Good Idea ... Bad Idea ...

Day 5 - January 5, 2012

Good Idea: Yoga

Bad Idea: Yoga with a sinus infection

Good Idea: Having a friend named Cindy

Bad Idea: Doing "Cindy" after two+ months away from crossfit

Good Idea: Eating clean

Bad Idea: House cleaning

Ok, maybe most people wouldn't agree with that last one, but seriously, I hate cleaning my house. Thank goodness house elves show up while I'm not home/sleeping and do a lot. Still doing pretty well with the food. Struggling a bit with the workouts after so long away and recovering from the pneumonia and other respiratory issues. I wanted to die during Cindy, but managed not to cry and to finished with a rather pathetic score. In good news, it can't be worse 90 days from now, right?!

Food:

Breakfast - Omelet with red peppers, onions, ham and cheese, Natural orange juice

Lunch - Leftover cajun stuffed chicken breast, grapes

Mid-afternoon Snack - pecans, figs

Dinner - steak tips, steamed broccoli, rice

Workout(s):

Morning - 5 minute row

Evening - 

1RM Deadlift (215lbs)

5 minute row for distance (960m)

Cindy (8+13)

20 min AMRAP:

5 pullups (scaled to ring rows, toes 42" from wall, bottom of rings waist high)

10 pushups (scaled to rogue box for first four rounds, 20" box remaining)

15 squats

3-2-1 Go!

Day 1 - January 1, 2012

Crudite Lunch

A little recap of my day:

Woke up sick, again! This has gone on entirely too long. For those keeping score, I've been sick since October 30th, first a triple dose of itis (sinus, bronch and ot), which caused an asthma flareup, which turned into pneumonia, which caused another asthma flareup and now I seem to be back to the itis-es. This girl just can't catch a break. 


Overall I'm happy with how I attacked challenge day 1. Monday will be menu planning and grocery shopping so I had to ad lib a bit. It did feel good to be back at ACF and moving around, even if I did have to scale considerably. I forgot how exhilarating it is to be in that room with all those people working hard and cheering you on.


Food:
Breakfast - orange juice and DayQuil
Lunch - hard boiled eggs from Elihu farm, carrots from Kilpatrick Family Farm, red peppers and kielbasa
Snack - cashews, raisins and dark chocolate chips trail mix
Dinner - pulled pork with maple barbecue sauce, sweet potato fries, dill pickle


Workout:
Fran
21-15-9 Thrusters and Pull-ups
Scaled to 35lb bar for thrusters and ring rows for pull-ups. I was able to do this pretty much unbroken, which is the point. (4:56) 


Short walk with the dog to loosen my already jelly-ish and sore legs. 

2012 90 Day Challenge - Day Zero

I'm sure a lot of people's blogs are starting this way but ... 

Yep, it's time for another attempt at cleaning up my diet, working out more often and with more purpose. I know how much better I feel while I'm doing it, so while it's difficult, I'm really not on my own. Starting off with a challenge means there are a bunch (120+!) of other people doing it too, commiserating, food logging and blogging and aiming for some lofty goals and some BIG prizes.

So here they are, my 90 day goals:

1 - lose 20 pounds

2 - a banded pullup

3 - ten burpees without going to my knees

None of these are going to be easy, but I'm looking for some real change this year, and really want to make this stick beyond the 90 day mark. So, getting ready for the last hurrah NYE party tonight and then tomorrow morning, it's on.