it crossed my mind to update the blog after feeling extremely sore all weekend...man, i had almost forgotten what it felt like to be a crossfitter! you know the feeling....every morning, you roll over and slowly sit up in bed, listening to the aches in your body from the previous day or two of crossfit activities. it's like being a crossfitter and soreness just plain go hand in hand!
unfortunately, work has been taking precedence over my crossfitting life. i spent a week in park city, utah on a business trip, however i was so sad as to not be able to visit spealler's gym while there...sniff, sniff. i've been getting in 3 crossfit wods a week, with about a week off for the utah trip. time just hasn't been on my side. dave and i also partnered with our friends drew and amber at carport crossfit, and we've been busy restructuring the gym and trying to launch a new and improved carport on september 1st. http://carportcrossfit.blogspot.com/ we're super excited to see growth in this gym!
anyway, i digress: so back to why i feel like a crossfitter again! saturday i did "linda" for the first time EVAH! for those of you that don't know, "linda" is a.k.a. "the three bars of death." dum-dum-duuuuuummmmmmmmmmm. it's the following:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 of
1 1/2 times body weight deadlift
1 times body weight bench press
3/4 times body weight clean
now, i did linda, but i definitely did NOT do linda rxd. i don't think i could do linda rxd BEFORE pregnancy. (the bench press would've gotten me.) however, my numbers on saturday were as follows:
135# deadlifts
75# bench
#85 clean
and my time was sub 30 - of course i stopped to rest as much as i needed to so as to make sure i had a steady breathing pattern! it was so nice to be moving some weight...
afterwards, i knew i was going to be sore on sunday b/c i had that jello leg and arm feeling; i just felt like rubber! and sure enough, sunday morning, the initial rollover in the bed and grooooaaaannnnn. boy was i sore! i know those deadlifts had correct form with the way my hammies are still screaming today! man, do i love me some crossfit!
as far as paleo is concerned, this blog should be changed to the name "pregnant and occasionally crossfitting diva." oh well....i still eat a paleo breakfast....that counts for something, right?
updates:
still doing pullups rxd (up to a 12# perma"vest" these days)
burpees rxd
pushups, had to go to knees b/c of a weird pull in my belly, it was a sad day.
squats rxd
box stepups
did some double unders the other day just to make sure i still could
and i made the mistake of trying one handstand pushup for the sake of seeing if i could. and i can. but i will not be doing that again!
and i've set a new pregnancy crossfit goal! 10 unassisted ring dips to full depth. i'm doing three sets of 10 purple banded ring dips every time i go in the gym to catch a wod. hopefully if i keep doing that, then post pregnancy, my ring dips will be fab, and i'll just pop right up in a muscle up!
we find out if we're having a future boy or girl crossfitter in 2 weeks! yippee!!!!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
how to stay positive and.....man food sure does taste good!
ok. i have a problem. food tastes SO INCREDIBLY good to me right now! it's like the loveliest thing in the world. every savory bite beckons me for more and more and MORE!!!!! i hope i don't give this baby diabetes. is that possible?
i just ate an orange scone from panera bread company. and let me tell you folks, i sat in my office chair, staring into space, enjoying every single bite...i think i might even have let out a couple of "mmmmmm"s. used to, i would eat for function. i would get my food, put it on my desk, and i would work, and take a bite, and work and take another bite. it would sometimes take me an hour or more to eat my lunch. but not anymore. my attention is 100% focused on the food. and i have to say, i'm really enjoying it. has food always been this good? have i just now realized what i've been missing?
cfr is having a nutrition challenge on saturday. it's intended to help people achieve their goals. whether you drink too many carbonated beverages or you want to go 100% strict paleo, saturday is D-day. i guess i'll join the masses. my goal will be to eat 2 out of my 3 meals as strict paleo every day. i know this doesn't sound like much, but it's progress people! progress! i think i keep making these promises on this blog, but i keep falling off the horse. i'll try to get back on once more!
to keep me motivated, my friend amber posted this on her facebook page. it is the most awesome thing i've seen in a long, long time. i will watch this video every single day...because it is the cutest thing in the world and why shouldn't we ALL do this every morning before leaving the house? I CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD!
i just ate an orange scone from panera bread company. and let me tell you folks, i sat in my office chair, staring into space, enjoying every single bite...i think i might even have let out a couple of "mmmmmm"s. used to, i would eat for function. i would get my food, put it on my desk, and i would work, and take a bite, and work and take another bite. it would sometimes take me an hour or more to eat my lunch. but not anymore. my attention is 100% focused on the food. and i have to say, i'm really enjoying it. has food always been this good? have i just now realized what i've been missing?
cfr is having a nutrition challenge on saturday. it's intended to help people achieve their goals. whether you drink too many carbonated beverages or you want to go 100% strict paleo, saturday is D-day. i guess i'll join the masses. my goal will be to eat 2 out of my 3 meals as strict paleo every day. i know this doesn't sound like much, but it's progress people! progress! i think i keep making these promises on this blog, but i keep falling off the horse. i'll try to get back on once more!
to keep me motivated, my friend amber posted this on her facebook page. it is the most awesome thing i've seen in a long, long time. i will watch this video every single day...because it is the cutest thing in the world and why shouldn't we ALL do this every morning before leaving the house? I CAN DO ANYTHING GOOD!
Monday, July 26, 2010
happy 12 weeks!
woohoo! happy 12 week birthday to my little baby peanut! time is really flying! it feels like it was just a couple of weeks ago that i found out i was pregnant!
i have been extremely fortunate during my first trimester. the nausea has not been pleasant, but i haven't thrown up 24-7 like some women do. for the most part, so far, i am enjoying being pregnant. unfortunately, my paleo diva-ness is suffering quite a bit. but since the nausea has somewhat abated, i am going to try my best to start being more dedicated. i know it is best for the baby.
i made it to the gym 4 times last week, as i had hoped! and there is good news on the horizon. crossfit rebellion and i are partnering to start a bootcamp on august 16th! please tell your friends! i hope for it to be a success!
here is my wod summary for last week. until later, kids, happy woding and stay strong on the paleo! i will be extremely busy this week with work, so i might not write again until next week...unless i find something really juicy to post!
monday: 50 Thrusters 95/65#. Each time you stop, you must complete 5 knees to elbows before you start your thrusters again.
* i did 65#, reps of 10, so i had to do 20 k2e.
wednesday: Four Rounds for Time of Run 400m, 15 ground to overhead 95/65#
* i rowed since it's too hot for this pregnant lady to run. g-to-o at 65#.
friday: 6 rounds for time of 10 ring dips, 10 squat cleans 95/65#
* this seemed to take forever. i did band assisted ring dips and 65# squat cleans.
saturday: 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 of KB Swings 53/35#, Push Ups (games standards), Sit Ups
* this was a fun one, but the first round of 21 kb swings took me off guard, and i had to slow down for the sets of 18, 15 and 12. i did the 9, 6, 3 unbroken.
i have been extremely fortunate during my first trimester. the nausea has not been pleasant, but i haven't thrown up 24-7 like some women do. for the most part, so far, i am enjoying being pregnant. unfortunately, my paleo diva-ness is suffering quite a bit. but since the nausea has somewhat abated, i am going to try my best to start being more dedicated. i know it is best for the baby.
i made it to the gym 4 times last week, as i had hoped! and there is good news on the horizon. crossfit rebellion and i are partnering to start a bootcamp on august 16th! please tell your friends! i hope for it to be a success!
here is my wod summary for last week. until later, kids, happy woding and stay strong on the paleo! i will be extremely busy this week with work, so i might not write again until next week...unless i find something really juicy to post!
monday: 50 Thrusters 95/65#. Each time you stop, you must complete 5 knees to elbows before you start your thrusters again.
* i did 65#, reps of 10, so i had to do 20 k2e.
wednesday: Four Rounds for Time of Run 400m, 15 ground to overhead 95/65#
* i rowed since it's too hot for this pregnant lady to run. g-to-o at 65#.
friday: 6 rounds for time of 10 ring dips, 10 squat cleans 95/65#
* this seemed to take forever. i did band assisted ring dips and 65# squat cleans.
saturday: 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 of KB Swings 53/35#, Push Ups (games standards), Sit Ups
* this was a fun one, but the first round of 21 kb swings took me off guard, and i had to slow down for the sets of 18, 15 and 12. i did the 9, 6, 3 unbroken.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
hmmmmmm.....
interesting read from a fellow blogger. i'm not sure how old her blog is, but i like her style. present two sides of the issue! :) her blog is www.wonder-ing-land.com
Why to vaccinate?
Vaccines have improved the lives of people since they were first introduced. The incidences of diseases have been so greatly reduced that we are getting complacent about them and have turned our worry on the side effects of vaccines rather than the dangers of the diseases they prevent. This is a luxury that will go away if the majority of people stop vaccinating and epidemics emerge.
While most of the diseases we vaccinate against aren’t all that dangerous, they can be fatal or can cause lasting problems (brain damage, sterility). While there are side effects to vaccines, the link between autism and MMR vaccine is unsubstantiated.
Vaccine ingredients are all necessary. For example, aluminum makes a vaccine work better. Compared to the amount of aluminum ingested in our everyday lives, the quantity injected through a vaccine is much less. There is no longer any mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines (and some never carried it).
New York State law requires it. Children can’t go to public schools unless they are up to date with vaccines.
Why not to vaccinate?
Ascribing the decline in contagious diseases only to vaccines diminishes the socio-economic factors that have contributed to this decline. The quality of life has improved. For example, incidences of diphtheria steadily fell after the vaccinations started in 1920, but so did incidences of yellow and scarlet fever without vaccinations.
We carry trillions of bacteria and viruses in our bodies: micro-organisms do not necessarily come from the outside but live in us as well. We vaccinate against 26 of them (though the number keeps rising). New diseases will be born out of this imbalance - other strands of a virus or bacterium that are not immunized against rise to fill the void. When the body has an opportunity to fight off a disease, it acquires a full cellular immunity to it. Antibodies, acquired by vaccination, are just one part of this immunity and that immunity is incomplete.
Being sick and letting the body do the work of fighting off a disease also affects children developmentally. A high fever fights an infection and helps in the ‘pruning’ of older brain cells. Post sickness, it’s been noted that children experience growth spurts both mentally and physically (for example, a child is found to talk or walk better than before).
One in 5 American children have some kind of developmental delay, autism being just one of them. Our vaccination rates are the highest in the world and they correspond to high atopic disorders such as allergies, lupus, asthma.
Vaccine ingredients include heavy metals, animal serum and known neuro-toxins (i.e. formaldehyde and some others). While it’s true that we do ingest or inhale heavy metals in food and air naturally, injecting them into the bloodstream exposes our bodies more directly. The body has natural filters such as the skin, the mucous membranes, and the digestive system. Injecting a vaccine directly into the bloodstream bypasses all of them. The vaccine additive polysorbate 80 enables a virus injected into the bloodstream to easily pass into the brain, bypassing important natural barriers.
A notorious example of vaccine composition is the original polio vaccine invented in the 1950s. The polio virus was cultivated on shredded monkey kidneys, then made inactive by dunking in formaldehyde, and then the mash was made into vaccines. But the monkey kidneys bestowed this mash with something called SV40 (simian virus 40) which also got injected into people, millions of them. SV40 has been found to cause brain cancer. (Of course, there are studies that show that this monkey virus has no effect on people, but beware of statistics). This was in the past, right? Well, as late as 1999, this virus was found in the blood of a vaccinated child or two, during an autopsy…
What are we going to do?
Read. Think. Pray.
On our reading list:
The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child, by Robert Sears
The vaccination dilemma, edited by Murphy, Christine.
Recommended by Tribeca Pediatrics
Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 2006: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/summary.html
Possible Side-effects from Vaccines: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm
Afzal, M.A. (2006). Absence of detectable measles virus genome sequence in blood of autistic children who have had their MMR vaccination during the routine childhood immunization schedule of UK . Journal of Medical Virology, 78, 623-630.
and more…
Recommended by Dr. Palevsky
Vaccines and Their Specific Ingredients: http://www.informedchoice.info
Fear of the Invisible, Janine Roberts (book)
The Virus and the Vaccine, Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher (book)
Research by Boyd Haley.
and more…
Why to vaccinate?
Vaccines have improved the lives of people since they were first introduced. The incidences of diseases have been so greatly reduced that we are getting complacent about them and have turned our worry on the side effects of vaccines rather than the dangers of the diseases they prevent. This is a luxury that will go away if the majority of people stop vaccinating and epidemics emerge.
While most of the diseases we vaccinate against aren’t all that dangerous, they can be fatal or can cause lasting problems (brain damage, sterility). While there are side effects to vaccines, the link between autism and MMR vaccine is unsubstantiated.
Vaccine ingredients are all necessary. For example, aluminum makes a vaccine work better. Compared to the amount of aluminum ingested in our everyday lives, the quantity injected through a vaccine is much less. There is no longer any mercury (thimerosal) in vaccines (and some never carried it).
New York State law requires it. Children can’t go to public schools unless they are up to date with vaccines.
Why not to vaccinate?
Ascribing the decline in contagious diseases only to vaccines diminishes the socio-economic factors that have contributed to this decline. The quality of life has improved. For example, incidences of diphtheria steadily fell after the vaccinations started in 1920, but so did incidences of yellow and scarlet fever without vaccinations.
We carry trillions of bacteria and viruses in our bodies: micro-organisms do not necessarily come from the outside but live in us as well. We vaccinate against 26 of them (though the number keeps rising). New diseases will be born out of this imbalance - other strands of a virus or bacterium that are not immunized against rise to fill the void. When the body has an opportunity to fight off a disease, it acquires a full cellular immunity to it. Antibodies, acquired by vaccination, are just one part of this immunity and that immunity is incomplete.
Being sick and letting the body do the work of fighting off a disease also affects children developmentally. A high fever fights an infection and helps in the ‘pruning’ of older brain cells. Post sickness, it’s been noted that children experience growth spurts both mentally and physically (for example, a child is found to talk or walk better than before).
One in 5 American children have some kind of developmental delay, autism being just one of them. Our vaccination rates are the highest in the world and they correspond to high atopic disorders such as allergies, lupus, asthma.
Vaccine ingredients include heavy metals, animal serum and known neuro-toxins (i.e. formaldehyde and some others). While it’s true that we do ingest or inhale heavy metals in food and air naturally, injecting them into the bloodstream exposes our bodies more directly. The body has natural filters such as the skin, the mucous membranes, and the digestive system. Injecting a vaccine directly into the bloodstream bypasses all of them. The vaccine additive polysorbate 80 enables a virus injected into the bloodstream to easily pass into the brain, bypassing important natural barriers.
A notorious example of vaccine composition is the original polio vaccine invented in the 1950s. The polio virus was cultivated on shredded monkey kidneys, then made inactive by dunking in formaldehyde, and then the mash was made into vaccines. But the monkey kidneys bestowed this mash with something called SV40 (simian virus 40) which also got injected into people, millions of them. SV40 has been found to cause brain cancer. (Of course, there are studies that show that this monkey virus has no effect on people, but beware of statistics). This was in the past, right? Well, as late as 1999, this virus was found in the blood of a vaccinated child or two, during an autopsy…
What are we going to do?
Read. Think. Pray.
On our reading list:
The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child, by Robert Sears
The vaccination dilemma, edited by Murphy, Christine.
Recommended by Tribeca Pediatrics
Summary of Notifiable Diseases, United States, 2006: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/summary.html
Possible Side-effects from Vaccines: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm
Afzal, M.A. (2006). Absence of detectable measles virus genome sequence in blood of autistic children who have had their MMR vaccination during the routine childhood immunization schedule of UK . Journal of Medical Virology, 78, 623-630.
and more…
Recommended by Dr. Palevsky
Vaccines and Their Specific Ingredients: http://www.informedchoice.info
Fear of the Invisible, Janine Roberts (book)
The Virus and the Vaccine, Debbie Bookchin and Jim Schumacher (book)
Research by Boyd Haley.
and more…
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Heart rate not to exceed 140!?!?!?
So, last night at CF, I made the mistake of saying my doctor suggested I not let my heart rate get over 140. BIG mistake! There are a couple of doctors that go to my gym, and well...they are trying to help. I know this! They are my friends! They are concerned for my safety and the safety of my baby. One of my friends that is currently in medical school - actually I think he's a resident - said "You should buy a heart rate monitor. If your doctor says 140, then you need to do what your doctor tells you!" I didn't have the heart to tell him that I think that most (NOT all!) doctors are motivated more by money than concern for my well-being. (Sorry doctor friends....just my opinion...not ALL doctors are like that.)
So I got to thinking this morning. And I started to doubt myself! I started to doubt everything I had read and everyone I had gotten advice from. Even after all of the other research I have done, it never crossed my mind to get to the bottom of this "heart rate not the exceed 140" stuff. The first time I ever even heard it, I thought it was crap. Why 140!? What happens if it gets to be 141? What about 145? I mean, heck, the last time I did Fran at max capacity, there is NO TELLING what my heart rate got up to. (Pre-pregnancy, mind you.) I mean, if I walk briskly through the mall, I could get to 140. And one time at the beginning of my pregnancy, in the middle of the night, my heartrate got over 120 - AND I WAS SLEEPING! (That is another story for another day)
But, as I said above, I got to thinking...and doubting...and I thought "well maybe he's right...." So I did a little research this morning, and like my gut told me, I am correct! There is absolutely no scientific evidence supporting the "fact" that pregnant women should not let their heart rate exceed 140 bpm, Here is an exerpt from a published article by ACOG, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology:
"Dr. Artal urged his colleagues to drop, once and for all, the notion that a pregnant woman's maximal heart rate should not go above 140 beats per minute. This widely circulated idea originally appeared in a 1984 ACOG-produced video developed by Dr. Artal and several other ob.gyns. interested in exercise. The ACOG guidelines of 1994 did not mention this idea.
" 'There is no science to support this,' he said, explaining that the idea came out of the fact that target heart rates were commonly used when speaking about exercise in nonpregnant women. 'We had to come up with a guideline in a short period of time. Nobody had data on pregnancy so we guesstimated.' "
See article below if you're interested in reading the entire version.
I really appreciate everyone's concern and suggestions. I really do. There are so many things to learn about being pregnant! It's all very overwhelming...but I sometimes feel judged, you know? I promise, I am not doing anything to harm my baby. I would never put crossfit or my fitness over the well-being of my child. And the thing is, my body will tell me what to do. So far, it hasn't failed me yet. I will continue listening...to my inner voice and to suggestions of my friends (I just might do a little research first). :)
Erik L. Goldman "ACOG releases new guidelines on exercise: 30 minutes per day in pregnancy". OB/GYN News. FindArticles.com. 31 Jan, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYD/is_2_37/ai_82393730
Oh yeah....and an update from yesterday: I won the Paleo one-day challenge. Ha! I think I'm going to make it a 30 day challenge! Wonder what I can win after 30 days if I won a massage after the one day challenge.....hm....
So I got to thinking this morning. And I started to doubt myself! I started to doubt everything I had read and everyone I had gotten advice from. Even after all of the other research I have done, it never crossed my mind to get to the bottom of this "heart rate not the exceed 140" stuff. The first time I ever even heard it, I thought it was crap. Why 140!? What happens if it gets to be 141? What about 145? I mean, heck, the last time I did Fran at max capacity, there is NO TELLING what my heart rate got up to. (Pre-pregnancy, mind you.) I mean, if I walk briskly through the mall, I could get to 140. And one time at the beginning of my pregnancy, in the middle of the night, my heartrate got over 120 - AND I WAS SLEEPING! (That is another story for another day)
But, as I said above, I got to thinking...and doubting...and I thought "well maybe he's right...." So I did a little research this morning, and like my gut told me, I am correct! There is absolutely no scientific evidence supporting the "fact" that pregnant women should not let their heart rate exceed 140 bpm, Here is an exerpt from a published article by ACOG, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology:
"Dr. Artal urged his colleagues to drop, once and for all, the notion that a pregnant woman's maximal heart rate should not go above 140 beats per minute. This widely circulated idea originally appeared in a 1984 ACOG-produced video developed by Dr. Artal and several other ob.gyns. interested in exercise. The ACOG guidelines of 1994 did not mention this idea.
" 'There is no science to support this,' he said, explaining that the idea came out of the fact that target heart rates were commonly used when speaking about exercise in nonpregnant women. 'We had to come up with a guideline in a short period of time. Nobody had data on pregnancy so we guesstimated.' "
See article below if you're interested in reading the entire version.
I really appreciate everyone's concern and suggestions. I really do. There are so many things to learn about being pregnant! It's all very overwhelming...but I sometimes feel judged, you know? I promise, I am not doing anything to harm my baby. I would never put crossfit or my fitness over the well-being of my child. And the thing is, my body will tell me what to do. So far, it hasn't failed me yet. I will continue listening...to my inner voice and to suggestions of my friends (I just might do a little research first). :)
Erik L. Goldman "ACOG releases new guidelines on exercise: 30 minutes per day in pregnancy". OB/GYN News. FindArticles.com. 31 Jan, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0CYD/is_2_37/ai_82393730
Oh yeah....and an update from yesterday: I won the Paleo one-day challenge. Ha! I think I'm going to make it a 30 day challenge! Wonder what I can win after 30 days if I won a massage after the one day challenge.....hm....
Monday, July 19, 2010
another year to the crossfit games comes to an end....and the one-day paleo challenge?
well, another year of the crossfit games is over. sniff, sniff. i'm very sad b/c i love the preparation gearing up to the cf games! wow! how incredible were the athletes this year!? it was absolutely amazing! i'm truly grateful that i was able to compete in the sectionals and regionals this year, since i will definitely be "out" for next year. i felt so bad for rich froning on that last wod, bless his heart. crossfit will ALWAYS find your weaknesses. and michelle kinney did AWESOME! she is truly an amazing athlete.
so...this is week 12. i can feel my butt expanding as i sit here typing this blog post. sigh. for real, my intake of disgusting food has hit an ALERT status. we went to atlanta this weekend for a braves game and the nastiness i consumed was off the chart. last night, as i was laying on the couch with a nasty migraine (most likely from preservative, sugar, carb, and yellow number 5 overdose), i told dave i was going to be paleo starting first thing monday morning. he actually laughed at me!
me: "what? you think i can't do it?"
him, said very sarcastically: "oh babe, you can do it! i'm sure of it! (ha. ha. haaaa!)"
me: "that's not funny. i can to do it."
him: "ok...care to make it interesting then?"
me: "heck yeah! this is exactly what i need! a friendly competition to motivate me!" (i mean, i AM a crossfitter...just make something a competition and i'm game!)
him: "alright. let me think about what we'll bet."
me: "bring. it. on."
he took the trash out and when he came back in he suggested a back massage for him if i didn't stay paleo or a back massage for me if i do.
me: "how long do i have to stay paleo?"
him: "just for tomorrow." (does he really not have any faith in me at all!?)
me: "PIECE OF CAKE!" (no pun intended.)
so far today, i have remained paleo (it's only 8:19 a.m.), BUT if i have to PUKE my GUTS up from morning sickness, that is really afternoon sickness, then so be it. i am winning this competition. period. if i can get him to keep the betting up every day, then maybe i will finally get on a paleo pregnancy.
last week, i only made it to the gym twice. here are my wods.
monday - 10 pullups, 10 pushups, 10 situps, 10 squats, 10 rounds. my time was pitiful, but i'm not supposed to be worrying about that, daggumit! still, i completed the wod as rxd. it wrecked me for DAYS! on wednesday i could barely lift my arms, but it really felt great to be sore again! i think my diet had something to do with my nasty soreness.
friday - 7 min AMRAP of 7x65# power snatches, 7 pullups, rest 1 min, the 8 min AMRAP of 7x65# sdhp, 10 burpees. i got 4 rounds of each, as rxd! woot! ain't nothin' stopping this pregnant girl!
this week, i hope to make it to the gym 4 times. tonight's wod is disgusting. i think someone pissed off kyle. it's 50 thrusters 95/65#, but each time you stop, you must complete 5 knees to elbows before you start your thrusters again. i predict that i will be doing at least 25 k2e.
cravings: only paleo food items. (hahahaha...i'm trying to trick myself.)
i'll keep you posted on the one-day paleo challenge. i'm confident i will win. :)
so...this is week 12. i can feel my butt expanding as i sit here typing this blog post. sigh. for real, my intake of disgusting food has hit an ALERT status. we went to atlanta this weekend for a braves game and the nastiness i consumed was off the chart. last night, as i was laying on the couch with a nasty migraine (most likely from preservative, sugar, carb, and yellow number 5 overdose), i told dave i was going to be paleo starting first thing monday morning. he actually laughed at me!
me: "what? you think i can't do it?"
him, said very sarcastically: "oh babe, you can do it! i'm sure of it! (ha. ha. haaaa!)"
me: "that's not funny. i can to do it."
him: "ok...care to make it interesting then?"
me: "heck yeah! this is exactly what i need! a friendly competition to motivate me!" (i mean, i AM a crossfitter...just make something a competition and i'm game!)
him: "alright. let me think about what we'll bet."
me: "bring. it. on."
he took the trash out and when he came back in he suggested a back massage for him if i didn't stay paleo or a back massage for me if i do.
me: "how long do i have to stay paleo?"
him: "just for tomorrow." (does he really not have any faith in me at all!?)
me: "PIECE OF CAKE!" (no pun intended.)
so far today, i have remained paleo (it's only 8:19 a.m.), BUT if i have to PUKE my GUTS up from morning sickness, that is really afternoon sickness, then so be it. i am winning this competition. period. if i can get him to keep the betting up every day, then maybe i will finally get on a paleo pregnancy.
last week, i only made it to the gym twice. here are my wods.
monday - 10 pullups, 10 pushups, 10 situps, 10 squats, 10 rounds. my time was pitiful, but i'm not supposed to be worrying about that, daggumit! still, i completed the wod as rxd. it wrecked me for DAYS! on wednesday i could barely lift my arms, but it really felt great to be sore again! i think my diet had something to do with my nasty soreness.
friday - 7 min AMRAP of 7x65# power snatches, 7 pullups, rest 1 min, the 8 min AMRAP of 7x65# sdhp, 10 burpees. i got 4 rounds of each, as rxd! woot! ain't nothin' stopping this pregnant girl!
this week, i hope to make it to the gym 4 times. tonight's wod is disgusting. i think someone pissed off kyle. it's 50 thrusters 95/65#, but each time you stop, you must complete 5 knees to elbows before you start your thrusters again. i predict that i will be doing at least 25 k2e.
cravings: only paleo food items. (hahahaha...i'm trying to trick myself.)
i'll keep you posted on the one-day paleo challenge. i'm confident i will win. :)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
week 11
well i'm officially a fat cow. sigh. it's probably all of the non-paleo food i've been eating. my day starts off on a good paleo foot, and then nauseau sets in. did i say this on my last post? i probably did....this baby is sucking my brain out of my head. but yeah. that's my paleo update. not much to update.
my crossfit update is a little different, though! last week i ended the week on thursday with 150 x 1 pood kettlebell swings not for time (but i timed it anyway...and i'm not going to tell you my time b/c it was pathetic). on friday i did 21-15-9 of 55# thrusters and push presses, not for time but for time (ehem). I should've gone heavier, but it was day 4 in a row of woding and i coached all week - so i wimped out. i tried woding on saturday but only got in 2 rounds of 60x26# kb swings, 20 shoulder presses @ 45# and 40 situps due to a new person coming into the gym when i was mid-wod. not bad for "only 2 rounds."
i rested sunday, and i was back at it yesterday with a broken up angie type wod. ten rounds of 10 pullups, 10 pushups, 10 situps, 10 squats - 100% rxd. again, not for time...but for time. i should just stop with the time thing because it's seriously depressing. dave beat my time by half. HALF i tell ya! i used to whoop his butt. but he better watch out...i'll only be pregnant for 7 more months, and then i'll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
now...if i could just get my diet reigned back in.....
cravings: cheese please! and ceaser salads have been a big thing this week.
my crossfit update is a little different, though! last week i ended the week on thursday with 150 x 1 pood kettlebell swings not for time (but i timed it anyway...and i'm not going to tell you my time b/c it was pathetic). on friday i did 21-15-9 of 55# thrusters and push presses, not for time but for time (ehem). I should've gone heavier, but it was day 4 in a row of woding and i coached all week - so i wimped out. i tried woding on saturday but only got in 2 rounds of 60x26# kb swings, 20 shoulder presses @ 45# and 40 situps due to a new person coming into the gym when i was mid-wod. not bad for "only 2 rounds."
i rested sunday, and i was back at it yesterday with a broken up angie type wod. ten rounds of 10 pullups, 10 pushups, 10 situps, 10 squats - 100% rxd. again, not for time...but for time. i should just stop with the time thing because it's seriously depressing. dave beat my time by half. HALF i tell ya! i used to whoop his butt. but he better watch out...i'll only be pregnant for 7 more months, and then i'll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
now...if i could just get my diet reigned back in.....
cravings: cheese please! and ceaser salads have been a big thing this week.
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