Busy as a Burpee!

Here we are in early November and I just looked at my gmail calendar (aka my life). 

This weekend I am celebrating a friends on birthday on 11-11-11 in Philly and then sleeping over my sister in law's until Sunday. 

Next weekend I am heading up to CT to watch Dennis compete in Festivous2 and then going to a baby shower in PA on Sunday.

The following weekend I have Thanksgiving and my 10 year high school reunion. 

Then, the first weekend in December is our Annual O'Donnell Christmas Party followed by a 5k run in the morning and a beer festival that same day. 

The weekend following that, I am going to NYC for the biggest Santa event ever, Santacon (aka the best day of the year). 


OH.MY.GOD.


Those are just the weekends!  I didn't even mention all the extra credit stuff I am doing on the weekdays.  LOL. Why do I do this to myself?  Oh right, because I love being social, I love doing fun things, and planning is my true gift in life. 

So how on earth am I going to balance my eating and WODing?  One thing is for sure, I now have my head on straight! 

Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law and our friend Heather, we have been emailing each other our food intakes and our calories eaten.  The first two weeks I was horrible and I was gaining weight.  Colleen, on the other hand was doing fucking awesome. 

She was staying within her calorie budget and losing weight.  And I was simply jealous.  That is why the buddy system works.  Jealousy is a great fuel for me when I'm on a weight loss quest. 

So here I am week 3 and I am back in business.  I have been working out, and working hard, minding what I eat, and I'm seeing the results.  (I will be taking another set of before/after pics on Monday). 

Which some good planning and self control, I think I will be able to get through the next month or so of weekends without tipping the scale.  I cannot stress enough how much diet and working out go hand in hand for me.  Until then, wish me luck!!!


WOD:

Endurance:
250 Row
30 Mountain Climbers
5 Rounds

Strength:
Hanging Clean
3 Per Minute for 10 Minutes
65lbs

WOD:
20 Wall Balls (10lbs)*
Bear Crawl
20 Wall Balls
Burpee Wide Hop(?)
20 Wall Balls
Army Crawl
20 Wall Balls
Forward Somersault (?)
20 Wall Balls
Hand Stand Walk

13:49ish
*there weren't enough 14lbs

Practice What You Hate

After months and months of crossfitting, I am finally able to associate a weight lifting movement with it's name.  And now since I know the names of each movement, I was able to name my two least favorites.  Snatch and Overhead Squats. 

I think I hate squatting in general but the Overhead Squats are the WORST! 

So you could just imagine my delight when I saw today's WOD:

5 Power Snatches
5 Overhead Squats
10 Burpee Pull Ups

Groaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! (Mind you this is the 6am class)

I check the WODs the night before so I know what I am in for and I could have easily said, nope, not going.  But I also know that if you never practice the things you suck at and always practice the things you are good at....you will never get better! 


Endurance:
20 Push Ups
20 DU
20 Mountain Climbers
20 Jumping Pull Ups
200 Meter Row

WOD:
15 Minute AMRAP
5 Power Snatches (55lbs)
5 Overhead Squats (55lbs)
10 Burpee Pull Ups

4+11

The Tortoise and the Hare

Since back at Crossfit I've had a sinking feeling that my head is no longer in my work outs. 

I show up for the WODs, I complete the WODs, but something is different. 

I look at the white board and think, "not too bad" (which I know I will immediately regret saying) and when that 3...2...1...GO sounds, I feel as if I have gone backwards with my endurance and speed. 

Thinking back to Biggest Loser I was given the WOD and I would simply hope that I could finish.  I would take a break when needed, stop if I had too, and just get through it.  Time didn't matter. 

As the weeks went on I specifically remember not breaking as much and, even though I didn't really CARE about my times, the were improving.  I was still finishing in the bottom half of the pack (pack being people in the same class or people on the white board) but my times were at least getting better. 

Somewhere, somehow I feel as if I have gone backwards.  And I actually caught myself saying "Slow and Steady wins the race."  WTF kind of attitude is that when "Do it Again, Faster" is a common phrase. 

Yes if the AMRAP is 30 minutes and its box jumps and heavy lifting you are going to PACE yourself, but pacing is way different that already accepting having a slow time before the WOD starts.

I want to blame it on the fact that I was out for a week or so and just "getting back into it" but I can't hide behind that forever.  So I guess I just have to get over myself, push myself, and freakin be faster!!!





Endurance:
2k Row - 9 Minutes

Strength
3 Power Cleans in 20 Seconds
9 Sets
55lbs

5 Minute Time Cap

WOD:
3 Rounds
20 Hand Release Pushups
10 Kettlebell Swings 1 pood
30 DU

8:06

Skill:
Farmers Carry Hold w/Barbell (55lbs)
3 Rounds of Max Effort

Total: 2 minutes