On the mend

Ok, so the last week has SUCKED! I have been very sick with a chest cold/sinus cold/ear infection. So no working out. And no counting calories. Oh well. I am on the mend and I think I will try working out tomorrow. I started tracking again today so things are looking up. I also got two new pairs of shoes and I'm very excited to get to use them FINALLY! Oh and the 90 day challenge starts MONDAY!!! So excited about this!

Gah!

Sick again.... blah! After mondays workout I got all congested and sore throated. So I will be waiting a bit to work out again. How annoying! Just when I was starting to really get into the groove. Oh well. Merry Christmas! And a crappy new year...No wait, HAPPY new year. Ten days until I start the 90 day challenge!

Sunday and Monday

Blah! Not feeling the greatest. Oh well. It's to be expected when my whole family is not doing that great either.
I did exercise both days. Sunday I did a 10K in 47:07 which is 7:35 min miles. I was pretty pleased. I truthfully should have started out faster so it wasn't so hard at the end. But I was still happy with it.
Monday:
Ran 1.5 miles to start then did:

20 Leg Lifts
30 Thrusters - 25 lb barbell
20 KTE
30 Box Jumps - 14" Box as I don't have a higher one. Put that on the list of things to get.
20 Sumo Dead lift high pulls - 20 lbs
30 Burpees - seriously nearly killed me.
20 Push press - 20 lbs
40 Walking lunges.

I finished in 9:43 which was pretty good, though the knees to elbow were some real some from the hanging straps.
Finished off with a half mile jog/ cool down. Too tired to do more and the babies started walking up. (Secretly so glad they did. ;)

I am going to need to do a burpee challenge as I HATE them and they kill me every time.

I look in to it.

I didn't track my calories yesterday as it was crazy with a family breakfast, a birthday party at lunch and then exercising and trying to cook dinner and bath time etc etc etc. SO, I started fresh today.

My Plate: I am enjoying my last two weeks of freedom eating. The 90 day challenge starts SOOON!

Another Rest Day

I was actually going to exercise today, but then I felt nauseous every time I moved around so I though running was probably right out. Hopefully I'll feel better tomorrow as I want to do a long run. And I want to work on my kipping pull ups. We'll see how it goes.

My Plate: 

Friday

Today was low on energy until I got started.
Ran 3 miles in 22:15 then did:

21 - 15 - 9 of
Clean - 35 Lbs
Bench dips

3:30

I ran the first mile at about 8 min mile pace then sprinted the last two. It was epic. Now I am TIRED!
I didn't track calories today as my kids and husband are both sick and I didn't have time to sit in front of the computer . Oh well.

Thursday

Today, well it left me totally exhausted.

I did 10 rounds of
12 Burpees
12 Pull ups

I also ran two miles before I started. Then 24:26 for the WOD and then I walked/jogged for half a mile then ran 1 more mile after that to get a total of 3.5. I can still barely get my arms up.

My Plate:

Wednesday

I did this workout today.

5 Rounds for time of
7 75 lb Deadlift
30 squats
7 pushups

I did it in 7:24. I ran a mile warm up and then ran another two miles after I caught my breath and finished in 15:46. It was great and painful. The squats nearly destroyed me!

My Plate for today. 

Rest Day

Today is a rest day. Not falling asleep till nearly midnight and then getting up at 5:45, then working till dinner, did not allow for any energy for after dinner workouts. But that is not unusual.

MY Plate for the day. 

Time for some sleep and then maybe some more sleep.

Progress

I worked with Ben Selvaggio yesterday on all the olympic style lifts and was really happy that I was mostly doing them all correctly. Yippe!
Today I did this.

Ran 1 mile warm up.

3:27 w/ 25 Lb Bar for thrusters and BPU.

Then ran sprints for 3 miles finishing in 21:49

It was awesome and really killed me and now I feel that much better. Oh and I weighed in at 147 yesterday too. Another Yippee! I will get there!

What I want to look like

But what bugs me a bit is that sometime I feel like they say do Crossfit and you can look like this. When in reality you have to train like a beast for YEARS and hone your diet to a T to get these kind of results. Oh I know that I can make a change in my body but to really look they way I want to look, ie like an athlete, I would have to train like an athlete and I simply don't have time to do that. I am a mother and a wife and I work. My life and my time are not all my own. An hour a day or less is about as much as I can commit too, which is really OK. I can eat clean and exercise at as high an intensity as I can and I will see results, but probably not those kind of results.

Speaking of which I did a 20 X20 workout yesterday. It nearly killed me and it was actually a 19X20 as I forgot one of the exercises. But hopefully I will do better next time it comes around. I feel so pathetic just starting out, but I know in about a year I'll be killing these workouts. And maybe by then I'll just graduate myself up to real Crossfit.

7 Months PP

And here we are again.

Seven months PP. It was about this time two years ago that my son went on a nursing strike and refused to ever nurse again.
The upshot was that I lost all the baby weight shortly after that.

But this girl doesn't seem to be inclined to stop the boob any time soon.

But I am making progress.

Eating: Eating is going well. I am still tracking my calories and being more careful, which makes me feel more in control and better. Yippe! I need to improve my habits as far as sugar, but Dan and I are going to do a 90 Challenge at the beginning of the year and so then my food habits will get even better. We are waiting for the challenge to start over as there is only a month left in this current cycle  

Exercise: I have now really starting to get into the Crossfit type workouts and have been making slow progress and even better have been increasing my mileage at the same time. I did 21 miles last week and should have about the same this week. We'll see, but that makes me super happy as I know running does work as far as general weight loss. Now I just want to build my muscles and get some leanness going on!

This is the site http://www.hiitmamas.blogspot.com/

Measurements:
4 Months:
Neck:12.5 Chest:37.5  Midsection:35.25 Waist: 31  Hips:41  Thighs:21.5  Biceps: 11.5 Forearms:10 Calves:14 Wrist:6 Ankle:9
5 Months:
Chest: 36.5, Midsection: 33.5,  Waist: 30.25,  Hips: 40.25, Thighs: 22.25, Bicep: 11.5
6 Months:
Chest:36, Midsection: 33.75, Waist: 30,  Hips: 40, Thighs: 21.5,  Bicep:11.25
7 Months:
Chest:36, Midsection: 32.5, Waist: 29.5,  Hips: 40, Thighs: 21.5, Bicep: 11

So yes, I am getting smaller, but still far to squishy for my taste. BUT I am improving. 

Weight: 148-149. Yippee! I am in the 140's!

Life: Good and getting better as Dan is now going to be home a lot more often! YES! Thank GOD! The kids are getting along well and not having Dan away makes for a much happier household. I am not as stressed and some of the things that were really bumming me out before have started to resolve.

Pics:
And here are some pics. Both of my and also my darlings...

Thanksgiving

So busy time with the fam and all that. Tomorrow I will do a 7 month postpartum update with pics and the whole nine yards.
I just need to load the pics on the computer and all that jazz. I am actually making some progress, which is so nice to be able to say!
I have been doing really well with the eating except for the last couple days, but that is to be expected really
I didn't chart my cals for two days but did yesterday and today and will continue on tomorrow.
It's been really helpful to keep my from stuffing my face with no thought for the future.
I have been doing the Hiit Mamas/Crossfit for a couple of weeks and am really liking it. I am also running in addition to it and actually reached 21 miles last week. I can't even remember the last time I did that...
Anyway, I am happy and now I need to go to bed because I have to get up earllllllyyyyyy! Blah!