I'm back...

Oh man. Instead of figuring out how long it has been since I've written let's just skip to the reason I'm posting. :) It has been a while. I've been getting back to taking care of myself (yet again) for about 110 days now. Today's workout was Murph. This wod is very popular for memorial day amongst the crossift community. It honors a navy seal officer who was killed in the line of duty. I believe he was a crossfitter. His workout consists of running 1 mile. 100 pullups, 200 pushups, 300 squats and end it with another mile run. This is supposed to be done with a weighted vest. Maybe next year or next time I do this one I'll  have a weighted vest but for today it was just my bodyweight. (which is more than enough lol) Even though I do not crossift with others (belong to a box) I still wod in my basement or garage. If nothing else crossfit showed me how strong I was and gave me another perspective to working out. And for days like today it gives you a purpose to push yourself other than your own fitness goals. 
1st mile 11:03
2nd mile 12:37
total wod 56:39

Sunday- Walk on the treadmil for 30 minutes with the 30lb back pack on. I sprinted for the last half mile (without the back pack on).

Monday- 20 minutes on the jacobs ladder. I thought it would be a "good" idea to do this with the 30lb back pack on.....that only lasted 5 minutes! LOL I also put it back on for the last 2 minutes. That was hard! It made me appreciate firemen that much more. Their gear weighs between 75-100lbs. Here I am complaining about 30lbs lol. 

My birthday was Friday and there has been one lone slice of cake in my fridge. I have nibbled at it for the last 2 days. I included it in my calorie count but I'm just sharing this because my first reaction is to think it is bad or I cheated. I'm trying really hard for the past 81 days to change that mindset. I don't want to live life with all the restrictions and waiting to get to my goal so I can eat something again. Moderation. A few bites. It doesn't have to be the whole thing. I want to be at a happy place with food. Especially during that "awesome" time of the month when all I crave are carbs and chocolate. Ok, I think I'm done for tonight. No cool pics to share. Hmmm...I might have one of the cake lol! I'll share the cake and a pic of me and my stepson who came home from college for the weekend. I can't believe how big he is! 

Tuesday was a real rest day. No workout at all. I just felt tired. I needed it. I'm going to switch my schedule to the 2 days on 1 day off, 3 days on 1 day off. I was doing 5-6 days on and 1 day off. Now that I've been doing this for 2 months and have 2 workouts on some days I need to make sure I get enough rest. Exercise is only 30% of the fitness equation. 

Wednesday: Back to business. Morning WOD: I thought it was going to be easy but it took me forever! Those plank jumps! KILLER! Afternoon WOD: Walk on the treadmil for 2 miles with 20lb backpack. I did sprint for a few minutes, without the backpack! 

Thursday: It's Sept. 11th. One thing I have learned and kept with me from my xfit days is during days of remembrance you do a crazy workout. Veterans, cops, firemen, military, civilians-if they can fight for our freedom and ultimately give their life for us, I can dedicate a hard workout for them. 

Tonight I'll walk or do the elliptical for 20-30 minutes with the 20lb backpack on. OH! I'm doing the walking with the backpack because I'm going to walk the 1/2 marathon with my good friend. That is one month away to this date! Even though this is "starting over" for me I am stronger today than I was when I originally walked the 1/2 marathon a few years ago. Honestly, I'm just doing it for fun and to spend time with a great friend. Nonetheless, I will be training for it LOL. 

Morning WOD

I dont have a 400m driveway, nor did I want to run up and down the street so I calculated how many rounds of driveway runs I'd have to do to get 400m. About 5 rounds =400m. 

My trusty running companion, easter bunny chalk!