Making the time

Hehe, seems like Sandy and Amy have missed my posts these past few days. Sorry!!

Let's see, Friday I ate pretty badly since I was with my boyfriend's dad and stepmom--they grilled T-bone steaks, jalapeno poppers, corn (bad bad! but I ate a lil mini cob), onions, squash, and yuuuummy bacon-wrapped shrimps. We also had salad and baked taters (bad I know). I passed on dessert, though--strawberry quesadillas (sound yummy, no?!), chocolate eclair, and something else. I was too stuffed to even think about dessert anyway. Well, the night before, they took me to this pub, and I ordered fried (I removed the breading) pork chops. Man, those things were GINORMOUS!! They were easily five of my hands, and I have big ol' hands. The manager came out when my food was being delivered, and he was shaking his head in disbelief that someone would be able to actually eat the whole thing, and when he saw me, he was like, "There's no way, no way!" haha! He was right: I managed to eat 1/4 of one of the chops, mainly because I was following the Zone rule about protein portions. The fried okra was quite tasty but a bit too salty. And I also cheated with the yummy potato/carrot/turnip latkes. There was a short shorts contest, too, and I actually won a prize. I was sporting my new CFDC shirt, too! Wooo! Except the announcer called me "Glasses" when introducing me as a contestant LOL! He didn't know anyone's name, so he just went with it. It was some good East Texas fun. Oh, and Kason's stepmom kept calling me her daughter-in-law when introducing me to people. EEK!

Sunday, I stayed in and was a big nerd the whole day--finished four assignments. Monday I went at 6 p.m. hoping to workout with Sandy (it's okay, I'm not hating!), and I felt like I wasn't myself since neither Sandy nor Erica was there to push me. I got 16 full rounds and 11 swings in with a 35# KB. I tried to get Jacquelyn to use 35#, but she did a few practice swings and decided to stick with 26#. I think if I had 1) chalked my hands after each round, and 2) had Erica and/or Sandy yelling in my face, I would have done a whole lot better, like at least 20 rounds. But by the 11th swing on the 17th round, I just let the KB slip out of my sweaty, cramping hands. Bleh. My forearms, shoulders, and upper back are still feeling it, and today's Wednesday!! As I would tell Kason, I have John McCain arms!!! I know that's awful to say, but I feel like how he must when he tries to raise his arms. I don't remember what workout did this in the past, but there were a few days where I couldn't take my shirt off by myself--I'd have to ask Kason to help me! LOL

Yesterday I went at 6 a.m. and suffered through Fran. But it helps to look back at the first time I ever did this WOD. I used 35# and a green band for pullups. I don't remember my time, though. This time, I used 40# and a red band and finished in 7:28. My last pullup wasn't good (my chin didn't go above the bar), so I redid it and accepted 7:33 as my time. Haha! I went in the last heat with Linda, Ryan, and Chase, so of course those three blazed past me. So there I was, doing my last 9 pullups, and Spencer was like, "OKAY EVERYBODY CHEER FOR CARRIE!!!" I didn't really like that. LOL No no no don't pay any attention to me while I do my weaksauce pullups!!! Hahahaha Well, I did appreciate how Spencer told the people who'd already gone to get off their asses and cheer the final heat on, and he told them all our names. He's awesome about that. I think I like the morning better because he's so different and more intense, I think. Not too bad on the eyes either. ;) Anyway, I felt like I could have done better, at least time-wise, but there's always room for improvement!

This morning, I went at 7 because I stayed up later last night doing work, but I've decided that I don't like working out at 7. Not sure what it is, but I had no energy. I don't usually eat when I workout at 6, so I didn't really think I needed to eat before going at 7. Wrong!! So I'll stick to 6 a.m., or I'll go in at noon if I don't feel like getting up that early. It is nice to be able to choose! :)

WOD:

Jerk

Find a heavy single.

Rest

Then take 85% of that weight and perform 2 jerks every minute for 8 minutes.

I was total weaksauce this morning--I could only do 63# for my heavy single and used 58# for the 8 minutes. Then for the CD I used the 20# sandbag for Turkish getups, 10 reps each side. I'm not going to beat myself up about it, though. I will most likely go to the nooner tomorrow and see how I do. It will be my fourth day, but I want to get in as many workouts as possible before my surgery next Tuesday. Woohoo!!

My diet since I've gotten back has been spot-on--I finally cooked the grass-fed chuck roast last night, and it was pretty good. I burned the edges a bit--left it in there too long, but the flavor was superb. I'll definitely be interested if/when Casey does another order. Also have been enjoying this chickpea salad I picked up at Central Market. It's Paleo except for the soybeans, but there aren't too many in there. I like mixing it with some avocado. Yum! I'm too lazy to log my diet everyday. I am being conscientious and aware of what I'm eating, though. I'm holding steady at 133#, and I don't want to gain any of the weight back. Ideally, I would lose a few more pounds and get to 130#, but I'm not too worried about it. I do feel stronger (exception being this morning haha) and more capable of doing more of the lifts. I think the six pounds I lost is what helped me finally get kipping pullups, that and I'm a lot stronger than I was three months ago. I LOVE CROSSFIT!

Okay, back to the books! Sorry to keep y'all waiting. :)