Remember the time I started a blog...and then didn't write in it for over 6 months? Because the people who lived on the floor below us with wireless moved out? Yikes!
I am going to give this another try, but from a different angle. I think I avoided writing and was never in the mood to blog because previously I was so weight-focused. And who wants to constantly write about how fat they feel? This time I am going to focus more on my fitness and nutrition goals/accomplishments/setbacks, etc. But more on that in a minute. First, a brief synopsis of the last six months, in bullet points, shall we?
- Jan: Crossfit rut, gained some weight back, the more time passed, the more I felt nervous to go back and be embarrassingly out of shape
- Feb: Looming bridal portraits caused me to get back into it, midway through the month
- March: stepped it up in time for bachelorette, etc. Still only 2-3 times a week. Made it to wedding day (and did a CF workout on wedding day!) feeling good. I felt like a beautiful bride and was so happy I put in the work. I didn't even care that I wasn't to my ultimate goal-I felt awesome. And the wedding pictures turned out great!
- April: Honeymoon cruise..aka you do nothing for 7 days but eat. We worked out enough on the boat that we didn't gain much, but it left me feeling very out of sorts when I came back. I did not do Crossfit at all in April. AT ALL! And if you have done it, or any sport really, the more time you are away, the harder it is to come back.
- May: Through the help of my brother-in-law, got back into it a bit. Started going about 2x a week.
- June: Heard about a July 4th competition at my gym. Decided to compete in the scaled division, more to have something to train for than actually competing. Started going 4 times a week and focusing more on nutrition.
- July: competed for the first time. Loved it, even though the first event was the worst possible one for me (majority of the workout was on the GHD machine, which gives me vertigo and freaks me out to the point of dysfunction...this did not go well). Didn't place very high, but felt accomplished. After competition starting going consistently 5 days a week. Not working on nutrition though, so more strength but not really any weight loss.
WOD 1
4 rounds for time
250 m row
15 GHD situps
15 GHD back extensions
time: 14: 30
WOD 2
AMRAP 13 min (as many rounds as possible)
60 m sprint
60 m backwards run
10 kettlebell swings
10 box step ups
rounds completed: 6
So that is the last 6 months, more or less.
