Day 17

Last night was so blissfully silent in the EMS world. I cannot say how grateful I was for that one. Woke up around 10-ish and hung around base for a bit before I came home to get ready to work out. I don't generally eat before I go to the gym unless it's at least 2 hours before, mostly because previous experience has taught me not to.

The workout today was:

Warm-Up:
8 rounds tabata rowing (freaking tabata!)

Skill:
5-5-3-3-1-1-1 (2 minutes rest between each set) Back Squats with the goal of the last set being a 1 rep max

MetCon:
4 rounds: (3) power clean, (15) box jumps, (15) sit-ups

I KILLED the workout today. Killed it badly enough that I should get my EMT card taken away from me. My PR for squats is now up to 135 pounds...scary thing is I could have gone higher! I started at 75 as a warm-up and just kept going up from there. My legs are literally superhuman. I even got to ring the PR bell! I still don't know what my one rep max is but if I had to guess, I would put it around 150 since 135 was starting to get to that "I don't know if I can pick myself off the floor" point. The MetCon was rough but I got through it. I actually PR'd my power clean too. I usually do 53 pounds but did 73 today. I wasn't exactly throwing a celebration party since it was only 3 reps at a time but that's still pretty sweet. I suck at box jumps though. I can only get up to a 12" box right now. But at least it's starting to feel like I'm not so glued to the ground, so I guess I can't complain. I finished everything in 8:35, which ended up being dead last. I'm not worried about this since I really worked myself with this one. I'm really sore now though and looking forward to 2 days off. Going two days in a row wasn't that bad at all, I could keep doing it!

After working out I had a few errands to run so I stopped at Wegmans for some food. I've been craving a bag of chips so badly for the past few days. I don't know if it's from lack of carbs or the fact that I'm PMSing, but I walked into that place ready to kill someone for a bag of chips. So I got shrimp sushi instead. Wish they had it in brown rice or even one of those sushi bowls so I didn't need to eat the rice at all, but it is what it is. I also made myself a salad with some mixed greens and grilled chicken salad on top with some tomatoes. I was REALLY full after that one. For dinner I just had another salad with leftover chicken and a cut up tomato. I have to go food shopping again...bah. Still resisting a lot of the bad temptations though!

Overall, today was a good day. Honestly I wish my body could perform like this every time I go to the gym. I know I'm still getting used to the change in fuel form and I really need to get the sleeping thing down better, but I think I'm getting there. I just feel a lot stronger and someone told me last night that he can tell I've been working hard! Could be because he wanted to flatter me, but regardless of the motive, it made me feel good. I think my mind is starting to convert itself from not worrying so much about the numbers and just thinking of the final end product. I am a lot stronger now, both mentally and physically. My back is starting to get better and so are my knees! I'm really starting to look forward to this paleo challenge as well because it means I'll get to do something with a group of people.

So, because I'm a weird college student, I've already set rewards for myself when I finally do lose the weight that I want to lose. I'll finally get that belly piercing that I've always wanted and maybe even another tattoo. And naturally a celebratory shopping spree with a cleaning out of the closets, but that one was a given.