Wednesday, December 23, 2009
End of 2009
Wow, I haven't written on this in waaay too long. A lot has happened in my life since the last time I posted. I don't have the energy to go into all of that, and besides, the past is the past, so I am now getting ready to say Hello to 2010 and looking forward to new beginnings! This has been a year of self discovery along with realizing what really matters in life and who my true friends are. I feel very blessed to have such PATIENT, understanding, caring and supportive friends, parents and family. Without them, I would've never gotten over the hills that I encountered this year. So, I just want to say thank you! Most especially, thank you for never giving up on our friendship, even when I wasn't the most cheerful, attentive, outgoing person and even during the times I wasn't the easiest person to be friends with. I love you all very much and am so thankful for you. =) xoxoxo...
Friday, August 14, 2009
ANDREA IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Halfie Buddy/BFF/Love of my life/My everything, Andrea is back in Texas from Korea!!!!!! She is in Houston right now and will be coming to Austin this weekend and staying with me for a bit!!!!!!!! WOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!! I am PUMPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Life is goin goooood!!! Had body comp on Thursday morning. Was almost identical to my body comp in April. Which means I gained but then lost. I know I gained from my vacation, but no regrets!!!!! Every bite of Roti-Bun, Pat-bing-soo, street car food, Paris Baguette was AMAZING!!!!!!!!! I am just happy now that I have gotten rid of my painful bloating!! Paleo has saved my life!! I feel stronger and happier. I am also finally on a routine for my WODs.
M-6:30am CF Boot Camp
T-5:45am CF Indoors
W-Rest
Th-5:45am CF Indoors
F-6:30am CF Boot Camp
Sat-Workout with my weekend CF "Tribe"
Sun-Rest
I am seeing great results!! Not only physically, but mentally as well!!!
Another weekend full of craziness. Hopefully doesn't go by too quickly. I'd love some down time. It has been a super crazy busy work week and this morning I had car trouble and had to replace my battery. The office is freeeeezing today and for once, I am dying to get out into the Texas heat!!! LOL
I feel very blessed and very fortunate.
Gonna get ready to head out to start my weekend!! woo hooo!!!
Life is goin goooood!!! Had body comp on Thursday morning. Was almost identical to my body comp in April. Which means I gained but then lost. I know I gained from my vacation, but no regrets!!!!! Every bite of Roti-Bun, Pat-bing-soo, street car food, Paris Baguette was AMAZING!!!!!!!!! I am just happy now that I have gotten rid of my painful bloating!! Paleo has saved my life!! I feel stronger and happier. I am also finally on a routine for my WODs.
M-6:30am CF Boot Camp
T-5:45am CF Indoors
W-Rest
Th-5:45am CF Indoors
F-6:30am CF Boot Camp
Sat-Workout with my weekend CF "Tribe"
Sun-Rest
I am seeing great results!! Not only physically, but mentally as well!!!
Another weekend full of craziness. Hopefully doesn't go by too quickly. I'd love some down time. It has been a super crazy busy work week and this morning I had car trouble and had to replace my battery. The office is freeeeezing today and for once, I am dying to get out into the Texas heat!!! LOL
I feel very blessed and very fortunate.
Gonna get ready to head out to start my weekend!! woo hooo!!!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Deadlifts!!!!
I love deadlifts!! Today we continued Totals. On Tuesday we did back squats and shoulder presses, today we did deadlifts!! I set a new PR!! I deadlifted 145lbs!!!!!!! I was in SHOCK!! That's more than I weigh!!! In May my deadlift max was 115lbs. (weaksauce!!) I don't think I tried as hard in May as I did today, or maybe I got significantly stronger? Who knows. All I know is that I am super pumped and surprised!!! =)
Maggie is comin back today!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOO HOOOO!! I am sooo excited to see her tomorrow morning at CF boot camp!!!!
I really need to be a better blogger. Work has been keeping me rather busy, but I'll blog as often as I can!!!
Back to work for now. Lata!!!
Maggie is comin back today!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOO HOOOO!! I am sooo excited to see her tomorrow morning at CF boot camp!!!!
I really need to be a better blogger. Work has been keeping me rather busy, but I'll blog as often as I can!!!
Back to work for now. Lata!!!
Friday, July 31, 2009
Finally Friday!!!!!
Man, this week went by really quickly but I was really really anticipating Friday!!! This weekend is gonna be a busy weekend, but hopefully it'll also be relaxing. Mike is coming up to visit!! I wanna go see the movies The Ugly Truth and Funny People. CrossFit Central is holding a ton of events this weekend!!! Friday: Women's happy hour.. it is going on RIGHT NOW, I am at work =( Saturday: UTB free workout for adults AND kids, Indoors workout, and "The Movement." I am going to try to make it to happy hour after work cuz it's really close to my office. I am also going to try to make it to the UTB WOD, but it depends on if I wake up. I want Mike to come with me, but he is a night owl and doesn't go to sleep til 2 or 3am, so there's no way he would wake up and be able to do a CF WOD at 8am!!! Anyways, if I make it to the UTB WOD, I'm gonna try to hit up "The Movement." If I don't make any of these awesome CF events, I am gonna try to go to hip hop class Saturday afternoon and meet up with Bonita on Sunday for the usual weekend CF WODs!! So clearly, my weekend is up in the air, but filled with plenty of things to do. =) I've got tons of errands to run and things to do around the condo as well. Ahhh, as I am writing this I am realizing that I have soo much to do this weekend and there is just sooo little time.
Well I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!!
Oh and I am no longer lil miss grump =) This morning I woke up and I finally didn't feel bad!!! I felt great!!! YAY!!!! Thank God!!
Well I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!!!
Oh and I am no longer lil miss grump =) This morning I woke up and I finally didn't feel bad!!! I felt great!!! YAY!!!! Thank God!!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
My Maggie is leaving...
Maggie is leaving for Mexico tomorrow morning and I am sooo sad. This means she will not be at boot camp on Friday, not be at happy hour Friday, not be at the Under the Bridge workout Saturday, not be at The Movement, not be at hip hop, not be at not be at boot camp next Monday, and worst of all, not be able to hang out/go downtown all weekend and all next week!!! I am sooo BUMMED!! But on the bright side we found out she will have access to the internet!! WOOO HOOOO!!!!
Today was a rest day and I am glad. I've been feelin like a grump this week and I am sooo ready for the weekend. I am also sick of this hot hot Texas weather. grump grump grump. Tomorrow is a new day and it begins with 545am CrossFit!!!
Today was a rest day and I am glad. I've been feelin like a grump this week and I am sooo ready for the weekend. I am also sick of this hot hot Texas weather. grump grump grump. Tomorrow is a new day and it begins with 545am CrossFit!!!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
To eat or to not eat before super early morning WODs
So I do my CF workouts early in the mornings. On Mondays and Fridays (sometimes on Wed too) I do Crossfit Boot Camp from 6:30am-7:30am. On Tues/Thurs, I do Crossfit Indoor class at 5:45am-6:30am. Woooweeee eeaaarrrlyy. It's funny to think about how early I wake up now vs. just a couple years ago. When I was in college, I would complain about having an 8am class LOL!! Anyways, I have gone back and forth with trying to figure out if I should or shouldn't eat before I workout. I have been doing CF since March and I didn't eat before my WODs for a few months, then noticed my energy was low, so I started drinking advocare's spark and taking catalyst. This seemed to work great, however for three reasons (not in any specific order) I decided to stop using/depending on these:
1) I was spending waay to much $$$, it gets pretty pricey
2) I was becoming very dependent on these and I think it was more of a mental thing
3) I wanted to go 100% paleo, and spark and catalyst have some ingredients in them that are no-no's for paleo
While trying spark and catalyst, a few times I've also tried eating before my WODs. I tried almond butter, coffee, grapes, and some other random stuff. But for the past 2 months, I have not been eating prior to my WODs and after my crappy perfomance on Monday, I started thinking....'maybe I should eat pre-workout, but how do I work out the appropriate timing of eating and not having to wake up an hour or more before my class??' (I'm the kind of gal who likes to push it and sleep til 6:10am, be dressed and out the door by 6:15am to make it to my 6:30am class LOL)
I've asked other CFers and my coaches whether to eat or not before such an early morning workout because I know digestion time is important, and it seems to really be a personal decision. Some ppl get sick if they eat before a CF WOD, some ppl NEED to eat.
On Monday at boot camp, I was draaaggggiiin ass... BIG TIME. It was terrible. I thought it may be due to lack of sleep or that I need to eat pre-wod?? Since I knew that gettin up for my class this morning (Tues) was gonna be rough (gettin up at 5am is waaay harder than 6am for me), I started to think about how I could prevent another ass draggin WOD. I am on thyroid medication which I am required to take at the same time everyday and I cannot eat until 1 hour after I have taken my medication. Thus, I started thinking about what time I would have to take my medication in order to be able to eat before my WOD and also allow for appropriate digestion time. Time time time.. bla bla bla. bedtime, wakeup time, medication time, eating time, wod time. So I decided last night... just try it, just do it. Decision made: medication at 4am (yes, I wake up in the middle of the night and take meds and then go back to sleep, it use to be 330am! then I changed it to 530am and now I'm gonna try 4am) So I took my meds at 4am and then went back to sleep for about 1hr and woke up at 5am. At 5:30am I had some coffee with 1/4 cup coconut milk and about 1/4-1/2 cup mashed cauliflower. I drove to the CF gym and was PUMPED!! Again, I duno if it was mental, but honestly, I don't think it was.
The WOD was tough...it was a KettleBell WOD!!
50 KB lunges
25 KB squat cleans
10R/10L KB snatch
5R/5L KB push press
X 2
We had a huge group this morning, so Coach Crystal (yes, the 9th place winner at the CF games is my coach!!!! I know ur jealous!! ;) ) split our group up. I was in the group that started with doin KB snatches, then push press, lunges, squat cleans, repeat. I used a 10kg KB. There was a 16 min time limit and when she called time, I had gotten through 36 lunges of my 2nd round. I had a good amount of energy throughout the workout and after our class, I grabbed the KB and finished the WOD!!!
So, I think eating before is a good choice and I'm gonna try to do it from now on... I'm just wondering, what's the best pre-workout snack/meal and how long before I workout do I need to eat it?! I don't think a lot of ppl read my blog, but if anyone out there has any advice/suggestions/experiences to share, please post!!! Thanksss!!!
1) I was spending waay to much $$$, it gets pretty pricey
2) I was becoming very dependent on these and I think it was more of a mental thing
3) I wanted to go 100% paleo, and spark and catalyst have some ingredients in them that are no-no's for paleo
While trying spark and catalyst, a few times I've also tried eating before my WODs. I tried almond butter, coffee, grapes, and some other random stuff. But for the past 2 months, I have not been eating prior to my WODs and after my crappy perfomance on Monday, I started thinking....'maybe I should eat pre-workout, but how do I work out the appropriate timing of eating and not having to wake up an hour or more before my class??' (I'm the kind of gal who likes to push it and sleep til 6:10am, be dressed and out the door by 6:15am to make it to my 6:30am class LOL)
I've asked other CFers and my coaches whether to eat or not before such an early morning workout because I know digestion time is important, and it seems to really be a personal decision. Some ppl get sick if they eat before a CF WOD, some ppl NEED to eat.
On Monday at boot camp, I was draaaggggiiin ass... BIG TIME. It was terrible. I thought it may be due to lack of sleep or that I need to eat pre-wod?? Since I knew that gettin up for my class this morning (Tues) was gonna be rough (gettin up at 5am is waaay harder than 6am for me), I started to think about how I could prevent another ass draggin WOD. I am on thyroid medication which I am required to take at the same time everyday and I cannot eat until 1 hour after I have taken my medication. Thus, I started thinking about what time I would have to take my medication in order to be able to eat before my WOD and also allow for appropriate digestion time. Time time time.. bla bla bla. bedtime, wakeup time, medication time, eating time, wod time. So I decided last night... just try it, just do it. Decision made: medication at 4am (yes, I wake up in the middle of the night and take meds and then go back to sleep, it use to be 330am! then I changed it to 530am and now I'm gonna try 4am) So I took my meds at 4am and then went back to sleep for about 1hr and woke up at 5am. At 5:30am I had some coffee with 1/4 cup coconut milk and about 1/4-1/2 cup mashed cauliflower. I drove to the CF gym and was PUMPED!! Again, I duno if it was mental, but honestly, I don't think it was.
The WOD was tough...it was a KettleBell WOD!!
50 KB lunges
25 KB squat cleans
10R/10L KB snatch
5R/5L KB push press
X 2
We had a huge group this morning, so Coach Crystal (yes, the 9th place winner at the CF games is my coach!!!! I know ur jealous!! ;) ) split our group up. I was in the group that started with doin KB snatches, then push press, lunges, squat cleans, repeat. I used a 10kg KB. There was a 16 min time limit and when she called time, I had gotten through 36 lunges of my 2nd round. I had a good amount of energy throughout the workout and after our class, I grabbed the KB and finished the WOD!!!
So, I think eating before is a good choice and I'm gonna try to do it from now on... I'm just wondering, what's the best pre-workout snack/meal and how long before I workout do I need to eat it?! I don't think a lot of ppl read my blog, but if anyone out there has any advice/suggestions/experiences to share, please post!!! Thanksss!!!
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