Day 90 of 90

Wow...did I really just type that? 90 of 90...doesn't seem like it's been 90 days...it's been a trip to say the least. What are my thoughts...

First of all, I went strict for the first like 5 weeks...almost 6...Superbowl Sunday was my first cheat day...and let me tell you, once I started, it just seemed so much more easier to take a small cheat here and there. It proves, if I want to do it, and I want to focus I can.

Next, when I last saw a doctor I think it was the first week of November...I was 225 lbs. I saw the doctor this past Monday...and was 205. While I did not get to the under 200lbs like I wanted, I can safely say I have lost inches where it counts, and have definitely gained some muscle...and since this is a continuing life habit, I'm sure I will get there at some point. No rush, it's a day to day challenge of living a better life for myself.

Next, I did not run a 5k yet. I sprained my ankle 3 weeks ago. I'm not running much of anything, but I can say that going to WODs recently is getting me out of my shell and running. I hate running!!!! But I am more willing to try. Still plenty of time.

Last goal was to have more confidence with my physical self. This I can say is definitely coming true. I can see myself dressing in different shirts, that don't require me to cover up with a hoodie or hide with a cardigan. I am fitting into pants..."artist" at American Eagle is one step up from "skinny", yeah I am wearing those now. I couldn't fit into American Eagle pants 6 months ago.

Thoughts for the future? Keep blogging every once in a while...different challenges, thoughts, successes, am I continuing...it's gonna be interesting. Like I said...life changes. There is going to be a lot of ups and down, and I think that is going to keep life interesting too.

Tomorrow is the challenge. I'm nervous. I feel prepared. But I'm scared. I think I will have no problem, but I am glad it will be in the comfort of my own gym, surrounded by friends and with an awesome partner!!

I thank you for following me for the past 90 days, and taking interest in my challenge. Here's to another 90 and the rest of life. If even one person has kinda found inspiration in making different choices to make their life better, I am content. I have seen too much recently with family and friends and patients on my rotations being sick, having diabetes, having diseases states that are avoidable and mostly reversible. I don't want to get to that point, and knowing my family history and predisposition to some of these diseases states (my grandfather passed away from type 2 diabetes), I know that now is the time to figure out my life, and get myself together to set myself up for health success. Until the next one, thanks again all!

Days 88 and 89

With continuing the trend of the week, Wednesday and Thursday were boring days. Haha

Hit CF on Wednesday, did the box jumps...kinda. Did step ups for the first 4 rounds, then Karrah pushed me to do jumps for the 5th round. They were slow, and I could feel myself getting nervous with every one I did, as I got more and more tired. I think that for the competition tomorrow I will do step ups...hey...it's gettin on the box. It's half the battle.

Yesterday, I rested. Hit the mall, and did some shopping. I had to get t-shirts made for Saturday...I Should find socks at some point, but for now just focusing on the shirts. I got shirts, just need to get them printed today (Friday). Rested from CF and games cause of the competition on Saturday and I also had a dinner to go to for school. It was nice to see old friends and get out for the evening.

I haven't been 100% on the diet, but I have been making better choices when I eat. Which is what I Think life is going to be all about from here on out.

Day 87 of 90

What does a person without a job and me have in common? No Job. Sitting around all day. BORED out of my mind. The difference...they probably like it, I hate it. I sat in my bed all day doing research, and had a 2.5 hour nap. My friend Julie just laughs every time she hears I am napping. She thinks its all I do :) Practically. She thinks I can't sleep at night, today she asked how do you go to bed at night? I answered with "I close my eyes!" Haha, so terrible. Anyways, I need things to do. If anybody has suggestions, hopefully ones that will bring in some money, please let me know :)

So I went to workout today at 6pm, mostly to see friends. I coulda gone at any point today, but I like the hanging out part. I had glanced, maybe opened the webpage with the work out and never looked, at the work out for the day. And let me tell you. I wasn't expecting what I saw. I knew there was going to be an 800m run, but I didn't know what was around it. Haha total fail. It was a great workout though. 20 minute time cap to get through a set of movements, they called it a chipper, cause you just chip away at a shit ton of stuff. So here was the workout:

Warm-up: 30 bridges...I did like 5ish...felt good. I was set

I. 20 minute time cap to finish

-25 HSPU (modified to box)

-50 toes to bar (knees to elbow)

-800m run

-75 push presses (55lbs - RX)

-150 double unders (aka single unders so I could finish the workout...and I can't do 150 DU)

-finished in about 19 minutes. Good workout. :)

II. Tabata reverse extender things...lay on your belly lift your chest and legs up. Gross.

Food:

Breakfast- 2 eggs, 2 bacon, broccoli

Snack - Grandpa's left over bday cake (total fail) and sweet potato chips at some point

Dinner - burger, with guac, onion, tomato, bacon, cheese (forgot to ask for none) wrapped in lettuce. And I ate fries cause I was so flustered in my order that I forgot to change to sweet potato fries. Fail. But wicked good dinner :)

Snack - Coconut milk vanilla bean ice cream

Hopefully tomorrow I will get a new ankle brace, t-shirts made for me and my garage games partner (competition is Saturday!) and get to the gym to do the workout. There are box jumps, and box jumps are in the first workout of the competition...so I gotta get over my fears...stupid ankle injury from almost 3 weeks ago...freaked me out!!! Until then.

Day 86 of 90

Today was my first day not going to work all day. And lunch was a struggle. I realized I am going to have to go and buy some lunch meat and salad so I will be able to feed myself during the afternoon.

I spent the evening at my grandparents house for my grandpa's birthday. My grandma knows that I am doing some sort of working out/weight lifting and watching what I am eating, but I didn't even bother to say anything to her. It was my grandpa's birthday and I wanted her to make whatever for him. Plus I didn't want to make her life any more difficult. So the point of the rambling, I ate dinner. Dinner was the good part. Pork tenderloin, steamed broccoli and yams. Then birthday cake happened. And I ate it. And it was good. Then my grandma wanted to send me home with some, and sent me with enough for 4 people. Finally I got her to stop sending me home with sweets, but there is still cake here at my apartment now. I am going to wait until the first week of April to eat it though.

No work out today because I went to Glens Falls and had a doctors appointment and didn't have the appropriate time to get the gym.

Food:

Snack - Lara Bar, sweet potato chips

Lunch - spaghetti sauce with spinach and ground turkey

Dinner with my grandparents, cake and a hazelnut latte for the drive home.

We will see how the rest of the week goes. Over and Out.

Day 85 of 90

Today was a good day. Hit the WOD, relaxed all day, and went to my first Knitting class. I was so excited to go to class with my friend Katie from the gym to learn a new hobby! It was a blast, and it was so enjoyable. I can't wait until I am able to actually make something. We only learned how to Cast-On to the first needle. And how to do a knitting stitch. (at least that is what the instructor called it.) I was super excited (like I said before) and plan to practice a bit more before I go back up for another lesson and to purchase my own needles!!

WOD:

I. 500m row, work on Russian Swing technique

II. 20 minute AMRAP

-20 Russian KB swings

-200m row

-finished 8 rounds

III. Tabata Abmat Situps: finished 71 reps

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacon, Naked Juice

Snack - Sweet Potato and Beet Chips

Snack - Caramel machiatto

Dinner - Tomato sauce with spinach and ground turkey

Snack - mango

Day 84 of 90

I failed getting my blog up on time...so here is a quick summary.

Hung out, did some research, went to a Pose running seminar at the gym, and hung out with some good family friends.

The running seminar was a ton of fun, and I feel like I learned a ton, even though I hate running, so hopefully this will make my hatred of running not as awful cause it will be a little easier :)

Hanging out with the family friends, I didn't follow the diet entirely, but I tried to behave as much as possible. Turkey burger (had cheese already melted on) but no bun. And a escarole, tomato and mushroom salad (I think there were chick peas in it, and melted cheese on top). And a green salad, but it looked like there were soy beans on it...I still ate it. Cause I didn't want to be rude and it looked really good.

The day was good over all. Even though Cuse lost. Next year! More about today later tonight!

Day 83 of 90

Today was my last day of pharmacy school. What a wonderful day. I got out after lunch, and enjoyed my afternoon with a 2 and a 1/2 hour nap. Yup. A nap. What better feeling than laying with the windows wide open, the sun shining in and snuggling up with the kitty. :)

I feel bad because I was supposed to take a "pseudo rest day" with my friend Becca at the gym, but forgot that softball try-outs were this evening at the same time. So I had to bail. I promise to make it up to you Becca! Softball try outs were a ton of fun though. I love playing, and just getting out, running around, hitting the ball, playing catch...ahhhh such a wonderful way to spend my evening.

So no workout today, just running around at the softball field...it was fantastic to be able to do a short sprint and not be short of breath. Should make summer ball tons more fun coming up :)

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacon, broccoli

Lunch - Salad with chicken

Snack - sweet potato chips

Dinner - shrimp, salmon burger, spinach

Snack - So Delicious Vanilla Bean ice cream. (Dairy free...so delish)

That was the day. Tomorrow starts 7 weeks of nothing really to do. So I will be around, doing some research, seeing friends, hanging out, studying for the boards/paying the $1300 to take my boards. Sigh. We'll see how it goes.

Also of note, you will probably see there is 7 days left in the challenge...there has been a lot of chat about "overtime" for the challenge. At this point, it's just about better decisions and living my life. Like today I saw the Magic Hat spring pack...and I wanted to grab it, but knew I had the week to finish, and if I did have it, I would drink the whole thing. I need to find a friend to share it with me, and to not keep it in the house. New habits. New Life Decisions. Better health for myself. Gotta keep reminding myself that.

Day 82 of 90

Same ol Same ol. Not much to report.

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacon, broccoli

Lunch - small fruit salad, deli turkey, tomato, lettuce out of a deli sandwich at a lunch i went to

Snack - sweet potato chips, beef jerky

Dinner - chipotle

Snack - celery with almond butter

CF:

Warm-up - 500m row, shoulder/hip mobility

I. For time

-50 toes to bar (did knee tucks)

-40 pull ups (ring rows)

-30 pistols (only right leg because of my ankle)

-20 ring dips (ring push ups)

-10 HSPU (done on box)

-finished - 13:18

II. Prowler push 200m - didn't do (ankle)

Tomorrow is my last day of pharmacy school ever. Ecstatic doesn't even begin to describe. Celebrating 3/31!!!

Day 81 of 90

We are counting down in single digits now. I was talking with my dad a few days ago, and he was asking how the diet was going and what not. And I was saying that I would definitely be continuing after the 90 days are up, because I have gained habits...different habits from before...and better habits for myself. I always catch myself thinking about what I am eating and consciously choosing to eat stuff that isn't always the best for me when I do. Anyways...sorry for the soap box. Moral...life has changed. And changed for the better.

I also found out today that I am going to be staying in Albany for another year! I got the residency I wanted at St. Peter's hospital!! YAY!! This is going to be great year with CF and new friends and just a new phase of life in general!

Let's see how the day went...

Food:

Breakfast - none

Snack - Larabar

Lunch - Salad with chicken

Snack - sweet potato chips

Post-WOD Protein Shake

Dinner - tilapia and spinach

Snack - Apple with almond butter

CF Workout

I. run 400m, then group dynamic warmup outside

II. 5 Rounds for time

-10 barbell lunges (65lbs used, Rx was 105)

-10 burpees

-finished in 10:18

III. Run a mile for time

-finished in about 13 minutes (first time I have run in forever...so awesome for me!)

Here's to 2 more days for pharmacy school for the rest of my life!!!

Day 80 of 90

Yup you read that right. Day 80 of 90!! Holy crap!! :) Amazing. I know I haven't been 100% perfect the past 80 days, but I have had a great time, had great results, and have noticed how "yucky" I feel when I am off the clean foods. Talk about a life change!!

Tomorrow (3/21) I will find out where my job will be for next year. AKA whether or not I got my residency of choice, 2nd choice or 3rd choice. And where I will be living next year. The choices at this point are Albany or Rochester. Needless to say...I'm nervous. I just want a job. I want to know. And I am nervous about where I will be going. I guess we will see what happens, but hands down m first choice is Albany. This past year I have made some amazing friends and had some major life changes that I really want to continue with these new friends, but I have to do what is best for my career at this point. Stay tuned. We will seeeee!!

Had rotation today. Nothing new. Went to CF, felt great! Mostly. Ankle is still a little sore and swollen, but it's improving slowly day by day. (I'm icing it as we speak...or rather as I type. haha)

Let's see here the day in summary.

Food:

Breakfast - Larabar (Apple Pie. yum)

Lunch - salad with grilled chicken

Post-WOD Protein Shake

Dinner - turkey burger, bacon, cauliflower

Wow, no snacks, didn't realize it and a clean day of eating. :) Goal is to be 95% for the next 2 weeks.

CF workout:

Warmup: 10 hollow rocks, 6 pistols on each leg, 3 pull ups, 1 handstand walk attempt

I. For time:

-15 wall climbs

-30 ring push ups

-45 toes to bar (I did knees to elbows)

-finished in 10:26 (15 minute time cap)

II. Hold plank for max time (about a minute or so...didn't have a clock haha)

III. Split stretches (side and middle) 5 minutes each

It was a good day. Now on to tomorrow!! Wish me luck! Stay tuned for the final decision tomorrow!

Days 76-79

What a fantastic weekend. Ran away to the Outer Banks with some friends, and diet went to shit. No working out either. But back on the wagon today. Day 80. More tonight :)

Day 75 of 90

Happy Thursday! I have 6 days of pharmacy school left! Next Wednesday I will be finding out where I will be working (if I get a job) for the next year. :)

Today was a good food day (mostly). I went to rotation, and of course they come in carrying a huge platter of bagels and muffins from the morning meeting. I MISS BAGELS!!!! Then they had snacks all over my desk (it's kinda the common area for the pharmacy)...chips, dip, crackers, bad stuff! Then at lunch time they pulled out these left over subs (there was a party the night before). They all kinda go no sub? Oh right you eat a salad every day. Haha. I like my salad, so I had no idea choosing that over a Walmart sub piece. :) Crisis adverted.

Then...for work, we had a continuing education dinner to go to at 677 Prime. I knew about this dinner 2 weeks ago, as I had to RSVP for it. And I decided, I'm going to an awesome restrauant, I am eating it. And enjoying it. So I did. :)

The workout at the gym today was a 5k. I had a rough ankle day, and I was originally thinking I was going to do a 5k row...but I didn't. Which is frustrating. I wanted to run and if I don't go tomorrow to do something, I am going to go almost a week with no workout. I need to do something tomorrow, but I am nervous with my ankle and wall balls. So we shall see. I will think about it and see how I feel. Plus tomorrow is the first day for softball try outs...that I want to go to. Soooooo....yeah.

Anyways food in review:

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 bacon, broccoli

Snack: Plumcot (plum and apricot mixed piece of fruit. so good)

Lunch: Salad with chicken, sweet potato chips

Snack: Sweet potato chips, a chicken tender I made last night

Dinner: shrimp spring roll, tomato and mozz salad, filet mignon, mash potato, brussel sprouts, pineapple upside down cake. SO WORTH IT!!!

Anyways, tomorrow is Friday. Time to behave again :)

Days 73 and 74

Today is Wednesday. I see my last post was on Monday. Which means I failed to post Tuesday. Sigh. Haha

Tuesday was a quiet day. Rotation. CF. Nothing spectacular. Wednesday...rotation. CF rest day. Should have gone in though because tomorrow's workout is a 5k run. Still not doing too much with my ankle, so we'll have to see what the modification to get my heart rate up and not miss the workout will be.

CF Tuesday we did:

Warmup- Bridges

I. Push Press 5-5-5-5-5

-75lbs, 85lbs, 95lbs, 105lbs, 115lbs

II. 10 Minute AMRAP

-10 KB swings (went light because of my ankle...so did 26lbs)

-5 burpees

-completed 9 full rounds

Food has been the same as it has the past few weeks just different dinners and snacks.

Tuesday

Breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 bacon

Snack: cashews

Lunch: salad with chicken

Snack: 2 pickles

Dinner: tilapia and spinach

Wednesday:

Breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 bacon, spinach

Lunch: salad with chicken

Snack: cashews

Dinner: roasted garlic, cashews, lemon chicken. See website below. :) SOOO good!

Snack: apple with almond butter

http://cookstalk.info/grilled_chicken_breast_marinated_in_lemon-ghee_dressing_with_garlic_and_cashews.htm

Day 72 of 90

Well I can definitely say with certainty now...the Monday after day light savings "Spring Forward" is rough. The whole morning, my body could tell that it wanted it to be earlier and wondered why I was up and functioning when it should have been sleeping or just starting the day. Haha

Went to rotation, then hit the WOD...modified in my own way. Well actually Dean helped me with that. Still wanting to take it easy on my ankle, but I want to work out...so I did. Haha

Here is the day in recap:

CF:

Warmup: Sit ups in Pike and Straddle position

I. Press 7-7-7 (this was supposed to be front squats)

-75lbs, 80lbs, 85lbs. Strict.

II. 5 rounds for time

-10 ring pushups (scaled HSPU)

-10 ring rows (scaled pull ups)

-40 ab mat sit ups (scaled Pistols/air squats for my ankle)

-finished 15:45

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 3 bacon

Lunch - salad with turkey, blackberry/strawberry mix

Snack - apple with almond butter, 2 chicken meatballs

Dinner - turkey burger, brussel sprouts, sweet potato fries

Good day. Now to sleep and repeat tomorrow. :)

Day 71 of 90

Today was a fantastic day. I hit the gym for some bench presses with Karrah, then did a little volume training on my pull ups. That will be continued...I did a 5 rep max with 115lbs on the bench press and 6 pull ups. Gotta keep pushing and training to get the pull ups down, especially with my ankle being sprained still.

Then I had lunch at Creo with my friend for her birthday ;) It was a great meal, and I enjoyed it a lot. It was a great experience even though ti was a limited menu for brunch. Oh well an excuse to go back!

I just hung out the rest of the day, and did nothing really exciting.

Food:

Breakfast - none

Lunch - Poached Salmon Salad

Snack - chicken meat ball

Dinner - turkey burger with kale

Days 69 and 70

Friday and Saturday. Again failed. Haha

Friday was a good day. Had a wonderful evening with some CF friends, a great Paleo meal and tons of fun playing Mad Gabs/just talking. Fantastic night

Saturday just took it easy and rested/iced my foot all day. Cleaned the house nothing exciting.

No working out either day. Just resting the ankle.

Days 67 and 68

I think...hahaha I am so awful lately!! It's a mix of being tired, and not remembering.

Yesterday was good. Rest from CF. Food good.

Today I wasn't as hungry all day. Skipped lunch, minimal snacks, not as hungry at dinner...coulda probably IF'd...may consider it.

Rolled my ankle pretty bad at the gym tonight. So awful. It was amazing to see everybody immediately showing up to make sure I was okay, and the appropriate people making sure I was iced, wraped, and not broken. :) I've said it before and I will say it many more times...I love this community. And its not just a community any more...they are my friends. So tomorrow will be a rest day/ maybe I will head in to volume train my pull ups...this sounds like a great idea right now, so we will see.

Food here it is:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacon, salsa

Snack - Larabar, 2 chicken meatballs

Dinner - Panang curry with extra veggies and like 3 bites of rice. Don't ask.

CF was working on toes to bar...I had never gotten my feet that close to the bar before. It made sense. Tightening the core, and a pseudo kip to get going. I think I'll be able to do these. Thank you Caleb for explaining this so well.

Then we did presses 3 sets of 10. I did 55lbs, 60lbs, and 65lbs. Kept it light, worked on form.

Met con was 7 rounds of 10 sumo deadlift high pulls and 10 ring dips (aka ring push ups for this girl). I finished in 7:16. Not too shabby. I did my dead lifts with 55lbs. Good choice. :)

Then we were doing 90 seconds of box jumps. I was stepping down. After a minute in...boom. Ankle done. I don't even know how exactly it happened. But it did. I heard the pop, and now I have a baseball that is slightly blue on my left ankle. Oh well. It's an old injury. Never surprising when it happens, just hurts like a mo-fo.

Tomorrow is Friday. Hopefully the day will be short and we will see what the evening brings.

Day 66 of 90

Hooray for an on time post! I was just thinking...hopefully I am counting correctly...who knows, I could be a day or 2 off...I guess we will find out on March 31st haha

Today finished out well. Work was nice. Had a great chat with my adviser at school. What a wonderful person he is and he totally understands me and knows how to make me happier and comfortable and validates my crazy. If only I could find a boyfriend like this. HAHA JK. Then I hit the 6pm WOD. It was a ton of fun working on getting inverted tonight. I didn't realize how sturdy my handstands were getting and I feel they can only get better from here. When I think about a handstand push up vs. a regular pull up...I feel like getting the HSPU would be easier...but everybody tells me no. So we'll see. Haha

So here's the day in review:

CF

I. Warm up 10 minutes on getting inverted...since I kinda have a handstand, it's now trying to walk...so awesome :)

II. For time:

-12 HSPU (aka ring push ups)

-2 Power cleans (85lbs...Rx = 105lbs)

-10 HSPU

-4 PC

-8 HSPU

-6 PC

-6 HSPU

-8 PC

-4 HSPU

-10 PC

-2 HSPU

-12 PC

I finished in 6:00. It was quick. I felt okay with that though because I am still trying to keep my weights low. I may have to find a happy medium with a little more weight and taking a little more time in my workouts.

III. Ab-roll outs with barbell.

-2 rounds of 5-5-5

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 3 bacon (it was all that was left), spinach

Lunch - Salad with chicken

Snack - banana bread from Kim :)

Post-WOD Protein Shake

Dinner - tilapia and kale/brussel sprout mix

Snack - So Delicious ice cream (this may have given me a tummy ache...I'm not sure...)

Tomorrow is Wednesday. I think I am going to try Strongman tomorrow :) We shall see!!

Day 65 of 90

I am getting really terrible about this daily blogging stuff. I don't know if it is because I am too tired at night, or if I don't care, or if I am just choosing not to. Hard call. But here was how Monday shaped out...

Day good. Food good. CF good.

CF:

Fran - 21-15-9

-thrusters - 55lbs (65lbs =Rx)

-ring rows (aka shoulda been pull ups for Rx)

-finished it in 3:50 not a bad time. Same weight as I did in November, and I didn't record a time...stupid girl :) We will be hitting at the end of the month...so 65 should be in the books with no problem hopefully.

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 2 bacon, spinach

Snack - none

Lunch - salad with ham, nectarine

Snack - none

Post WOD Protein Shake

Dinner - tilapia, kale, sweet potato fries

Snack - tried some of Kim's Banana bread. Yum.

That's all for today (well technically yesterday I guess hahaha)

Day 64 of 90

Today went really well...kept my diet paleo and enjoyed my day at the gym/with my friends! So woke up, hit the WOD, Strongman, the grocery store, visited my favorite twins and their parents, watched Paranormal Activity 3 (holy crap scary) and went out to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants in Albany, The Fountain.

The WOD was hard...not gonna lie. I could feel my back getting tight through it, and was almost done, but decided pushing through wasn't worth the pain or injury so I left out the last 50 kettlebell swings. Then I stayed for Strongman, and got my first experience flipping tires. So much fun and sooooo hard! But I did it :)

For dinner tonight, going to The Fountain was tough to resist the pizza, but after yesterdays crap show of eating, I made the choice to eat just wings and a large house salad while my friends ate pizza and beer. It is nice though that they are supportive and don't really give me a hard time not eating. They support what I chose to eat, and can't wait until I can go crazy drinking or doing whatever more often. Haha, those were the ones that missed the game yesterday ;)

So here's the day in summary.

CF: finished in 15 minutes (out of 20 minute time limit)

-50 goblet squats (35lbs)

-10 Russian KB swings (35lbs)

-40 GS (26lbs)

-20 KB swings (26lbs)

-30 GS (26)

-30 KBS (26)

-20 GS( 26)

-40 KBS (26)

-10 GS (26)

-50 KBS (did not finish)

then we did 100 push ups for time...I finished about 7:37

Strongman: Tire flips AMRAP in 1 minute - 8 the first time ,then 9 the second time?

Food:

Breakfast: Left over ground turkey, chicken sausage, and veggie spaghetti sauce

Post WOD Protein Shake

Lunch/Snack: Apple with almond butter

Dinner: Wings and salad

Snack: So Delicious Vanilla Bean coconut milk ice cream

I think I should put some goals on here for the week...hmmm...

1) Stay strict, and really figure out the Zoning and if I am going to do it or not.

2) Get to the gym 5 days this week (1 day down)

3) Make sure I plan to go out of town in 2 weekends...yup. Road Trip with some great friends hopefully!!

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks at Strongman...

Day 63 of 90

I should write about yesterdays fun...didn't really follow diet. Glad I wasn't zoning...it was a bad food day. We went out to Syracuse to watch the last home game of the season. It was a great game. They played Louisville and won!! YAY!! While at the game, it was stadium food :( Nachos...so good! 2 beers. Then we headed home...and somehow our conversation headed towards pizza...and we had to stop to get pizza. We went to an awesome place in Troy and well the best part of about it health wise was the broccoli. Haha, but it was sooooooooo good. And of course, we had to top the night off with a small glass of wine with Law and Order: SVU. Haha

Anyways, back on the wagon today...heading to the gym for stretching, foam rolling, a WOD and Strongman...still taking it easy, but it'll be good. Started breakfast out good. I'll continue more tonight. :)

Day 62 of 90

Today was a great day. Good day at rotation. Good day napping. Good (mostly) day at CF. Great dinner with 2 good friends tonight. I resisted ordering out at work with the other pharmacists, so I could eat out with my friends tonight. Good choice, cause we ended up at Sushi X. Score. Haha

CF today was WOW 12.2 and it was all about the snatch. The Rx for females was 30 snatches with 45lbs, 30 snatches with 75lbs, 30 snatches 100lbs, then AMRAP until the end of 10 minutes. I got through the first 30 in less than 1:30. Took about 1 minute to add more weight, then hit the 75's by the time 7:00 rolled around. This left 3 minutes to get the 100s started. I wasn't expecting to get too far into the WOW, but I threw on my 100lbs...and took 3 attempts. Failed. And walked away. It was heavy and in my mind wasn't worth throwing my back into more pain. :) Next time. Still resting and working back into stuff slowly. Moral of the story? I finished 60 reps of the WOW 12.2. Awesome. :)

Tomorrow I am heading out to the last Syracuse home game. They are playing Louisville so it should be an amazing game. Then Sunday is the planned day to hopefully get some zoning under my belt. Another friend asked me about it today...so I think Sunday it will be. Hopefully. :) We will see!!

Days 60 and 61

I apologize for not posting...and this being another multi-day post. I rested from the gym again on Wednesday night. Good life choice. And hit the WOD and games tonight. Went really light, and worked hard on the aspects that don't bother my back. Felt good. Did really well with the Met-Con tonight :)

Food has been dialed in and good both days. Same typical food. Only yesterday and today I made tilapia and either kale or spinach. Yum. That will definitely be a repeat meal.

CF:

Warm-up: Front squat review, kipping practice

I. Front Squat 5-5-5 (went light to save my back)

-65,65,75

II. 4 rounds with 3 minutes of rest between

-5 squat clean thrusters (55lbs...see above disclaimer)

-10 pull-ups (aka ring rows)

-10 burpees (this was where i was nervous cause of how i tweeked my back last week after doing burpees...but it went perfectly...)

-30 double unders (aka single unders)

Finished the rounds in 1:39, 1:25, 1:41, and 1:37. I flew. It felt good. And I was ready for another round after the 4th :)

Hopefully I will have my act together and blog tomorrow night. But it may be another sushi night :) we will see. I really need to get my act together for me and cause Kim wants me to with the zoning. Maybe I will start Sunday, but that means I have to get to the grocery store with a week's worth of meals planned out. We will see. To be determined!!!