It's been way too long

Long overdue blog. I started writing this a few weeks ago when I got in back from St Thomas but failed to ever post it. So, instead a short version of a long absence. I’ll leave out the food log, workouts etc.

St. Thomas: Too many snacks and way too many drinks! I felt that I kept my breakfast decent – eggs every morning except 1 where I went out and got an omelet that came with toast and potatoes. Otherwise, my decisions weren’t the best, but they could have been worse….I guess :(

Was in town for a week and hit the gym and got back to either eggs or protein bars in the morning, chicken for lunch and another protein for dinner.

Then, we went skiing in Park City about a week ago. Drank drank drank. 1 really bad night was pizza, beer, ice cream and more drinks at home. Otherwise, Chris and I did better eating on the slopes. We’d try and split a protein bar and 1 entrée from the lodges.

Back in town again – I’m able to eat well during the week (more or less paleo) minus my coffee and cream. But that doesn’t offset the weekend of drinking and eating. I'm trying to work on eating smaller portions too - sometimes I eat too much (even if it's a good paleo thing). So that's another long-term goal of mine.

It seems like the same thing over and over, try and work on this, or work on that. It’s just a long process to really implement this healthy (paleo with good proportions) into my diet. No need to give up – just keep working.

I’m getting lasik this Friday, so I’m really trying to be nice to my body. No drinking for a week and some healthy foods. (I even turned down drinks on the plane ride to NJ and in the skyclub yesterday). That being said…I’ve got to wear glasses this week which kinda takes me out of doing any lifting at the YMCA in NJ. I’m going to try and either run or do situps/squats/pushups etc in my hotel room for some exercise. But then I can’t exercise for a week….and after that I’m on the road for 2 weeks back to back. So, what I’m saying is I’m out of the gym for 4 weeks. The time I really need the gym. I need hard workouts to kick my butt, get me in shape for bikini season, and to have the camaraderie of the other women there to encourage me on my weight loss journey.

On the paleo/primal bandwagon I’ve thought how I could really use another challenge at the gym to participate in. Sure I’ll be on the road, but I won’t be getting all the workouts that I need. I’ve also though that I could make up my own ‘challenge’. Each meal I don’t eat paleo (say minus 1 a week) I have to donate $x.xx to a charity. Not that I wouldn’t love to donate money, but I’d like to use it for my lasik :)

The last month or so I haven’t been doing POOR eating and making decisions, but I’m not making the BEST ones for my body in order to reach my goals.

That being said, I’m not giving up, just pressing on. Thanks for the feedback and the support!

PS – I ran my first 5K in 2 years. I honestly HATE running. I would rather do wallballs, burpees, pull-ups, anything else but run. But, I did it! Not the best time compared to what a lot of other people could do, but I was happy with my first 5K – 30:45. Now that gives me a goal to shoot for on my next one!

Please no delays..!

Friday:
Set 2 alarms this am - one for working out and one for not...both went off, the workout did not happen. I think my body was happy that I got to enjoy some more sleep. Plus I've done 2 a day "activities" since I arrived in NJ.
Breakfast: coffee coffee coffee (a bit of cream and sugar too). At 11:15 I had my leftover omelet from yesterday. I took out as much of the cheese as I could from what was in the middle of it. I'll plan to eat my leftover sushi for lunch.

As for the title of this blog...I'm flying from LGA to JAX today, and current delays at LGA are already 2 hours and 49 minutes. I'm hoping by the time my flight leaves there will be no delays. Only b/c that means longer being in an airport (airport food) and on the plane. Will update lunch and any other snacks later.

Lunch:
-leftover sushi at 1:45. Bringing a banana with me to the airport.

Delayed.... BOOOO. Well, working in the crown room now until my flights takes off. Had a biscoff cookie and pretzels stick - going to hold out to get food - or see what they serve on the plane.

2 more travel days

Thursday:
Woke up early so I went to the gym in the hotel. Walked for a bit on the treadmill and then jogged (ran), whatever you want to call it at a 5.6-5.8 speed for about 1.5 miles. Again, felt good to at least do something useful with my time. Breakfast was 3 hardboiled eggs from the hotel. I've been drinking tea with a bit of sugar, lemon juice, and a hint of 1/2 and 1/2.

Lunch: A diner near our client's office. Ordered the NJ omelet - peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, onion, eggplant and mozzarella cheese. Came with a fruit bowl - ate that, and an english muffin - ate that too. Ate about 1/2 my omelet and took the rest home for a snack.

Oops - forgot to mention my 2 chocolate chip cookies I had yesterday when I came into the hotel...they had just come out of the oven. I am doing a decent job not eating their free food (5-7pm) or enjoying their free beer and wine...

As today goes, feeling bad, just had a pack of chips. I think b/c I've been letting myself cheat here and there I've got all those cravings back. When I was on the 30 day paleo challenge, I tried and did really well not allowing those in my diet, not even here or there. Although it was hard at first, the cravings did go away...I want them gone again because all i can think about right now is CHOCOLATE!!!


..update...

one way to turn your day around is to realize you've disappointed yourself or someone else.

So, I get back to the hotel and head to the YMCA. Made up a workout:
-4 rounds: (5 DL @ 125#, 15 KB 35#, 80 single skips, 15 situps). The first two rounds I did 10 DL's, and had planned to for the four rounds, but my lower back is still sore, so I toned it down. Felt good to do something after feeling like I failed eating today.

Ordered 4 sushi rolls for delivery and ate some and am saving the rest for lunch tomorrow. It's the best option in the area. I wanted to avoid Subway/Blimpe.

Well, a positive end to the day.

Slap, Slap, Push, Squat, Squat

No better night then tonight to blog....but before I get to the good, exciting things, let's get another week's recap:

Friday - STAYCATION!!!
-Dinner - MF Sushi!! Deliciousness like no other... + lots of sake, some beer (oh yea, a bottle of wine before we left our hotel- the Hyatt. Onto Whiskey Blue for drinks and friends, then we stumbled over to Buckhead Pizza Co. for a late night calzone and pitcher of beer (whooooops)

Saturday:
-breakfast at the Hyatt was a buffet - got an omelet, bacon, waffle and some fruit
-dinner @ Tap - burger and such (not good), followed by some drinks at RiRa

Sunday:
-Gluten Free cooking class at The Viking School. Made an assortment of foods! Pasta, cupcakes, bread, butter etc. Fun and pretty taste - but still not paleo/primal
-Dinner @ Yeah Burger- no bun, decent dinner + movies afterward with no snacks/cokes

Monday:
-Eggs from downstairs restaurant. Lunch of some tuna fish and snack of applesauce and turkey jerky. Dinner was chicken + 3 fried eggs + avocado. Didn't WOD - honestly, it looked like it was straight from HELL...and I need to be able to walk and move my body as I travel and meet my client for the first time. Instead, I got outside b/c it was nice, and 'attempted' a run. I hate it, as i always say, but I went about 2 miles...yea, some stopping and catching my breath and walking, but I did something. Hooray

Tuesday:
DAMN that 4:20 AM wake up call to get to the airport. Went to the Sky Club when I got to the airport (B10), the new one, so I was all certain they'd have fruit out....NOPE. Ended up eating a small bagel with butter and a pastry. Threw another bagel in my bag (just in case), shouldn't have, b/c I ended up eating it later. Lunch - took the client out....ordered a french onion soup so they'd feel comfortable ordering an app or salad - and they followed suit by 1 more soup. Lunch was salmon and potatoes - not fresh salmon, gross. Dinner: 2 sushi rolls + tempura app (had to order it to make my order over $15 - LAME, b/c then i ended up eating some of it). Anyways, it starts to get exciting today....
----there is a YMCA that our hotel can get us passes to. So a coworker and I checked it out. THEY HAVE WEIGHTS.. and kettlebells...and a place to do DLs. Hooray! So I made up a WOD:
-5 rounds (10 KB 35#, 10 pushups, 5 DL 140#, 10 squats). Felt good to swing a KB and make my heart rate go up. Kinda strained my back on the last DL's so I quit and stretched.

Wednesday (What you've been waiting for!!)
-am: woke up early to do some activity, hit the hotel gym and did 4 rounds (400 M run, 10 burpees). I still suck at running, but it was worth missing a little bit of sleep for something.
-breakfast - scrambled eggs from the hotel + 1 hardboiled egg, water.
-lunch - ordered 3 sushi rolls for lunch out, took 1.5 -2 home for dinner.
-snack - part of an apple + a few sushi pieces
-dinner - leftover sushi rolls

workout. dun dun dun... I said I'd go check out a class at the YMCA with a coworker called "Kick & Core". I had my thoughts, but tried to go in open minded (especially after making up my own wod at the Y the night before). When we walked in they told us to get a ball and weights, but no more then 5#....ok, i'll try the 5# ones i thought. We did a lot of ..'jumping' back and forth, kicking, and trying to kick and do high knees. Some things that resembled planks. The best was "slap, slap, push, squat, squat". We'd pretend like we would slap someone (x2) and then push them away, and then squat twice...yea. Oh, and the squats, so clearly this was a room full of mirrors so I got to watch my squat vs others' squats....verrry different. Use your imagination for the rest of the class. I left wanting a 15 min AMRAP workout like never before...and feeling like I did our CF squat injustice to keep up with their thing that resembled "tabata squats for 3 minutes.." It was weird holding a 5 pound dumbell instead of a kettlebell, not throwing around weights, or hearing people breathe hard or curse under their breath.

Anyways, it was the most clumsy I've felt in awhile and things didn't feel natural. But, I'm happy the people in there are being active. I just don't think that's for me. I'm also happy to support a coworker as well - it's more entertaining then staying in my hotel room.

Hope that was able to provide a few smiles -I sure smiled/laughed a lot during the class. Oh, and apologies for writing the longest blog with probably the most run-on sentences ever.

:)

B

You get out of things what you put in..

It's been almost (or exactly) a week since my last post. I've got good and bad things to comment on. First off, the weekend wasn't the best with eating. Lots of drinking = 2 nights ordering dominoes 2 large thin crust pizzas. Sunday was a double date night at the Thrashers game which led to huge beers courtesy of the CNN Center + unhealthy (and actually crappy) food. Did the WOD from Saturday am at Chris' Did the row (pretended I had a team) and then the 7 minutes AMRAP.

Onto the week:
Monday: meh eating. eggs and chicken, but was definitely feeling the weekend.
WOD: Dead Cindy:
10 Deadlifts @ 1.25x BW 1 Round Cindy
8 Deadlifts 2 Rounds Cindy
6 Deadlifts 3 Rounds Cindy
4 Deadlifts 4 Rounds Cindy
2 Deadlifts 5 Rounds Cindy

I did DL @ 135# (not 1.25 BW...) But that shit got heavy. Got to the last round (2 DL, 5 rounds of Cindy) I only got through 3 of the 5 rounds of Cindy until the 30 minute cutoff was called. But you know what, I did my pullups without bands again. My arms were killing me - I ripped my hand (should have taken a pic b/c that would have been more bad ass), but I did it and kept pushing through. Wish I could have finished - and I could have if I would have used a band - but how am I to get stronger if I don't push myself.

V-day Dinner (not planned) a night at Ecco - we sat at a small but very romantic table at Ecco. We enjoyed goat cheese balls, scallops, paparedelle, and drinks. It was SO enjoyable and I felt that I earned it after the workout. Fast forward....

Tuesday: bacon, eggs, coffee and creamer and the like. Gave blood (good samaritan style, but it sucked) Felt tired all day. Ate the sandwich they gave me + nutter butter bars + cookie + juices + red bull. All very non-paleo... No WOD, wasn't allowed and would have probably passed out. 2 sushi rolls for dinner. Oh yea, can barely straighten my arms, they are sore as junk from pullups...

Wednesday: chicken, eggs, bacon, coffee. Lasik consultation = super dilated eyes. Left work early b/c I couldn't see anything. Boo. No workout. Chicken, avocado, eggs for dinner

Thursday: eggs, coffee, turkey bacon for breakfast. Lunch = avocado, chicken egg. Dinner: grilled chicken, 2 fried eggs, avocado + fresh OJ after the WOD:
WOD: Strength: Power Clean 5×65%, 5×75%, 5×85% of the 1RM, I stopped at 80#
then…we did conditioning: 6 rounds for time:100M Sprint, 10 Burpees, 10 Push Press 95# / 65#, Rest 1 minute. I finished in 23:42 I think it was....but I saw another RX. Tell ya what, that push press got damn heavy, running sucked, I'm slow at burpees. But again, I somehow pushed through it. Although this was one of the "OMG I want to pass out after round 4" workouts. It felt good to do RX, not good to finish last. I felt like everyone was watching me fail after doing 2 pushpresses at a time.

Less then 2 weeks until St. Thomas. It's not fair to think I'll have a flat stomach by then, duh. But at least I'm working out and still working on eating healthy. And I can relish in the fact that I have some muscles and can probably DL the other girls we are going with ;) Hard work will yield results.....over time.....I just have to keep telling myself that.

Another thing I learned this week: you get out of things what you put in. Take this however you want. With work, school, workouts, friendships, love etc. It takes realizing to surround yourself with friends who care about your well being. This week I've realized I'm making new friends at CFPT, and I'm really enjoying that. They care about what you do and how you are doing. They push you to be the best you can be, they encourage you and are honest with you. These are important things in my life right now. So, a big "thank you" to Tori, Jasmine, Ali and all the other girls at the gym!

Weekend outlook: Staying at the Grand Hyatt Buckhead Friday night. Hope to eat some good food and enjoy some nice wine. Saturday was invited to a beer fest (tempting....trying to resist), nightime is a goodbye party for a friend at RiRa and Sunday (really looking forward to this one) is a 3 hour Gluten Free Cooking Class at the Viking School!!!! I hope to learn some new techniques!!

RX RX RX

I got my 2nd ever workout RX!! It's an accomplishment for me so I'm going to brag. I'm happy and proud! And it didn't take me 30 minutes either.

WOD = JACKIE (800M run, 50 thrusters @ 35#, 30 pull-ups). My time was 13:12.

So, there it goes. I got through 3 days of workouts back to back. I'm tired, sore, and so ready for the weekend. Taking tomorrow off!

Today's food: almonds and coffee for breakfast. Lunch - turkey burger, some chicken, avocado, and a hardboiled egg. Snack of turkey jerky. I also chomped on some gum. Dinner = grilled chicken, 2 fried eggs, fresh mozorella and 1/4 an avocado.

Post workout (pre-dinner) I had some fresh squeezed (no preservatives etc etc[expensive]) orange juice.

That's it, done. Early to bed for this girl.

Ohhhh....also, I'm thinking about getting a new pair of shoes. Something better for weightlifting and such, but also good for those damn runs we have to do. A friend recommended Inov-8 (I gotta find out what style). I bought Chris for Xmas five fingers and he loves those too, so I may check those out for myself.

Any other suggestions?

Weekend wrap up + Monday/Tuesday

I'm going to try and keep this short (but I know it won't be). I'm tired from XF'ing today and need to get to bed (muscle recovery!).

Anyways, weekend update:
Friday - happy hour for a company person's departure - I avoided ALL the food and had only 1 glass of wine, also avoided beer
-dinner time. stayed in and ate leftover turkey burgers. We put chorizo, fried eggs, turkey bacon, and some cheese on them (no bun of course), damn they were good. Ate that while watching Inception...also indulged in a bottle of red wine (bottle)

Sat - AM was BAD. Had a almost 5 hour hair appt so I grabbed McD's on the way at 8am. BAD BAD BAD. Had some eggs later as a snack and then did Steel for dinner. Dinner was great, and definitely an awesome date. We did an app of the tuna tower, 3 rolls, drinks, dessert (and we usually NEVER get dessert out) and even after dinner drinks! Honestly, the food and company was fantastic...so we'll let it slide. oops. Later on we went to MidCity for martinis, and I indulged in 3 espresso martinis. They are honestly so good....and made with fresh espresso (better then a chocolate martini right?)

Sunday - FAIL. FAIL. FAIL. Superbowl FAIL. Super FAIL. Done. No beer, lots of food and drinks. FAIL

Monday - back on the wagon (minus a mini snickers or two I snagged in our kitchen - damn). coffee and hardboiled eggs. turkey burger with avocado for lunch. Fruit and nuts as snacks. Dinner was all you can eat crab legs at Coast. YUM. Granted, I did split a bottle of wine with my girlfriend....but she just broke up with the guy she was dating....it was necessary. No other food there.

WOD = (post super bowl hell): FIVE ROUNDS FOR TIME OF:
15 KBS 55# / 35#, 15 Strict Butterfly Sit Ups, 15 Burpees, 30 Double unders, 1 Minute Rest. I finished in less then 25 minutes, 24:48 or something. I was happy with my time. I did 35# and 4X single skips

And another important thing which kinda does/doesn't matter. There was this guy (who I've now stalked and decided his name is Dustin...I think it is) who pushed me through my last 15 burpees and 4x SS. He really yelled at me to get back on the ground. That was probably my fastest round of burpees out of all 5 rounds. So, where I'm going with this is...I didn't thank you after I finishing working out. I was dying, mind was still hating burpees, and I left to get ready for dinner/collapse for 5 minutes at home. So, until I see you in the gym next time THANK YOU!! I honestly promise I wasn't trying to be a bitch, I just wasn't there mentally!

Tuesday:
-coffee for breakfast. I had a conference call so I didn't get to eat substantial food. turkey burger + grilled chicken + 1 egg and avocado for lunch. snacks of fruit and nuts. Dinner = grilled chicken (made fresh post CF) some fresh mozzarella on top of it, 2 fried eggs and 1/4 of an avocado. Delicious!

WOD = GET SWOLL: Overhead Squat 3RM (rep max), then…EIGHT ROUNDS FOR TIME OF:
5 Toes to Bar, 7 Push Ups, 9 Box Jumps 20#. I felt like I really excelled at this one! I did KTE, as I can't get TTB yet, push ups still on my knees, but I was able to do most unbroken, and did 20# box. Solid. My time was 8:10!! And a big thanks to Tori for cheering me on my last round.

Nice start to the week, even though the weekend wasn't great. But that's what you do. Surround yourself with people who care and support you in your eating and working out.

On another random side note - it feels nice not to travel...although I'm really missing it. Only b/c I feel like I am part of the gym more now then I was before. I'm not a face they see once a week, every other week. We'll see how it goes and adjusts with projects etc, but I can now see the sense of community that CFPT has - it's really awesome. Anyways,

Thanks CFPT!