Getting healthy via CrossFit

Documentation of my journey utilizing CrossFit, healthy food (most of the time), support of my family/friends, etc.

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Running and deadlifts

Boy, oh BOY!!! Tonight's WOD was KILLER! 1 mile run and 5 rep deadlift max.

Did terribly on my mile time. Wanted something around the 10 min timeframe. I was cramping during the run and hyperventilating as well, not really sure what was wrong with me.

And I guess I did alright on my deadlift. Ran out of time. We did 1-1-1-1-1 max rep and when I was on my 5th rep, Darren said that I could have done alot more because I didn't even struggle with the weight I had. It's funny how you second guess yourself and sell yourself short, because when he told me to put both the 15 and the 10 lb plate on the bar, I was like "really"?

I finished with a 25, 2-15's, and a 10 and a full size bar (which is 45 lbs, I think) so that brings my deadlift total for tonight to 175. My goal is to at least be able to do 215 next time.....we'll see :-)

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Def doing the Dirty Girl Mud Run this year! Wooooo!

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1st pic- my first attempt at juicing. Its called "Mean Green", didn't like it very much, but surprisingly my husband liked it (it included kale, cucumber, lemon, ginger, and celery). After I ate it, my breath smelled like fresh cut press, lol. 2nd pic- did sprint intervals today as well. They were a little tough on me.

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Took a week off and now I'm back at it.....probably never gonna take a break from CrossFit again, bc today even the warm up kicked my butt! Completed all but the last set of squat cleans and push ups. Squat cleans w/15# plate.

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Sprint intervals! Doing pretty awesome the second time around. Increased sprint speed to 6.2. Starting wk 2 here soon, which means more sprinting, less walking.

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week 2 wrap-up

so I wasn't as strong and motivated as I thought I was at the beginning of the week. I only did 3x CF workouts (w.o.) & 1x sprint interval training day, hence I gained 0.6 lbs this wk... :-| can't say that I'm surprised, just a little disappointed because we always want to lose weight, even when we talk off the horse and get back on, we hope we didn't screw up so much that we gain weight.

so the goal for this week is to seriously get 4x CF w.o. in and log some miles on the treadmill. sounds simple enough.

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Week 2 day 5

Resting today, but the plan is to do sprint intervals tomorrow, then hit up CF. That'll make for 6 workouts this week! 4 CFs and 2 sprint intervals. Just gotta make sure I eat right, bc I'm pretty sure that Applebee's I ate tonight will screw me over. Clean/fresh start tmrw bc I don't wanna see that Applebee's on the scale come Monday.

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Workout to night was crazy! 6 rounds: Squats-10# & burpees 5 rounds: Dumb bell snatch- 1x 20#, 3x 15# (2 completed, 8x on last round) Box jumps- 1x 24", 4x 20" Clean and Jerk- 10#

And since I ran this morning, I'm feeling pretty beat tonight. I'm excited about going to bed tonight! :-D

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Sprint intervals today! All the working out is paying off bc today's set of intervals seemed a tad bit easier. So much so that I had to increase the speed of thesprinting legs. Yay!

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Week 2 Day 2

Today was a good work out:

7 rounds of- (28 min MAX)

7 handstand push ups (24" box)

7 deadlifts (small bar, 2x 15lbs)

7 pull ups (black band)

7 thrusters (small bar, 1x 15 lbs)

I was able to get 6 rounds and 1x handstand set completed which I'm really proud of. I think I would have been able to finish if we didn't have to use the same bar for deadlifts and thrusters. It took some time to remove the weights, then add them on again.

Ate awesome today! And I lost another 2 lbs, but I'm not going to say its official until the end of the week.

Tomorrow is a rest day....YESSSS!

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Today's WOD=KILLER

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One day, I WILL be someone's fitspiration!

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Tonight’s workout wasn’t that bad. I did pretty good actually (pretty sure it’s relative) @ 8:58. No weight on the bar and I did singles instead of double unders.

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Week 1 roundup....

Results are in! I did CrossFit 3x this week and did sprint intervals 1x this week ate mostly well except for Friday & Saturday and I was able to lose 3lbs. This week's goal is to do CF 4x this week. Not really looking to lose a certain about of weight this week due to the fact that, initially, when you lift its possible to gain weight. So any loss will do.

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Day 5&6

I used these two days as rest days. Once again, I'm fine the day after I work out. It's the second day that always gets me. My calves, quads, lower back, and shoulders are killing me today. My food choices weren't that great today. We went sightseeing and had California Pizza Kitchen for lunch :-/ Back on the grind tomorrow.

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Day 4- today was the first day I wanted to cry during a workout. My eyes literally started watering during the workout bc I was thinking about how slow I was (compared to everyone else) how out of shape I am, and how could I let myself get to this point....but once I started focusing on the workout, I was finally able to finish....albeit 30ish mins later.

On the 2nd round I only did 10x deadlifts, med ball tosses, kettle bell swings, box jumps. LORD!!!! I wanted to just roll over and die!

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WOD- push ups, push ups, and you guessed it.....more push ups! I was able to get to 8 minutes.... Next time will be better.