Deadlifts & Thrusters

I feel like going heavy today. It's been awhile... still nervous about denting my floor, but if it's nice out this afternoon, I might do this outside to eliminate that risk.

Warm-Up:
1 x 400m sprints (legs felt like lead, so I stopped after 1)
10 Ring Rows
10 (1 band) pull-ups
10 Ring dips (1 band)
10 KTC's
20 Ball sit-ups
10, 20# KB Swings

Short Metcon:
"Mini-Cindy"
Complete AMRAP in 5 minutes of:
5 Ring Rows
10 Push-Ups
15 Squats

Rounds: 5 + 5 Ring Rows

CFJax.com 8.25.09:
Thruster
1-1-1

Deadlift
1-1-1

Loads:
Thruster - 55-65-75 (all done outside, which was FUN!)
Deadlift - 115-135-155(PR)

I can now officially say I can deadlift more than my bodyweight (and that's bw BEFORE the weight loss!).

Thrusters felt strong and that probably had to do with the mental aspect of not being afraid to dump the weight if I had to. Next time, I'll try for heavier (basically, I was too lazy to go back inside to get weights:)!)

Side note: I have been feeling REALLY great lately, like REALLY great:). I attribute it to my cleaner eating. My previous anxiety over any type of social situations has dissipated and no more stomach upset after practically every meal. I'm more alert at work (I was always really fuzzy-headed feeling before) and I even had the self-confidence to ask for (and receive) a much deserved promotion! Now, if only all this positive energy/attitude would translate to a pregnancy, I would be on cloud nine. Oh well, it'll happen when it happens. :)

7/25 - 7/26 - Rest Days

Rest day today & tomorrow.

I ate beef last night and it was DELICIOUS! Adam wanted to marinate the steaks, so we did hamburgers instead. I used Son of Grok's BBQ sauce and it was delicious! I put it in the burger patties with 1 egg and then also on the side of my burger. Had cheese on it (but could have gone without), onions and fresh tomatoes from my mom's garden. YUM! I probably could have eaten two, but figured I should stick with one just to be safe:).

No pictures. Adam made fun of me last night b/c I take pictures of what I eat... okay, it's weird, but so what!

CF Invictus + Thrusters

My metcon for today is taken from CF Invictus from 7.7.09. Looks like a fun one!

Stomach is still feeling a little iffy this morning. I did some research last night and it looks like this can take a few days to get the bacteria/enzymes all up and running again after not eating any kind of meat in a long time.

Warm-Up:
5 min. jump rope
20 Ring Rows
10 KTC's
20 ball sit-ups

Thrusters:
10-10-10

Loads: 55(6/4)-65(5/5)-45(10)

CF Invictus - 7.7.09
Three rounds for time of:
10 Handstand Push-Ups (toes on bench)
20 Ring Dips (**2 bands & scaled to 10**)
40 20 Squats

Time: 6:24
--Round 1: 1:43
--Round 2: 2:11
--Round 3: 2:30

Well, this was a complete disappointment. The warm-up pretty much took all my energy (and it was a SHORT one!). I just don't have much in the tank today due to the past few days of stomach upset and overall ickyness. The thrusters weren't too bad, I just had to split them up and I'm not happy about that.

The metcon had to be scaled back even further after the thrusters and even with that, I wasn't really pushing hard.

Definitely bummed about it, but there's always tomorrow and maybe my system will level out a little by then.

I'm giving this meat eating 2 weeks -- if I don't start feeling normal by then, I guess it's back to the soy crap for me!

I did it...

I ate meat last night. (!!!!!!)

It was a little hard right before the chicken was done. I cried and wasn't sure I could do it, but the hubby reminded me that we had already ordered half a hog, 20lbs. of beef, and bought a chest freezer:). So I pulled myself together, gave myself a pep talk:), and took a bite while I was carving it up.

It was really nice to sit down to a meal with the hubs and actually eat the same thing. That hasn't happened in SEVEN years.

And I'm feeling okay about it all this morning, I know the animal didn't suffer, in life or in death.

No digestive upset either, which is a relief! On to a paleo lifestyle! :)

Here's a picture of the cute little chicken, all dressed up: