Happy Halloween!

Every Halloween I vow to lose weight so I can dress up as skanky as possible for my costume.  What ends up happening is that I don't lose the weight, and then try to still dress as skanky as I feel comfortable.  I think this will be my last year dressing up with that mentality.  Luckily, it's probably the least I've weighed in many Halloweens.  The costume choice? Easy.  This year I've been completely obsessed with Ke$ha.  I've seen two of her concerts (and I'd go again in a heart beat), have both her CD's (Didn't want the remix one) and I even have (gasp) a Ke$ha shirt (that I drunkenly overpaid a dollar for). 

I think I nailed the costume pretty well:



Ke$ha



Karen



Weirdest thing ever?  After Dennis took that picture, the first thing I said was....whoa look at my arm muscle! 

Now that Halloween is over, I can put away the glitter and the skeleton body suit and refocus on my Crossfitting.  I am happy to say that I am 100% healthy and ready to rock. 

In two months we will be in 2012....that is just nuts!  I am still going to try to lose 1lb a week until 2012.  It's been a rocky start with Halloween weekend and loss of power, but if I focus and work really hard I think I can do it. 

Even though I my diet hasn't been ideal, my two girlfriends and I have still be emailing each other what we've been eating to keep each other honest and on track.

For the rest the year I'm also going to try to blog more, and for sure keep track of my weights more.  Today I did two movements at 100+ lbs.  Go Me!

I hope everybody had a wonderful and safe Halloween!!!


Skill:
5 Rounds
10 Second Plank
30 DU

7 x 1 Split Jerks (65lbs)

WOD:
10 Minute AMRAP
2 Deadlifts (115lbs)
8 Wall Ball (14lbs)

10+2

3 Minutes Find 1 Rep Max Split Jerk  = 100lbs

Free Sex!!

Got your attention, right!?

Back in my business class I learned that there are two words the will grab almost 100% of people's attention.  Free. and Sex.  (not necessarily used together). 

Growing up, I learned the value of a dollar and I tried to be wise with my money by trying to get the best value for my dollar and trying to get things for free (if possible).  This attitude and mind set got me addicted to using coupons.  I will never forget finding a .50 off coupon on soup, and then having the grocery store doubling it to $1.00 off and paying practically pennies for a can of soup.  WOW, thats cool!  I would then get coupons, match them with sales and get the most for my money. 

Nothing wrong with that, right?  WRONG!!!!

Before Crossfit and going paleo, I would thrive on saving huge %'s off my grocery bill by combining the sales and the coupons.  Now I'm lucky if I even use a couple coupons if any.  Why might you ask?  Typically the foods that the coupons are for are complete junk.  Candy, Sweet Cereals, Breads, things that I no longer eat.  Sporatically I will find coupons for Almond Milk, or frozen veggies which I like to have on hand in case I'm out of fresh veggies and in a pinch which I can use, but nothing like before. 

It is a little sad, I would get really excited at the check out to see how much money I saved with the bonus card and the coupons and now that thrill is pretty much gone.  I still coupon, (yes that is a verb) but I just do it differently.  I try to find coupons that are off a total purchase, rather than an item.  I look for coupons that are for healthy items and I pride myself on going to Produce Junction and paying way less for fresh produce without a coupon than in a typical grocery store. 

How else can I get my thrills?  Sweeping!! (Yes that is a verb)

I love entering contests!  I have a prettttttttttty good track record of winning things and lets face it, they are fun!  For whatever reason, lots of crossfit companies, JournalMENU, Life as RX, WOD Love, have endless contests and Facebook makes it so easy!  

Its a easy, fun, and cheap way to fill my crossfit gear fix!  

hahahaha no joke, I just found out I won another facebook contest!!! Don't Hate!

SKILL:
400 Meter Run Forward
400 Meter Run Backwards

2 minutes JR Forward
2 minutes JR Backwards

WOD: Camille

AMRAP 8 MINUTES

3 SNATCH COMPLEXES

3 WALL CLIMBS

1 COMPLEX = POWER SNATCH/HANG SNATCH/HANG SQUAT SNATCH

*IF BAR IS DROPPED DURING THE SNATCH COMPLEX, REP DOES NOT COUNT!

 

2+2

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