfect for zucchini noodles, salads, sweet potato noodles and much more, it make paleo "pasta" much more enjoyable.
 
 
Tomorrow night will be my last night working nights, at least at a consistent basis, I'm really looking forward to having a normal schedule again and most of all have a routine so I can run and go to crossfit every day!!! Starting school in the fall and made sure my schedule will allow crossfit and running time!  Hopefully changing back to a normal schedule will give my body the boost that it needs to those the next 60 lbs!!!! Looking forward!

Friday, June 21, 2013

Lacking Motivation and the Happenings

So I am totally lacking motivation went off my whole 30 at the end of last week and I have eaten terrible since. . .thai food, pizza, popcorn. . .I need some motivation or positive thoughts sent my way to keep it up through the summer months, it should be easier these months but I lost my groove.

I did however meet my goal of losing 10 lbs by memorial day I got down to 214.0 lbs!!! Now I bounce between 214.0 and 218.0 and that's pretty average for me to bounce between 5 lbs but I want to lose another 10 lbs before July 7th and I just don't have it in me right now for some reason.  The heat does not help, with running or with cooking. . .no A/C kinda ruins my meal plans, but we are trying a lot of grilling recipes to make up for my lack of cooking in the kitchen.

So besides losing those 10 lbs I hit another big goal of mine.  I have been running at 12:30 min mile for the last several years since Owen was born.  But I knew I was stronger and lighter and that I could run faster so I started pushing myself and watching my speed on my Nike+ my fastest mile to date is 10:20 min mile!!!!! I knocked 2 min off my time.  Now I have only been running one mile at a time lately mostly because I have been running in the heat of the day but I think I could keep that pace up for a 5k.

I recently found out that I will be unemployed as of the first week of July. . .can I just say I am sooooo excited!  More time to work out more time to sleep more time to play with Owen!  I work nights and it is literally killing me.  My hope is with a normal sleep schedule and regular day time schedule my body will finally regulate it's self and I can have a normal routine to stick with and the weight will just melt off!! I know I'll still have to work my butt off but maybe I'll see the results a little faster. . .that is my hope anyways.

So I guess I should post more often since so much has happened since my last post.  Maybe with my new schedule I will become a better blogger.