Day 19

Well, I have been killing it in my running! Oh ya! I ran 3 miles in 21:06 on Tuesday and did 6 miles two days in 44:13 and 43:31. I have also been making progress in my lifts, though I am still depressingly behind all the "real deal" crossfitters. 

I am going to come up with a list of goals I want to achieve in my crossfit WODS. It will happen! 

Doing great with the diet/ no sugar thing. I don't eat any at all during the week, (except honey) and then pick a day on the weekend for sugar. Last weekend I only had dark chocolate. It was YUMMY! Anyway, I am happy with how things are going. 

One thing that is annoying, is I still have a lot of lose skin on my belly. And it's SKIN! How does one get ride of that? I'll have to look at that. But I'm not going to any extremes yet, because I will be having another baby and what's the point if I am going to just stretch it all out again???? 

Day 11

The not having a treadmill thing, is really putting a cramp in my style. Today I had to walk half a mile to use a treadmill and work out and then walk a half mile (pulling my kids in a sled behind me... a workout by itself.) back after I was finished. BLAH!

It was a good work out at least. And a couple of things. I can climb a rope! Just tried on Sunday and I did it. Of course, I didn't really know how to get down again, but I did it!

Doing well with my 90 day challenge so far. I should take pictures one of these days, but haven't felt like it. I will. AND measure and all that. Though truthfully, I am not expecting WOW results. Just being smarter about the intake of food.

I did find this on pinterest today.

Build your own box. 

Totally brilliant! Love this idea. I was just thinking that I needed a higher box, but wasn't sure I wanted to commit to a full 24" box all the time. This is PERFECT! Now to get the hubby to build it for me! 

Day 3

So I did start the 90 day challenge. No sugar. I miss it already! I have to really mentally engage to not eat that delicious dark chocolate that I have in my desk at work, or the little gummie candy that is in my closet for my kids. Ack! I hate not eating sugar, but I know that it is really good for me. 

The treadmill is officially not working, so running is going to be more of a challenge. 

I did this WOD today.

4 rounds for time of:

45 sec plank

30 deadlift - 85 lbs

5 hspu - modified to feet up on the side of the treadmill. 

12:55

Then I did jump rope for a few minutes. 

And that's it because I didn't feel like doing more. 

The next challenge

So, Monday I start the 90 day challenge again. I am going to cut sugar from the start and leave caffeine because it's winter in Alaska and I need my hot tea!
I am excited as I think I'll see some progress in trimming my belly a bit more. Though I am pretty happy with how far I've come since Emma. I am back up to around 141, and smidgen bigger in my hips then I was in the summer, but that's not surprising since winter ALWAYS makes me want to stuff my face with carbs and fat... :) I am trying to curb that a bit.
BUT the tragic news is my treadmill is on the fritz. It's actually not usable anymore. It surges like crazy and you can't not hold on unless you don't mind being thrown to the wall. SO, hopefully we'll get a new one in the next month or so, but it means my running will be put on the back burner some what.
I do NOT run in the winter outside. I HATE it! It's cold and yucky.

Last weekend I did a 10K in 45:00 and a 5K in 21:40. Which makes me happy. I am pretty excited where I am with the Crossfit stuff. I still have MANY goals to reach, but I am seeing progress. I need to get with my friend who is basically a trainer to work on some of the olympic lifts.
Anyway, I will try to post more during the challenge so I can keep track of my progress, but I don't make any promises. :)

What to do?

So what do you do, when you are just keeping on? Is it worth journaling the experience of just living? I don't know so much. I am doing what I have been doing all this summer and except a couple of things like acing my shine with a 24" box jump, and being sick a whole heap recently, nothing major has changed in my lifestyle.
I still like the way I look. I still like to exercise and I try to eat fairly well. So what's the news?
Well I have been thinking about doing the 90 day challenge again, only instead of depriving myself of hot beverages in the middle of the coldest, yuckiest time of year, I will cut out sugar instead of tea (caffeine). Sugar is my worst enemy. My Dad was just diagnosed with thyroid issues. This makes three people in my family with major problems with their thyroids. It is something to be proactive about for sure. So sugar. It needs to die.

Plus just watching more carefully what I am doing is always a good idea. I don't want to slip into gaining weight without really realizing it. It is really hard in the fall/winter time for me to not stuff my face constantly because, a. It's COLD! and because it's COLD!

So here I am keeping on, and in spite of myself, I am hoping to be more active journaling my life.