Surprise!! Did you think I was going to let you guys go cold turkey without a follow up day?? Never!! :-)
Today was interesting started like any other day, black coffee, breakfast scrambled eggs and bacon and off to work. Michael made me lunch a salad with leftover steak, I took it to work with me with my banana and tangerine. I had already decided that I was going to put the Marzottis Light Ceasers dressing I had in the refrigerator, but when it came time for lunch I changed my mind and I decided to go without the dressing, I did not need it.
I made it through most of the afternoon before indulging in the Godiva chocolate that was left on my desk in the beginning of January, and I decided I was only going to eat half. Well it was so good I ate the other half right before I left or the gym!! I have not touched the bag of dark chocolate I bought on Sunday, I am still holding off.
Dinner cheeseburger with mushrooms and bacon (no bread), I got home late so the kids finished all the French fries, no indulgence but I could have had one or two just to see how they tasted. And yes I do have a glass of wine, that did not not take long , but I am limiting it to one a night during the week.
Thank you to everyone who went on my journey with me and following my blog for the past month. I will miss writing it and sharing my story.
I leave you with this, if you have never done the whole 30 and you are thinking of trying it, you should. It is only 30 days and you will feel great after. I have made changes in my eating habits and I am going to try to stay with most of the program. I don't believe in " cheating", you make choices and its ok to chose what makes you happy after the 30 days.
I love my wine, so I will choose to drink it. Some people love soda and they will chose to bring it back into their diets, but just being aware of what you are putting in your body helps you with the choices you make!!
You can do anything for 30 days, and there is always day 31 to look forward to.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Day Thirty
Here I sit after thirty days and I have my glass of wine sitting right next to me. I have to be honest I am a bit sad that it is over. Yes I said it I am sad. There was something about this challenge that made this year start off with a little excitement. Now here we are thirty days later and I don't now that I really want to go back to the way it was before.
What did we do tonight? We ordered from Sticky Lips, we ordered just like pretty much like we were on he diet still, BBQ sauce on he side, mustard cole slaw, an tomato cucumber salad ( all Paleo complient, but not whole 30!!! I thought I might dip in the BBQ sauce but it all tasted fine without it, and the tomato and cucumbers were in an Italian dressing that I just did not like, so I did not eat them but he mustard cole slaw was amazing!!
I did stop at the liquor store and got some wine, we poured our wine so we could have it with dinner. It was funny but after two sips I decided I would rather have water. I saved my wine for after dinner. I am surprised that I am not really that excited to have the wine I could really go without it. I think I am drinking it because I can, not because I really want it,
So here we go the actual numbers:
Weight 151 - 13 pounds down
Waist: 30 - down 2.5 inches
Hips: 38 - down 3+ inches
I am a little disappointed in the workout times, I thought I did better this time when I was at the gym, but I did not, hard to admit but I was off by a second on each workout.
Backsquat 175
Diane 4:04
Row 2K 9:12
I am very proud of all the numbers and the thirty days, the before and after pictures are great!! In the end we all did a great job and everyone should be very proud for getting through the challenge.
I wonder what the next thirty days is going to bring...
What did we do tonight? We ordered from Sticky Lips, we ordered just like pretty much like we were on he diet still, BBQ sauce on he side, mustard cole slaw, an tomato cucumber salad ( all Paleo complient, but not whole 30!!! I thought I might dip in the BBQ sauce but it all tasted fine without it, and the tomato and cucumbers were in an Italian dressing that I just did not like, so I did not eat them but he mustard cole slaw was amazing!!
I did stop at the liquor store and got some wine, we poured our wine so we could have it with dinner. It was funny but after two sips I decided I would rather have water. I saved my wine for after dinner. I am surprised that I am not really that excited to have the wine I could really go without it. I think I am drinking it because I can, not because I really want it,
So here we go the actual numbers:
Weight 151 - 13 pounds down
Waist: 30 - down 2.5 inches
Hips: 38 - down 3+ inches
I am a little disappointed in the workout times, I thought I did better this time when I was at the gym, but I did not, hard to admit but I was off by a second on each workout.
Backsquat 175
Diane 4:04
Row 2K 9:12
I am very proud of all the numbers and the thirty days, the before and after pictures are great!! In the end we all did a great job and everyone should be very proud for getting through the challenge.
I wonder what the next thirty days is going to bring...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Day Twenty Nine
As I sit here staring to write I don't really know what to say tonight. Wow 29 days have
gone by and we are actually almost done with the thirty day challenge. As I look back at the last thirty days I can actually say that I am very proud of myself for taking on this challenge, doing it right and getting results!!
I am pretty sure the whole group that started this challenge on January 1 are all completing it successfully. And each one of us will tell a slightly different story on how hard it was, what the hardest part was, what the hardest thing to give up was , what we will stick with and what we will have as soon as the challenge has ended.
The hardest part was the withdrawal symptoms, eliminating sugar, preservatives, grains, alcohol, all at once made it difficult for the first few days and the lack of sleep mde me crazy!! I never thought I would sleep again!! Now sleeping is great and I have no problem falling asleep, no vices needed..
The hardest thing to give up, eating out (surprised you there didn't I ). I did not eat out for 27 days and it was difficult,. We did learn how to plan and cook through this, so as hard as it was not to go out I really enjoyed doing some cooking, eating at home. We found some great simple recipes that we plan on making as we move into our 'normal lives'. I also loved hearing what other people were cooking, it was great to share ideas.
What will we stick with, as I said last night most of it. We want to really limit our preservatives and I will not bring too much dairy back, I did not eat that much in the first place. I will look into a calcium supplement so keep up my levels and I don't end up with osteoperosis. I have been limiting grains for a while so I will continue that.
This one is fun, what will I have? This does not even have to be written down, we all know what it is for me. I have heard some different "firsts " from several people doing the challenge. Some people want dairy, some people want straight out sugar, I have had one vote for Progenix, and several votes for alcohol. It will be interesting sharing stories about what was the first non whole 30 thing everyone indulged in. :-)
Lets all just remember to take it slow, we don't know how our body will react when we reintroduce some of these things back in our diet .
Here is a thought what if I don't like my wine tomorrow night?? That's just crazy talk , or is it??
gone by and we are actually almost done with the thirty day challenge. As I look back at the last thirty days I can actually say that I am very proud of myself for taking on this challenge, doing it right and getting results!!
I am pretty sure the whole group that started this challenge on January 1 are all completing it successfully. And each one of us will tell a slightly different story on how hard it was, what the hardest part was, what the hardest thing to give up was , what we will stick with and what we will have as soon as the challenge has ended.
The hardest part was the withdrawal symptoms, eliminating sugar, preservatives, grains, alcohol, all at once made it difficult for the first few days and the lack of sleep mde me crazy!! I never thought I would sleep again!! Now sleeping is great and I have no problem falling asleep, no vices needed..
The hardest thing to give up, eating out (surprised you there didn't I ). I did not eat out for 27 days and it was difficult,. We did learn how to plan and cook through this, so as hard as it was not to go out I really enjoyed doing some cooking, eating at home. We found some great simple recipes that we plan on making as we move into our 'normal lives'. I also loved hearing what other people were cooking, it was great to share ideas.
What will we stick with, as I said last night most of it. We want to really limit our preservatives and I will not bring too much dairy back, I did not eat that much in the first place. I will look into a calcium supplement so keep up my levels and I don't end up with osteoperosis. I have been limiting grains for a while so I will continue that.
This one is fun, what will I have? This does not even have to be written down, we all know what it is for me. I have heard some different "firsts " from several people doing the challenge. Some people want dairy, some people want straight out sugar, I have had one vote for Progenix, and several votes for alcohol. It will be interesting sharing stories about what was the first non whole 30 thing everyone indulged in. :-)
Lets all just remember to take it slow, we don't know how our body will react when we reintroduce some of these things back in our diet .
Here is a thought what if I don't like my wine tomorrow night?? That's just crazy talk , or is it??
Monday, January 28, 2013
Day Twenty Eight
Ok the final countdown is really here, we have made it through the last weekend and now we are on to the last two days. It's kind of funny as much as I say I am over this and I just want it to be over I am glad that I challenged myself to the whole 30 program.
Let's roll the clocks back, lets go back to October. I was pretty adamant and vocal that it was impossible to do this diet and that it was something I could never do. I would never even think of giving up wine for thirty days (I know you never would have guessed by reading my blog that I missed my wine) :-). I did not cook at home that often, it was much easier to go out and grab stuff for breakfast lunch and dinner, way more expensive but easier! I also had no desire to read up and learn what was necessary to be successful in this diet. If I am going out on a ledge and challenge myself I was going to prepared and that was not in the cards for me at the time. So I sat back and watched several people run through the thirty days and literally complained the whole month of October about how I could never do it, how I would never give up wine for 30 days, and it was way too difficult to do with a family and three children with several different activities. At one point I even responded negatively to a blog written by Tony giving all the people doing the whole 30 kudos and basically telling the rest of us we were just chicken shits, boy did I start aton of trouble with that post!!
What made me change my mind ( read day one of my blog), but I did change my mind and I am glad I did. Here you go....
You were right Tony, and it was worth thirty days of no wine. ( I hope you are reading this because its the only time you hear it :-)).
This was a great challenge and a great way to cleanse your body of all the garbage that we put in our bodies on a daily basis. This has been a great experience and I am very happy that I did it and learned a ton. I was completely correct you have to be totally prepared and make sure you understood all the things that were good to eat, things that were ok to eat, things that were supposed to be limited and all the things that were supposed to be eliminated. If you were prepared did your reading, asked questions when needed then I am sure you had a successful thirty day journey and you have created new habits that will last once the thirty days are done.
We will all have the things we will go back to eating , it's un-natural not to have a piece of chocolate every once in a while!! Two more days until wine and chocolate!!
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Let's roll the clocks back, lets go back to October. I was pretty adamant and vocal that it was impossible to do this diet and that it was something I could never do. I would never even think of giving up wine for thirty days (I know you never would have guessed by reading my blog that I missed my wine) :-). I did not cook at home that often, it was much easier to go out and grab stuff for breakfast lunch and dinner, way more expensive but easier! I also had no desire to read up and learn what was necessary to be successful in this diet. If I am going out on a ledge and challenge myself I was going to prepared and that was not in the cards for me at the time. So I sat back and watched several people run through the thirty days and literally complained the whole month of October about how I could never do it, how I would never give up wine for 30 days, and it was way too difficult to do with a family and three children with several different activities. At one point I even responded negatively to a blog written by Tony giving all the people doing the whole 30 kudos and basically telling the rest of us we were just chicken shits, boy did I start aton of trouble with that post!!
What made me change my mind ( read day one of my blog), but I did change my mind and I am glad I did. Here you go....
You were right Tony, and it was worth thirty days of no wine. ( I hope you are reading this because its the only time you hear it :-)).
This was a great challenge and a great way to cleanse your body of all the garbage that we put in our bodies on a daily basis. This has been a great experience and I am very happy that I did it and learned a ton. I was completely correct you have to be totally prepared and make sure you understood all the things that were good to eat, things that were ok to eat, things that were supposed to be limited and all the things that were supposed to be eliminated. If you were prepared did your reading, asked questions when needed then I am sure you had a successful thirty day journey and you have created new habits that will last once the thirty days are done.
We will all have the things we will go back to eating , it's un-natural not to have a piece of chocolate every once in a while!! Two more days until wine and chocolate!!
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Sunday, January 27, 2013
Day Twenty Seven
Wow it's my last Sunday and I have to say with three days to go I am really scared. What is going to happen in three days, what am I going to do, what am I going to eat? Will I want to eat different? What will I bring back into my diet and what will I eliminate from my daily diet? Will I even like the things that I have eliminate for the past month?
Wegmans was a tough trip today. The reality is we only have to eat clean for three more days and then what? I thought am I going to eat breakfast everyday like I do now? Should I buy enough eggs to get me through the week or just enough to get me through to Wednesday? Are we going to go back to eating out more or are we going to stick with cooking every night? I really like that we have been cooking at home so I am hoping this has become one of those habits that we don't break. I did shop like I was going to continue with the Paleo end of the diet once we are done on Wednesday. I assumed we would still be cooking dinner at home and we would need the food. As much as our grocery bills are I am saving a lot of money because I have not been eating out for lunch and dinner, yet another reason to keep cooking at home! In the end I did buy a couple of things I preparation for the end of the challenge. No I have not bought my celebratory bottle of wine yet, but I probably should have visited Lisa's Liquor Barn to get it today, however there is a bag of fresh Dove dark chocolate hearts in the candy drawer ( yes we have a candy drawer!).
I can tell you a couple of things I know for sure: From day one I knew I would never go back to cream in my coffee, as a matter of fact I would drink it more at night if it was not loaded with caffeine ( yes I know there is decaf but that is like drinking non-alcoholic beer). So, black coffee moving forward. Alcoholic beverages: Is there even a question?? :-) I will be more aware of the preservatives that are in foods, I do believe that eliminating the preservatives and chemicals makes a huge difference in how you feel . I will limit bread and pasta, no harm in occasionally partaking in a nice Pasta dinner. As for the rest I will take it a day at a time and see how it makes me feel.
I am also wondering what is the first thing I will have that I have eliminated. (Hmm. Bet no one can guess.)
Wegmans was a tough trip today. The reality is we only have to eat clean for three more days and then what? I thought am I going to eat breakfast everyday like I do now? Should I buy enough eggs to get me through the week or just enough to get me through to Wednesday? Are we going to go back to eating out more or are we going to stick with cooking every night? I really like that we have been cooking at home so I am hoping this has become one of those habits that we don't break. I did shop like I was going to continue with the Paleo end of the diet once we are done on Wednesday. I assumed we would still be cooking dinner at home and we would need the food. As much as our grocery bills are I am saving a lot of money because I have not been eating out for lunch and dinner, yet another reason to keep cooking at home! In the end I did buy a couple of things I preparation for the end of the challenge. No I have not bought my celebratory bottle of wine yet, but I probably should have visited Lisa's Liquor Barn to get it today, however there is a bag of fresh Dove dark chocolate hearts in the candy drawer ( yes we have a candy drawer!).
I can tell you a couple of things I know for sure: From day one I knew I would never go back to cream in my coffee, as a matter of fact I would drink it more at night if it was not loaded with caffeine ( yes I know there is decaf but that is like drinking non-alcoholic beer). So, black coffee moving forward. Alcoholic beverages: Is there even a question?? :-) I will be more aware of the preservatives that are in foods, I do believe that eliminating the preservatives and chemicals makes a huge difference in how you feel . I will limit bread and pasta, no harm in occasionally partaking in a nice Pasta dinner. As for the rest I will take it a day at a time and see how it makes me feel.
I am also wondering what is the first thing I will have that I have eliminated. (Hmm. Bet no one can guess.)
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Day Tewnty Six
On my last Saturday of my 30 days I did another thing that I had been avoiding during my 30 day challenge, I went out to dinner. I figured how bad could it really be we were with great company (The Longs) and we were going to go to Longhorn. Well. I can say I am glad I did not do this during my first weekend when I was feeling the withdrawal symptoms because I would have never made it through dinner without breaking down and ordering a drink (notice the word "drink", tonight was not a wine night it was astraight tequila shot night)!
We started off at Dicks to get Jason his wrestling shoes for the tournament tomorrow, then off to mall to meet the Longs. Just before leaving for Longhorn the kids had two slices of cookie cake and lemonade. Off to Longhorn, and of course it was packed! We were told about 35 minutes to get a table. We actually debated trying to find someplace else to go, but we knew we could get "clean" food at Longhorn so we stayed. Waiting 45 minutes for a table is a long time when you are not drinking, and you can't eat the peanuts on the bar, and the bartenders do not like serving water!
We finally get seated, after asking twice how long it was going to be. You could see the disappointment on the waitresses face when we all ordered water. She came back we let her know we were on a "diet" so we were going to be making some changes to the way they normally prepare the food, let the ordering begin:
Me: How are the green bens cooked?
Waitress: Green beans with a tomato glaze.
Me: What is ain the glaze
Waitress I am not sure they are on our healthy menu, they would be fine.
Me: Whats in the glaze we can't have certain things.
Waitress: Tomato's and other stuff, it's part of our healthy menu.
Me: Just give me the green beans without the glaze
Waitress - they are on our healthy menu
Me: I don't care bout the healthy menu, just steam my green beans.
After all the special ordering she brought us our salads ( less croutons and Tomato's) , one point for the waitress she took the croutons off, one negative point for the waitress I would have loved the Tomato's. I think she got confused because we all ordered the green beans less the tomato glaze, she must have thought we could not eat the Tomato's. Over 40 minutes later we got our food and if you think the first hour we waited was long just try to wait amother 40 minutes wih Jason, Abby and Ryan! I can tell you why we drink when we go out, it is much easier to ignore what.the kids do to prevent boredom when waiting fo food, and the time goes by quicker. I must not notice the feet in he air, rolling around in the booth, belching, and general loudness, or I have usually had enough wine to not give a hoot what is going on and what other people are thinking.
We made it out alive and it was really cheap (25% was taken off the bill for the long wait), and we ate " clean". I can tell you I that I am not planning on out again in the next four days!! I make better food at home, and it's easier to control without wanting to do shots by the hour!!
We started off at Dicks to get Jason his wrestling shoes for the tournament tomorrow, then off to mall to meet the Longs. Just before leaving for Longhorn the kids had two slices of cookie cake and lemonade. Off to Longhorn, and of course it was packed! We were told about 35 minutes to get a table. We actually debated trying to find someplace else to go, but we knew we could get "clean" food at Longhorn so we stayed. Waiting 45 minutes for a table is a long time when you are not drinking, and you can't eat the peanuts on the bar, and the bartenders do not like serving water!
We finally get seated, after asking twice how long it was going to be. You could see the disappointment on the waitresses face when we all ordered water. She came back we let her know we were on a "diet" so we were going to be making some changes to the way they normally prepare the food, let the ordering begin:
Me: How are the green bens cooked?
Waitress: Green beans with a tomato glaze.
Me: What is ain the glaze
Waitress I am not sure they are on our healthy menu, they would be fine.
Me: Whats in the glaze we can't have certain things.
Waitress: Tomato's and other stuff, it's part of our healthy menu.
Me: Just give me the green beans without the glaze
Waitress - they are on our healthy menu
Me: I don't care bout the healthy menu, just steam my green beans.
After all the special ordering she brought us our salads ( less croutons and Tomato's) , one point for the waitress she took the croutons off, one negative point for the waitress I would have loved the Tomato's. I think she got confused because we all ordered the green beans less the tomato glaze, she must have thought we could not eat the Tomato's. Over 40 minutes later we got our food and if you think the first hour we waited was long just try to wait amother 40 minutes wih Jason, Abby and Ryan! I can tell you why we drink when we go out, it is much easier to ignore what.the kids do to prevent boredom when waiting fo food, and the time goes by quicker. I must not notice the feet in he air, rolling around in the booth, belching, and general loudness, or I have usually had enough wine to not give a hoot what is going on and what other people are thinking.
We made it out alive and it was really cheap (25% was taken off the bill for the long wait), and we ate " clean". I can tell you I that I am not planning on out again in the next four days!! I make better food at home, and it's easier to control without wanting to do shots by the hour!!
Friday, January 25, 2013
Day Twenty Five
On my final Friday night of the challenge I did something that I have been avoiding since the start of the 30 days: Putting myself in a situation where there was bad food and wine and beer everywhere around me. There are many places this atmosphere exists, but tonight I went to an Amerks game, and to make it even better it was with a ton of kids it was Klem North night. The perfect storm.
We planned ahead knowing that was no food that we could possibly eat at the game so we decided to eat before tha game. Today was mix up day for food. I had meatballs for breakfast (we ran out of all our breakfast food), leftover bacon wrapped chicken for lunch, and sweetpotato hash with fried eggs (went to Wegmans) for dinner. Dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner as long as I was eating clean I guess it doesn't matter what order I have my meals.
On to the game, we got there a little late of course so we missed the beginning of the game. We did it on purpose so we would not have to sit around and wait for the game to start, that is when we usually have our drinks. There was food and drinks all around us, Michael bought Jason some nachos that were spilled all over him and his chair within a minute of handing them to him. I had to clean up all the nachos cheese ( or whatever it is) and it was all over my hands. Thank god for napkins because it was a mess. I was pretty content with my water until I saw the pretzels, they looked really good tonight! I really wanted to rip the pretzel out of the kid's hand but I couldn't eat it anyway so why make the kid cry.
In the end it did not bother me that much to be there and we saved a ton of money I think we spent less than twenty dollars, that is unheard of when we eat the food and have a few drinks. TheAmerks won, and Jason had a blast with his friends, so there's that.
Last Friday night down, only a few more days to go.
We planned ahead knowing that was no food that we could possibly eat at the game so we decided to eat before tha game. Today was mix up day for food. I had meatballs for breakfast (we ran out of all our breakfast food), leftover bacon wrapped chicken for lunch, and sweetpotato hash with fried eggs (went to Wegmans) for dinner. Dinner for breakfast and breakfast for dinner as long as I was eating clean I guess it doesn't matter what order I have my meals.
On to the game, we got there a little late of course so we missed the beginning of the game. We did it on purpose so we would not have to sit around and wait for the game to start, that is when we usually have our drinks. There was food and drinks all around us, Michael bought Jason some nachos that were spilled all over him and his chair within a minute of handing them to him. I had to clean up all the nachos cheese ( or whatever it is) and it was all over my hands. Thank god for napkins because it was a mess. I was pretty content with my water until I saw the pretzels, they looked really good tonight! I really wanted to rip the pretzel out of the kid's hand but I couldn't eat it anyway so why make the kid cry.
In the end it did not bother me that much to be there and we saved a ton of money I think we spent less than twenty dollars, that is unheard of when we eat the food and have a few drinks. TheAmerks won, and Jason had a blast with his friends, so there's that.
Last Friday night down, only a few more days to go.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Day Twenty Four
I can honestly say that I am really ready for this to be over. No it has not been a bad experience, quite the opposite, it has been a great experience but thirty days is a long time. Yes we are on day 24, after today we only have five days left I can make it but I am ready for it to end.
I seem to be noticing things that I can't have more and more. It's not that I have to have them or even want them, I am just noticing them and the fact that other people are eating them. Have you ever noticed that all the good prime time show have at least one or two scenes where the main characters are drinking wine? Well if you haven't I have, and they are constantly eating or cooking. It's not only TV, last night at Maddy's game Adrianna (coaches daughter ) was sitting in front of me eating lucky charms, I don't even like cereal but I was dying to take a handful of the sugary cereal with the marshmallows!!
It is getting harder not to "taste things as I am cooking them", or even cleaning up. Tonight I had a great dinner of bacon wrapped chicken and califlour, but the crappy Kraft macaroni and cheese was calling my name, I mean we did make the spirals and not the elbow so its an understandable urge to just want to take a taste. Again normally something I would not consider eating, but I just wanted a taste. At least I knew it wasn't going to taste good, so it was easy to just wrap it up and put it away.
Yes I am ready for this to be over, and I am ready to get rid of the restrictions that I have imposed on myself. I am not saying that I am going to go out next Wednesday and have a garbage plate (although it does sound pretty good right now.). I am going to have to slowly add certain things back into my diet, but it will feel nice to have the ability to choose.
The nice part is I know how the restrictions I have put on my diet make me feel, so my choices will be made based on what Ihave learned the past thirty days.
I seem to be noticing things that I can't have more and more. It's not that I have to have them or even want them, I am just noticing them and the fact that other people are eating them. Have you ever noticed that all the good prime time show have at least one or two scenes where the main characters are drinking wine? Well if you haven't I have, and they are constantly eating or cooking. It's not only TV, last night at Maddy's game Adrianna (coaches daughter ) was sitting in front of me eating lucky charms, I don't even like cereal but I was dying to take a handful of the sugary cereal with the marshmallows!!
It is getting harder not to "taste things as I am cooking them", or even cleaning up. Tonight I had a great dinner of bacon wrapped chicken and califlour, but the crappy Kraft macaroni and cheese was calling my name, I mean we did make the spirals and not the elbow so its an understandable urge to just want to take a taste. Again normally something I would not consider eating, but I just wanted a taste. At least I knew it wasn't going to taste good, so it was easy to just wrap it up and put it away.
Yes I am ready for this to be over, and I am ready to get rid of the restrictions that I have imposed on myself. I am not saying that I am going to go out next Wednesday and have a garbage plate (although it does sound pretty good right now.). I am going to have to slowly add certain things back into my diet, but it will feel nice to have the ability to choose.
The nice part is I know how the restrictions I have put on my diet make me feel, so my choices will be made based on what Ihave learned the past thirty days.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Day Twenty Three
Wow a week from tonight I will have weighed in, gotten my measurements, done my workout and I will be writing my blog with a nice glass of Chardonnay in my hands. Less than a week left after tonight, we are now counting down the last days. I think it's time to start reflecting on what I have learned in the past 23 days.
One thing is: The food we buy is full of crap. I was so surprised when I started to read labels at the grocery store. We already talked about the lemon juice, but there are so many other things that have more preservatives and fillers. It is shocking when you start to realize what kinds of things the manufacturers put in your food. Good Morning America did a story on this very topic this week, it is very interesting so I am attaching the link to he story.
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We all need to be aware of what we are putting in our bodies. I don't think we have to go to the extreme of the whole 30 program where you restrict yourself from eating certain foods. I think there is nothing wrong with eating cheese, yogurt, a little chocolate, you just have to be smart about it. Once you have an understanding of what is in the food that you are buying you can make better more informed choices.
Dark Chocolate, black coffee, and wine all good choices in my book.
One thing is: The food we buy is full of crap. I was so surprised when I started to read labels at the grocery store. We already talked about the lemon juice, but there are so many other things that have more preservatives and fillers. It is shocking when you start to realize what kinds of things the manufacturers put in your food. Good Morning America did a story on this very topic this week, it is very interesting so I am attaching the link to he story.
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We all need to be aware of what we are putting in our bodies. I don't think we have to go to the extreme of the whole 30 program where you restrict yourself from eating certain foods. I think there is nothing wrong with eating cheese, yogurt, a little chocolate, you just have to be smart about it. Once you have an understanding of what is in the food that you are buying you can make better more informed choices.
Dark Chocolate, black coffee, and wine all good choices in my book.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Day Twenty Two
Lets talk dreams, one of the many things you are supposed to experience with this challenge "vivid dreams". Ok for the person who rarely remembers any of her dreams (except the good ones :-) ), this was going to be a new experience for me. Well I waited, waited, and waited and I had pretty much given up. I figured I was just sleeping so soundly I would not remember even the most "vivid dream".
Speaking of sleep if you remember 22 days ago I could not sleep at all, I would go to bed and my mind would race for hours before I would finally fall into a fitfull sleep that did not last very long. Here we are three weeks later and by the time I finish my blog I am ready for bed, and there is no struggle, within five minutes of my head hitting the pillow I am out. I sleep very soundly with only one call from nature (way better than the six calls a night I was getting a few weeks ago). So because I have been sleeping so soundly I was just not remembering my dreams, until Sunday night.
Sunday night I had a dream that was so vivid , that I remembered it when I woke up. What you ask did I dream about? I dreamt about dessert, yes tons of sugary desserts. From cakes, cookies decorated with frosting, chocolate chip cookies where the chocolate is all melty and gooey, lots and lots of bright colorful frosting. Each dessert was just sitting there waiting for me to taste every single one, I just wanted to reach out and taste the frosting, cake or just one bite of a chocolate chip cookie. Then I woke up dressertless, but I did have the wonderful picture that Michele and Michelle sent me from Atlantic City of nothing but cookies, cakes, and frosting. It was nice of them to share :-)
I miss dessert and I miss chocolate, almost as much as I miss my wine. I have not had any dreams about wine glasses full of wine, so maybe I miss desserts and sweets more... No I definitely miss wine more. I am looking forward to indulging at some point in a nice gooey chocolate dessert!!
We are down to the last week, wonder if there will be any more vivid dreams in the last seven days.
Speaking of sleep if you remember 22 days ago I could not sleep at all, I would go to bed and my mind would race for hours before I would finally fall into a fitfull sleep that did not last very long. Here we are three weeks later and by the time I finish my blog I am ready for bed, and there is no struggle, within five minutes of my head hitting the pillow I am out. I sleep very soundly with only one call from nature (way better than the six calls a night I was getting a few weeks ago). So because I have been sleeping so soundly I was just not remembering my dreams, until Sunday night.
Sunday night I had a dream that was so vivid , that I remembered it when I woke up. What you ask did I dream about? I dreamt about dessert, yes tons of sugary desserts. From cakes, cookies decorated with frosting, chocolate chip cookies where the chocolate is all melty and gooey, lots and lots of bright colorful frosting. Each dessert was just sitting there waiting for me to taste every single one, I just wanted to reach out and taste the frosting, cake or just one bite of a chocolate chip cookie. Then I woke up dressertless, but I did have the wonderful picture that Michele and Michelle sent me from Atlantic City of nothing but cookies, cakes, and frosting. It was nice of them to share :-)
I miss dessert and I miss chocolate, almost as much as I miss my wine. I have not had any dreams about wine glasses full of wine, so maybe I miss desserts and sweets more... No I definitely miss wine more. I am looking forward to indulging at some point in a nice gooey chocolate dessert!!
We are down to the last week, wonder if there will be any more vivid dreams in the last seven days.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Day Twenty One
So we have been talking about a lot of things in relation to this whole 30 challenge, but I have neglected to touch on a very important one performance (that's performance in the gym) . What effect is this diet having on my execution in my daily WOD's.
First, a couple of definitions for all the non-crossfit people reading:
Let's start with something that I mentioned earlier in the month, double unders. A double under is when the rope passes two times under your feet (as you jump) instead of one time. It is a very common move in several workouts that we do. If you can't perform a double under you have to do three regular jump ropes for every one double under ( if the WOD says 50 DU, you would have to do 150 singles)!! It does not seem difficult , however I could never get the timing down, it's that rub your head and pat your stomach thing but you are trying to snap your wrists and jump at the same time. I have been doing them one at a time for a few months but I finally had a break thought and now I have a PR of 20 in a row!!
Next on my list was Friday night, Jackie. In writing it seems relatively simple, but when you are doing it you just want to finish. Jackie (many of the workouts are named, and after you have done them you never look at a person you know with that name the same way again): Row 1000 meters, 50 Thrusters 45 pound bar, 30 pull ups. A thruster is a full squat while holding the bar in the rack position and as you come up from the squat you raise the bar over your head. Yeah 45 pounds seems like a breeze until you start lifting it after rowing 1000 meters. The pull ups were the easy part. I did the workout in 10:49, beat my previous time by at least 20 seconds and I was using bands for pull ups last time . New PR for Jackie!!
Last but not least was tonight, Cindy. I hate Cindy, it is just one of those WOD's that comes up and I dread going to the gym until I get there. It's not the movements, they are not difficult, it's the amount of time you have to keep doing it. Cindy is a 20 minute workout, you perform the movements to get as many rounds / reps as possible. The movements are 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, and 15 squats. You just keep going for 20 minutes, you stop feeling your shoulders and arms at about 10 minutes, but something inside of you keeps you jumping up to the bar for the pull ups, falling to the floor for the push-ups (worst part), and standing back up to squat. Can you guess what I am going to say, yep new PR for Cindy today 18 rounds, 5 pull ups and 9 push ups!!
What's the moral of this long blog about cross fit WOD 's? Is it a coincidence that I got my double unders and I have a new PR in at least two WOD's. since I started this challenge? As you know I feel better and have more energy so I think it definitely related. Garbage in, garbage out is a saying that is not for technology any more. :-)
Too bad I could not have a glass of wine to celebrate my PR for Cindy tonight. Nine more days we are into the single digits!!
First, a couple of definitions for all the non-crossfit people reading:
- WOD: Workout of the Day
- PR: Personal Record
Let's start with something that I mentioned earlier in the month, double unders. A double under is when the rope passes two times under your feet (as you jump) instead of one time. It is a very common move in several workouts that we do. If you can't perform a double under you have to do three regular jump ropes for every one double under ( if the WOD says 50 DU, you would have to do 150 singles)!! It does not seem difficult , however I could never get the timing down, it's that rub your head and pat your stomach thing but you are trying to snap your wrists and jump at the same time. I have been doing them one at a time for a few months but I finally had a break thought and now I have a PR of 20 in a row!!
Next on my list was Friday night, Jackie. In writing it seems relatively simple, but when you are doing it you just want to finish. Jackie (many of the workouts are named, and after you have done them you never look at a person you know with that name the same way again): Row 1000 meters, 50 Thrusters 45 pound bar, 30 pull ups. A thruster is a full squat while holding the bar in the rack position and as you come up from the squat you raise the bar over your head. Yeah 45 pounds seems like a breeze until you start lifting it after rowing 1000 meters. The pull ups were the easy part. I did the workout in 10:49, beat my previous time by at least 20 seconds and I was using bands for pull ups last time . New PR for Jackie!!
Last but not least was tonight, Cindy. I hate Cindy, it is just one of those WOD's that comes up and I dread going to the gym until I get there. It's not the movements, they are not difficult, it's the amount of time you have to keep doing it. Cindy is a 20 minute workout, you perform the movements to get as many rounds / reps as possible. The movements are 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, and 15 squats. You just keep going for 20 minutes, you stop feeling your shoulders and arms at about 10 minutes, but something inside of you keeps you jumping up to the bar for the pull ups, falling to the floor for the push-ups (worst part), and standing back up to squat. Can you guess what I am going to say, yep new PR for Cindy today 18 rounds, 5 pull ups and 9 push ups!!
What's the moral of this long blog about cross fit WOD 's? Is it a coincidence that I got my double unders and I have a new PR in at least two WOD's. since I started this challenge? As you know I feel better and have more energy so I think it definitely related. Garbage in, garbage out is a saying that is not for technology any more. :-)
Too bad I could not have a glass of wine to celebrate my PR for Cindy tonight. Nine more days we are into the single digits!!
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Day Twenty
Day twenty, two-thirds of the way through the challenge, three of the four weekends down, wow!! Twenty days does not seem like a real long time, but I have noticed so many changes in the twenty days both in the way I look and feel, but also in our daily and weekly habits.
First I feel great. Bottom line I have more energy and I feel like I am getting more done. I look at myself in the mirror and see so many changes, and its not all about the weight loss or the areas of fat that have literally disappeared. I also see a difference in the my complexion, I can't explain it but I just feel like my skin looks better and healthier. My eyes look brighter to me, not just in the moning but even later in the day when I am tired.
I am not only experiencing physical changes, but also in the daily routine around our house. One of the main things is grocery shopping and cooking (these words were not in our vocabulary prior to this). We are taking the time to plan and cook our meals instead of going out at the last minute because we don't have time. We take the time to think about what we re going eat during the week(we have to because of the major restrictions of the diet) and make sure we have it around the house. We are bringing lunch everyday when we go to work, usually leftovers from the day before. And we religiously eat breakfast every morning. I have my breakfast casserole for the week cooling on my counter right now.
As we were walking around Wegmans I realized that we are spending a ton of money on groceries, but no more than we used to., the difference is we are actually eating what we buy. I can believe how much we have bought in the past few weeks, it seems like we are always buying bacon, eggs, meats, fruits, and fresh vegetables. We have gone through a large bottles of olive oil since the beginning of January (its only the 20th!!) and a ton of spices!!
I am hoping that some of these changes actually stick when the thirty days are done. As time consuming as all the planning is, there are many reasons to keep doing it. One main reason is I feel more control over what we are eating because we are cooking it ourselves. We will just have to add some homemade vino to our list of new things we are making and consuming when this is done.
We can start the countdown now, the end is near !!
First I feel great. Bottom line I have more energy and I feel like I am getting more done. I look at myself in the mirror and see so many changes, and its not all about the weight loss or the areas of fat that have literally disappeared. I also see a difference in the my complexion, I can't explain it but I just feel like my skin looks better and healthier. My eyes look brighter to me, not just in the moning but even later in the day when I am tired.
I am not only experiencing physical changes, but also in the daily routine around our house. One of the main things is grocery shopping and cooking (these words were not in our vocabulary prior to this). We are taking the time to plan and cook our meals instead of going out at the last minute because we don't have time. We take the time to think about what we re going eat during the week(we have to because of the major restrictions of the diet) and make sure we have it around the house. We are bringing lunch everyday when we go to work, usually leftovers from the day before. And we religiously eat breakfast every morning. I have my breakfast casserole for the week cooling on my counter right now.
As we were walking around Wegmans I realized that we are spending a ton of money on groceries, but no more than we used to., the difference is we are actually eating what we buy. I can believe how much we have bought in the past few weeks, it seems like we are always buying bacon, eggs, meats, fruits, and fresh vegetables. We have gone through a large bottles of olive oil since the beginning of January (its only the 20th!!) and a ton of spices!!
I am hoping that some of these changes actually stick when the thirty days are done. As time consuming as all the planning is, there are many reasons to keep doing it. One main reason is I feel more control over what we are eating because we are cooking it ourselves. We will just have to add some homemade vino to our list of new things we are making and consuming when this is done.
We can start the countdown now, the end is near !!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Day Nineteen
It's official, I know you have all been waiting, yes I made it brought curling Maddy's hair and a cheerleading tournament without one sip of wine! It was not without its struggles , today started very early and like all competitions was exciting, emotional and stressful. The competition and morning started like any other competition with a pre-dawn alarm to get up and curl hair, hairspray and coffee for breakfast (not really we had leftover steak and eggs) and the hint of excitement as this was Maddys first Monroe county competition.
During the performance one of the girls hurt her knee and was unable to finish, they stopped everything and the team walked off the floor while they cared for the injured girl and helped her off the floor. Thirty minutes later the girls came back out (less one) with some quick changes in place and completed the performance for a second place finish. The team did not give up, they came together, put trust in one another and finished the routine in spite of the injury.
They also announced the all county teams today, this added to the emotion! The young cheerleader from Fairport who lost her boyfriend to cancer this past week was announced , as she got up the applause got louder and it lasted while she walked up and accepted her award . At her young age she showed such strength , it choked me up and brought tears to my eyes and many other people around the gym. The last award went to the girl who had injured herself; she was awarded first team all county along with the Ronald Mc Donald award and she received a standing ovation from the whole gym as she made it up to accept her award on crutches.
As we left today it was about one in the afternoon and we drove by several restaurants in Victor and all I wanted to do was go sit down get some lunch and a glass of wine. I think it was more out of habit that it just seemed like what we should do, it what we always do after these tournaments. I then thought about all the strength and determination I saw today among a group of young girls and I thought what we are doing for these thirty days is easy, and we have already made it through nineteen days what is eleven more. We headed home and had our bacon wrapped chicken that we had made the night before. (One of the best meals yet!!)
Today I saw not just a cheerleading competition with ribbons and medals at the end, I saw true strength and determination and respect. I ws very proud mom walking out of Victor High School today. These are the types of moments that you remember forever.
During the performance one of the girls hurt her knee and was unable to finish, they stopped everything and the team walked off the floor while they cared for the injured girl and helped her off the floor. Thirty minutes later the girls came back out (less one) with some quick changes in place and completed the performance for a second place finish. The team did not give up, they came together, put trust in one another and finished the routine in spite of the injury.
They also announced the all county teams today, this added to the emotion! The young cheerleader from Fairport who lost her boyfriend to cancer this past week was announced , as she got up the applause got louder and it lasted while she walked up and accepted her award . At her young age she showed such strength , it choked me up and brought tears to my eyes and many other people around the gym. The last award went to the girl who had injured herself; she was awarded first team all county along with the Ronald Mc Donald award and she received a standing ovation from the whole gym as she made it up to accept her award on crutches.
As we left today it was about one in the afternoon and we drove by several restaurants in Victor and all I wanted to do was go sit down get some lunch and a glass of wine. I think it was more out of habit that it just seemed like what we should do, it what we always do after these tournaments. I then thought about all the strength and determination I saw today among a group of young girls and I thought what we are doing for these thirty days is easy, and we have already made it through nineteen days what is eleven more. We headed home and had our bacon wrapped chicken that we had made the night before. (One of the best meals yet!!)
Today I saw not just a cheerleading competition with ribbons and medals at the end, I saw true strength and determination and respect. I ws very proud mom walking out of Victor High School today. These are the types of moments that you remember forever.
Friday, January 18, 2013
Day Eighteen
On day 18 the true test of strength willpower and the stamina to succeed in completing this 30 day challenge....a cheerleading competition. I actually thought for a fleeting moment that I was going to have it easier than all my fellow P2 counterparts who had to travel to Atlantic City until I received the fateful text from Maddy, "you are going to have to curl my hair." Just that alone made me think not only did I want a bott....oops I mean glass of wine I wanted to inject it directly onto my veins.
Well I am happy to let you all know that I successfully made it through curling Maddy's friends hair without uncorking the bottle that is in my refrigerator. I know you are all really impressed with my self control knowing I was able to resist opening an ice cold bottle of wine! :-). I have to do Maddy's hair at six tomorrow morning, there will be an update in tomorrow nights blog to let you all know the bottle is still uncorked. Plus all know hairspray is an appetite suppressant.
Seriously I give all of my P2 counterparts credit for sticking with the program while at an All Star cheer competition. If you have ever been to one the only food that is usually around is expensive concession food and half the time you don't even want to know what they are serving much less where and what it was made of. Actually now that I think about it we usually don't eat so the food part might be easier than I think. NOT!!
The only relief we all have is after spending 12 hours in a crummy arena with crummy food was going back to the hotel and drinking a few glasses of wine with your friends while the kids run around the halls and bother the other patrons. There have been many trips where we have been kicked out of lobbies and/or hallways for being so loud.
I know that all of us have the strength to get through a cheerleading competition and I am going to miss sitting around kibitzing about the fact that we can't drink. :-). Be strong my friends I am with all of you in spirit.
"Be calm and don't drink" (Dr Who, sort of)
Well I am happy to let you all know that I successfully made it through curling Maddy's friends hair without uncorking the bottle that is in my refrigerator. I know you are all really impressed with my self control knowing I was able to resist opening an ice cold bottle of wine! :-). I have to do Maddy's hair at six tomorrow morning, there will be an update in tomorrow nights blog to let you all know the bottle is still uncorked. Plus all know hairspray is an appetite suppressant.
Seriously I give all of my P2 counterparts credit for sticking with the program while at an All Star cheer competition. If you have ever been to one the only food that is usually around is expensive concession food and half the time you don't even want to know what they are serving much less where and what it was made of. Actually now that I think about it we usually don't eat so the food part might be easier than I think. NOT!!
The only relief we all have is after spending 12 hours in a crummy arena with crummy food was going back to the hotel and drinking a few glasses of wine with your friends while the kids run around the halls and bother the other patrons. There have been many trips where we have been kicked out of lobbies and/or hallways for being so loud.
I know that all of us have the strength to get through a cheerleading competition and I am going to miss sitting around kibitzing about the fact that we can't drink. :-). Be strong my friends I am with all of you in spirit.
"Be calm and don't drink" (Dr Who, sort of)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Day Seventeen
Lets talk about cravings. We'll start with: What are they? According to the Internet dictionary, "intense desire(s) for something particular" (ok let's keep this clean here we're talking about food).
We all gave up our "normal" eating habits for 30 days so I am sure that each one of us has something that we miss and wish that we could eat (or drink), but is it just that we miss having certain foods or are we actually craving them. We are all missing certain things that we were eating seventeen days ago, but are we all craving these things or are we just letting ourselves think about it too much so we think we are craving it?.
I really try not to let myself think about what I can't have I try to concentrate on what I can have. When I find my mind wondering and I start thinking about the fact that I can't have a glass of wine when I get home I try to redirect my thoughts to what I can have when I get home, or what we are going to make for dinner . Since we were not used to cooking every night I tend to concentrate on what and how we are going to cook for dinner, instead of what I can't have.
It does make it easier not to have the foods we are missing around us or in plain sight. It does make it easier to push it from your mind if you are not constantly teased by the foods you are missing. It would make it harder on me if I was constantly in the presence of a nice glass of Chardonnay all the time, but I have tried not to put myself in the situations where I would have that temptation around me. I guess if I don't see it I don't really think about it.
So what happens when we all start talking about the things we can't have, we start thinking that we can't have them and we start to think that we are craving them. Is there anything that you can't have that you have an intense desire for? Second reminder to get your mind out of the gutter we are talking about food. I have not had a true craving for any specific food in the past seventeen days (yes I am even including wine in that statement).
See it want it, smell it want it, think about it want it, but crave it? Not yet; thirteen days left maybe that will change as we get closer to the end, but right now I can honesty say there is no food or drink that I intensely desire.
No need to thank me for not listing all the favorites that we are missing so I don't start you thinking or maybe even craving.
We all gave up our "normal" eating habits for 30 days so I am sure that each one of us has something that we miss and wish that we could eat (or drink), but is it just that we miss having certain foods or are we actually craving them. We are all missing certain things that we were eating seventeen days ago, but are we all craving these things or are we just letting ourselves think about it too much so we think we are craving it?.
I really try not to let myself think about what I can't have I try to concentrate on what I can have. When I find my mind wondering and I start thinking about the fact that I can't have a glass of wine when I get home I try to redirect my thoughts to what I can have when I get home, or what we are going to make for dinner . Since we were not used to cooking every night I tend to concentrate on what and how we are going to cook for dinner, instead of what I can't have.
It does make it easier not to have the foods we are missing around us or in plain sight. It does make it easier to push it from your mind if you are not constantly teased by the foods you are missing. It would make it harder on me if I was constantly in the presence of a nice glass of Chardonnay all the time, but I have tried not to put myself in the situations where I would have that temptation around me. I guess if I don't see it I don't really think about it.
So what happens when we all start talking about the things we can't have, we start thinking that we can't have them and we start to think that we are craving them. Is there anything that you can't have that you have an intense desire for? Second reminder to get your mind out of the gutter we are talking about food. I have not had a true craving for any specific food in the past seventeen days (yes I am even including wine in that statement).
See it want it, smell it want it, think about it want it, but crave it? Not yet; thirteen days left maybe that will change as we get closer to the end, but right now I can honesty say there is no food or drink that I intensely desire.
No need to thank me for not listing all the favorites that we are missing so I don't start you thinking or maybe even craving.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Day Sixteen
It was two weeks ago yesterday that we started this challenge, (easy to say you are not going to drink for a month when you have a hangover). Its been sixteen days since many of us totally changed our eating habits. It is very interesting to experience how the foods we eat affect our bodies, minds and habits.
Since making the change I have really noticed how different foods have different effects on me. One of the biggest things I have noticed is the less natural sugar I have the less I feel hungry. I wake up in the morning and have a very high protein breakfast this keeps me going through lunch if not past lunch. Speaking of high protien breakfast this morning was Viking hash with two fried eggs, thanks Jen for the recipe! I will have my lunch and that again is high in protein. It's after my afternoon snack which is usually some fruit a tangerine or banana or some berries that I notice a difference. I limit myself on the fruit but even when I eat a little I find that a short time after I eat the fruit I am hungry again. The fruit seems to be a trigger in my system and I get the growling stomach and hunger pangs. If I have hard boiled eggs for my snack I don't have the same hunger issues. Speaking of hunger pags I just had to have a couple of my self roasted almonds because I was having some major hunger issues.
Tonight was a different for me, I was able to eat dinner before the gym, we went really late (7:30)! I normally don't eat before I workout but Michael had it all ready it was grilled balsamic pork with fresh steamed cauliflower. I had almost two hours before I was working out so I went ahead and had dinner. I normally don't like going into a workout with a full stomach but I thought I had enough time to digest my dinner. I found tonight my biggest issue was not the workout it was that I came home and felt like I did not eat. I have been struggling with being hungry all night. I still prefer to eat after the workout for many reasons , it gives me a chance to refuel my body (since we can't have our Progenix, its full of sugar),and there is less time between eating dinner and when I go to bed.
Speaking of going to bed I am on my way the sooner I go to bed the sooner the hunger issues go away tonight! Tomorrow we talk "cravings"
Since making the change I have really noticed how different foods have different effects on me. One of the biggest things I have noticed is the less natural sugar I have the less I feel hungry. I wake up in the morning and have a very high protein breakfast this keeps me going through lunch if not past lunch. Speaking of high protien breakfast this morning was Viking hash with two fried eggs, thanks Jen for the recipe! I will have my lunch and that again is high in protein. It's after my afternoon snack which is usually some fruit a tangerine or banana or some berries that I notice a difference. I limit myself on the fruit but even when I eat a little I find that a short time after I eat the fruit I am hungry again. The fruit seems to be a trigger in my system and I get the growling stomach and hunger pangs. If I have hard boiled eggs for my snack I don't have the same hunger issues. Speaking of hunger pags I just had to have a couple of my self roasted almonds because I was having some major hunger issues.
Tonight was a different for me, I was able to eat dinner before the gym, we went really late (7:30)! I normally don't eat before I workout but Michael had it all ready it was grilled balsamic pork with fresh steamed cauliflower. I had almost two hours before I was working out so I went ahead and had dinner. I normally don't like going into a workout with a full stomach but I thought I had enough time to digest my dinner. I found tonight my biggest issue was not the workout it was that I came home and felt like I did not eat. I have been struggling with being hungry all night. I still prefer to eat after the workout for many reasons , it gives me a chance to refuel my body (since we can't have our Progenix, its full of sugar),and there is less time between eating dinner and when I go to bed.
Speaking of going to bed I am on my way the sooner I go to bed the sooner the hunger issues go away tonight! Tomorrow we talk "cravings"
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Day Fifteen
"We're halfway there - livin on a prayer. Take my hand and we'll make it I swear - livin on a prayer" (lyrics by BonJovi). Yes today is the halfway point, we have all made it fifteen days and we have fifteen days to go. Seriously I am pretty surprised that it is getting easier each day, and easier to take the Little Ceasers home and not really want any of it. I was looking forward to my easy beef stew that I made, it was cooking in the crockpot all day!!
I am struggling with the urge to weigh myself to find out if I have lost any weight. My clothes are fitting a lot looser and I feel like I have lost between 10 - 15 pounds, but I have not confirmed it by getting on the scale. It specifically says not to weigh yourself during the 30 day period, but it is very hard not to step on the scale. I asked Tony why we could not weigh ourselves and he basically said so you don't get discouraged and quit the challenge if you are not losing any pounds on the scale. Truth is you might actually gain pounds on the scale if your muscle mass is growing while your fat mass is decreasing. It is human nature to think a diet is not working if the scale is not moving or heaven forbid going up.
I have been resisting the urge because my clothes are looser and in some cases getting "big". Everyday I notice little differences that show me that I am getting smaller. It does spark my curiosity to see what's the scale says, but I am going to hold strong. If I can go without wine for 30 days I can certainly stay off the scale for the same thirty days. It's kind of ironic that at the beginning of this challenge one of my worst fears was getting on the scale, now I have to talk myself out of getting on that same scale every day.
I know several of us that are having the same struggle, the way I am getting through this is by reminding myself that this challenge is not about losing weight, it's about being aware of what you are eating and how it is effecting your daily performance at home, work, and at the gym. If you take the word "diet" out and concentrate on challenge it might make it easier to resist stepping on that scale.
Yeah you're right that doesn't make it any easier I am still going to have fight that compulsion to get on the scale!
I am struggling with the urge to weigh myself to find out if I have lost any weight. My clothes are fitting a lot looser and I feel like I have lost between 10 - 15 pounds, but I have not confirmed it by getting on the scale. It specifically says not to weigh yourself during the 30 day period, but it is very hard not to step on the scale. I asked Tony why we could not weigh ourselves and he basically said so you don't get discouraged and quit the challenge if you are not losing any pounds on the scale. Truth is you might actually gain pounds on the scale if your muscle mass is growing while your fat mass is decreasing. It is human nature to think a diet is not working if the scale is not moving or heaven forbid going up.
I have been resisting the urge because my clothes are looser and in some cases getting "big". Everyday I notice little differences that show me that I am getting smaller. It does spark my curiosity to see what's the scale says, but I am going to hold strong. If I can go without wine for 30 days I can certainly stay off the scale for the same thirty days. It's kind of ironic that at the beginning of this challenge one of my worst fears was getting on the scale, now I have to talk myself out of getting on that same scale every day.
I know several of us that are having the same struggle, the way I am getting through this is by reminding myself that this challenge is not about losing weight, it's about being aware of what you are eating and how it is effecting your daily performance at home, work, and at the gym. If you take the word "diet" out and concentrate on challenge it might make it easier to resist stepping on that scale.
Yeah you're right that doesn't make it any easier I am still going to have fight that compulsion to get on the scale!
Monday, January 14, 2013
Day Fourteen
Today was a Monday, yes it was in a lot of ways. I think the weather change had a serious effect on me today because I just felt blah all day. The ironic part was as bummed I was feeling I was still more alert than usual. That is one of the biggest differences that I have noticed the past fourteen days. After day four where I felt like my mind was having an out of body experience I have felt way more alert than I have in years. I get to work and I am able to concentrate way more and I am getting more work done. I feel more alert at night at home and I am getting more stuff accomplished after dinner (see this blog).
I had my second social experience tonight, we had a cheer booster meeting. We used to do these meetings in the high school cafeteria where you would bring your bottle of water and or have nothing for the two hour meeting. A few months ago there a suggestion to have them at someone's house so the group could relax more, sit in more comfortable chairs and of course have a glass of wine or two. Great idea for those who can eat pizza and drink wine, not such a good idea for us Whole 30 participants. This was another new experience for me, actually saying "No thank you" when being offered a glass of wine. :-) I have to admit I felt awkward at first declining the pizza and wine but after after I got myself some water I was fine. I drank the water right out of the bottle, talk about awkward, I can't imagine if I would have asked for a wine glass for my water like I did at Michele's.
I went home and dinner was ready and not a minute too soon I was starving and had been around people eating pizza for two hours. It was a team effort tonight I came home quick after the gym and started the chicken marinating in a lemon,garlic rosemary sauce (foodie.com) and Michael put it in the oven with mushrooms and green beans. It was another good dinner and very easy. This morning was a piece of cake (or casserole ), egg casserole that we made the night before. It was an easy breakfast all we had to do was heat it up and we were ready to go. I thought it was a little dry so I am going to have to add some more eggs or cook it a little less so the casserole is not overcooked by the reheat in the morning.
Two weeks down today and just over two more weeks to eat all the sweet potatoes I shredded last night!!
I had my second social experience tonight, we had a cheer booster meeting. We used to do these meetings in the high school cafeteria where you would bring your bottle of water and or have nothing for the two hour meeting. A few months ago there a suggestion to have them at someone's house so the group could relax more, sit in more comfortable chairs and of course have a glass of wine or two. Great idea for those who can eat pizza and drink wine, not such a good idea for us Whole 30 participants. This was another new experience for me, actually saying "No thank you" when being offered a glass of wine. :-) I have to admit I felt awkward at first declining the pizza and wine but after after I got myself some water I was fine. I drank the water right out of the bottle, talk about awkward, I can't imagine if I would have asked for a wine glass for my water like I did at Michele's.
I went home and dinner was ready and not a minute too soon I was starving and had been around people eating pizza for two hours. It was a team effort tonight I came home quick after the gym and started the chicken marinating in a lemon,garlic rosemary sauce (foodie.com) and Michael put it in the oven with mushrooms and green beans. It was another good dinner and very easy. This morning was a piece of cake (or casserole ), egg casserole that we made the night before. It was an easy breakfast all we had to do was heat it up and we were ready to go. I thought it was a little dry so I am going to have to add some more eggs or cook it a little less so the casserole is not overcooked by the reheat in the morning.
Two weeks down today and just over two more weeks to eat all the sweet potatoes I shredded last night!!
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Day Thirteen
What a busy Sunday!! I started the day by getting up and making my own breakfast sausage. We fried a couple of eggs and had a great breakfast. Again it felt good not having to get up and go anywhere, I had the day in front of me and a ton of things I wanted to do. Sundays (all two of them) have become "planning days". What should we make to eat this week? I took some time made a grocery list, showered, did laundry, and picked up a little. By that time it was 12:30. Michael and I left to go to Wegmans (yes football was on but we only thought we would be an hour) . Three hours and two Wegmans later we arrived home. I had to run out again of course, guess I was not going to get to watch any football today, all the bad teams won today.
As we were eating our dinner (every Sunday we sit down together since the rest of the week is usually crazy) , our challenge came up in conversation. My older son said something about us being on a weird "diet". I thought about it a little and said it is not weird, we are not eating weird food we are just eliminating certain things from our diet. We are eating very normal regular food, as a matter of fact we are eating better food because most of it is actual food not a bunch of preservatives and chemicals. We have made some pretty big changes in our normal daily routines also because we are cooking at home and not going out to dinner as much (ok at all). It is not affecting the kids at all most of the things I make they can eat by adding a different side or we grab them something from Wegmans or other take out. Yes we are still saving money!! Tonight I made the kids mashed potatoes while we had roasted asparagus and tomatoes with our tenderloin. Awesome dinner by the way .
Back to the breakfast sausage thanks to Mariella' s recipe and the purchase of a food processor yesterday I was able to make the breakfast casserole ( just took it of the oven and is still cooling), I can't wait to have it for breakfast in the morning! Yes of course I tasted it, it tastes great and was really easy. Who knew that shredding sweet potatoes could be so much fun. I can't wait to find another recipe to use my food processor!! I hope the casserole makes it through the week, but as good as it was I expect will be making more in the middle of the week (I shredded enough sweet potatoes to make four casserole) . :-). Will need to make more breakfast sausage, but I'm a pro now.
Weekend two down!!
As we were eating our dinner (every Sunday we sit down together since the rest of the week is usually crazy) , our challenge came up in conversation. My older son said something about us being on a weird "diet". I thought about it a little and said it is not weird, we are not eating weird food we are just eliminating certain things from our diet. We are eating very normal regular food, as a matter of fact we are eating better food because most of it is actual food not a bunch of preservatives and chemicals. We have made some pretty big changes in our normal daily routines also because we are cooking at home and not going out to dinner as much (ok at all). It is not affecting the kids at all most of the things I make they can eat by adding a different side or we grab them something from Wegmans or other take out. Yes we are still saving money!! Tonight I made the kids mashed potatoes while we had roasted asparagus and tomatoes with our tenderloin. Awesome dinner by the way .
Back to the breakfast sausage thanks to Mariella' s recipe and the purchase of a food processor yesterday I was able to make the breakfast casserole ( just took it of the oven and is still cooling), I can't wait to have it for breakfast in the morning! Yes of course I tasted it, it tastes great and was really easy. Who knew that shredding sweet potatoes could be so much fun. I can't wait to find another recipe to use my food processor!! I hope the casserole makes it through the week, but as good as it was I expect will be making more in the middle of the week (I shredded enough sweet potatoes to make four casserole) . :-). Will need to make more breakfast sausage, but I'm a pro now.
Weekend two down!!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Day Twelve
Willpower, self discipline, self control all things that I never thought I had until going through this challenge. Here we are on a Saturday night sitting home after Ryan's (my nephew) birthday party, one of the harder nights of the challenge. Hard not because of the food or drinks served (Michele and Kevin are doing this also). It was hard because of the habits and expectations that we have formed in our adult years.
Michele had roasted chicken, fruit and a salad for us Whole30 participants (it was delicious). The majority of the people are not doing whole 30 had other wonderful looking choices, Chicken French, pasta, pizza roles, stuffed mushrooms, anfd of course wine. All the food looked and smelled awesome but I knew that for this one party in the middle of January 2013 I could just eat the whole 30 approved food. What I did not realize is how hard it would be to fight the habits of being at Michele's house for a party.
We usually always hang around the island talking, drinking and munching on the snacks Michele has out. I could not stand there because it was hard not to just absentmindedly grab a piece of cheese,, stuffed mushrooms or my real weakness gum drops!! When you are in a familiar place talking with familiar people it is easy to just do familiar things. You have to have the sense to be aware and stop yourself from grabbing the normal things that you would . That was very hard tonight, I ended up munching on some carrots and pea pods and yes I joked about it but I did drink my water out of a wine glass. :-)
I give Michele and Kevin even more credit I had my struggles just being at the party I can't even imagine hosting it! The stress alone would have had me popping open that cork to pour myself a glass of wine. Even tougher actually opening the wine and pouring it into others glasses and not into my own, that is true willpower!! I
It was a great birthday party and we had a great time as usual at the Longs! Glad the four of us were there for each other it made it easier in so many ways especially when trying not to let habit take over!
Michele had roasted chicken, fruit and a salad for us Whole30 participants (it was delicious). The majority of the people are not doing whole 30 had other wonderful looking choices, Chicken French, pasta, pizza roles, stuffed mushrooms, anfd of course wine. All the food looked and smelled awesome but I knew that for this one party in the middle of January 2013 I could just eat the whole 30 approved food. What I did not realize is how hard it would be to fight the habits of being at Michele's house for a party.
We usually always hang around the island talking, drinking and munching on the snacks Michele has out. I could not stand there because it was hard not to just absentmindedly grab a piece of cheese,, stuffed mushrooms or my real weakness gum drops!! When you are in a familiar place talking with familiar people it is easy to just do familiar things. You have to have the sense to be aware and stop yourself from grabbing the normal things that you would . That was very hard tonight, I ended up munching on some carrots and pea pods and yes I joked about it but I did drink my water out of a wine glass. :-)
I give Michele and Kevin even more credit I had my struggles just being at the party I can't even imagine hosting it! The stress alone would have had me popping open that cork to pour myself a glass of wine. Even tougher actually opening the wine and pouring it into others glasses and not into my own, that is true willpower!! I
It was a great birthday party and we had a great time as usual at the Longs! Glad the four of us were there for each other it made it easier in so many ways especially when trying not to let habit take over!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Day Eleven
As I sit here on my couch on a Friday night a couple of thoughts come to mind. First I really miss not going out to dinner after my Friday night workout. It is something we have been doing for years, whether it be hibachi or Flaggs for a little bar food and some karaoke . Yes I have been known to clear the bar out with my rendition of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" or The Commodores "Brick House" while Ryan , Abby, and Jason are jumping around wih their blow up guitars. Yes just take a second and picture this, it's almost as entertaining as Dee teaching us to boodee dance or Lauren teaching us to "WOP".
I am still not comfortable going "out" to eat on this diet, I am kind of afraid of ordering wrong or just feeling uncomfortable not having a glass of wine before, during, and after dinner. I know it's just what I'm used to, but I think it would just end up frustrating me and I would not have a good time. And I don't want to pay all that money for water and unseasoned food that you can just make at home.
The second thought is the money I am saving by doing this challenge. In not going out to lunch at work, we are not going to dinner, and my weekly trip to the wine store has ceased completly. I saw one of the servers in the small cafe in my building yesterday I had to explain why I had not been in since New Years. I know that we spend way more money at Wegmans, but we are buying and eating all of that food instead of buying food and going out to dinner instead because it is easier. I can't remember the last time I made breakfast, lunch, and dinner at "home" for eleven days. Now that I say that I don't think I have ever stayed home or eaten all three meals fromome for more than two days in a row all of my adult life. I am actually enjoying cooking and learning how to cook so many different foods.
I am hoping that when this is done we won't be going out to so much during the week but I still will want to enjoy my Friday and Saturday nights out.
I am looking forward to the first dinner out when his is done, we ave already started talking about it.. Our first thought is hibachi, so much for slowly transitioning foods back ino our diets. :-)
I am still not comfortable going "out" to eat on this diet, I am kind of afraid of ordering wrong or just feeling uncomfortable not having a glass of wine before, during, and after dinner. I know it's just what I'm used to, but I think it would just end up frustrating me and I would not have a good time. And I don't want to pay all that money for water and unseasoned food that you can just make at home.
The second thought is the money I am saving by doing this challenge. In not going out to lunch at work, we are not going to dinner, and my weekly trip to the wine store has ceased completly. I saw one of the servers in the small cafe in my building yesterday I had to explain why I had not been in since New Years. I know that we spend way more money at Wegmans, but we are buying and eating all of that food instead of buying food and going out to dinner instead because it is easier. I can't remember the last time I made breakfast, lunch, and dinner at "home" for eleven days. Now that I say that I don't think I have ever stayed home or eaten all three meals fromome for more than two days in a row all of my adult life. I am actually enjoying cooking and learning how to cook so many different foods.
I am hoping that when this is done we won't be going out to so much during the week but I still will want to enjoy my Friday and Saturday nights out.
I am looking forward to the first dinner out when his is done, we ave already started talking about it.. Our first thought is hibachi, so much for slowly transitioning foods back ino our diets. :-)
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Day Ten
Here we all are day 10, 1/3 of the way there, only 20 days left. I think we are all getting used to it, of course we all have the occasional craving (see yesterdas blog) or temptation (Michael sent me a picture of the box of doughnuts that were in his office today), but when it comes down to it the food we are eating is good an we re all enjoying eating some new things or some things we hav not had in a long time.
We can all agree that this is not easy, that every day you see or cook something (for the kids not on the diet) that you just want to taste. How can a little taste of mashed potatoes or a piece of pepperoni covered in sauce and melted cheese (no I am not missing pizza :-) ) hurt us during the challenge? You don't take that taste not because you will be "cheating" we don't take that taste because we accepted the challenge and we are committed to it. For anyone that has made it through day 10 you know exactly what I am talking about!!
I went to Wegmans tonight to grab a couple of thing ( and it was a good escape from the smelly high school wrestling room). Michael was surprised I was gone for over 45 minutes. Even though I only went for a few things I still had to take the time to read labels and decide what I can buy and what I can't buy. If am going to make a mistake at this point it is not going to be because I bought something I could not eat.
Great simple dinner, beef short ribs with roasted green beans and mushrooms. It was an easy crock pot recipe that I will be making again in the next 20 days. We need to make more next time, I had to limit dinner consumption so we would have some leftovers for lunch. We are going to make breakfast sausage over the weekend and I roasted more almonds tonight ( the macadamia nuts were $13.99 a pound and I was not sure they were "good").
Here we go to day 11 and weekend number two.
We can all agree that this is not easy, that every day you see or cook something (for the kids not on the diet) that you just want to taste. How can a little taste of mashed potatoes or a piece of pepperoni covered in sauce and melted cheese (no I am not missing pizza :-) ) hurt us during the challenge? You don't take that taste not because you will be "cheating" we don't take that taste because we accepted the challenge and we are committed to it. For anyone that has made it through day 10 you know exactly what I am talking about!!
I went to Wegmans tonight to grab a couple of thing ( and it was a good escape from the smelly high school wrestling room). Michael was surprised I was gone for over 45 minutes. Even though I only went for a few things I still had to take the time to read labels and decide what I can buy and what I can't buy. If am going to make a mistake at this point it is not going to be because I bought something I could not eat.
Great simple dinner, beef short ribs with roasted green beans and mushrooms. It was an easy crock pot recipe that I will be making again in the next 20 days. We need to make more next time, I had to limit dinner consumption so we would have some leftovers for lunch. We are going to make breakfast sausage over the weekend and I roasted more almonds tonight ( the macadamia nuts were $13.99 a pound and I was not sure they were "good").
Here we go to day 11 and weekend number two.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Day Nine
Day nine was a tough one, I am not sure why but today was the first day I actually felt like I was missing something. CHOCOLATE!!! What I would have done today for a nice chocolate ganache anything. I am glad the opportunity never presented itself, thank god the two girls in front of me at the basketball game had a pink colored yogurt from Yolikities, because I would have cried if it was chocolate with chunks of cookie dough. I will probably dream of fountains of chocolate (I have been daydreaming about this all day ).
So lets talk about food a little bit since I am obsessing about chocolate today. One thing that really surprised me since we started this is the amount of crap that is out in our everyday food products. On one of our recent shopping trips we needed to pick up lemon and lime juice (there are so many recipes that call for either one). We promptly went to the juice aisle to get the 100% REAL Lemon and Lime juice picked it up off the shelf to check the label and was shocked to see that it was not 100% , there was other things listed on that label that were not lemons or limes so how could they say it was 100%! I put the $1.99 bottles back on the shelf and went to the organic section and picked up the $4.99 bottles of lemon and lime juice (the only ingredient was lemons or limes). This is just one example of some of the things I found, I will definatly walk away from these 30 days with a better awareness of the crap I put into my body.
The leftover brussels spouts came wih me to work, it was just as awesome the next day! Dinner was shrimp sautéed with broccoli and cauliflower. I asked Michael to make it because I really want to like shrimp but I just could not do it, so I had a couple of eggs for dinner. Thank god I like eggs, but I may turn into a chicken before this 30 days is done. Maybe if he sautéed the shrimp in chocolate I would have liked it. :-)
It was another good night at the gym, lots of people talking about new recipes and how they are getting through the month. Makes the days like today with the chocolate cravings much easier. OK I admit it I was thinking about chocolate when Craig was telling me about his mushroom goulash recipe, I kept saying how good that sounded and all I was thinking about was chocolate. Seriously his recipe sounded great!!
When this is done we have to figure out how to do a whole 30 and include chocolate .:-). 21 days until chocolate!!
So lets talk about food a little bit since I am obsessing about chocolate today. One thing that really surprised me since we started this is the amount of crap that is out in our everyday food products. On one of our recent shopping trips we needed to pick up lemon and lime juice (there are so many recipes that call for either one). We promptly went to the juice aisle to get the 100% REAL Lemon and Lime juice picked it up off the shelf to check the label and was shocked to see that it was not 100% , there was other things listed on that label that were not lemons or limes so how could they say it was 100%! I put the $1.99 bottles back on the shelf and went to the organic section and picked up the $4.99 bottles of lemon and lime juice (the only ingredient was lemons or limes). This is just one example of some of the things I found, I will definatly walk away from these 30 days with a better awareness of the crap I put into my body.
The leftover brussels spouts came wih me to work, it was just as awesome the next day! Dinner was shrimp sautéed with broccoli and cauliflower. I asked Michael to make it because I really want to like shrimp but I just could not do it, so I had a couple of eggs for dinner. Thank god I like eggs, but I may turn into a chicken before this 30 days is done. Maybe if he sautéed the shrimp in chocolate I would have liked it. :-)
It was another good night at the gym, lots of people talking about new recipes and how they are getting through the month. Makes the days like today with the chocolate cravings much easier. OK I admit it I was thinking about chocolate when Craig was telling me about his mushroom goulash recipe, I kept saying how good that sounded and all I was thinking about was chocolate. Seriously his recipe sounded great!!
When this is done we have to figure out how to do a whole 30 and include chocolate .:-). 21 days until chocolate!!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Day Eight
We are into week two and I think I found my mind that was displaced from my body on Friday. My mood seems better, and I am not as cranky as I have been the past few days. I seem to be getting out of the house easier and Jason has made the bus two days in a row! I did think about how nice it would be to have a glass of wine when I got home tonight, as I was driving to work this morning, but since it was 8:30 in the morning it was easy to replace that thought with I can't wait to get to work and have a cup of coffee.
We are starting to get used to the change in diet . I am eating breakfast every morning and even though I bring a ton of "snacks" ( cucumbers, hard boiled eggs, tangerine, banana) I find that my breakfast usually keeps me full until later in the afternoon and I have not finished all of my snacks that I brought wih me. Lunch has been leftovers from the day before or a salad . Tip of the day don't leave olive oil and balsamic vinegar in the refrigerator, the oil coagulates and leaves you dressing-less. The funny part is I don't really need the dressing when you add the tomatoes, steak, and hard boiled eggs.
Dinner was awesome tonight, Michael made a dijon pork chop recipe we found from a whole 30 web site and an awesome side dish with brussels sprouts, bacon and mushrooms. I could have eaten the whole bowl, but I made sure I saved some so I would have leftovers to take to lunch with me tomorrow! I am already looking forward to lunch tomorrow.
Now for the most exciting news of the day, I PR'd my double unders!! I have been struggling with double unders since the day I started cross-fit. I spent a year and a half basically doing singles, not even attempting a double because frankly I just could not get the doubles . I started dong one at a time about six months ago, and for the past six months I have done workouts wih double unders one at a time and that takes a long time!! I was able to get six a couple of weeks go but that was my max until tonight. I was doing the workout (7 rounds 20 DU, 5 HSPU, 5 snatches). . In round three I totally surprised myself and whipped off 15 in a row (new PR), then in round four I did it all 20 (new PR) I could have kept going but I stopped because it was the limit in the workout! It was an awesome feeling, I just hope I can still do them tomorrow.
I promptly yelled across the gym to Tony "it must be the diet"!
We are starting to get used to the change in diet . I am eating breakfast every morning and even though I bring a ton of "snacks" ( cucumbers, hard boiled eggs, tangerine, banana) I find that my breakfast usually keeps me full until later in the afternoon and I have not finished all of my snacks that I brought wih me. Lunch has been leftovers from the day before or a salad . Tip of the day don't leave olive oil and balsamic vinegar in the refrigerator, the oil coagulates and leaves you dressing-less. The funny part is I don't really need the dressing when you add the tomatoes, steak, and hard boiled eggs.
Dinner was awesome tonight, Michael made a dijon pork chop recipe we found from a whole 30 web site and an awesome side dish with brussels sprouts, bacon and mushrooms. I could have eaten the whole bowl, but I made sure I saved some so I would have leftovers to take to lunch with me tomorrow! I am already looking forward to lunch tomorrow.
Now for the most exciting news of the day, I PR'd my double unders!! I have been struggling with double unders since the day I started cross-fit. I spent a year and a half basically doing singles, not even attempting a double because frankly I just could not get the doubles . I started dong one at a time about six months ago, and for the past six months I have done workouts wih double unders one at a time and that takes a long time!! I was able to get six a couple of weeks go but that was my max until tonight. I was doing the workout (7 rounds 20 DU, 5 HSPU, 5 snatches). . In round three I totally surprised myself and whipped off 15 in a row (new PR), then in round four I did it all 20 (new PR) I could have kept going but I stopped because it was the limit in the workout! It was an awesome feeling, I just hope I can still do them tomorrow.
I promptly yelled across the gym to Tony "it must be the diet"!
Monday, January 7, 2013
Day Seven
Wow is it day 7 already? Ttime flies when you are having fun (or so busy planning what you are going to eat you just don't notice the time flying by). We are almost 1/4 of the way there it does not seem that long when you think of it that way .
I have spent a lot of time talking about my days and how this challenge has effected each individual day, but I have not really talked to much about how this is truly effecting me. I say that because I do notice a difference when I wake up in the morning. I feel a little different almost more refreshed and I will tell you that I am still not sleeping through the night. Ok now for the TMI part of the blog. What could possibly be keeping me up? Now is the time to get your minds out of the gutter! The nervousness is gone and I can fall asleep but an hour later nature starts calling and then nature continues to call every hour on the hour. Let me tell you I try not to answer, but nature is persistent and does not give up so I am up almost every hour until about 3am. Then I can fall asleep and then I wake up I feel better than I have felt in a long time in the morning. Don't get me wrong I am still not a morning person but I do feel better once I get out of bed.
Two challenges today, first I had a work lunch they brought in chicken ceased salad, fruit and dessert (cookies and brownies). I brought my own lunch leftovers from last night of course. I walked in last with my dish of food from home, I actually think I liked mine better. I ignored the dessserts, the only time they bothered me was about 5:30 right before I left someone brought the leftovers dessert and added two bags of candy to the table in the area I work. I hate that I know the candy will be there all week until someone eats it. I am pretty strong and I can say no to candy put potato chips and dip on that table we might have problems.
I also was invited to a dinner tonight with a coworker from out of town, I declined because I was not sure where they were going and I did not know if I could order within the restrictions of the diet. It was the safe bet, but I think it would have been better than our attempt at dinner.
Today dinner was a little, no it was very disappointing, we tried to make poppys chicken and I have to say it was an epic fail. Not sure what we did wrong all I know is that when I walked in the house it smelled worse that a locker room after a wrestling match. I have had Daphne's chicken before and I can tell you that it NEVER smelled like that!! We ended up grilling some chicken and steamed broccoli not the best dinner that I have had in the past seven days but it worked.
Off to bed, I hope nature finds someone else to call tonight.
I have spent a lot of time talking about my days and how this challenge has effected each individual day, but I have not really talked to much about how this is truly effecting me. I say that because I do notice a difference when I wake up in the morning. I feel a little different almost more refreshed and I will tell you that I am still not sleeping through the night. Ok now for the TMI part of the blog. What could possibly be keeping me up? Now is the time to get your minds out of the gutter! The nervousness is gone and I can fall asleep but an hour later nature starts calling and then nature continues to call every hour on the hour. Let me tell you I try not to answer, but nature is persistent and does not give up so I am up almost every hour until about 3am. Then I can fall asleep and then I wake up I feel better than I have felt in a long time in the morning. Don't get me wrong I am still not a morning person but I do feel better once I get out of bed.
Two challenges today, first I had a work lunch they brought in chicken ceased salad, fruit and dessert (cookies and brownies). I brought my own lunch leftovers from last night of course. I walked in last with my dish of food from home, I actually think I liked mine better. I ignored the dessserts, the only time they bothered me was about 5:30 right before I left someone brought the leftovers dessert and added two bags of candy to the table in the area I work. I hate that I know the candy will be there all week until someone eats it. I am pretty strong and I can say no to candy put potato chips and dip on that table we might have problems.
I also was invited to a dinner tonight with a coworker from out of town, I declined because I was not sure where they were going and I did not know if I could order within the restrictions of the diet. It was the safe bet, but I think it would have been better than our attempt at dinner.
Today dinner was a little, no it was very disappointing, we tried to make poppys chicken and I have to say it was an epic fail. Not sure what we did wrong all I know is that when I walked in the house it smelled worse that a locker room after a wrestling match. I have had Daphne's chicken before and I can tell you that it NEVER smelled like that!! We ended up grilling some chicken and steamed broccoli not the best dinner that I have had in the past seven days but it worked.
Off to bed, I hope nature finds someone else to call tonight.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Day Six
I slept in this morning, first time since New Years Eve, seriously I gave up teaching Kettlebells at Golds Gym the week before Christmas this was the first Sunday in three years I didn't have to be up ready to teach class. I got out of bed at 9:30 and enjoyed my coffee, had leftover pork chops with two eggs for breakfast and it was off to the races.
We brought all the boxes up yesterday but the three trees and the rest of the decorations still needed to one down. I decided to wait until morning to start it, I normally start it later in he day because it's usually New Years Day and I need the morning to recover. With that said taking down the trees and putting the decorations away is always accompanied by a glass of wine. Not this year, and I was reminded quickly as I fought removing the lights from the first tree why wine is always involved. After six hours and a couple of cups of coffee I was finally finished. The house always seems empty when it's all put away, but I am glad it is done! I missed the sledding WOD at the gym today but I needed a day off and there is no way I would have finished if I would have gone.
I got a little cranky with the family today (ok a lot cranky) but I think it was more that I had way too much to do today and it took me way too long to get Christmas put away and I had a ton more things to do prepare for the week. I feel like if I am prepared I will make it through the week. I cut up cucumbers so I have something to munch on and I even have my breakfast and lunch all ready for tomorrow. I had the boys shovel a path to the grill so I could grill steaks for tonights dinner and so we could use it during the week. I prefer grilled food over baked or broiled.
All in all a successful day! I am sitting here with my new night time drink (I found my old princess house coffee mugs, so I have something a little nicer to drink my tea out of) waiting for the winter season premiere of Revenge!
What did I learn today?
Leftovers for breakfast are good
Olive Oil is my friend
Everything will get done, be patient. (Michael is reading this right now and has hit the floor laughing because he knows that there is no way I have patience.)
One weekend down, three to go!!
We brought all the boxes up yesterday but the three trees and the rest of the decorations still needed to one down. I decided to wait until morning to start it, I normally start it later in he day because it's usually New Years Day and I need the morning to recover. With that said taking down the trees and putting the decorations away is always accompanied by a glass of wine. Not this year, and I was reminded quickly as I fought removing the lights from the first tree why wine is always involved. After six hours and a couple of cups of coffee I was finally finished. The house always seems empty when it's all put away, but I am glad it is done! I missed the sledding WOD at the gym today but I needed a day off and there is no way I would have finished if I would have gone.
I got a little cranky with the family today (ok a lot cranky) but I think it was more that I had way too much to do today and it took me way too long to get Christmas put away and I had a ton more things to do prepare for the week. I feel like if I am prepared I will make it through the week. I cut up cucumbers so I have something to munch on and I even have my breakfast and lunch all ready for tomorrow. I had the boys shovel a path to the grill so I could grill steaks for tonights dinner and so we could use it during the week. I prefer grilled food over baked or broiled.
All in all a successful day! I am sitting here with my new night time drink (I found my old princess house coffee mugs, so I have something a little nicer to drink my tea out of) waiting for the winter season premiere of Revenge!
What did I learn today?
Leftovers for breakfast are good
Olive Oil is my friend
Everything will get done, be patient. (Michael is reading this right now and has hit the floor laughing because he knows that there is no way I have patience.)
One weekend down, three to go!!
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Day Five
I woke up this morning with little or no energy I actually wanted to stay in bed all day, hey it is Saturday. Yes it Saturday the weekend, how am I going to get through the day. My first step is to actually get out of bed and get some coffee and face the day.
What did I have planned for the day? Workout and clean up all my Christmas decorations, that explains why I did not want to get out of bed. The gym was fun lots of conversation about the challenge, it's great to talk with everyone find out how they are doing, what they are doing, and what they are doing to cope. It's nice to know we are all in this together it helps to talk thru ideas about shopping, foods, and recipes!! Hmm now that I think about it a very different conversation from normal, we usually talk about WAY different things. I just figured out this challenge is not to improve our health and performance, it's to clean up the conversations at the gym. With lifts that have names like snatch and jerk plus the demented minds of the veteran crew at P2 that will never happen.
On my way home I went to pick up lunch for the kids, let me tell you there is something about the way fast food smells that make you crave it. I could not wait to get home being trapped in an enclosed car with Wendy's is more difficult than you think because I could not have " just one French Fry.".
When I got home I did some research on foodee.com a great site for recipes and decided to run some errands before cleaning up Christmas. Wegmans was top on my list and it took me about a half hour longer because of all the label reading. Everything has preservatives in it!!
So now you ask what did I do on my first Saturday night? Well I can say that it is not a typical Saturday for me. I cooked dinner (like I said not normal we usually go out or Michael cooks). I made balsamic pork with broccoli great recipe from the whole 30 foodee.com website. I also bought raw almonds and macadamia nuts and roasted them myself (thanks Daphne and Matt for the idea). It was so easy and they were awesome!! I am finishing the night on the couch watching The Dark Knight Rises drinking my sleepy time tea trying to relax so I can get a good nights sleep tonight.
Looking forward to Sunday, I made it through day 5 only 25 to go but who's counting??
What did I have planned for the day? Workout and clean up all my Christmas decorations, that explains why I did not want to get out of bed. The gym was fun lots of conversation about the challenge, it's great to talk with everyone find out how they are doing, what they are doing, and what they are doing to cope. It's nice to know we are all in this together it helps to talk thru ideas about shopping, foods, and recipes!! Hmm now that I think about it a very different conversation from normal, we usually talk about WAY different things. I just figured out this challenge is not to improve our health and performance, it's to clean up the conversations at the gym. With lifts that have names like snatch and jerk plus the demented minds of the veteran crew at P2 that will never happen.
On my way home I went to pick up lunch for the kids, let me tell you there is something about the way fast food smells that make you crave it. I could not wait to get home being trapped in an enclosed car with Wendy's is more difficult than you think because I could not have " just one French Fry.".
When I got home I did some research on foodee.com a great site for recipes and decided to run some errands before cleaning up Christmas. Wegmans was top on my list and it took me about a half hour longer because of all the label reading. Everything has preservatives in it!!
So now you ask what did I do on my first Saturday night? Well I can say that it is not a typical Saturday for me. I cooked dinner (like I said not normal we usually go out or Michael cooks). I made balsamic pork with broccoli great recipe from the whole 30 foodee.com website. I also bought raw almonds and macadamia nuts and roasted them myself (thanks Daphne and Matt for the idea). It was so easy and they were awesome!! I am finishing the night on the couch watching The Dark Knight Rises drinking my sleepy time tea trying to relax so I can get a good nights sleep tonight.
Looking forward to Sunday, I made it through day 5 only 25 to go but who's counting??
Friday, January 4, 2013
Day Four
Two things happened on day four, the first was I totally lost my mind and second I was faced with my first few temptations.
Let's start with my losing my mind. I think I was having an out of body experience all day, that is my mind totally left my body. It started this morning when I had to get up and go out in the cold first thing to take the garbage out. Another tough morning trying to get out of the house, I think it has to be that I have not slept in three nights and when I finally fall asleep its time to get up. As I drove into the garage at work I realized that I not only left my badge at home to get into the parking garage but my purse as well. I was not happy but I figured I would try to make it through the day without it. Hey I had my gym bag and my food for the day I cold get through the day without my purse. Of course my purse has my reading glasses ( it sucks getting old) so the whole day was a struggle trying to use the computer and read documents. Another pretty stressful day at work, I felt all day that I was missing something ( Not only my mind, but my badge at work and it is pretty difficult to get around the office if you can't open doors).
I got ready to leave work and as I got to my car I was thinking that my bag was feeling a little light. I know that this challenge is supposed to improve performance, but I knew that was not the reason. I forgot my computer in my office. I was so frustrated at that point I just left I will pick it up over the weekend if I need it. I got to the gym without any trouble and went to the bathroom to change gathered all my stuff together and went to complete my workout. After I finished I was about to leave grabbed my stuff and I could not find my phone. Yep left it in the bathroom when I was changing. I went to look for it and someone had put I on the table in the cheer waiting room, thankful they did, but even more thankful that it was still there . Yes I made it home at the rate I was going I could have forgotten where I lived.
Temptations. I work in an envionment where there is always food around and on Friday afternoons there are carts full of beer, wine, and snacks right outside my office that I have to walk by to get my water and heat up my lunch. When I went to heat up lunch the regular Friday lunch leftovers were there (chicken piccata, grilled salmon, roasted potatoes, rice, and a basketful of rolls). I had my leftovers from last night and I opened it and looked at it I was reminded of when I worked in the nursing home when I was 16. Nice fresh chicken and roasted potatoes drenched in butter and tons of sugars and preservatives or my leftover dinner from last night at reminded me of something that would be served in a hospital. Decisions decisions.... Of course I finished heating my lunch and went back to my office (ignoring the Chardonnay on ice). My lunch was great once heated it was actually better than the night before!!
I know everyone was wondering it's Friday night how did it go without wine? I made it through it OK the only time I thought I was not going to make it was when Jason decided to hide on me in Target. Remember I lost my mind this morning so I did not care that I was yelling across the store ( yes literally across the store) for Jason. I know the people around me were thinking that poor woman needs a glass of wine. If they only knew I can't have it for 26 more days.
I know there will be many temptations in the next few weeks but I m sill going strong. On to the weekend .
Let's start with my losing my mind. I think I was having an out of body experience all day, that is my mind totally left my body. It started this morning when I had to get up and go out in the cold first thing to take the garbage out. Another tough morning trying to get out of the house, I think it has to be that I have not slept in three nights and when I finally fall asleep its time to get up. As I drove into the garage at work I realized that I not only left my badge at home to get into the parking garage but my purse as well. I was not happy but I figured I would try to make it through the day without it. Hey I had my gym bag and my food for the day I cold get through the day without my purse. Of course my purse has my reading glasses ( it sucks getting old) so the whole day was a struggle trying to use the computer and read documents. Another pretty stressful day at work, I felt all day that I was missing something ( Not only my mind, but my badge at work and it is pretty difficult to get around the office if you can't open doors).
I got ready to leave work and as I got to my car I was thinking that my bag was feeling a little light. I know that this challenge is supposed to improve performance, but I knew that was not the reason. I forgot my computer in my office. I was so frustrated at that point I just left I will pick it up over the weekend if I need it. I got to the gym without any trouble and went to the bathroom to change gathered all my stuff together and went to complete my workout. After I finished I was about to leave grabbed my stuff and I could not find my phone. Yep left it in the bathroom when I was changing. I went to look for it and someone had put I on the table in the cheer waiting room, thankful they did, but even more thankful that it was still there . Yes I made it home at the rate I was going I could have forgotten where I lived.
Temptations. I work in an envionment where there is always food around and on Friday afternoons there are carts full of beer, wine, and snacks right outside my office that I have to walk by to get my water and heat up my lunch. When I went to heat up lunch the regular Friday lunch leftovers were there (chicken piccata, grilled salmon, roasted potatoes, rice, and a basketful of rolls). I had my leftovers from last night and I opened it and looked at it I was reminded of when I worked in the nursing home when I was 16. Nice fresh chicken and roasted potatoes drenched in butter and tons of sugars and preservatives or my leftover dinner from last night at reminded me of something that would be served in a hospital. Decisions decisions.... Of course I finished heating my lunch and went back to my office (ignoring the Chardonnay on ice). My lunch was great once heated it was actually better than the night before!!
I know everyone was wondering it's Friday night how did it go without wine? I made it through it OK the only time I thought I was not going to make it was when Jason decided to hide on me in Target. Remember I lost my mind this morning so I did not care that I was yelling across the store ( yes literally across the store) for Jason. I know the people around me were thinking that poor woman needs a glass of wine. If they only knew I can't have it for 26 more days.
I know there will be many temptations in the next few weeks but I m sill going strong. On to the weekend .
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Day Three
When I said day three bring it on I did not think that it was really going to happen. My day started this morning at 6:30, and that was after another night where I was up every hour. There are many reasons why I could not sleep (Michael up all night with an upper respatory infection it sounded like he was coughing up a lung, and a teenager finishing up a project that he had all of Christmas break to do.)
I woke up to a couple of inches of snow in the driveway and since Michael was sick and the Dan was supposed to leave for school at seven I put my snow gear on and went put to snowblow the driveway. Got it all gassed up plugged it in and promptly flooded the engine, I did not have a ton of time and so I grabbed the shovel and finished it manually. I came in the house and said I would rather do ten crossfit workout before shoveling the driveway again!
As you may have guessed already this made me late for work and I was rushing to get out of the house. I had planned on starting my dinner in a crockpot before I left, that did not happen. I left for work frustrated because I knew time was going to be tight later in the day and I did not get prepared for dinner. About noon Michael called he had gone to the doctor and was put on a very strong cough medicine it made him loopy so he could not drive for the rest of the day. He was planning on taking Jason to get his lacrosse equipment,I was going to have to fit it into my night, I knew I could but I had to make it to the 5:30 class. The good news, Michael could get our dimner prepared and I would not have to worry about what we was going to eat for dinner.
I left work 25 minutes late (after a very frustrating day) and knew I was going to be late for my class at the gym. For anyone that knows me I hate being late for the gym so much I almost did not go. I was so focused on getting there on time I did not even realize my lights were off the whole way to the gym ( I could not figure out why people kept beeping at me). I made it on time for class and was off to get lacrosse equipment and go to Maddys game. I finally walked in the door at home around nine.
Dinner was ready (thank you Michael) it was a stew with sweet potatoes, I am not the biggest fan of sweet potatoes but I was so hungry when I got home I could not wait to eat it. I have to say it was incredibly good and it is coming with me tomorrow for lunch.
Today was just a crazy typical day where if I was not doing this challenge I would have joined the kids in takeout and a glass of wine ( there it is you know I would not finish this without mentioning the lack of fermented grapes). But I am committed and I had my sweet potato and beef stew, water , and my hot tea (yes still in my ugly cup if you didn't notice I had no time to go shopping for pretty mugs to drink out of).
What did I learn today:
Don't press the gas button on the snowblower more than four times
Shoveling snow sucks (I knew that already I just reaffirmed my hatred for it)
Sweet Potatoes are not so bad
Planning is the key
On to day four, here is hoping its a better day.
I woke up to a couple of inches of snow in the driveway and since Michael was sick and the Dan was supposed to leave for school at seven I put my snow gear on and went put to snowblow the driveway. Got it all gassed up plugged it in and promptly flooded the engine, I did not have a ton of time and so I grabbed the shovel and finished it manually. I came in the house and said I would rather do ten crossfit workout before shoveling the driveway again!
As you may have guessed already this made me late for work and I was rushing to get out of the house. I had planned on starting my dinner in a crockpot before I left, that did not happen. I left for work frustrated because I knew time was going to be tight later in the day and I did not get prepared for dinner. About noon Michael called he had gone to the doctor and was put on a very strong cough medicine it made him loopy so he could not drive for the rest of the day. He was planning on taking Jason to get his lacrosse equipment,I was going to have to fit it into my night, I knew I could but I had to make it to the 5:30 class. The good news, Michael could get our dimner prepared and I would not have to worry about what we was going to eat for dinner.
I left work 25 minutes late (after a very frustrating day) and knew I was going to be late for my class at the gym. For anyone that knows me I hate being late for the gym so much I almost did not go. I was so focused on getting there on time I did not even realize my lights were off the whole way to the gym ( I could not figure out why people kept beeping at me). I made it on time for class and was off to get lacrosse equipment and go to Maddys game. I finally walked in the door at home around nine.
Dinner was ready (thank you Michael) it was a stew with sweet potatoes, I am not the biggest fan of sweet potatoes but I was so hungry when I got home I could not wait to eat it. I have to say it was incredibly good and it is coming with me tomorrow for lunch.
Today was just a crazy typical day where if I was not doing this challenge I would have joined the kids in takeout and a glass of wine ( there it is you know I would not finish this without mentioning the lack of fermented grapes). But I am committed and I had my sweet potato and beef stew, water , and my hot tea (yes still in my ugly cup if you didn't notice I had no time to go shopping for pretty mugs to drink out of).
What did I learn today:
Don't press the gas button on the snowblower more than four times
Shoveling snow sucks (I knew that already I just reaffirmed my hatred for it)
Sweet Potatoes are not so bad
Planning is the key
On to day four, here is hoping its a better day.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Day Two
I did not sleep much last night, I could not tell if it was my nerves going crazy, the shakes from the withdrawal of the alcohol from the previous night. Either way I was up every hour on the hour . Of course when it was time to get up I did not want to get out of bed. With that said I rushed preparing my meals for today so I don't think I was as prepared as I could have been today with food. I know this because I was starving when I walked into the gym to do my workout. (which I proudly announced to everyone)!
All in all Day 2 was unevetful, the black coffee was an easy transition, my meals were pretty easy ( nothing creative) just simple salad meat and vegetables. My true fear is how I would feel at this time of night after finally sitting down without my glass of Chardonnay on the table next to me. I have to say on a cold Wednesday night it is not going too bad, I have substituted a cup of hot tea for my nightly glass of wine (decaf of course). I think it would work better if I had a nice fancy glass with a stem instead of a boring and ugly coffee cup.
What I have learned in day two:
Coffee is not horrible without the creamer
Mix up some balsamic vinegar and olive oil for my salad
Buy some fancy hot tea mugs
Day Three...bring it on!!
All in all Day 2 was unevetful, the black coffee was an easy transition, my meals were pretty easy ( nothing creative) just simple salad meat and vegetables. My true fear is how I would feel at this time of night after finally sitting down without my glass of Chardonnay on the table next to me. I have to say on a cold Wednesday night it is not going too bad, I have substituted a cup of hot tea for my nightly glass of wine (decaf of course). I think it would work better if I had a nice fancy glass with a stem instead of a boring and ugly coffee cup.
What I have learned in day two:
Coffee is not horrible without the creamer
Mix up some balsamic vinegar and olive oil for my salad
Buy some fancy hot tea mugs
Day Three...bring it on!!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Day One
Happy New Year!!! Here I am on the first day of 2013 and I have decided to join the group at P2 Crossfit gym in the Whole 30 challenge. There are many reasons why I made the decision to join this challenge some may be a surprise.
Truth be told I do not think I can cut sugar, dairy, and god forbid wine out of my daily diet for 30 days. How would I get through 30 days without cheating. (Still not convinced that I can actually do this without my family kicking me out of the house). 😉
I also have struggled with my weight my whole life, I have taught myself that pounds on a scale don't mean anything as long as your clothes are still fitting you the number on the scale means nothing. I don't weigh myself so getting on the scale was terrifying to me, I just did not want too see that number (I know all the women out there agree and understand)!
In October I was very vocal about the challenge and how difficult it would be for me because I have three kids, a stressful job, and not enough time to stick to the program. Then I thought the title of the program is whole 30 CHALLENGE. It's a challenge it is supposed to be difficult it's not going to be easy that is the point.
So here I am day one of the challenge (started with a hangover so the alcohol part was cake today.😊. I made it in for the baseline workout:
10 minutes to 1RM back squat
Rest 2 minutes
Diane
21-15-9
Dead lifts 155
HSPU
Rest 1 minute
Row 2k
I don't know how I got through it and I did not PR any of it but it is my baseline for this challenge.
1 RM dead lift 185
Diane 4:03
Row 2k 9:12
I also did my measurements (yes I got on the scale)
Weight 164
Hips 41 1/2
Waist 32 1/2
Height 63 inches (I think I am already shrinking)
Why am I posting this much detail? It makes me accountable to this challenge and I will post my ending results to see how I do.
I have my plan for eating the week and I went shopping today so I feel like I am ready to begin one of the most difficult challenges of my life.
Day one down, let's see how tomorrow goes. One day at a time.
Truth be told I do not think I can cut sugar, dairy, and god forbid wine out of my daily diet for 30 days. How would I get through 30 days without cheating. (Still not convinced that I can actually do this without my family kicking me out of the house). 😉
I also have struggled with my weight my whole life, I have taught myself that pounds on a scale don't mean anything as long as your clothes are still fitting you the number on the scale means nothing. I don't weigh myself so getting on the scale was terrifying to me, I just did not want too see that number (I know all the women out there agree and understand)!
In October I was very vocal about the challenge and how difficult it would be for me because I have three kids, a stressful job, and not enough time to stick to the program. Then I thought the title of the program is whole 30 CHALLENGE. It's a challenge it is supposed to be difficult it's not going to be easy that is the point.
So here I am day one of the challenge (started with a hangover so the alcohol part was cake today.😊. I made it in for the baseline workout:
10 minutes to 1RM back squat
Rest 2 minutes
Diane
21-15-9
Dead lifts 155
HSPU
Rest 1 minute
Row 2k
I don't know how I got through it and I did not PR any of it but it is my baseline for this challenge.
1 RM dead lift 185
Diane 4:03
Row 2k 9:12
I also did my measurements (yes I got on the scale)
Weight 164
Hips 41 1/2
Waist 32 1/2
Height 63 inches (I think I am already shrinking)
Why am I posting this much detail? It makes me accountable to this challenge and I will post my ending results to see how I do.
I have my plan for eating the week and I went shopping today so I feel like I am ready to begin one of the most difficult challenges of my life.
Day one down, let's see how tomorrow goes. One day at a time.
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