Spring Chick Check Week 3

RECAP:

Last Week

1. go to crossfit three times, work out at the gym at least twice. Logged 10 1 hr workouts, 3 yoga, 3 boxing, 4 crossfit
2. Take my vitamins (multi, fish oil, C + calcium) every single day.
3. Don't eat a single meal in front of the TV only watched about an hour of tv in general! 
4. Track my meals at least during the weekdays
5. Pamper myself. Dress nicely for class + moisturize all over at least once a day. Paint toes. Just not a high enough priority for me, I guess.
6. Drink 8 cups of water a day minimum - no idea where I stand here, just know I didn't make it.

Last Weeks Starting Weight: 138

This Week

1. go to crossfit three times, other workouts at least twice
2. take vitamins every single day
3. Don't eat in front of the TV
4. Track meals at least during weekdays
5. Drink more water
6. incorporate at least one run into my workouts

 This Weeks Starting Weight: 137.2 - down .8lbs

Last weeks mini challenge: Eat with your non-dominant hand. I did it a couple times but overall fail mostly due to forgetting.

This weeks mini challenge: No Sweets. Don't know how I feel about this.. We'll see!

I would have been happy to see a lower number on the scale but c'est la vie. It can be very hard to lose weight, the last 10lbs bootcamp proves it. Not impossible, though. Last night was a bit of a binge, albeit healthy (and delicious). Supper was spaghetti squash - really cool way to cut complex carbs if you like past like me! - with honey based sauce + veggies to top. Very high cal. Then for dessert homemade potato chips. Ate clean during the day so I came in just under my calories. It was reassuring knowing I made everything I was eating and so knew what was in it, it was still better than store bought over processed snacks.

Hubby wanted new boots so he got some at the mall today and there was a buy one get one half off. I have wanted vibram trail running shoes for a long time, they were there, and lets just say I'm a lucky girl. These are the reason I want to try running more, but the main reason I got them was my trainer recommended them for crossfit. The concept behind these shoes is that they are supposed to be similar to running barefoot - all the rage. I am a heel stroke runner and these are for people who run on the front of their foot (hubby does). Supposedly front foot running can help prevent shin splints and stress fractures - two things I have a history of. If anyone doesn't run at all, I suggest you look into front stroke running. It's really hard to retrain yourself (I've been working on it for a while and I still have a lot of trouble) it works a totally different set of muscles. However, in everything I've read it's shown to have serious benefits + help prevent injury. Just something to consider!

Hope everyone had a great week.

workout du jour

Crossfit


Warm Up:
10 push ups
10 boy rows
10 slam balls (12lbs)
10 sit ups
30 Double Unders

WOD:
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

10 reps of
Pull Ups (assisted)
Dead Lift (100lbs)
Dumbell Push Press(15lbs)
Sit ups
9 reps
8 reps
through to
1 rep


Time: 19:01

Totals:
55 pullups, DL, Dumbell PP + Sit ups

Forgot to write this one into my journal so I wanted to record it while everything was still fresh in my mind. More to come re: boxing.

Pump Up Song:

UPDATE

Tonight I did boxing, totally fun.

21 min of 2 min sprint 1 min jog (my sprints a jog my jogs a bouncy speed walk)

9 min drill of 1 min burpee, running + punching, mountain climbers, jumping jacks, repeat

30 min sparring

Love. Love. Love. Boxing. It so pays to take that step out of your comfort zone and try that thing you've been wanting to do.

Sitting Back after a Really Long Day

Todays Itinerary:

0700: wake up
0900: History of the Middle East
1100: Film + History
1400: Stuffing food in self
1500: History of the Middle East
1600: Run home and change
1700: Film + History
1800: Meeting with bosses
1930: Meeting ends early, HURRAY!
2000: Boxing
2141: Home sweet home

Awesome day all around although a little exhausting. I ate clean except for two mini quiche just now. You know how it is - us bingers binge at night. Not that I really had time earlier. The meeting went well - except I found out I'll be playing army this summer instead of doing second language training, which is what I had been hoping for. Hubby and I decided he'll call to wake me up every morning, since the only thing that can actually get me out of bed is his ringtone, knowing that my "are you up? good morning. i love you." is coming. Boxing was a blast, I went with the girl I met last night and we're going again tomorrow. I also have crossfit at 0930 tomorrow. I'm going to take some time to read and comment on some of the Spring Chick blogs out there, but I have a LOT of housework to do ( I ripped my apartment apart somehow in my rush to get ready for my impromptu boxing sesh last night) and then some research for two stupid assignments for stupid classes coming up at the end of the month. Bah humbug on that part.

Also, the tags: Even though it was probably random I'm actually really flattered I got tagged... TWICE! But each time I try and sit down to do it I keep going to bad places in the answer - which is weird - but I decided that as much as this is (mostly) anonymous and a safe space, I want to keep the karma pretty clean for now. Maybe I'll share my unhappy place someday. But for now, I'm sorry to the two that tagged me, but know you made my day :)

The Immigrant Song from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

This makes me feel almost as BA as Lisabeth, which makes me want to kick ass. I love the beat and I love that its a woman singing! Also, I think the part where she yells kind of sounds like a war cry which is awesome.

holy hannah

Wowsers! So I manned up and stopped by the boxing club tonight.. and.. and.. and they started me right then and there! Some boxing and some intervals. It was great. Adding another hour of exercise to todays total and that takes me too.. FOUR. Not sustainable. But damn good start. They want me to come back tomorrow, but I have class from 9-5 and then a meeting with my bosses from 6-9. So... I'm going at 9! I am going to HURT tomorrow. But it's worth it - I love it. Also - met a really nice girl at boxing. We decided to carpool and that is just another way for me to stay accountable to this commitment. On top of everything, membership there including access to the gym AND lessons is only 50$ a month, 40 if you pay on the first. Nuts! Its nuts! Great day! But I miss hubby.

workout du jour

Interval training:

Warm up: 2 rounds of Sun Salutations - they feel GREAT.

10 rounds 2 min skipping 1 min rest

break

warm up: 4 min sparring

5 rounds 30 sec pushups 30 sec rest (15 full start, avg. 3 full rmdr.)

break

warm up: 4 min sparring

10 rounds 30 sec sit ups 30 sec rest (avg. 20 sit ups / round)

break

15 min sparring

Todays workout was so so cool. The gym closed early so we missed it and I thought there would be no exercise today. We're staying at my parents house for the holidays though, and I thought to myself wouldn't it be awesome to move the cars out of the garage and use that as our gym? (I live in Canada and I'm sorry - today it is way to cold to work out outside). Well I was right and it was cool. And it was nice because my parents came out to see how we were doing. It was an awesome place for sparring. My jab is getting some power behind it and I'm improving my hook too. So thankful hubby enjoys working with me on it because I find boxing so, so fun. He boxed when he was younger and has a lot of matches under his belt. We're starting to work on footwork too and by the end of it I was making HIM move around the garage!

Anyways, today was an all around great day!

I did pretty good for food choices (aside from 5 pieces of licorice, which I dutifully tracked!). We'll see how the rest of the night goes :)

Todays Pump Up Song:

it came on a couple of times throughout the day today and each time hubby and I stopped to silly dance, including vulgar hip thrusts, the robot and moonwalking. All around awesomeness :)

Hope all of the Spring Chicks had as much fun as I did today! xx

- Desperate Student

spring chick challenge seems like a cute + fun way to share experiences

Name: Desperate Student ;)

Blog URL: desperatechubbystudent.blogspot.com/
Age: 21
Location: Canada


Goals
non-scale victory: increase 1 rep max for deadlift, improve time for 5k, fit into skinny jeans, improve number of consecutive push ups, get a full unassisted pull up.


exercise: maintain crossfit 3x/week, run one 5k/week increasing monthly, join a boxing club, begin taking part in other exercise programs offered at my school gym esp. yoga and swimming.


nutrition: slowly make paleo diet changes, attempting to remove majority of grain products. Drink min. 8 cups of water / day (juice + protein drinks count depending on what they are). Switch to egg whites only.
avoid bingeing.


starting weight: About 140
target challenge weight loss: 125-130

I look forward to supporting and being supported by everyone taking part. From what I've seen everyone has really great but also attainable goals. Looking forward to being inspired by everyones success!
xx

- Desperate Student

Revelation

02. Todays Workout:
30 minutes treadmill
I usually keep it at a comfortable jog (4.5) so today I started at 5.0 to push myself a little. About fifteen minutes in I went to 5.7 for five minutes, then between 4.5 and and 5.0 for the remainder. Warm up was stretches and walking around the gym.
3 sets 10 reps v-sits
8 kg medicine ball
3 sets 10 rep jumping pull ups
using a stand to reach the pullup bar that I didn't realize wasn't properly put together. it fell apart on my second rep of my first set, I fell straight on my ass. Very funny, very thankful no one else was around.
3 sets 5 reps sumo dead lifts
this was just to pass the time, weight was 12kg and under.
About 20min sparring with fiance, hitting heavy bag, speed bag
very, very, very fun. must actually join boxing club. i hurt my pinkie knuckle and im calling it my first war wound (it isn't serious at all).


01. I've lost five pounds this holiday season. Yesterday was the first day I exercised, and I haven't been eating clean. This means that I had five pounds of muscle mass to lose, which is kind of cool. Ready to put it back on.

Trying to make my fitness goals a little more tangible so that they are more easily tracked and I have a CLEAR goal instead of a 'moveable finish line'.

Thought:
Jan: Run 5k at least once a week
Feb: Run 5k at least twice a week
March: Run 5k at least three times a week
April: Begin running between 8 and 10k at least twice a week.

always work on improving times.
if needed distance can be raised.

Today I...

Excercise: 5k run in about 39 min (wow thats nowhere near where I used to be), about 1 min on the heavy bag just for fun! 10 pushups just to make sure I still could.
Eating: not clean. very not clean.
2 eggs, coffee with cream, terrys chocolate orange ;)

I really liked the heavy bag and will hopefully do a bit more with it tomorrow. Hoping to add in a bit of skipping and try out the Jacobs Ladder machine. I always see them using it on I Used to Be Fat and it looks really challenging. If they can do it so can I.

There is a really neat account on tumblr where they post 'reasons to be fit'. I think it is really neat what they do and how they are all empowering instead of hateful like most of the 'thinspo' I see. I love it and it is definitely worth visiting. This was the one that inspired me today:

photo credit: reasonstobefit.tumblr.com/

I'm going to have to creep around the site and see if it says where they get all of those awesome pictures from.

Todays pump up song at the gym was:

Great remix of Rock Star by N.E.R.D. The original is great but this takes that and makes it run-able.