Thursday 2.27.14

Diet (updated throughout the day)

7:00am-12:00pm

30 oz water
1 power balls 

banana

yogurt and granola 

12pm - 6pm

20 oz water
1 sweet potato with butter and brown sugar 
2 rice cakes with peanut butter
1 mini hershey's

6pm - bedtime

 oz water'

Wednesday 2.26.14

action shot from the competition - I hate you CTB pull-ups! 

If you haven't noticed already, I like to videotape myself! I do it to track my PRs and track my progress. Also, watching myself in action helps me recognize where I can improve on a particular movement. Posting videos and blogging helps me stay motivated and keeps me focused on my crossfit goals. I think most people can agree, that although we crossfitters love competition, our initial purpose for joining was to gain/loose weight and keep the bod looking tight. Am I wrong? Although my primary motivation for crossfitting is to get better and stronger and eventually be good enough to compete on a team in regionals, I am also aesthetically motivated. Crossfit, along with all the clean eating I've been doing, has really made a difference in my physique. A change I have been working towards for over 7 years. Even before January, my weight (as in fat!) fluctuated. Not because I wasn't crossfitting, but because I wasn't watching what I was putting into my body. My initial reason for cleaning up my diet was to improve my crossfit performance. Not only do I notice a change in my energy after cutting down on certain foods (processed grains, booze and dairy) I've also noticed my body leaning down. I feel really good about myself for the first time in a long time. So, although it might be vain that I post progress photos rather than focusing on my crossfit performance, I am excited about the direction my body is going and I have (and do) put a lot of hours and hard work in to get it in the shape that it is! 

On January 25th, the weekend of the East Coast Championships, I took pictures of myself in a sports bra in front of my mirror (the pics on the left). Today I did it again (pics on the right). I was pumped after I compared the photos side by side. There is a slight increase in muscle definition and I have leaned out a bit. How I see it... it doesn't matter what motivates you to get to the box everyday, whatever it is, hold on tight and you'll see positive results!

45 minutes of mobility

- Open WOD 14.1 on Friday, gotta rest up! 

Diet (updated throughout the day)

5:30am-12:00pm

60 oz water
3 eggs
2 power balls 

banana 

lara bar

greek yogurt with granola 

12pm - 6pm

40 oz water
2 rice cakes with peanut butter

baked sweet potato 

3 power balls  

6pm - bedtime

20 oz water'
orange
mahi mahi burger with 1/4 avocado
arugula salad with quinoa, beets, blue cheese

Tuesday 2.25.14

WOD

Oly

EMOM10

3 Snatches @70%

63# for all 10 sets. Mathematically 70% of my 1RM (95#) is 66.5#. I totally forgot that I was using a girl's bar, hence the strange 63#. 

WOD
"Flight Simulator" (20 min cap)
Double Unders 5-10-15-20-25-30-35-40-45-50-45-40-35-30-25-20-15-10-5
-All sets must be unbroken 

Talked to Goose, since it was my first time he suggested I reduce the numbers if needed. Did awesome on my way up, but kept failing at 50. I think one time I got 47 and failed! At that point I just said F-it and went back down in 10's. I did the following sequence:

5-10-15-20-25-30-35-40-45-45-40-30-20-10

Diet (updated throughout the day)

7:00am-12:00pm

30 oz water
2 eggs
4 power balls 
Amy's vegan, gluten free burrito 
cup of black tea with 1 packet stevia

12pm - 6pm

40 oz water
2 brown rice cakes with peanut butter
protein shake 

6pm - bedtime

40 oz water
miso soup
2 large sushi rolls
seaweed salad
frozen yogurt 

Monday 2.24.14

WOD

Midline
Hollow Rock Challenge Week 8 – 80

I'm actually getting a little better at these! 

Strength
Front Squat
2-2-2-2-2

155/160/165170/170

WOD
3 Rounds
30 Wallballs
20 Pull-ups
10 Handstand Push-ups (2 ab mats) 

16:25 The HSPU were very difficult. My shoulders felt like they were going to fall off! But near the end I was kicking up really hard and the last round felt the easiest. 

At work yesterday I discovered the beams on the 3rd floor are a great place to get a pull-up workout in! Probably did 8 sets of 3 over the course of my shift.

Diet (updated throughout the day)

7:00am-12:00pm

40 oz water
3 eggs
2 protein balls
cliff bar builder's barr

12pm - 6pm

60 oz water

1 sweet potato 

Amy's vegan, gluten free frozen burrito 

protein shake

6pm - bedtime

20 oz water
1 cup coconut water
arugula salad with beets, quinoa, blue cheese, olive oil and vinegar
4 power balls 
orange 
mahi mahi burger patty with 1/4 avocado
1 oreo
homemade popcorn with butter and nutritional yeast

Thursday 2.20.14

(One week until the first open WOD is announced!!)

REST DAY
I would like to start incorporating Bikram yoga into my workout routine. I'm struggling with my flexibility and I hope that Bikram once a week will help. Since I have the week off I'm going to check out the studio in the Back Bay, but will probably frequent the studio in Waltham during my regular work week. I've found a lot of people do not know what Bikram yoga is! Here's a quick rundown…




I haven't been in about two years, so it should be interesting!

Ok, did it. And man was it awful and tiring. I knew I would feel faint, but I forgot how awful it feels! At one point I thought I was going to puke. I had to keep taking breaks… it makes me curious about doing hot yoga rather than Bikram. I used to do it 3x a week back in California, I know my body will get used to it…. but ugh. I don't wanna!

Diet (updated throughout the day)

8:00am-12:00pm

70 oz water

banana and peanut butter

2 eggs

2 power balls (peanut butter, oats, flax seeds, chia seeds, chocolate chips, maple syrup)

Power balls:

1/2 cup chocolate chips

1 cup oatmeal 

1/4 cup maple syrup

3/4 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup ground flaxseed 

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 tbsp chia seeds

mix together with a fork, roll into tight 1" balls

12pm - 6pm

60oz water 

2 power balls

banana with peanut butter

fuel for fire fruit and protein blend

1.5 cups coconut water

mahi mahi burger patty 

black bean veggie burger- guacamole, 1 fried egg, gluten free bread

6pm - bedtime

oz water