I never really blog anymore and I people may not even read this, but I thought I'd give a "me" update. CrossFit is really freakin' hard, but I am determined to stick with it even though the scaled down version of the workouts (for a weenie like me) often barely resembles the workout the CF veterans are doing. I'm just trying to "try" and not be too hard on myself. Even though it's tough, I still enjoy it. Lately, I've been hitting a lunch workout and then a run after work...two-a-days should help me get to my weight loss goal even quicker.
About my weight loss goal, this is where I'm at. Starting weight was 228 (Oh. My. Word. I hate even typing that, but I'm nothing if not open about all this). I have lost a grand total of 51 lbs and I now weight 177!! I have 27 lbs to go before I reach my goal. Want to know what the Thursday Miracle is? Today, I wore a size 8 skirt to work. I can wear single digit sized clothing!!! I basically floated into work I was so happy about that. Now, here is an interesting tidbit about this skirt situation. In 2006, I lost weight the unhealthy way, with prescription diet pills (Adipex/Phentermine) and no diet changes (other than calorie starving myself because of the appetite suppressant) and no exercise. I got down to 165 lbs and that is when I purchased the size 8 skirt I wore today and I remember it being tight then. Today, the size 8 skirt was lose and I weigh 177 lbs. This goes to show that the scale doesn't matter, true life change trumps quick-fix diet pills, and exercise combined with healthy diet improve body composition and result in lost inches.
What's next for me? Starting April 18-May 27th I am doing a Nutrition Challenge at the CF gym where I workout. I already follow the Zone Diet pretty strict. The kicker is that most CrossFit people take Zone to the next level by eliminating all grains, dairy, and beans/legumes. What does this mean for me? Although I already limit my grains and dairy, I cannot have my half-sandwich of roast beef with a slice of swiss in the morning. Instead, I'll have to do meat or eggs, fruit, and almonds for breakfast. Here comes the most painful part...no peanut butter. Seriously? Are they trying to kill my soul? All I can hope is that maybe this will be an amazing way to get closer to my ultimate goal. I just hope I can 86 peanut butter without going crazy in the process. Stay tuned.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
Week 1 of CrossFit
So, I finished my first week of CF 101 fundamentals class. My body feels like one huge bruise...ouch. That Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS, yo!) is no joke. Even though I can barely function, I have enjoyed it. I have one more week of CF 101 and then it's on to the regular workouts. I am excited (and scared to death, but I am managing). Tonight I am going to give the P90x Ab Ripper X a shot...since my abs are the only muscles that aren't in major pain.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Making strides
So, I haven't blogged in awhile. Now that I don't have a garden theme, I forget about it. I am really going to miss that garden this year!
Moving along...I am doing great! I have lost 47 lbs. Woo hoo! I have 31 more to go to get to my goal weight. I have really been enjoying jogging...it's drug status now, I crave it. I think as the weather continues to warm up, the weight will fall off more rapidly. Also, I start CrossFit this week. I am nervous, excited, doubtful, positive, scared, bold, determined, and chicken. I have no idea what to expect, but I do expect results...hopefully this will get me to my goal even quicker with nice muscle tone.
That's all I've got. Things are great and I am so focused it's scary. Watch out! ha!
Moving along...I am doing great! I have lost 47 lbs. Woo hoo! I have 31 more to go to get to my goal weight. I have really been enjoying jogging...it's drug status now, I crave it. I think as the weather continues to warm up, the weight will fall off more rapidly. Also, I start CrossFit this week. I am nervous, excited, doubtful, positive, scared, bold, determined, and chicken. I have no idea what to expect, but I do expect results...hopefully this will get me to my goal even quicker with nice muscle tone.
That's all I've got. Things are great and I am so focused it's scary. Watch out! ha!
Monday, February 7, 2011
What I'm diggin' right now...
In no particular order:
#1 - Anything roasted. Roasting makes everything better. Toss it in olive oil and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and roast at 450 on a foil lined cookie sheet until it gets all happy and it's pretty much the best thing ever. Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, Rutabaga, anything...try it.
#2 - Days that are warm enough for jogging outside...I've become addicted. It sure beats the heck out of the treadmill.
#3 - I love that "Airplanes" song by B.O.B with the chick from Paramore.
#4 - While we are on the subject of songs, I also love Taylor Swift's "Back to December" although I do not want to go back to December...bring it Spring!
#5 - Tanning in moderation. No judgment please.
#6 - Just Dance for Wii(I think Just Dance 1 is better than Just Dance 2, but both are awesome). Best if played with fun friends and pinot grigio.
#7 - P90X Core Synergistics...I don't want to do all of the DVDs, just this one. Is that ok?
#8 - My Kindle...next up, "Water for Elephants"
#9 - Cleaning out my closet. Anything that is even "kinda" big has been bagged up and will be removed from the premises. I almost have no clothes left...I need to go shopping but I have more weight to lose so I don't want to buy too much.
#10 - The Zone Diet/clean eating/no fast food/shopping only on the perimeter of the grocery store - I feel a million times better since I've cleaned up my diet. A MILLION TIMES.
#11 - Jersey Shore. I never want anyone to use the grenade whistle because of me...it's a huge motivator.
#12 - My Nike running shorts - Since I've been working on my fitness, I've trimmed up my thighs a little so the workout chafing (aka. Chub Rub) hasn't been happening like it used to. It's a fitness miracle.
#13 - Winter vacations - So excited to go to South Florida this week to visit my Aunt Glenda....the temps are in the 70s, nice! You can guess I'll be a runnin' fool while I'm down there!
#14 - Roasted red pepper hummus with celery sticks...eating it now. Yumm!
#15 - Once-a-week "cheat cookie" from Earth Fare. Chocolate chip, oh-so-good.
#16 - Medicine Balls. I've been doing a few medicine ball drills after I use the treadmill (on non-warm days) and I always wake up sore the next morning. Must be doing something good, huh?
There are plenty of other things, but for now this is what is making me smile (aside from awesome family and friends...that's a given!).
#1 - Anything roasted. Roasting makes everything better. Toss it in olive oil and sprinkle with a little salt and pepper and roast at 450 on a foil lined cookie sheet until it gets all happy and it's pretty much the best thing ever. Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts, Rutabaga, anything...try it.
#2 - Days that are warm enough for jogging outside...I've become addicted. It sure beats the heck out of the treadmill.
#3 - I love that "Airplanes" song by B.O.B with the chick from Paramore.
#4 - While we are on the subject of songs, I also love Taylor Swift's "Back to December" although I do not want to go back to December...bring it Spring!
#5 - Tanning in moderation. No judgment please.
#6 - Just Dance for Wii(I think Just Dance 1 is better than Just Dance 2, but both are awesome). Best if played with fun friends and pinot grigio.
#7 - P90X Core Synergistics...I don't want to do all of the DVDs, just this one. Is that ok?
#8 - My Kindle...next up, "Water for Elephants"
#9 - Cleaning out my closet. Anything that is even "kinda" big has been bagged up and will be removed from the premises. I almost have no clothes left...I need to go shopping but I have more weight to lose so I don't want to buy too much.
#10 - The Zone Diet/clean eating/no fast food/shopping only on the perimeter of the grocery store - I feel a million times better since I've cleaned up my diet. A MILLION TIMES.
#11 - Jersey Shore. I never want anyone to use the grenade whistle because of me...it's a huge motivator.
#12 - My Nike running shorts - Since I've been working on my fitness, I've trimmed up my thighs a little so the workout chafing (aka. Chub Rub) hasn't been happening like it used to. It's a fitness miracle.
#13 - Winter vacations - So excited to go to South Florida this week to visit my Aunt Glenda....the temps are in the 70s, nice! You can guess I'll be a runnin' fool while I'm down there!
#14 - Roasted red pepper hummus with celery sticks...eating it now. Yumm!
#15 - Once-a-week "cheat cookie" from Earth Fare. Chocolate chip, oh-so-good.
#16 - Medicine Balls. I've been doing a few medicine ball drills after I use the treadmill (on non-warm days) and I always wake up sore the next morning. Must be doing something good, huh?
There are plenty of other things, but for now this is what is making me smile (aside from awesome family and friends...that's a given!).
Monday, January 31, 2011
Taking "selfish" to an all new level.
I think I used to be a giver. Have a baby? I'd like to bring you a casserole. Football Saturday? I'm making white chicken chili and cornbread, come on over! Need a babysitter? I'd love to!
Well, I have been so incredibly selfish lately. I've been through a lot so I am cutting myself some slack about it, but I hope to share my life with someone special someday (sooner rather than later, where are you at mister?!?) and I hope the giver in me makes a comeback. Although I need a better balance next go-round with the give and take ratio.
Maybe I am not really selfish, but bored. It just seems that all I ever do is stuff for me. Saturday, my mom and I walked the Green Mountain Nature Trail so I guess that wasn't totally selfish. Yesterday, I ran a couple of miles, grocery shopped, cooked for myself for the week, and then went to tan for the first time in a long time (I swore it off, but I needed some color so I caved). Today I went to work, but when I got off work I ran a couple more miles, tanned again, and then went and got a mani/pedi. Tomorrow I plan to run and then go get my eyebrows waxed. Wednesday is wine/painting with my favorite gals. Thursday I'll run and tan. Friday I am getting highlights and another Brazilian Blowout (and heck, let's just throw in some more running and tanning). See, kinda all about "me". Am I being selfish, or is this just what single people do?
Here's the other thing. If this is all completely selfish, I don't give a rip. I'm really enjoying it (insert evil laugh). So there!
One more silly note: My blog is a year old! This whole blog thing started with a totally opposite theme, but I'm still Season and so it continues...
Well, I have been so incredibly selfish lately. I've been through a lot so I am cutting myself some slack about it, but I hope to share my life with someone special someday (sooner rather than later, where are you at mister?!?) and I hope the giver in me makes a comeback. Although I need a better balance next go-round with the give and take ratio.
Maybe I am not really selfish, but bored. It just seems that all I ever do is stuff for me. Saturday, my mom and I walked the Green Mountain Nature Trail so I guess that wasn't totally selfish. Yesterday, I ran a couple of miles, grocery shopped, cooked for myself for the week, and then went to tan for the first time in a long time (I swore it off, but I needed some color so I caved). Today I went to work, but when I got off work I ran a couple more miles, tanned again, and then went and got a mani/pedi. Tomorrow I plan to run and then go get my eyebrows waxed. Wednesday is wine/painting with my favorite gals. Thursday I'll run and tan. Friday I am getting highlights and another Brazilian Blowout (and heck, let's just throw in some more running and tanning). See, kinda all about "me". Am I being selfish, or is this just what single people do?
Here's the other thing. If this is all completely selfish, I don't give a rip. I'm really enjoying it (insert evil laugh). So there!
One more silly note: My blog is a year old! This whole blog thing started with a totally opposite theme, but I'm still Season and so it continues...
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Sometimes you just have to keep it light.
So, I've been doing a lot of reading. I'm really all over the place with my book selections. I did finish The Shack last weekend and it was really good.
Next, I needed something a little lighter/funny/guilty pleasureish (new word). I am now reading another one of Jen Lancaster's masterpiece memoirs, Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer. This book is HILARIOUS! I feel like she steals my thoughts and writes them (and makes a lot of money for it probably...if I could find a way to prove it I'd press for royalties). There is only one book left by Lancaster that I haven't read, Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase and that one is next (although I wonder if I need to save it in case I come upon some hard times and need a pick-me-up...Jen - get to writing more! I need you!).
I'm off for a cold run outside. This new year is already awesome! Oh, and even though I TRIED to run the NYE 5K, it was canceled while we were all standing soaking wet at the start line. Apparently lightening is a party pooper. Oh well, I tried.
Next, I needed something a little lighter/funny/guilty pleasureish (new word). I am now reading another one of Jen Lancaster's masterpiece memoirs, Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer. This book is HILARIOUS! I feel like she steals my thoughts and writes them (and makes a lot of money for it probably...if I could find a way to prove it I'd press for royalties). There is only one book left by Lancaster that I haven't read, Pretty in Plaid: A Life, A Witch, and a Wardrobe, or, the Wonder Years Before the Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase and that one is next (although I wonder if I need to save it in case I come upon some hard times and need a pick-me-up...Jen - get to writing more! I need you!).
I'm off for a cold run outside. This new year is already awesome! Oh, and even though I TRIED to run the NYE 5K, it was canceled while we were all standing soaking wet at the start line. Apparently lightening is a party pooper. Oh well, I tried.
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