Counting Calories!

I am happy to say that I am 99% back to my old self.  That was the worst cold/flu/sickness that I have had in a LONG time, but I survived a 3 WOD week last week and I am ready to commit 3 to 4 WODS in a week from now on.  Hooray!!  So maybe that will increase my bloggings as well?

Over the weekend my sister-in-law Colleen, my friend Heather, and I have decided that we want to help each other lose weight.  We all have very different situations, but we all share the same goal of being thinner (Shocker Right?).  So we all decided that we want to lose 1 pound a week until January 1st 2012 and we would do this by writing down our meals (starting Monday the 24th) and email each other what we ate while counting our calories. 

I've mentioned a few times before in older blogs that I've had major success with this in College.  In fact, I think I actually lost the "freshman 15" rather than gaining them, all because I counted my calories and ran.....a lot.  

So yesterday I fired up my Calorie Counting App (yes there's an app for that) and I found that I didn't need to make too many adjustments to my eatings.  As long as I eat lots of veggies and lean meats, I will have plenty of calories for each of my 5 feedings per day (breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner). 

So day #1:  Success!!

I consumed 1360 Calories and I burned 277 Calories (estimate of Calories burned at Crossfit) and I stayed under my daily budget of 1283 by 200.  Simple math, right? 

Today is going to be a little more challenging because I am not going to work out.  That leaves me with 277 less calories that I was allotted yesterday, but with some major planning, I should be able to stay within my budget. 


Yesterday's WOD:

Skill:
10 Rounds
50 Meter Runs
5 Burpee's After Each Run

3 x 5 Back Squat 85lbs
3 x 5 Push Press 65lbs

WOD:
500 Meter Row
2 Rounds:
35 DU
30 Jumping Lunges
25 DU
20 Kettlebell Snatch
15 DU
10 Turkish Get Up

23 Minutes

Cash Out: 500 Meter Row - 1:53.5

You Have to Celebrate Your Wins

When I started this blog I thought there was no possible way I could think of something related to crossfit to write about everyday.  Now granted, I haven't been posting every anymore, but it's been pretty close, and I am happy to know that I can think of a new topic to babble about! 

Today was no exception, and I can't make this stuff up. 

Lately I've been having a really hard time with things.  It's just been a bad week as far as getting back to my Crossfit routine, eating the right things, plus I haven't been sleeping well and when I do sleep, I've been having really bad dreams.  I feel like a walking zombie.  Which makes its harder to go to Crossfit and put effort into my meals and btw keeping up with a house, pets, and anything else that is thrown my way.  Sigh.  Oh, all while trying to keep my job and juggle my social life.  In fact, I've felt like a failure for a few weeks now and I just can't get out of this really weird funk. 

So today I pack my gym back with the hopes to go to the 5pm class.  Well guess what?  Because I had guests over last night, I threw all my shoes into my closest to make it appear that my house was clean and since my shoes were hidden in the closet, I ended up forgetting to pack them.  Normally this isn't a huge deal, but today it makes me feel like I failed once again. 

OK fine not the end of the world, I'll just have to go home before class and get them, and make the 6pm or even 7pm class.  That cuts into my running errands time, but those can wait. 

Then at 4:15pm I get a call at work and it is a friend that I used to work with at my current job.  She was just calling to tell me how much of an inspiration and how proud of me she was!!  I almost started crying right then and there.  She went on to say how she was just telling her friends how I was this success story to her and she thought it would be worth the phone call to tell me that she thought that. 

Here I was, beating myself up about how much I sucked and how horrible I was doing, and out of the blue this phone call comes.  I told her that she had no idea how much that meant to me and couldn't have come at a better time since I was feeling so down and out. 


As I said before, I had to run home and get my sneakers and I got to the box at 5:30.  I sat there and watched the 5pm class do the WOD and I started to feel hopeless again.  The WOD two movements that I knew I couldn't do:  Ring Dips and Rope Climbs.

I had attempted rope climbs wayyyyyyyyyyy back when 610 was at the other location and had to do the scaled version, I was already defeated....And then something magical happend.....

I fucking climbed the rope!!!!!!!!!!!!  (6 times in the WOD)!!!


I was so freaking excited that I called my best friend and left her a voicemail to tell her how I climbed the rope and how happy and proud I was.  I have to rememeber to celebrate my wins.  Especially since I've felt so crappy about things lately. 


WOD:
30 Minutes AMRAP
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-5-6 ect Snatches
19 DU
8 Ring Dips
1 Rope Climbs

6+1 Rounds. 

What's Next?

And they lived happily ever after....

Now that my Vegas goal is gone, and my cold/sinus whatever this sickness is, is about 90% gone, I am tryyyyyyyying to get back into eating healthy and Crossfitting 3-4 days a week.  WHY IS THIS SO HARD AGAIN?  I have all the tools to be successful and I know what it takes to be successful, so why am I getting stuck?

1. Routine.  I am completely out of my healthy routine.  I need to go to bed early so I can wake up early to get the WOD in right away.  That free's up my evenings after work to prep food and do errands. 

2. No Goal.  My first 8 weeks I was trying to win the Biggest Loser.  My 2nd 8 Weeks I was trying to win The Best Shape of my Life.  From the end of that I was trying to be hot for Vegas.  Now I have no goals set for myself, so it's hard for me to find the motivation. 

3. Mentally Weak.  Completely ignoring the fact that I had to take some time off of Crossfit to recover from being sick, I feel like I have lost all that I had accomplished.  The WOD's have been kicking my ass the last two weeks and I feel like I should be performing better than this. 

So what's the plan Karen?

Well first off, I'm going to stop feeling sorry for myself.  Ok- done.  Next I am going to set a fitness goal of losing 1 pound per week until January 2012.  It's completely reachable, very measurable, and it would be very cool to be 140-143lbs to ring in the new year (new party dress perhaps?).  I'm going to use my tools and knowledge that in order to lose weight I have to get enough sleep, drink lots of water, eat the right foods, and exercise 3-4 days a week, oh and of course having a positive attitude!

Good luck to me!