Well I'm laying in bed here at base knowing I'm not getting more than 5 hours of sleep tonight. Literally I went from relaxing at home all day to becoming the angel of death.
Spent most of the day at home. I decided against going to the gym and tackling Open WOD 13.3, mostly because I plan on going tomorrow morning.
Open WOD 13.3:
12 minutes
150 wall balls (14#)
90 Double Unders
30 Muscle-Ups
If I'd actually done this one, I was going to be very impressed if I got past the wall balls. Even if I had I would have been at a loss of what to do considering I've never gotten a double under and have done minimal work on getting one. Muscle ups - forget about it. Honestly, I'm ok with not going. My legs needed the break.
Went to work the evening at Henrietta and was asked to stay an extra hour. No biggie. Left there and came to RIT for the overnight and the world blew up. Trauma everywhere. So in celebration of a job well done, I assisted in celebrating a friend's birthday with some cake. Yep, I had cake. It was chocolate too! And now I feel like a cow. Well, I don't know if it's the cake or the fact that I've managed to drink my entire body weight in fluid ounces today. I don't know what it was but I just kept refilling that water bottle. I'm back to that bloated feeling I had back when I started drinking half my weight. For some reason that water was just wonderful today. Otherwise I've been eating really well today!
Tomorrow morning is Challenge WOD #3, our last one. I didn't get to #2 because I was working that day. Don't really know what to expect other than I may feel like dying afterwards. I'm sure I can handle whatever they've got coming at us (hopefully).
One week left in the Paleo Challenge. After having that cake I don't know how those last 5 pounds are going to go, but luckily the next time I'll have to step foot in an ambulance base is next Tuesday so I'll have no excuses on why I can't be good after tonight. Nothing but clean eating. The fruit supply in my house is almost gone too so that will no longer be a temptation either, although I've been really good about that aspect lately.
I have to say, I'm nervous as shit about doing that baseline workout again. I've made huge strides as far as endurance and power, but those squat cleans into thrusters are doing a tapdance on my nerves. The burpee box jumps come in close second. Realistically, I just want to be able to finish it. I'll definitely be using a heavier kettlebell and the same height for my box jump. I will most likely also use the same weight for the clusters. I don't want to go too overboard since the end goal is to just finish it this time, but I also don't want to hold myself back and not challenge myself. It's going to be something I'll definitely put a lot of thought into this week. Just freaking out is all. I don't want to end up disappointing myself because I'm getting one measurement, but the measurements I got were pretty different than the ones they got at the gym. So I get psyched over seeing that I took an inch off my hips and arms, but then I think about what my results as far as the coaches go. I've been feeling so good that I'm not really ready for a setback just yet. Mentally I've grown a lot in these past 2 months so I'd like to keep that runner's high as long as possible. I know the changes are there. I wouldn't be wearing smaller pants if they weren't, but my anxiety will always exist regardless of how well I'm doing at any one time. Just something I need to work around.
And it's bedtime. I get a lot of my weekend off again! Can't wait to just relax!
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