May 24, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- whole milk with sugar free Nesquik
Lunch- stew
Snack- Lara Bar- banana bread, grapes
Dinner- Shepherd's Pie, cake and fudge

Workout:
Warm up with 2 rounds of 20 jumping jacks and 10 air squats

5-5-5-5
Front squats
45, 55, 65, 80

AMRAP in 12 minutes
3 thrusters- 55 lbs.
5 ring dips with blue band
7 box jump burpees- 16 inch box (My box jump burpees are not as good as the ones in the video! After my burpee, I have to take a step and then jump on to the box. Then I step down instead of jump down.)

5 rounds + 3 thrusters

May 23, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- glass of whole milk with sugar free Nesquik
Snack- fudge
Breakfast/Lunch- 2 eggs (with salsa) and breakfast sausge from Yonder Way Farm
Snack- fudge
Dinner- salsa and guacamole burgers with bun, grilled corn on cob, chocolate cake and fudge

No workout.

May 22, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- whole milk with sugar free Nesquik
Lunch- Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburger, small fries, small chocolate frosty
Dinner- chips, salsa, queso, tortillas, chicken and beef fajitas, grilled veggies, chocolate cake, fudge

Workout:

Here is a picture from our workout. That's me with the purple shirt on. I'm doing kettlebell swings.

Crossfit-
Warm up with 3 rounds of 10 air squats, 10 sit ups, 10 push ups on knees

Couplets
AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) in 7 minutes, 3 minutes rest in between

1-
10 dumb bell push press- 12 lb. dumb bells
10 weighted lunge steps (5/5)
7

2-
10 kettlebell swings- 25 lbs.
1 sprint
8

3-
10 slam ball- 10 lbs.
5 burpees
7+9 slam ball

TOTAL- 22

May 21, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- whole milk with sugar free Nesquik
Snack- ? probably raisins and walnuts or a banana
Lunch- chicken posole
Snack- banana
Dinner- stew

No workout- Maddie softball game

May 20, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- glass of whole milk with sugar free Nesquik
Snack- banana, raisins, walnuts
Lunch- My Fit Foods- Denyse's Killuh Chili
Snack- raisins and walnuts
Dinner- Palio's pepperoni and jalapeno pizza

Workout:
CrossFit-
Warm up with 2 rounds of 15 air squats and 15 sit ups
WOD
4 rounds of
50 double unders (jump rope goes under you twice in one jump)
21 kettlebell swings- 25 lbs.
21 wall ball- 10 lbs.
1 lap

Time- 30:??

That was a super tough workout cardio wise. The double unders are so tiring! I could manage 10 or so in a row the first rounds, but the last rounds I could only manage 5 in a row before I had to stop and catch my breath. WOW!

May 19, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- 2 slices of bacon, grapes
Snack- grapes
Lunch- My Fit Foods- Ninja Tenderloin
Snack- banana, walnuts, raisins
Snack- Lara Bar- Banana Bread
Dinner- super yummy stew

No workout- swim team and softball practice

May 18, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- scrambled egg with 3 tablespoons of salsa, 2 slices of bacon
Snack- grapes
Lunch- My Fit Foods- Charbroiled Chicken Delight (medium)
Snack- baby carrots
Dinner- Los Cucos- Chicken Ixtapa- chicken breast covered with tomatoes, onions, cheese and grilled veggies instead of rice and beans, 1.5 flour tortillas, chips, salsa

I knew that I wouldn't be able to resist the chips and salsa, but I did make a good choice with the veggies instead of rice and beans. I also got a chicken breast instead of enchiladas or a chile relleno or a chimichanga. I should've asked the waiter to keep the flour tortillas, but I love them and they were yummy!

No workout today.

May 17, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- 3 slices of bacon and grapes
Snack- raisins and walnuts
Lunch- My Fit Foods- Ginger Chicken Delight- medium
Snack- carrots, grapes, celery, banana
Dinner- Chicken Posole

I stayed for a baby shower at school and resisted the sandwiches, chips and queso, and the CAKE! I ate the veggies instead.

Not sure how I feel about resisting all that stuff. Part of me thinks I'm being silly and should've just enjoyed myself, but the other part of me wants to prove to myself that I can resist it. I told myself no rice, bread, pasta, or sugar this week until Friday when I have a cupcake to celebrate my birthday (yes I know my birthday is Saturday, but we'll celebrate at school on Friday). I was afraid that if I gave in then I'd go on a cake binge, but that's silly because I don't have any cake at home, so I should've just had a piece! Ugh...

Workout:
CrossFit-
warm up with lunges, frankensteins

WOD-
AMRAP (as many rounds as possible) in 30 minutes of
5 deadlifts- 115 lbs.
13 push ups on knees
9 box jumps- 16 inch box (jump up, step down)

12 rounds + 2 deadlifts

Yowza! That was TOUGH. I was dripping with sweat the whole time. Glad to be done with it, but even happier I did it!

Goals for May 17-23

1. CrossFit Monday, Thursday, Friday; something (anything) on own Saturday and Sunday
2. No grains, no sugar until Friday and Saturday when I celebrate my birthday!
-I had chips and flour tortillas at dinner Tuesday.
3. Eat more, especially on the weekend.
4. Eat more vegetables.
5. Drink more water.
6. Cook dinner every night this week except Tuesday (going to eat with friends).

May 16, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Lunch- 1/2 tuna sandwich on a bagel, bagel chips
Snack- kale chips and grapes
Dinner- 2 bacon wrapped grilled hamburgers, grilled corn
Snack- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik

Kate loved those kale chips! She ate a ton at dinner. Maddie and Nick, well, they weren't so excited about them.

Enough with the grains! I feel better with no grains, no sugar.

No workout today- shopping, cleaning, softball practice

May 15, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Lunch- Paleo chili leftovers
Dinner- Outback- Bloomin onion, chicken fried chicken, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, bread

Workout:
100 air squats- 3:50
100 sit ups- 4:29

I was going to do 100 push ups, but my knees need a break!

Healthy Eater

Kate loves her fruit! She goes into the refrigerator and digs out grapes, she crawls on to the island to grab a banana or apple, or climbs the pantry to grab some raisins. I'm glad she's loving the healthy stuff!

May 13 - May 14

Food Log:
I haven't had any refined sugar this week, but I have had some grains the last 2 days. Thursday I had a teeny tiny piece of pizza and a teeny tiny egg roll at the food tasting, and 1.5 saltine crackers that Kate didn't eat. Friday I had half an english muffin from a breakfast sandwich brought to me by the PE teachers because today was Field Day.

I haven't really been that hungry at all lately. Not sure what's up with that considering I've started working out more, so I should be even hungrier than before. I hate forcing myself to eat, but I need to if I'm going to be working out!

No workout Thursday- Fashion show and food tasting at school.

Friday Workout:
Crossfit-
Max Turkish Get-ups with barbell
1-1-1-1-1
15, 20, 25 (f), 25 (R)

Ugh...not a fan of turkish get ups. Not to mention I was doing them with skinned knees from push ups Tursday. My knees were burning and bleeding while I was doing them. Not fun. I think I could've done more if we'd been using a kettlebell instead of a barbell. Oh well

10 Rowing Sprints- 100 meters
Ranged from 21-21.7 seconds

10 strict pull ups with blue band

May 12, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- 3 slices of bacon, grapes
Snack- carrots, broccoli, grapes
Lunch- Paleo chili and 2 "bread" sticks
Snack- banana
Dinner- KFC Double Down sandwich- Mine did not look like the picture and was not worth the calories. I only ate half.

Workout:
None- Maddie had swim team and softball practice

May 11, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- scrambled egg with bell peppers in olive oil, 3 pieces of bacon
Lunch- Moroccan steak kabobs with red and green bell pepper and onions
Snack- carrots, broccoli, grapes
Post Workout Snack- smoothie with protein powder, almond milk, banana, sugar free nesquik
Dinner- "Bread" sticks with marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and bell peppers

Workout:
Crossfit-
Warm up with high knees, butt kicks, lunges

Workout-
1000 meter row
100 push ups- on knees
100 sit ups
100 air squats
1000 meter row

Time- 28:??

I am so out of shape! I used to be good a rowing. Today...not so much! It was tough, especially that last 1000 meters!

May 10, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- 2 pieces of center cut bacon, broccoli and carrots
Snack- more broccoli and carrots
Lunch- Paleo chili
Snack- banana
Dinner- Moroccan steak kabobs with red and green bell pepper and onions
Snack- .5 glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik

Workout:
CrossFit-
Warm up with 2 rounds of 10 air squats and 10 situps

3-3-3-3
Overhead Squats
15, 20, 25, 30 (1)

Chipper-
3 laps
30 box jumps- 16 inch box- jump up, step down
30 kettle bell swings- 25 lbs.
3 laps
30 overhead squats- 25 lbs.
30 push press- 35 lbs.
3 laps
Time- 20:54

I hate overhead squats. I can’t do them to save my life. I’m not sure what the problem is, but I’ll just have to keep practicing. It’s so bad that I have to set up my own little bar to do them by myself because I can’t even use a regular sized bar!

I did enjoy the workout though. Even with the overhead squats. They sucked and my shoulders got really tired, but we only had to do 30 of them. I enjoy any workout that includes running, even though I’m slow and pathetic right now! The bright spot in my workout was the fact that I didn’t finish last! I finished the push press about the same time as 2 others, but I pushed myself on the last 3 laps of the run and beat them. I did use lighter weights than they did, but that didn’t mean it wasn’t just as hard for me. I left feeling good and excited to go back again today.

May 5-8

I had high hopes of recording my food and workouts here, but there's been no time! This week was super busy with 5 swim team practices, 3 softball practices, and 2 softball games this week. It will calm down this week now that Maddie's regular season softball team is finished, so hopefully I'll have more time.

This past week was a sugar filled week and boy has my tummy been feeling it. I baked my mom's Mother's Day cake at the beginning of the week because I knew I wouldn't have time later in the week (and I read that freezing them locks in the moisture). Of course I had left over cake batter and I couldn't let it go to waste so I baked extra cakes and have been snacking on cake every day this week! My body is not happy. Next week will be a sugar free, grain free week to get myself back on track and feeling better. After that I'm going to add in some whole grains and see how those affect me.

Along with the busy week came hardly any workouts. I hoped to drag myself out of bed on Thursday to workout before school, but I just can't get up to do it. I also planned to workout Friday, but got busy on my mom's cake and didn't want to stop.

Oh well, next week is a new week! Off to eat some Mexican food! :)

May 4, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- ½ glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- Scrambled egg with bell peppers, 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch- My Fit Foods- Ninja Tenderloin
Snack- Raisins and walnuts
Snack- banana
Dinner- meat loaf made with almond meal instead of bread crumbs, sweet potatoes, steamed vegetables, peanut butter cake scraps (making a cake for Mother's Day)

Work Out:
Crossfit-

Warm up with row instead of run and 3 rounds of 10 air squats, 10 push ups (on knees), 10 sit ups

WOD
10, 9, 8,..., 2, 1 renegade rows with 12 lb. dumb bells
1, 2, 3,..., 9, 10 wall ball with 10 lb. ball
Run 1 lap between each round
Time- 26:22

May 3, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast 1- ½ glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik
Breakfast 2- Scrambled egg with bell peppers, 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch- My Fit Foods- Crazy Chargrilled Chicken
Snack- Cupcake (A kid brought it to me, I had to eat it!)
Snack- Banana
Dinner- 4 pieces of pepperoni and jalapeno pizza from Palio’s Pizza (I was going to make something in the crock pot before swim team, but I didn’t have all the ingredients)

No workout

May 2, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- glass of almond milk with sugar free Nesquik, small brownie
Snack- more brownies :(
Dinner- cheeseburger and onion rings, 2 cupcakes at Maddie's softball party

Workout: none

May 1, 2010

Food Log:
Breakfast- 1/2 glass whole milk with sugar free Nesquik
Snack- left over vegetables
Lunch- chicken salad, fruit salad
Snack- Lara Bar, lemon
Dinner- Sonic ched'r peppers with ranch, tater tots with cheese, jr. frito chili cheese wrap, and brownies

I couldn't resist the temptation to buy brownie mix while we were at Target. I wouldn't have even walked down the aisle, but we were out of Nesquik and it was on that aisle. I will give the rest to my mom and dad tomorrow!

Workout:
BBS at Lifetime- bis, tris, squats, lunges, deadlift, row, chest press, calf raises, planks, shoulder press; 30 minutes on elliptical

Doctor said 2 weeks on elliptical before running. It's been 2 weeks, but I've only been on the elliptical twice! I don't think that's what he meant. I'm shooting for a total of 10 3o minute sessions on the elliptical before I start a run/walk thing. 2 down, 8 to go!

To Eat Grains or Not to Eat Grains?

Most people hear the word carbs and think pasta, bread, cereal, rice, oats. When people see that I'm avoiding grains, they ask me why I don't eat carbs. I do eat carbs, I just try to make sure most of my carbs are from fruits and vegetables. Not because I think I'm fat or because I'm trying to lose weight, but because I'm trying to be a heatlhier person. See this article from Whole 9 for reasons to avoid grains.

It never occured to me that grains may not be good for you until I joined CrossFit. I'd heard about The Paleo Diet for Athletes, which is a book written for endurance athletes (triathletes, marathoners, etc.) who want to follow a Paleo diet, but also compete in long distance events. I thought it was crazy. How can you run, bike, and swim for a long time without eating bread and pasta?! There was no way I was giving up my pasta, bread, and oatmeal!

Fast forward 3 years to my non-triathlete, CrossFitting self and now I see walking, talking examples of what a Paleo diet can do for you (and some seriously hard work and good genes). Many of the top CrossFit athletes eat Paleo, so you figure if it works for them, then it could work for me, right? Well, I still needed more convincing, so I started reading. I read tons and tons of articles on the internet and for every article you find that says why grains are bad, you find another that says grains are essential. What should I believe?

I'd heard of people doing a 30 day challenge or a 14 day challenge to go without grains, dairy, and anything else non-Paleo to see how they start to feel and to also see what happens when the challenge is over and they begin adding those foods back in. I started by elimnating my morning milk and most dairy products to see what happened. Immediately I noticed the white spots that I get in my throat were gone. Hmm...maybe there is something to this Paleo diet.

That convinced me to try to eliminate grains to see what happened. I decided I would go 2 weeks without grains and sugar and then add them back in to see what happened. I made it about a week and a half but that was long enough for me to see a difference when I added them back in. I noticed I felt bloated and really tired after eating them. If you read my Paleoish post on the Family of Four blog you know I continued my experiment and went Monday-Friday without grains and sugar, then on weekends would give in. I noticed a huge difference that Monday morning in the way I felt.

What am I going to do now that I know the difference it makes? Well, I'm not going to give up grains and sugar completely, but I'm going to try to limit my intake. I love them, but I'm trying to find alternatives, especially to the sugary sweets. I'm also going to start adding back in whole grains to see if I have a better reaction to those than the refined grains I added back in. I think it's all about moderation.

April 29 and 30, 2010

April 30, 2010
Breakfast 1- 1/2 glass of whole milk with sugar free Nestle's quik
Breakfast 2- 3 slices of bacon, leftover vegetables (carrots and cabbage)
Lunch- spaghetti squash with veggie mix of eggplant, red and green bell peppers, onions, zucchini
Snack 1- Lara Bar, lemon
Snack 2- green apple
Dinner- 2 pieces of pepperoni and jalapeno pizza with ranch and chocolate cake

No workout.

April 29, 2010
Breakfast 1- 1/2 glass of whole milk with sugar free Nestle's quik
Breakfast 2- 3 pieces of bacon, scrambled egg with red and green bell pepper
Lunch- spaghetti squash with veggie mix of eggplant, red and green bell peppers, onions, zucchini
Snack- string cheese and Lara Bar
Dinner- bbq beef sandwich on Pepperidge farm small bread thingys, mac and cheese, salad with ranch

No workout.