Sorry for not posting last night. I was on the evening shift and got home exhausted so I went right to bed.
Yesterday was a productive day of working out and getting errands done. Went to the gym at 915 (it's getting a lot easier to do these early morning workouts).
Warm-Up:
15 medball squat cleans
15 wall balls
15 medball sit-ups
15 overhead lunges
Skill (not for time):
4 kartwheels
10 ring dips
50 double unders or 1 min. of practice
MetCon:
5000 m row
The warm-up didn't go as badly as I thought it would. Maybe I'm actually starting to get used to squat cleans and wall balls. The really fun part was getting to do kartwheels! There's actually a lot of gymnastic type movements that go into crossfit. Mostly because it strengthens up your shoulders and improves your coordination. They're a lot easier for me to do than handstands, that's for sure. Ring dips are tough, been doing them assisted. I never really did them until this week so I can't say I'm surprised. Still don't have double unders, only thing I accomplished was whipping myself with the jump rope. Freakin' hurts! The MetCon was rough! Our coach said it'd take us about 20 minutes to complete and that we should find a pace that works and find a happy place. Yeah, happy place my ass. The Bahamas weren't distracting me from this one. I set a pace of about 2:30 per 500 meters, which wasn't bad. It worked my muscles more instead of tiring out my cardio system first. The last 200 meters I turned up the heat and went at a pace of 1:55 per 500 meters, fastest I've ever gone. Finished in 25:16, which wasn't dead last! I was pretty convinced the whole time that I was going to be last, considering I took a break in the middle. I was happy! (and sore).
Spent the rest of the day kind of cleaning up the house and getting things put back together before the evening shift. I was exhausted but it all had to get done. Food yesterday was a breakfast of a fried egg over leftover meatloaf and a banana with almond butter. Lunch was a chicken breast with a side salad. Dinner was the last of the sausage and red pepper soup and chicken drumsticks with a cut up tomato.
Took the evening shift to put together a list of recipes that I wanted to make this week. I won't post the recipes right now but these are the ones I plan on trying:
Gluten-Free Oatmeal
Chocolate Lara Bars
Artichoke Pesto Spaghetti Squash with Grilled Shrimp
"Spaghetti" Carbonara
Creamy Clam Chowder
Buffalo Chicken Meatloaf
I've been thinking the past couple of days about which recipes I've seemed to like the most so far. Honestly, I haven't found one that I didn't love, but I did find there are a few staple foods/recipes that I plan on having in the house at all times:
Frittata (although I won't be making one this week)
Zucchini Fritters (they literally go well with anything, or just by themselves)
Sweet potatoes! (great as fries, or as chips which I will be trying this week)
Tomatoes and zucchini (the perfect lazy yet versatile vegetables)
Spaghetti squash (yes I've actually learned to like it!)
Eggs (both for breakfast and boiled as snacks)
Lettuce (makes an easy side salad or can be used as a wrap)
Deli meat (really learned to love the turkey bologna, but it's great when I need a quick side of meat with breakfast or my really lazy thing to do is to wrap it around some leftover vegetables)
Almond butter (duh!)
Today has been another day of running around. Spent a couple hours in the morning finalizing my food shopping list. Then it was gym time.
Warm-Up:
8 rounds tabata jump rope
20 PVC good mornings with a push press
20 PVC pass-throughs
Skill:
5 x 3 split jerk
AMRAP:
15 minutes
Ascending ladder: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7...
Thrusters
5 chest to bar pull-ups between each set.
Midline:
3 x 30 sit-ups
This work-out was all arms. All of it. It's one of those workouts when you walk out feel like a little T-Rex because your shoulders are just useless. Split jerks went really well. Since we had less reps to do this time, I went up in weight since last time. Finally stopped at 93 pounds. Almost broke my ankle, but it's all good. The AMRAP was awful. Thrusters are a squat with a push press. You hold the bar in front of you, squat down, and as you stand up you push the bar above your head. So with this movement you essentially use your extension muscles. Then tack on some push-ups to that, where you're using your flexion muscles, and now you understand why I felt like T-Rex. I used 73 pounds for my thrusters and finished 7 sets of thrusters + pull-ups and another 3 thrusters into my 8th set. It's starting to get annoying feeling like I'm not getting anywhere with push-ups. Today I would get through the first 3 and after that just couldn't get my chest all the way up. So frustrating.
After working out I did the food shopping. Went to Trader Joe's and got a majority of it done. Next was Target to look for a Julienne peeler again. What I found was a $20 mandoline that has a julienne slicer included. I get the feeling it's not the same as a peeler, but considering it will be very useful when I make sweet potato chips or need something sliced thinly, I won't complain. Finished up the rest of the shopping at Wegmans. Although it means I have to driver a little further, I'm completely ok with this new routine because I know if I'd bought all the things I needed at Wegmans, I would have ended up spending a lot more money than I was comfortable spending. From a college student's standpoint, the trip today was still a little pricey considering I'm trying even more recipes, but it was doable compared to the alternative. I also ended up picking up a couple extra things at Trader Joe's as alternatives if Wegmans didn't have spaghetti squash again.
Because of all the errands that had to get done, I ended up missing lunch so I'll probably just make an early dinner with whatever leftovers are still in the fridge. I was going to do some meal prepping today but I've been feeling a little sick so I'm going to take it easy before the overnight. My throat is a little tingly and I feel a little run down so I grabbed some cough drops in my travels and I'm hoping I can keep it at bay. Tomorrow will probably be a meal prep day.
Long post but I had to catch you guys up on yesterday :) Going back to the gym again tomorrow morning. I'm very conflicted because I've started liking the early morning classes, but I miss my M,W, F 12:00 class family. The Thursday 9:15 class is pretty chill too. I kind of felt like a stranger in a strange place yesterday morning with all the people I didn't know. Makes you truly realize how close you get to the people that you see often in there and how comfortable you get around them. I dunno, maybe I'm just an addict which is entirely possible.
P.S. I finally hid my goddamn scale and the tape measure in my closet yesterday. I feel like they've become an unhealthy obsession. I've been weighing myself daily, sometimes even twice daily and it's done nothing but get me down because I don't see the numbers changing. First of all, we've proven that my scale and the scale at the gym are different from each other by like a factor of 8 pounds, so weighing myself on my scale really isn't doing shit. Secondly, I feel great. Why the hell am I going to ruin that with a stupid number, or sucking it in a little bit so I can feel like I lost half an inch. I realized this morning that I made the right decision when the first thing I thought of after waking up was weighing myself. Like seriously, I amaze myself with some of the ridiculous things I do.
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