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!
Thursday, July 29, 2010
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.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Blog Name Change! And HUGE news....
So if you can't discern the big news from the blog name change, then I'm not sure we should be friends. :) Just kidding. Welcome to my new and improved blog! For those of you that are not in the immediate loop of my life, I got married a few weeks ago. Oh...and by the way, we're pregnant! 10 weeks pregnant in fact, give or take a few days. Now, modern medicine (aka my obgyn) has had me pretty freaked out about miscarriage, so I was trying my hardest to hold off on this announcement to the world until week 14...however I had a safety issue come up at CF the other day, and after discussing, Dave and I decided to go ahead and tell the world. So...SURPRISE!!! We know it's still early, but God is behind the wheel. He will give us what we need at the perfect point in time.
To go ahead and answer a few of your questions, here you go:
- We found out Sunday of Regionals.
- Yes, we were surprised....but thrilled!
- Due at the beginning of February.
- Yes, I will continue doing Crossfit my entire pregnancy, God willing.
- And yes, I will try my hardest (and it is definitely hard) to maintain my Paleo lifestyle.
Now, I went from training my butt off for Regionals, to finding out I was pregnant. Yikes! I was scared to death of miscarriage, so I immediately emailed Andrea from Crossfit Mom. She was great in telling me what I should and should not do. It was easy enough to scale my wods when I went back to the gym after Regionals...I simply told my fellow gym members that I was scaling for recovery. (I was hoping they would forgive the little white lie after I told them the news.) But after scaling the wods and weights for a few weeks (I went from doing Fran rxd in sub 6 to an untimed Fran at 45#...sniff, sniff), I just didn't feel like I was putting in any effort at all. Now I know, I know. You're supposed to TAKE IT EASY...DON'T EXERT YOURSELF TOO MUCH....DON'T LIFT TOO MUCH WEIGHT....but I've realized that EVERYONE ELSE has been telling ME what my body should or should not be doing. Shouldn't I be the one listening to myself!? So last week, after reading a couple of other blogs by Crossfitting, Paleo Mommies-to-Be, I realized that I should start calling the shots. And last week, I went back to rxd wods, with a little less weight if it's heavy, and decreasing the intensity (aka not timing my wods). And man do I feel better!
For those of you wondering what this means, please understand that I am not doing anything to harm myself or especially my unborn baby. I am listening to my body. And I have prayed about this too. Here is an example:
Grace - 65# full squat cleans instead of 95# power cleans (next time I might go a little heavier) but I did not worry about my time.
100 burpee boxjumps - I did burpee step ups, 100. I didn't worry about time.
Run 400m, 50 Squats, 4 rounds - I rowed 500m instead of run and I did the 50 squats, not worrying about time.
Now, when I say "not worrying about time" I mean I timed it, but I didn't worry about how fast I was going. I worked out, but I made sure that I could talk while working out and I made sure that I didnt' get too hot. I achieved those things by stopping when I was out of breath and drinking lots of water throughout the wod.
And I am so glad to be woding again.
This blog is my attempt to put further information out there for other crossfitting, paleo, pregnant mommies-to-be. There isn't much out there, so I am going to post what I can about my experience. The only way to learn is from others that have laid a path before you.
Oh...and about Paleo...well, morning sickness (aka all day sickness) struck on Thursday, June 10th while in the back of a cab in Chicago, IL. Yep. That's right. I almost vomited in the back of a cab. And until the other day, I couldn't stomach anything other than pizza, mexican food, fried southern food, fast food and the like. I know, I know....it was a disgrace. And you honestly cannot possibly get any further from Paleo than what I was eating! But this past Saturday, I woke up feeling fabulous! And so far, I've been able to maintain Paleo MOST of the time since then....and when I say Paleo, I mean Paleo with a twist! I'm allowing dairy. The reason for this is, to be honest....I freaking can't eat enough cheese. It is so beautiful and delicious and I can't get enough of it. And well, it's my body and I'm saying it's ok! Now please don't get me wrong...I'm no Paleo angel, but hey...at least I'm trying! (I'm telling you, I can't get enough pizza...it's completely out of my control.)
I'll keep you posted on the Crossfitting wods and the Paleo foods. And if you have any questions, please feel free to email me or post. And if you disagree with what I'm doing, I will gladly read your comments. (But if you disagree, please share your reasons WHY you disagree however I must say that if you have never been pregnant and you have never done crossfit, I'm not really sure you should put in your opinion! That might sound a little harsh, but it's how I feel. Sorry.)
Tonight, the rxd wod at Crossfit Rebellion is deadlift max. Since I'm out of maxing out weights for now, I've decided to do 100 kettlebell swings at 26 or 35#...I haven't decided the weight just yet. The kb swings will maintain strong hamstrings, core and back. What a great ode to deadlifts!
And, in honor of my original purpose of this blog, here's a new recipe for ya. I made it this weekend and I can't get enough of it! It's dedicated to my craving for ITALIAN!
Eggplant Ragu
1 eggplant
2# grass fed ground beef
2 jars marinara (trader joes has a good brand, no sugar)
1 white onion
1 pack mushrooms
garlic
rosemary
red pepper flakes
olive oil
Combine ground beef, diced onion, diced mushrooms, 2 tbsp garlic, 2 tbsp rosemary, 2 tbsp red pepper flakes and a dash of olive oil. Mush it all up and brown the ground beef. While that is browning, dice the eggplant and spread it on the bottom of a large, deep baking pan. After the ground beef is browned, drain off fat. Pour the ground beef mixture over the eggplant and spread evenly. Pour the 2 jars of marinara over the eggplant and groundbeef. Put in a preheated over at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes and voila! It's DELICIOUSNESS! (I, of course, sprinkled...ok more like I poured fresh mozzarello over the top, but you can leave that out.)
To go ahead and answer a few of your questions, here you go:
- We found out Sunday of Regionals.
- Yes, we were surprised....but thrilled!
- Due at the beginning of February.
- Yes, I will continue doing Crossfit my entire pregnancy, God willing.
- And yes, I will try my hardest (and it is definitely hard) to maintain my Paleo lifestyle.
Now, I went from training my butt off for Regionals, to finding out I was pregnant. Yikes! I was scared to death of miscarriage, so I immediately emailed Andrea from Crossfit Mom. She was great in telling me what I should and should not do. It was easy enough to scale my wods when I went back to the gym after Regionals...I simply told my fellow gym members that I was scaling for recovery. (I was hoping they would forgive the little white lie after I told them the news.) But after scaling the wods and weights for a few weeks (I went from doing Fran rxd in sub 6 to an untimed Fran at 45#...sniff, sniff), I just didn't feel like I was putting in any effort at all. Now I know, I know. You're supposed to TAKE IT EASY...DON'T EXERT YOURSELF TOO MUCH....DON'T LIFT TOO MUCH WEIGHT....but I've realized that EVERYONE ELSE has been telling ME what my body should or should not be doing. Shouldn't I be the one listening to myself!? So last week, after reading a couple of other blogs by Crossfitting, Paleo Mommies-to-Be, I realized that I should start calling the shots. And last week, I went back to rxd wods, with a little less weight if it's heavy, and decreasing the intensity (aka not timing my wods). And man do I feel better!
For those of you wondering what this means, please understand that I am not doing anything to harm myself or especially my unborn baby. I am listening to my body. And I have prayed about this too. Here is an example:
Grace - 65# full squat cleans instead of 95# power cleans (next time I might go a little heavier) but I did not worry about my time.
100 burpee boxjumps - I did burpee step ups, 100. I didn't worry about time.
Run 400m, 50 Squats, 4 rounds - I rowed 500m instead of run and I did the 50 squats, not worrying about time.
Now, when I say "not worrying about time" I mean I timed it, but I didn't worry about how fast I was going. I worked out, but I made sure that I could talk while working out and I made sure that I didnt' get too hot. I achieved those things by stopping when I was out of breath and drinking lots of water throughout the wod.
And I am so glad to be woding again.
This blog is my attempt to put further information out there for other crossfitting, paleo, pregnant mommies-to-be. There isn't much out there, so I am going to post what I can about my experience. The only way to learn is from others that have laid a path before you.
Oh...and about Paleo...well, morning sickness (aka all day sickness) struck on Thursday, June 10th while in the back of a cab in Chicago, IL. Yep. That's right. I almost vomited in the back of a cab. And until the other day, I couldn't stomach anything other than pizza, mexican food, fried southern food, fast food and the like. I know, I know....it was a disgrace. And you honestly cannot possibly get any further from Paleo than what I was eating! But this past Saturday, I woke up feeling fabulous! And so far, I've been able to maintain Paleo MOST of the time since then....and when I say Paleo, I mean Paleo with a twist! I'm allowing dairy. The reason for this is, to be honest....I freaking can't eat enough cheese. It is so beautiful and delicious and I can't get enough of it. And well, it's my body and I'm saying it's ok! Now please don't get me wrong...I'm no Paleo angel, but hey...at least I'm trying! (I'm telling you, I can't get enough pizza...it's completely out of my control.)
I'll keep you posted on the Crossfitting wods and the Paleo foods. And if you have any questions, please feel free to email me or post. And if you disagree with what I'm doing, I will gladly read your comments. (But if you disagree, please share your reasons WHY you disagree however I must say that if you have never been pregnant and you have never done crossfit, I'm not really sure you should put in your opinion! That might sound a little harsh, but it's how I feel. Sorry.)
Tonight, the rxd wod at Crossfit Rebellion is deadlift max. Since I'm out of maxing out weights for now, I've decided to do 100 kettlebell swings at 26 or 35#...I haven't decided the weight just yet. The kb swings will maintain strong hamstrings, core and back. What a great ode to deadlifts!
And, in honor of my original purpose of this blog, here's a new recipe for ya. I made it this weekend and I can't get enough of it! It's dedicated to my craving for ITALIAN!
Eggplant Ragu
1 eggplant
2# grass fed ground beef
2 jars marinara (trader joes has a good brand, no sugar)
1 white onion
1 pack mushrooms
garlic
rosemary
red pepper flakes
olive oil
Combine ground beef, diced onion, diced mushrooms, 2 tbsp garlic, 2 tbsp rosemary, 2 tbsp red pepper flakes and a dash of olive oil. Mush it all up and brown the ground beef. While that is browning, dice the eggplant and spread it on the bottom of a large, deep baking pan. After the ground beef is browned, drain off fat. Pour the ground beef mixture over the eggplant and spread evenly. Pour the 2 jars of marinara over the eggplant and groundbeef. Put in a preheated over at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes and voila! It's DELICIOUSNESS! (I, of course, sprinkled...ok more like I poured fresh mozzarello over the top, but you can leave that out.)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Back on the Paleo Train
Well, I'm back on the Paleo Train. I've been on a Paleo hiatus for the past three weeks. I finished the last regional event in Jacksonville on May 30th, and within three hours I was eating at the closest Cracker Barrell! I got back on the wagon the next day, stayed on it for a couple of weeks, and then life started a-happenin'...and Paleo went down the tubes. And because I wasn't training (ha, ha, no pun intended) for anything specifically, it was easy to fall of the wagon once again. There were a few days of hit or miss Paleo, but for me, it's all or nothing...
Today has been a good day so far. It's 2 p.m., and due to my Paleo diet (for today and hopefully more), I have not crashed and burned like the past few afternoons. That was the first thing about Paleo that I ever loved....I didn't crash in the afternoon after the carb-fest lunch I'd consumed. The second thing I loved - my cravings for sweet things and for sugar completely disappeared. Don't ingest it = don't want it for this sugar-holic. And the third thing I loved about Paleo is my wods didn't hurt as much.
I think going off Paleo for a minute is a good thing for me. It reminds me of how BAD I feel when I'm not eating Paleo. I have such a huge power of denial, that when I'm Paleo, it's easy to convince myself that I didn't feel THAT bad when I was eating a bunch of crap! I need these little reminders! As long as I eventually get back on that train....sooner rather than later...that's all that matters I guess. Progress IS perfection in my world. Plus it really sucks when your pants start feeling a little snug. I'm thinking I shouldn't have had that last piece of pizza last night.
Today has been a good day so far. It's 2 p.m., and due to my Paleo diet (for today and hopefully more), I have not crashed and burned like the past few afternoons. That was the first thing about Paleo that I ever loved....I didn't crash in the afternoon after the carb-fest lunch I'd consumed. The second thing I loved - my cravings for sweet things and for sugar completely disappeared. Don't ingest it = don't want it for this sugar-holic. And the third thing I loved about Paleo is my wods didn't hurt as much.
I think going off Paleo for a minute is a good thing for me. It reminds me of how BAD I feel when I'm not eating Paleo. I have such a huge power of denial, that when I'm Paleo, it's easy to convince myself that I didn't feel THAT bad when I was eating a bunch of crap! I need these little reminders! As long as I eventually get back on that train....sooner rather than later...that's all that matters I guess. Progress IS perfection in my world. Plus it really sucks when your pants start feeling a little snug. I'm thinking I shouldn't have had that last piece of pizza last night.
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