Back on Track

This summer I thought I would be totally on track, eating paleo, working out, running, swimming, hiking etc.  But two family reunions later and becoming unemployed and just changing my entire life. . .now starting school it was not the fitness summer I was looking forward to so now this week with me and Owen starting school I decided that now is the time.  I have been 100% paleo since monday. . .today is day 5 and I have done 5 crossfit workouts this week. . .made it to the gym 4 times and did a WOD with some friends at the park on my off day.

Today I started my day with:

50 Double Unders
10 Clusters at #45

14:22 was my time

Now I'm eating some delicious breakfast meatloaf recipe from www.paleomg.com and juicing some spinach, kale, pears, oranges, beets and carrots to top it off.

It's been a great week, I feel great, better than I have in months!

I have come a long way but I'm not there yet

Again I am the worlds worst blogger. . .but today I took some time to take a look back to where I was a year ago when I started crossfit and though I am not even close to where I wanted to be a year later, I am still crossfitting and I am still striving to eat paleo, in fact today is day 3 of eating strict paleo no cheats until. . .forever or at least until I hit my next goal of getting past this plateau weight that I've been at for the last 3 months.

I have to admit that even though I am not down to my goal weight and still cannot do a handstand, or pull-up or run a 9:00 min mile that I am proud of myself and I'm giving myself a little pat on the back today for sticking with it and doing what I can. Don't take this as letting myself get away with not achieving my goals but just a little pick me up to help me continue to work towards them.  I never gave up and I'm not going to now!

Here I am in November of 2011

And here I am August of 2013

Not the greatest comparison photos but you can definitely see the 70+ pounds I have lost since then.  Most of it thanks to cross fit and clean eating.  Next family photo will be at my goal weight! 

Today's WOD 8/22/2013

1RM hang power snatch - 65#

As many rounds as possible in 7:00 min of:

12 dumb bell snatches

9 V-ups

I did 5 + 8.

Earlier this week:

1RM front squat - 95#

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!

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.

I'm still here and still Crossfitting

I've decided that I'm just not a blogger, I get really excited about blogging until I post a few and realize it's a bunch of work and then I give up for awhile. 

I have been crossfitting about 3 times a week now and I've recently started running 4-5 times a week, it helps because I can just run whenever I want. 

My biggest accomplishment lately is that I've decreased my mile by over a minute I was averaging a 12:28 minute mile and now I've averaging 11:08 mile.

Oh and not only have I been running and crossfitting but I'm also teaching some friends to crossfit too, we meet in my backyard or at the park and I teach them all the movements and we do a WOD once or twice a week, whenever my work schedule will allow. 

Oh yeah and I started juicing. . .LOVE IT!!!

And even more good news  I'm down to 217 lbs.  That means I'm just 7 lbs away from being at my pre-pregnancy weight. . .when I get there I get to go get my hair cut and colored, and buy myself a VERVE t-shirt.  When I get down under 200 I get to buy some shorts or capri's. . .I need to hurry for this one I'm living in church skirts and workout clothes, it's getting hot fast!

So there is my update! I might get brave enough to post some of my ugly bikini photos soon, we'll see how confident I'm feeling.

Zone Diet

I will be the first to admit I HATE zoning!  But I know it works so I have traded Paleo for awhile. . .this is hard because I love Paleo and now that I eat Paleo most of the time reintroducing dairy and some grains into my regular diet has been weird.   But I have plateaued and I need to lose this weight faster than I am so I'm committed to the whole month of April zone!

I have tried several times before to do Paleo-Zone and it's just too strict and eating that many veggies every meal is really difficult. 

So I decided to choose a few "easy" Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks that I could pre-measure, weigh and package to make it easier for me to follow.  Today is Day 2 and so far I have been perfect to the gram!  This is not all I eat, I eat leftovers and when I have time or really want something specific I zone it out and make it work.  But this just gives me something to grab when I need something quick. Especially the snacks! I'll try and post at least 3 week of different meal plans, we all know how good I am about posting so we'll see how that goes!  I hope this helps you Zone!  Good luck!


Here is Week 1 Plan:

Breakfasts 3 Blocks

"Sweet Potato Hash"      
1.5 C = 2.5 C, 1 P
2 Eggs in EVOO
.5 C Strawberries

"Oatmeal"
2/3 C oatmeal
1/2 C blueberries
1/2 C cottage cheese
1 T protein powder
1 1/2 t walnuts

"Quesadilla"
1 corn tortilla
1/4 c black beans
1/3 onion
1 green pepper
3 eggs
3 T avocado

"Steak and Eggs"
2 oz meat
1 egg
1 slice toast
1 cup strawberries

Lunch 3 Blocks

"Tuna Sandwich"
3 oz tuna
3 t mayo
1 slice bread
1/2 apple

"Chicken Salad"
3 oz chicken
1/4 tomato
1/4 cucumber
1/4 green pepper
1/4 c black beans
1/4 kidney beans
1 1/2 T dressing

"Deli Meat"
3 oz deli meat
1 pepper
1 tomato
1/2 onion
3 macadamia nuts

"Taco"
2 oz taco meat
1 oz cheese
3 T avocado
2 corn tortillas
1 large salad

Dinner 3 Blocks

"Skillet Dish"
3 oz Italian Sausage
1 c canned tomato
1/2 onion
1 pepper
1.5 zucchini
3 c spinach
1 t olive oil

"Burger"
3 oz burger
2/3 c sweet potato
1/4 onion
1/2 pepper
3 T avocado

"Fish"
4.5 oz fish
1 1/3 c zucchini
large salad
1 1/2 T dressing
1 cup strawberries

"chicken"
3 oz grilled chicken
2 c broccoli
1/2 c salsa
2 cutie oranges

Snacks 1 Block

1 oz cheese
1.2 apple
1 macadamia nut

1 tomato
1 T guac
1 oz deli meat

1/4 C cottage cheese
1/2 C pineapple
3 almonds

16 oz Jerky
12 oz raisins
1 macadamia nut