Fri, Dec 3

Wow, last night was a late night. Went straight from work to Owen's daycare to hear him sing Christmas songs (he was great!), then over to a fellow karate kai's house to assemble black belt goodie bags. I didn't get home until after 10pm. Then I went straight to bed and got a couple hours of sleep before the hubby's snore-fest began. *sigh*  Oh well. A full day today with a decent bedtime tonight should have me geared up for tomorrow's competition! I'm excited and nervous all at the same time. I'm just glad we have a backup male team mate ready to step in for poor James (bad disc in his back took him out of the running). A "thanks" shout out to Michael for stepping up & to Randy for having the patience to stick

FOOD

BF = banana, 2 donuts, 1 bacon taquito (flour tortilla)

Lunch = 1 taquito + 2 tangerines




Dinner =  chips & salsa


WOD

No wod. Resting before the team competition tomorrow!

Thur, Dec 2

Still no fish burps! I'm just gonna go out on a limb today and say that the day started of with a banana and 3 buttermilk donuts, and ended with 4 mini-pumpkin muffins. Everything else in between was just sheer madness (with a few Paleo exceptions thrown in for good measure). But I am not repeating here what I consumed yesterday. For SHAME!

Starting Saturday, I am going back to a more Paleo-style eating. Not as strict as the 30-day challenge, but I'll stick to it as closely as possible.

No WOD today.

Watched Owen sing "I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" at his daycare's Xmas Lighting event. SO cute! Yeah, I'm a wee bit proud of him.  ;)

Stay tuned for a more 'normal' posting tomorrow.

Wed, Dec 1

Today I realized there are only 23 more shopping days left for Christmas. I started early but I still have a ways to go before being done. I plan on NOT making it a stressful event!!


Good news -- still no fish burps. Surprising, since I'm combining the fish pills with a multi-vitamin, Niacin, and a calcium chew. I still keep waiting....


FOOD


BF = 7 paleo pancakes, 5 pieces of bacon, swig of freshly-squeezed grapefruit/oj combination


Snack = small piece of bday cake


Lunch = turkey, grapes, applesauce, 12oz freshly-squeezed gf/oj juice, small piece of pumpkin pie


Snack = more grapes, 5 half-dollar-sized paleo cookies, 1 square 78% dark cacao


Dinner =  6 paleo meatballs (turned out really good!!) + fruit/spinach smoothie, 2.5 sugar cookies




WOD 


WU:
2x CFWU - no pull ups


Challenge:  December 2 minute Challenge! Each month we are going to have a "2 minute challenge", this month it is Max Double Unders in 2 mins. Today you will spend some time working on DU and then complete as many double unders in 2 mins as possible. This MUST be DU, no single skips. It is OK if your number is low or even zero. Each day you can work on doubleunders for a few mins improving your skills. Feel free to do your max in 2 mins as much as you want. All through out the month keep track of your max DU's. You have 30 days to try and set the high score or to improve your own score. Even if you start with none you have a whole month to improve!! There will be a prize for whoever has the max DU and whoever has most improved.


Skill:




RESULT = 6:21 - 20# KB, 100 DUs

Carey & Tami swinging KBs

Pull ups:

Negatives -10 second holds x 10

Kipping, butterfly, weighted, etc

WOD
150 KB swings
for time

Tues, Nov 30

Last day of November. Where has the year gone? So I've started taking fish oil pills (3000mg a day). We will see if that doesn't help improve shoulder mobility as 3 doctors now have told me it should. Tami swears by them. It's been 2 days now, and I haven't had a fish burp yet....

FOOD

BF = 7 paleo pancakes, handful of m&ms

Snack = small piece of bday cake (can't wait for it to be all gone -- brought it to work to have others help me eat it)

Lunch =  some turkey, fajita steak meat w/ avocado, fresh squeezed orange/grapefruit juice

Snack =  2 tangerines, 5 paleo cookies, small piece of bday cake, apple

Dinner = banana w/ almond butter


WOD

WU:
run 400
3x
10 Lunges
10 ring dips
10 pass throughs
10 OHS with pvc

Skill:
Hollows
3x

5 second hold x 8

WOD

"300"
25 pull ups
50 deadlifts #135/95
50 Box jumps
50 Windshield wipers #135/95 (must touch toes to both sides for 1 rep)
50 DB/ KB - Clean and Jerks #35/20 (25 per arm)
25 pull ups
50 burpees

RESULT = 20:37, but did 55# on the floor sweepers (windshield wipers), and did ring rows instead of pull-ups.

 95# DLs

Box jumps

1-arm DB clean & jerk

Floor sweepers or windshield wipers, 55#

Mon, Nov 29

FOOD

BF = 8 paleo pancakes

Snack = banana

Lunch = fajita chicken meat, avocado, grapes, fruit/spinach smoothie, handful of m&ms

Snack =  2 tangerines

Dinner = steak fajita meat w/ avocado, fruit/spinach smoothie, 4 bites of bday cake


WOD

WU:

3 xCFWU 

10 HSPU/ HS Holds

Strength:
Hang Power Cleans 3-3-3-3-3-3-3 (7)

WOD
15 min cap

5x
15 SDLHP
15 Thrusters
#75/55

RESULT = 10:19 with 45# bar.



Handstand pushups

85# hang power clean

Two attempts of trying to publish the video from the WOD has failed. Will try again and update when it's out there, finally (hopefully).

Sun, Nov 28

BF = 2 fried eggs, orange juice, 2 pieces toast with homemade apricot jam

Lunch = stew + corn bread, gold-n-nugget bar

Snack = grapes & chips

Dinner = last of thanksgiving leftovers (broccoli cheese rice casserole & dressing), bday cake for dessert

WOD

Again, no wod.

Last day of nonsense eating -- but I sure did enjoy every minute of it!

Sat, Nov 27

FOOD

BF = scrambled eggs & bacon, fresh strawberries, blueberries, banana nut bread

Snack = tangerine

Lunch = half bag of cinnamon sugar popcorn

Dinner = bowl of tortilla soup, chips & salsa

Snack = pecan pie, wheat thins, root beer

WOD

No wod. Another day of being lazy.

Fri, Nov 26

FOOD

It must be pizza day!! We had breakfast pizza and then pizza again for dinner. Mmm. With all this food intake over the holiday, Monday will probably suck as we return to modified Paleo. SO... better enjoy it while I can!! Mwuahahahahahahahaha!


BF = banana, 4 paleo pancakes

Snack = 2 slices

Breakfast fruit pizza

Lunch =  tday dressing w/ cranberry sauce, broccoli cheese rice casserole + tangerine

Snack =  small slice pecan pie & pumpkin pie

Dinner =  2 slices homemade pizza

Late movie Snack = cinnamon sugar popcorn



WOD

Still OFF

Thur, Nov 25 -- HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Ok, ok. I just got off that paleo challenge, and I was SO ready for some Thanksgiving day food. I'm happy to say I did eat a little of everything, but I didn't go overboard and stuff myself. And mom's pecan pie was freakin' AWESOME!!!

FOOD

BF = banana, tangerine, quarter piece of toast with mom's homemade apricot jam

Snack = 2 tangerines

Lunch =

Dinner = pizza topping leftovers (gr beef, pizza sauce, cheese, gr bell pepper) & piece of pumpkin and pecan pie

Snack = few sips of coke & 3 handfuls of popcorn (saw the Harry Potter movie!!)


WOD

Day off! Thankful for family, friends, and my health!

Wed, Nov 24

Spent last night with Auntie Laura and slept all right. Owen was in the bed with me, and kept squirming all night. Doesn't make for the best of sleep, but the bed was awesome!

FOOD

BF = 7 paleo pancakes, banana

Lunch = black bean/salsa/gr beef/avocado on lettuce wraps

Snack =  3 tangerines

Dinner =  homemade pizza!!!


WOD

Visited the Westlake Crossfit box on Cuernavaca. Showed up 2 min late because I missed it first couple times around. But they were really nice, and welcomed me into their little niche. Great wod, though. Unfortunately no pics/vid.  :(
Card 1
Card 1,2
Card 1,2,3
Card 1,2,3,4

where
Card 1 = 1 snatch/C+J, 3 thrusters, 5 HPCs, 7 DLs
Card 2 = 9 push ups, 11 pull ups, 13 KB swings (35#)
Card 3 = 15 jump squats, 17 ball slams, 19 sit ups
Card 4 = 21 burpees

RESULT = 13:56. Did 45# bar snatch, but was able to do it successfully despite worries over shoulder! Weight is same for Card 1.

Tues, Nov 23

Slept great last night, ready to rock-n-roll this morning. Could be that I'm just excited about this Thanksgiving break!


FOOD


BF = tangerine


Lunch =  grilled cheese, banana, a few chips


Snack =  grapes


Dinner =  gr beef/avocado/black beans/salsa on lettuce wraps; 6 chips with cheese dip, 2 small slices of bday cake, lovingly provided by Auntie Laura for Owen's belated bday party!




WOD


WU:
CFWU 3x
+ 7 Snatch Balance each round (pause at the bottom)

Skill:
Forward roll & Log roll

WOD:
21-18-15  of each

• Ground to Over head - any way possible
• Med ball clean
• sit ups

RESULT = 11:41, using 45# bar with red plates

Took measurements today after the Paleo Challenge, compared to what I had taken at the end of Sept 29. I've lost approx 9 inches!!

Neck = 12.875"

R Bicep = 11.875"

L Bicep = 11.375"

Shoulders = 40"

Waist = 30.25"

Hips = 36.75"

R Thigh = 21.75"

L Thigh = 21.75"

R Calf = 14"

L Calf = 14.25"

Mon, Nov 22 -- The END!!

Paleo challenge ended today!

FOOD


BF = 2 boiled eggs

Snack = apple

Lunch = 2 tangerines

Snack = 5 paleo pancakes, 3 paleo cookies

Dinner = 5 pieces bacon, 5 paleo cookies, tangerine


WOD


Team wod practice:

•  2 of 4 team members, run with 40/80# sandbag 200m, while other 2 do AMRAP of OHS 75/55# during others' run
• switch, still keeping score of running total reps
• repeat except instead of OHS you do SDLHP, same weight -- keeping up with reps
• Team then does total of 300 DLs, one person at a time

RESULT = first time was 13:3x (didn't get total reps), 2nd time was 12:31 (didn't get total reps) but we did better 2nd time around. Figured it's because we knew what to expect that time & could bust tail when possible & knew when to take a breather. Either that, or we finally just got warmed up. 

Figuring out how to divvy up the wod

James with his sandbag

Ellen & Randy doing their OHS

Carey eking out 33# OHS with ugly form, thanks to shoulder

James & his nice form

Carey & James off again for round two (of first time doing wod)

Doesn't look so bad when taken at an angle

Sun, Nov 21

Recupe/veg day! We slept in from all the partying we did yesterday.

FOOD


BF = banana

Snack = 6 paleo pancakes

Lunch = tuna salad + apple

Dinner = hamburger patty w/ bacon and avocado, tangerine


WOD
Nothing. Like I mentioned above, it was a total vegitation day. I even took a nap with Owen!!

Sat, Nov 20 -- The Birthday Party

We had Owen's third birthday party today. Most everyone showed up & everyone had an excellent time! But I am wiped out from 1) finishing cleaning house this morning in preparation for the party, and 2) from all the kids running around. But Owen loved the day and all that was in store for him, so it's all worth it!

FOOD


BF = tangerine

Lunch  = tuna salad lettuce wraps

Dinner = hamburger patty + 1 avocado & 4 pieces of bacon squished on top of the patty, 2 tangerines. I broke down and had a small piece of cake, too. It just smelled SO good. The end of the paleo challenge is seeming so far away now, when in reality it's only 3 days!!

WOD

1hr karate & cleaning house like a mad woman.  ;)