Reality Check and Weekly Workout Recap

So we are in Kansas for Christmas and I have had a few reality checks just in the few short days we have been here.  1) I am extremely out of shape!!!--I have been working out with my mom at Project Fitness (CrossFit) and it has literally been kicking my butt.  I do CrossFit at home, but it is NOWHERE near the same as the benefits you get from an actual CrossFit "box".  2) When we worked out on Wednesday, I asked my mom to do my body fat analysis and all that on the scale.  I know it isn't completely accurate but the numbers that I saw were HORRIFYING to say the least!!!  I am hoping it is the slap in the face that I need to get my butt back in gear.  I will break it down for you.  My weight (with clothes on, no shoes) was 203.2--not as bad as I thought it would be.  My body mass index was 32.8--pretty sure that I am considered extremely obese by those numbers.  This number right here is what is most horrifying to me. My body fat percentage was 49.2%--holy crap!!!!  That means almost HALF of my body is FAT!!!!!  My muscle percentage was 22.1%.  My visceral fat (the fat around your heart) was an 8--not terrible but definitely needs to be down to like a 5 or 6.  My body age was 54!!!  Folks, I am 28 years old!!!!!  My body age is almost half of my REAL age and as old as my mom's real age!!!  I also found out that if I were to start counting calories again, just what I need to maintain and stay the same weight I am now is 1,633 calories.  So I would need to decrease that number by at least 200-400 calories.  Good to know, cause I was eating WAY TOO MUCH when I was counting calories!!  And 3) I still have a looooong way to go!!  I went shopping with my mom yesterday and everything I tried on made me look like a blimp!!!  Mind you, since giving birth to my son, I have lost roughly 35 lbs.  Yeah, I have a ways to go!!!!

So what am I going to do about these numbers and what I saw in the mirror?  Really, there is only 1 thing to do and that is let it motivate me!!!  I have worked out all but 1 day since I've been home with my mom and gotten some good calorie burns.  BUT, my diet is what needs the work and I know this.  I crave breads and sweets and all the bad stuff (really, who doesnt?!)  But I have to get past the momentary satisfaction of the taste and remember how the crap makes me feel about an hour later.  I lack energy throughout the rest of the day.  I crave caffeine just to get my through the day or if I don't get the caffeine then I need extra sleep.  I have headaches and inflammation and an upset stomach.  WHY CAN'T I GET THIS THROUGH MY THICK SKULL!?!?!?!

Anyway, I digress from all the sad, woe is me, stuff.

Onto my weekly workout recap:

12/19/12--For Time with a 20 minute time limit
75 squats
150 double unders or 600 singles
50 pull-ups
100 sit-ups
50 push-ups
150 double unders or 600 singles
75 squats

I modified this a bit and only got 50 of the singles and did a 30 calorie row in place of it.  I subbed 50 pull-ups for 50 ring rows and then when the 20 minute mark had hit I only had gotten in 80 sit-ups.  Great workout but I was gassed by the end of it!!  I think only 1 guy out the three classes RXed it and finished in 18:36!!

12/20/12
Strength: Hang power cleans 1-1-1-1-1-1

Skill:  Max calorie row in 5 minutes (I burned 56 calories)

And the WOD was a 10 minute AMRAP of:
5 hang power cleans (max weight from strength workout)--I only used the 25 lb bar and was having huge issues with form!!!
10 chest to bar pull-ups ( did ring rows)
15 push balls--I used a 10 lb ball

Completely 4 rounds

12/21/12
"12 days of Christmas"
1 power snatch (I just used a PVC pipe working on form)
2 ring dips (did these off a box)
3 burpees
4 ring rows (did these off a bar)
5 toes to bar (just worked on form--can't even get knees to elbows)
6 push-ups (off a bar)
7 squats
8 jumping lunges (L/R=1)--stationary lunges for part and walking lunges for part
9 box jumps (did step-ups off of 3 45 lb plates)
10 wall balls (10 lb ball)
11 KB swings
12 thrusters

The way the workout works is like the song.  You do 1 power snatch.  Then you do 2 rings dips + 1 power snatch.  Then 3 burpees + 2 ring dips + 1 power snatch, etc.  All the way up to 12 and back down.

My mom and I got to 10 wall balls and then on our way back down only made it to 6 push-ups.  We were fatigued but it was a wonderfully awful or awfully wonderful (however you want to look at it!!!) workout!!!!

Hope you lovelies are having a great week and enjoy your time celebrating Christmas (hopefully with those you love!!)

~Suzanne~

Out of Commission

Last Thursday evening as I was going through my routine getting ready for bed I noticed my throat starting to hurt.  I took some Zicam and all my other night time medicine and as I was crawling into bed, my entire body started aching.  Low and behold, on Saturday morning Thomas took me to the doctor and I tested positive for the flu.  Have you ever had a flu test?  I wanted to punch the nurse in throat, it hurt so bad!!!  My head already felt like it was going to explode and then the nurse came in and had to basically stick what was long q-tips all the way up my nose.  She stuck them so far up there I am pretty sure she reached my brain.  I immediately starting crying because it hurt so bad.....yes, I am a 28 year old woman, and I still cry sometimes at the doctor's office....sue me!!!  But the nurse actually kinda started laughing at me!!!  Seriously?!?!?!

After a prescription for Tamiflu, alternating between Coricidin HBP Maximum Flu (yes I have high blood pressure too) and NyQuil for the evenings, I am somewhat starting to feel normal again (whatever that is).  I still sound like a man when I talk and I'm hacking up all kinds of nasty green things...blech.  But I haven't worked out since Thursday and it is killing me not to do anything but my lungs just can't handle it right now.

I did just attempt the 12-12-12 WOD from CrossFit Mamas and only made it through 1 round before I was hacking.  So now I am extremely behind on my squat challenge and my plank challenge.  So you know what I'm gonna be doing the rest of the week?  Playing catch up!!!  I have LOTS of squats to do to get  back on track!  UGH!

On a much much happier note, the flu has done some good!  Haha!  I saw THIS on the scale yesterday!!!

And then I got dressed......blah.  But I'm there!!!  Also, Christmas came early for me!  Hubby got me a:

Polar FT7 Heart Rate Monitor!  Merry Christmas to me!!!!  Wooohooo!!!!  :)  So stinkin' excited!!!  Anyway, I hope y'all are having a fabulous week!  Just wanted to give a little update.  I am so bad about writing new blogs but don't want to bore y'all with the same ol' same ol' so I don't update unless it's important to me and worth updating!  Latez y'all!  :)

Suzanne

December Goals

First of all, I can't believe it is already December!!!  13 days until I get to go to Kansas for Christmas and spend a fantastic 2 weeks with my mom, dad, and brother.  It has been a long time since we've all been together for Christmas and I am so stinkin' excited!!!

Secondly, are my December goals.  Currently, I am doing a plank and squat challenge and also I entered a contest on DietBet called Holiday Weight Loss Challenge that all I have to do is lose 4% of my weight and everyone that does gets to split the pot! The pot as of right now, is up to $5000!  I am so excited!  If I do lose my 4%,  I will finally be in ONEDERLAND!!!  Woohoo!!!

I have also stumbled across Crossfit Mamas that I am absolutely LOVING and it is really challenging me and, I know, making me stronger.  My workout tonight was ridiculous and I had to stop a few times because I thought I might throw up!  I had to do "Tabata Fight Gone Bad".  You do 8 intervals of 4 different exercises with 20 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest.  By round 6 I was about done but kept going.  I had to take a longer break than 10 seconds on a few of the workouts but I completed it!  My goal for December is to do CrossFit everyday and keep up with my plank and squat challenges.

I think I can, I think I can!  Wait, what am I talking about?!  I KNOW I can!!!



 

A Journey in Pictures

Join me on this journey through pictures as I remind myself where I was at my heaviest, where I was when I was happy, and how I CAN get back there with a lot of hard work and dedication!

June 14, 2008 at my heaviest of 215.  This is when I knew I needed to do something and make a change.

September 28, 2008

November 8, 2008

 January 16, 2009

April 24, 2009

June 26, 2009

September 5, 2009--165ish.  This is the lowest that I got until life got in the way.  I HAD to fit in this dress for my best friend's wedding.  I did it and then sort of lost motivation.  I sure did look good that day though!

February 16, 2010--I was so skinny!  I KNOW I can get back there.  I look at these pictures as motivation and remind myself that I did it once and I CAN do it again!

This was the weekend before I gave birth.  I think I weighed around 235 (Eeeekkk!).

And FINALLY, here I am today with my sweet baby boy.  Weighing in at about 206 (minus the baby!  Hehe!!)

We can do this y'all!  I am hoping to get back to where I was, but have to take it 1 day at a time, and not beat myself up over it.  I had a baby for goodness sake!  I got this!  :)

-Suzanne-

Beached Whale

I so feel like a beached whale today.  Several days of not working out and bad food choices and the result I get is feeling like a fat cow!!!  Thanksgiving binging ended up being more than just Thanksgiving, but I'm back on it now.  I have done well the last 2 days.  I haven't weighed myself because quite frankly, I am afraid of what the number is.  I have decided to stop counting calories on My Fitness Pal because I am becoming entirely too obsessed with it and feel like if I have the calories for it, then I can still eat crap.  So I am back to paleo and am feeling so much better already.  I will weigh, probably on Friday.  Do any of you have problems with obsessive weighing?  Like, I will weigh every day, multiple times a day because I feel like if I don't I will get too off track.  I weigh after using the restroom in the morning and then pretty much everytime after I use the restroom until I eat breakfast to see if I am any lower.  I wish I wasn't so worried about a number on a scale and just was worried about feeling good and being comfortable with myself, but I guess I'm just not wired that way.  I am not doing so great on the Slimmer by December challenge that the fit camp that I am a part of is doing...in fact, I am sucking it up!!!  Anyway, just wanted to do a short blurb.  If we all get a head start on our "New Years' Resolutions", think about how much further along we will be than everyone else!!  Keep on keepin' on!!

Suzanne

PaleOMG's Baked Apple Pie Apples

Holy Cow! Y'all have to try this recipe! They are delish!  Baked Apple Pie Apples  I changed it just a smidge because I didn't have access to Gluten Free Lasagna and didn't have time to order them from the website so I made my own pie crust/crumble stuff from here: Paleo Pie Crust but instead of almonds, I did pecans and it was amazing! I just kind of globbed it on top of the apples and it turned out AHHHHMAZING!!!  Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure!!

Holly and Erin's Turkey Trot Linkup!!

This is first time I've done a Vlog so bear with me!  It was kind of fun though but took me 3 tries to get it right and it still isn't perfect!  Oh well!  Hope y'all enjoy!  Sorry for the video not being centered and being so shaky (I was recording from my iPhone and was having to hold it--sue me!!)  Also sorry for my son squealing in the background (He was watching Yo Gabba Gabba and is in his jumperoo!!)  Hehe!  Hope y'all have a fabulous Thanksgiving!

1. What do you look forward to more: the food, football or parades?
2. What is your favorite non-traditional Thanksgiving Day dish?
3. After dinner, is it football or a nap?
4. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Which is your favorite float?
5. Where do you go to celebrate and eat your big meal? Who is there (family, friends)?
6. What is your favorite turkey day dessert?