HIIT Mams Results

So I've been doing HIIT Mamas AKA Crossfit for about 8 Months.  I am loving the results!
After I did the 90 Day Challenge, I started just watching what I was eating and most importantly, getting off of sugar.

These are the results.

8 Months: 
Chest:36, Midsection: 32.25 Waist:29.5, Hips: 39! Thighs: 21.5, Bicep: 11

Weight: 147

11 Months:
Chest: 35, Midsection: 31.75, Waist: 28, Hips: 38, Upper Thighs: 22, Thighs: 20, Bicep: 11 

Weight: 141

15 Months:

Chest: 34.75, Midsection: 31.5, Waist: 27.5, Hips: 38, Upper Thighs: 22, Thighs: 21, Bicep: 11

Weight: 139

And now a look at what I looked like this time before I got preggo with Emma. 

I think I might be a bit more muscular then I was with Emma. But all in all, I think I look about the same and I feel like I accomplished getting back to where I was pre pregnancy. Now, I am going to be working on getting more fit and possibly losing some more inches on my belly and inner thighs. But truthfully I am pretty happy. 

I want to work on doing heavier weights for my work outs and getting faster in my running. 

Onward & upward. :) 

Day 23

So I am doing good today. Though I did eat a piece of dove dark chocolate. It was a stressful afternoon... Oh well.

Todays WOD was:

30 Thrusters  - 35lbs
20 BSU
Run 400 M
20 Thrusters - 35lbs
30 BSU
Run 400 M
10 Thrusters 35lbs
40 BSU
Run 400 M

11:15

Then I ran a total of 3.5 miles.

I want to start increasing my weights on all my exercises. I should not EVER just be using 10 lb weights anymore. Time to get stronger!

Day 21

So last weekend I fell off the wagon somewhat. Not that I way overate or anything, but I didn't count and I didn't exercise. Mostly because I felt sick since Thursday.  Like REALLY nauseous and when I tried to run on Friday I felt like I was going to poop my pants the whole time. Not fun.

So, I gave up on Saturday because we were in town all day and then Sunday we just lazed around and I couldn't get motivated. So there you have it. Not my finest hour, but I am back and tracking and I am still seeing improvements.

Ran 1.5 miles to warm up. Mistake, as it made me tired before I even started.

15 Rounds with 17 seconds left on the timer.
Last time I did 17. BUT, this time I did 35 lb PP the whole time. Last time was 20 -30 alternating rounds.
And I did 25 lb KBS this time as apposed to 20 lbs last time.

And I am now standing all the way up on my box jumps now. Took me a while to get the rhythm right.
18" box.

Then I ran another 1.5 miles  outside to finish off.

I also weighed myself and I'm 139. !!!!!!! I finally broke the 140's YIPEE!!!!! :) I know weight doesn't really matter but it does make me happy.

Day 15

I've been so bad about posting... But truthfully, when I finally get the kids to bed, all I want to do is to sit in front of the computer and watch tv or play games on my ipad. GET A LIFE! :) Oh well.

Doing well, with the running/crossfitting and eating better. I went over yesterday. But I have been tracking at least and that helps.

I have been doing REALLY well with not eating sugar. And that is BIG. I have had three pieces of dark chocolate in the last two weeks. That's just a miracle! No joke.

Sunday I ran 8 miles in 1:05:35. Not the fastest ever and I started out running 8:30 min miles and then sped up considerably to finish at 8:02 minute miles. A lot better. I need to not get lazy in my running now that I am not training for a race.

Yesterday I did.

For Time:

15 Squat Clean 45lb
30 KTE
30 Box jumps
15 Bench Dips
30 Push press 45lbs
120 SJR
15 Thrusters 35lbs
30 Burpees
300 Ft of walking lunges with 20 lbs

18:17

I should have done some running too, but I just didn't feel like it. I was tired and literally my legs were cramping up from the lunges as they are still sore from doing 200 meters of lunges Friday.

Keep going Janelle!

Day 8

Today was a running day as I really didn't want to do burpees and I couldn't have left work to do so. So I ran on my lunch break.

4 Miles in 29:39. I can still run fast! Recently I was beginning to wonder if I still could as I have been plodding since the race.

Myplate:

Then I also did 15 kipping pull ups after dinner. Just for good measure.

 

 

 

Some recent summer pics of me. As you can see, I still have some belly chub that needs to come off. But not too bad. I am overall pretty happy with my body. It's good to find that place at some point. But at the same time there are still some things I would like to see change and I am working toward that.

Day 7

So I messed up a bit over the weekend, which considering it was a long weekend/holiday, who's surprised? Not me! I ate an ice cream sandwich and had some alcohol with sugar in it. BUT, no candy which is major for me! I will break my addiction to the poisonous stuff!

And I didn't finish tracking my food the 4th. BUT I am still on track and that's what counts.

Sat, I ran 3.5 miles very slowly because it was too hot to run fast. Then Sunday I tried to exercise and that flopped. I should say I tried to run. I got a mile into it and felt like I was going to hurl, so I walked up to the gym and did rowing for 20 minutes. I definitely feel it today. I then ran home for another mile and felt sick by the time I got there.

Then today.  Really hard and really fun WOD.

It was supposed to be everything but the running. I added it because I want to run more.

Couplings of:

Ran 1 mile

10 Rounds of:
5 Pull ups
5 push ups

5:21

Ran 1 mile

5 Rounds of:
10 BSU
10 Supermans
 Don't know as my stupid timer didn't start. --- about one songs worth of time 4 -5 min

Ran 1 mile

2 Rounds of:

25 10lb wall ball
25 18" box jumps

Ran 1 mile.

I was drenched and TIRED but it felt good.

Day 2

Well, another successful day of tracking and not eating sugar! It's a win in my books. :)

I did the WOD from Hiit Mamas which was.


AMRAP in 12 minutes of:

10 Burpees
100 SJR

I did 6 rounds - though to be truthful the timer had gone off, but I had also had to mess around outside realizing that jump rope does NOT work on grass.

Whatever.

Myplate.

30 Day Challenge

Well, I am back and hoping to have a little successful challenge for the month of July.
This is my challenge. No sugar. NONE. That included tea and dark chocolate! NOOOOO! Yes! No dark chocolate for a month. I want to break my addiction to the stupid stuff and I don't do well with, "just a little here and there." So NONE!
The other thing I am going to do is track my calories for the entire 31 days of July. No excuses! I have my settings for about 1800 Cals a day. It will be a BIG cut believe me!

I will obviously be continuing to exercise like I usually do. I need to be careful of my knee because it's been bothering me for several weeks. I just don't want to over train and end up injured and fat.
So, still going to run and do the WODs on HIIT Mamas and hopefully at the end of these thirty days I'll have dropped that last five pounds that keeps holding on and more importantly I want to trim down the belly situation. I know that the belly isn't going to get better until I really make improvements with quantity and quality of food.
So here goes. I will weigh myself and take measurements when I get home. We'll see.

Here is the link to Myplate. 

Midnight Sun Run 2014

This last Saturday was the Midnight Sun Run. I didn't feel that confident going into it, as I had not been able to get much below 47:24 in the distance. I haven't been focusing on running as much as I had the time previously. So I was really nervous going in. I got there and started too fast because the start was a lot more crowded then it had been the past. I think I did the first two miles in under 14:00. I was a little confused too, because the course changed a bit due to flooding.
I knew I was going to have a hard run from the first two miles. I never felt like I slipped into a good pace that was comfortable.. or as they say, comfortably hard. I struggled the whole way, but I obviously struggled to some purpose because I beat my time by 22 sec. :) I rounded the corner that is usually right at the end and saw that the course went around the other side of the building where it normally ends and nearly cried. I was like "where the HECK is the finish!" At about mile 6 I was screaming at myself to keep running and to keep pushing and to "get your ass moving Janelle!" I finished 17th overall and got my name in the newspaper. My official time was 44:02. I wished I could have run just a tiny bit faster and finished in 43:something. It just looks better. But truth be told I was shocked that I actually beat my other time and that I kept running. I was so tired by the end I just wanted to sit down on the path and sleep. In fact as soon as I crossed the finished line, I stepped to the side and bent over and just gasped for breath. It was not nearly as fun as the time before, but you can't expect a perfect race every time right?

A couple of pics.