Today marks 'Week 3, day 1'.
The 84.1kg at the start, now 81.8kg on my scales, (which weigh me about 500g more than the Crossfit ones anyway)
Bust, (fullest part), was 110cm, now 106cm
Waist, (most narrow part), was a disgusting 95.5cm, now 88cm
Navel had swelled to 102cm, now 95-96cm
Didn't re-do hips or thighs.
Another week down. Not perfect but controlled. Was pleased to note my last treadmill session had improved. I could actually keep up running on an incline of 1 for 32 mins at 10kmph, and not stop for a breather after 20 something minutes. Nothing worth writing home about but the best managed since about March.
Had a really tough WOD on Tuesday. (I thought it was tough anyway). During our skills session we practiced front squats. As trainer knows my form looks awkward, he decided to help me, decide I needed a really light weight, and to only increase weight gradually. (I think he thinks I'm really unfit, haven't trained much before or ever really done barwork ever). I did notice I wasn't squatting very low, as it got a bit painful....and I was still getting used to the front squat. After a while I decided to do a squat with no weight.....ouch.....I pulled my groin somehow. I told the coach that, indeed I'm not that pathetic and weak! Not sure how exactly I strained my groin but it was sore for a couple of days, seems to be all good now.
After that......I did a workout, 40 walking lunges, 40 pushups, 40 sit ups, 1 min constant skipping, then 20 of each, plus a min skipping, then 20 of each again, 1 min skipping, then 10 of each, 1 min skipping. I have to say by Thursday, I had severe DOMS, particularly across my abs. Trainer told me how to scale my sit ups when they got too tough....pffffff.....was determined not to do that haha! I did a scaled version, (some of us were asked to for time), I think the RX version is 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 for all the 'fitzos'!
Oh well, if he thinks I'm elementary or unfit now......he is gonna be shown hahaha! At the end of the Paleo challenge, he has said he is doing 5 burpees for each kilo each person loses......so for me I want him doing 50, and there are almost 30 people doing this challenge so he may be busy!!! And I'm on the easiest dietary choice of the 3 options.
I missed Crossfit on Wednesday, - groin was still sore and there were huge threats of snow storms. Thursday I had severe DOMS and spent all Thursday and Friday doing an assignment for my course. Saturday got the treadmill run in and some work doing pushups, kettlebells swings and squats and tricep dips. I still need to be a bit more consistent with workouts I feel, - my 3-4 a week effort need to be stepped up to at least 5 now! Diet wise, still good on no diet or normal soft drinks. No real binges......although after tea, then wine one night I had 2 jacket microwaved potatoes with cheese, squeezed lemon and pepper. Regretted that, still felt full when I woke up, but did skip breakfast. Another day, my steak was so good, (my 220g portion was supposed to be 2 meals), I cooked it all to have half for tea, and half cold the next day for breakfast. Umm, had all for tea, was slightly overfull but skipped protein out of my breakfast the next morning.
On Saturday night, - a new friend I'm sorta seeing found out luv Paua, so made me paua patties. I was thinking 2, 3 max for me with some side salad. But he made me 5, had his steak, I know paua is expensive to buy, but he can catch them himself. He didn't want to eat any more than half of one so I ended up having 4 and a half. Anyway, these were the best paua patties I've ever had, no flour, pretty much just paua meat and onion in these ones! I keep telling him about my challenge, my need and desire for results lol, performance all round and of course fatloss! He made me tea another night, I tell him....'healthy, and not too much', but feel too rude if I get too strict about the paleo ingredients hardcore. He is right into resistance training and building muscle himself, and is doing a hardcore programme.
Other news, my best mate from Perth and her partner are coming to stay at my house tomorrow! (I lived with her for just over a year before returning to NZ, and her partner moved in a couple of months before I moved back). On Wednesday and Thursday, I think we are heading up to Queenstown. Am very excited about that. Am about to head to the pool now, do 1km of laps, then Crossfit. Final house pampering tomorrow morning, then a Crossfit workout at lunch, then meeting them mid arvo or so I think. Healthy version lasagna and salad for tea at mine!
So that's me at the moment, talk soon. Oh yeah, - we have a 'mild' high of 9 degrees today. For a good few days last week I didn't see anything above 4!...and into the negatives at night!
Pip
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Sunday, June 16, 2013
PALEO CHALLENGE UPDATE......WEEK 1 DOINGS
Time for a check in!
Well, I submitted my food log and training log for the week.......awaiting feedback now.
For work last week, I was in an active job. It involved power walking/sometimes some running, along with pushing and pulling for 5-7 hours a day! Enough for a sweat up despite almost freezing temperatures over here. For work I've been on the go picking up bundles of either 5 or 10 1-2 year old trees, and bagging up either bags of 100 or 150 trees. I have to power walk/sometimes run/use muscles to keep up the pace required! And I come home totally covered in mud and mainly wet and buggered lol!
Other than that, my training was 2 Crossfit WOD's, (Workout of Day) plus 2 stints on the treadmill. My fitness isn't all that flash at the moment. Therefore I set the incline on 1 and speed at 10kmph, aiming to push out 30 mins or 5km! Right now I'm not managing to do it in one stint. On Tuesday I had to have a 5 min break at the 22 min mark, and on Friday a 4 min break at the 25 min mark before getting on to complete the 5k. I was too stubborn to drop the pace....so opted for the rest.
Oh, I managed a 1:57 500m at level 10 on the rower on Thursday at Crossfit gym! I am eventually aiming for a sub 4 min km at level 10 on rower. Ellusive to me. A few years back, the closest I've come is 4:08. I can't yet keep up the pace required, - I have a love/hate relationship with rower.
Compared to other fit people in the class, I have a long way to go. The box jumps scare me. I don't know how all of the chicks seem to make it look so easy to do heaps of box jumps on a 16 inch box minimum...but up to a 24 inch box! And the guys! They are awesome! But I am determined to get better and stronger all round. I can only seem to do a 16 inch box jumps with a small run up, so my WODS can take a while!
Food wise, I can report no bingeing, no coke zero, no drinking alone, no sugary confectionary, lots of water so all good. HOWEVER....my social life has um...changed a bit of late, too much drinking on Friday and Saturday night took place, not the best food choices, (but social eating) and no training on the weekend. It's a hard one, as while trying to fit into new social situations, I want to appreciate the efforts/be grateful of how others prepare food for me and not be too rigid and obsessive.....but still feel 'on track'. But I really must/want to cut back on drinking this week and prioritise rather than flag off all training!
While I am still eating grains, I do want to try just to prioritise Paleo eating a little more.
Till next time,
Pip
Well, I submitted my food log and training log for the week.......awaiting feedback now.
For work last week, I was in an active job. It involved power walking/sometimes some running, along with pushing and pulling for 5-7 hours a day! Enough for a sweat up despite almost freezing temperatures over here. For work I've been on the go picking up bundles of either 5 or 10 1-2 year old trees, and bagging up either bags of 100 or 150 trees. I have to power walk/sometimes run/use muscles to keep up the pace required! And I come home totally covered in mud and mainly wet and buggered lol!
Other than that, my training was 2 Crossfit WOD's, (Workout of Day) plus 2 stints on the treadmill. My fitness isn't all that flash at the moment. Therefore I set the incline on 1 and speed at 10kmph, aiming to push out 30 mins or 5km! Right now I'm not managing to do it in one stint. On Tuesday I had to have a 5 min break at the 22 min mark, and on Friday a 4 min break at the 25 min mark before getting on to complete the 5k. I was too stubborn to drop the pace....so opted for the rest.
Oh, I managed a 1:57 500m at level 10 on the rower on Thursday at Crossfit gym! I am eventually aiming for a sub 4 min km at level 10 on rower. Ellusive to me. A few years back, the closest I've come is 4:08. I can't yet keep up the pace required, - I have a love/hate relationship with rower.
Compared to other fit people in the class, I have a long way to go. The box jumps scare me. I don't know how all of the chicks seem to make it look so easy to do heaps of box jumps on a 16 inch box minimum...but up to a 24 inch box! And the guys! They are awesome! But I am determined to get better and stronger all round. I can only seem to do a 16 inch box jumps with a small run up, so my WODS can take a while!
Food wise, I can report no bingeing, no coke zero, no drinking alone, no sugary confectionary, lots of water so all good. HOWEVER....my social life has um...changed a bit of late, too much drinking on Friday and Saturday night took place, not the best food choices, (but social eating) and no training on the weekend. It's a hard one, as while trying to fit into new social situations, I want to appreciate the efforts/be grateful of how others prepare food for me and not be too rigid and obsessive.....but still feel 'on track'. But I really must/want to cut back on drinking this week and prioritise rather than flag off all training!
While I am still eating grains, I do want to try just to prioritise Paleo eating a little more.
Till next time,
Pip
Sunday, June 9, 2013
CROSSFIT 10 WEEK PALEO CHALLENGE.......
G'day all!
Well, life has been a bit topsy turvy of late...in other words I have let the *stop *start effect occur. Not enough consistent streamlined progress before really falling off track. However am not here to moan about that.......instead I ht ave signed up for a 10 week paleo challenge!!!!!
This isn't an 'online' challenge.......or a shakes/supplements type of challenge either.
We had 3 levels of Paleo to choose from, number 1 being ultra strict....no grains, 0-1 serves of dairy, no starches, no alcohol, no sugar, some of the right fruits, (ie berries)....basically protein, greens, nuts, seeds, and some non sweetened baking without grains or regular flour. Number 2 option was called 80/20......meaning either a free day, 3 free meals, some alcohol, or similar *agreed* conditions applied, - the rest as per option 1. Number 3 option, - healthier living! I signed up for the easier option, number 3 in this case today.
My goals for the 10 weeks are:
* No bingeing
* At least 2 Crossfit WOD's per week....plus 20k running, (either outdoors, incline treadmill or flat faster treadmill) plus either a 20k bike ride or 1k swim. I also own a 6kg and 8kg kettlebell and some 4kg dumbells so just need to regularly put in at least 10 mins each third day working those at home along with pushups, lunges, plank.
* No confectionary sugar except social occasions where none feels out of place....keep moderate! If I'm to make a dessert of cake, I'm to keep it paleo friendly this challenge!
* I am not wanting to give up bread, starch and grains......but am aiming for at least 2 days a week where I just go paleo....for the 10 weeks.
* No drinking alcohol alone, just moderate socially if I choose to, always alternated with water.
* Am shooting for about a 10kg loss, to be much faster, stronger and fitter....and to have a consistent 10 weeks.
* No coke zero......I drink about 2-3 600ml bottles per week. So this should be easy as a few years ago I used to average 2-3 600ml bottles per day of diet fizz.
We repeat todays Workout of the day.....in 5 weeks, to see progress, then again at end of 10 weeks.
* We had photos taken today, again that happens in 10 weeks
Today weighed in at 84.1kg, had a 95.5cm waist, (shit!) I know I've never had to worry about giving up grains or carbs to lose weight in the past. Even mid 2011 I reached 62kg......still ate grains, potatoes etc as I dropped to that while eating them, training well and feeling good. When I was 21, I decided to get fit, low fat was more the craze then, so I worried more about what a piece of meat contained rather than a wholegrain baguette and quite easily at that time dropped to 58-60kg where I maintained for a while. I do luv paleo food, want lots of my diet made up of it, but I'm tentative about cutting out food types, but like the environment and am keen to try and keep up with the 'strict' paleo group :-)
Well, life has been a bit topsy turvy of late...in other words I have let the *stop *start effect occur. Not enough consistent streamlined progress before really falling off track. However am not here to moan about that.......instead I ht ave signed up for a 10 week paleo challenge!!!!!
This isn't an 'online' challenge.......or a shakes/supplements type of challenge either.
We had 3 levels of Paleo to choose from, number 1 being ultra strict....no grains, 0-1 serves of dairy, no starches, no alcohol, no sugar, some of the right fruits, (ie berries)....basically protein, greens, nuts, seeds, and some non sweetened baking without grains or regular flour. Number 2 option was called 80/20......meaning either a free day, 3 free meals, some alcohol, or similar *agreed* conditions applied, - the rest as per option 1. Number 3 option, - healthier living! I signed up for the easier option, number 3 in this case today.
My goals for the 10 weeks are:
* No bingeing
* At least 2 Crossfit WOD's per week....plus 20k running, (either outdoors, incline treadmill or flat faster treadmill) plus either a 20k bike ride or 1k swim. I also own a 6kg and 8kg kettlebell and some 4kg dumbells so just need to regularly put in at least 10 mins each third day working those at home along with pushups, lunges, plank.
* No confectionary sugar except social occasions where none feels out of place....keep moderate! If I'm to make a dessert of cake, I'm to keep it paleo friendly this challenge!
* I am not wanting to give up bread, starch and grains......but am aiming for at least 2 days a week where I just go paleo....for the 10 weeks.
* No drinking alcohol alone, just moderate socially if I choose to, always alternated with water.
* Am shooting for about a 10kg loss, to be much faster, stronger and fitter....and to have a consistent 10 weeks.
* No coke zero......I drink about 2-3 600ml bottles per week. So this should be easy as a few years ago I used to average 2-3 600ml bottles per day of diet fizz.
We repeat todays Workout of the day.....in 5 weeks, to see progress, then again at end of 10 weeks.
* We had photos taken today, again that happens in 10 weeks
Today weighed in at 84.1kg, had a 95.5cm waist, (shit!) I know I've never had to worry about giving up grains or carbs to lose weight in the past. Even mid 2011 I reached 62kg......still ate grains, potatoes etc as I dropped to that while eating them, training well and feeling good. When I was 21, I decided to get fit, low fat was more the craze then, so I worried more about what a piece of meat contained rather than a wholegrain baguette and quite easily at that time dropped to 58-60kg where I maintained for a while. I do luv paleo food, want lots of my diet made up of it, but I'm tentative about cutting out food types, but like the environment and am keen to try and keep up with the 'strict' paleo group :-)
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