February 2010
8 posts
It's My Birthday (Week), But You Get the Presents!
losingweightinthecity:
(Adorable photo via Flickr)
My 27th birthday (ah!) is Thursday, but that doesn’t mean I get to have all of the fun!
All of my wonderful readers are part of what made my 26th year on this earth such a fabulous one. (Losing 50 pounds didn’t hurt, either!)
I contacted a few of my favorite brands a few weeks ago to see if they’d be interested in sponsoring some giveaways...
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Thursday 2/11
Food
B: 1/2 Lara Bar
S: 1/2 Lara bar
L: Chicken breast, Broccoli, Asparagus
S: Apple & almonds
D: Veggies, Chicken breast
Exercise
Crossfit!
15 Deadlift (105#)
15 Ring dips
23 Box jumps (20”)
15 L pull-ups
15 Handstand push-ups
23 Dumbbell power cleans (25#/side)
15 Kettlebell snatches/side (12kg)
23 Knees-to-elbows
30 Jumping pull-ups
38 Double-unders
Took ~17 minutes.
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Last night - followup
I stayed out of the junk. The cookies and chocolate and candy did not pass my lips.
I did, however, make a salad and have some cheese on it (which is treat-like to me) AND I had 5 dried apricots.
So altogether could have been a lot worse.
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Wednesday 2/10
Food
B: 1/2 Lara Bar
S: Pear, Pecans
L: boo caf food: 1/4 Chicken, 1/2 cup chickpea curry (not paleo!)
S: Apple & Almond butter
D: Veggies, Chicken breast
S: Some dark chocolate, a little bit of halva, 1/2 c of dried cherries = a lot more than i should have eaten.
Exercise
Crossfit!
Push Press: 3 @ 80#, 3 @ 85#, 3 @ 90# <— NEW MAX!
WOD: 3 Rounds for time of 10 Dumbbell Push...
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my next challenge
i’m going to kill time at my parent’s house before dinner which is otu somewhere that i can make healthy choices easily.
my parents have great snack food.
i will not snack on stupid food. i can have some veggies from the fridge - even a little salad if i’m starving - but i’m staying out of the junk (which includes non-paleo hummus etc).
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Tuesday 02/09
Tuesday 02/09
Food
B: 1/2 Lara Bar
S: Apple, Walnuts
L: Paleo Chilli
S: Apple & Pecans
S2: Salad, dressing, a bit of cheese
D: Salad, dressing, chicken skewer
Exercise
Crossfit!
WOD: Erin: 5 Rounds for time of (15 DB Split Jerks [20#] + 21 Pullups) —> 21:40
Cashout: 3X12 reps of shoulder push press with empty (35#) bar
Back to it
I’ve been eating clean/paleo, crossfit and generally doing okay lately. But with a few significant “lose control” slip ups. Like, that Costco Apple Pie Saturday ngiht was not worth eating. and I knew it. But I didn’t care.
I want to start caring again. For me that means journaling. So I’m getting back to it.
December 2009
54 posts
Theory: If I wear tight jeans to dinner then I...
I’ll let you know how it goes.
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trying to keep it up
i’m on day 3 of being good. where being good is eating clean - that is paleo. i’ve definitely been eating more mindlessly than i should, but that’s okay - it’s all been paleo and it’s been under control.
i’ve successfully stayed out of the chocolate chips.
granted, today isn’t done and i’m heading out for dinner and overnighting at the boy’s...
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Tuesday 12/22
Food
B: Pineapple
S: Apple, Walnuts
L: Carrot, Ginger, Cooconut soup & Paleo Chicken fingers
S: TBD
D: TBD
Exercise
Crossfit!
Shoulder Press 3-3-3-3-3 reps (35#, 55#, 60#, 65#, 70#) —> I couldn’t get it up three times with 70#. Hello Max!
rest 5 minutes
Row 1000m using as many intervals of 40 sec. on / 20 sec. off
We had a cap of 6 minutes, and L2 was 750m. BUT I...
Still Alive
I’m back at it. This weekend, after a few failed attempts at clean eating days (i.e. Friday was good until 10:30 PM when I went out, Saturday was good until I went out for dinner and didn’t even try) I ate clean on Sunday. Granted, I ate a little mindlessly and definitely had more than I needed to - but it was still Cave Grub and that felt good. Hoping to be able to make this a second...
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Monday 12/21
Food
B: Walnuts
S: Banana, Almonds, Clemetine
L: Paleo Pizza (ground lean chicken crust, tomato sauce & spinach/asparagus/sundried tomatoes on top), Salad, Celementine
S: apple sauce, walnuts
D: chicken, steamed veg, pineapple, grapes, 6Xdried apricots
Exercise
Crossfit!
Back squat 3-3-3-3-3 reps (65#, 75#, 85#, 95#, 105#)
rest 5 minutes
For time:
25-15-5 of Power cleans (55#...
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Thursday 12/17 - Exercise
Buy In
4 rounds of burgler snatch warm up with each of: no weight, 15, 20, 25
WOD
Annie
Complete 50-40-30-20-10 reps for time of:
Double-unders
Sit-ups
9:19 — I did it as Rxed - i.e. level 3, not modified at all!
AND I WAS FAST
felt good :)
Cash Out
2 rounds of static holds - 1 min each of 3 different poses. AND I DID IT ALL.
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after an awesome paleo dinner
i binged on chocolate.
epic fail.
where did my willpower go?!
not happy
got on the scale this am and was up like a gazillion pounds. somewhere around 134. that makes me mad. and unmotivated.
a little bit up would have been one thing. but 5#? hrmph.
need to stick with the paleo and i know i’ll drop again.
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two a days
as a belated birthday gift my friend took me to share her session with our personal trainer (i used to train with her in the pre-crossfit days anyway). i ran the 10 minutes there, trained for an hour (still broke a GREAT sweat and found it challenging despite my crossfitting!) and then walked to a healthy place for dinner.
despite the tempting cheese and fried stuff and tofu (yes, i find it...
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adding this to the list of things i want to make!
imoverweighting:
Thanks to Tres Ladies i was able to finally cook my acorn squash tonight! Pics of that to follow shortly! Check’em out guys their shirts are super cute, i have one and every time i wear it people ask me where i got it!!!
tresladies:
Not sure I’ve ever eaten Acorn Squash before but I have to say this combo was awesome. This is a great Paleo-friendly super delicious recipe.
...
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Monday 12/14
Food
B: Lara ball
S: Pear, 5 walnuts
L: Tuna, Salad, Avocado, Olives, Clementine
S: clementine, 4 egg whites
D: tbd
Exercise
Crossfit!
Back squat 5-5-5 reps (95#)
rest 5 minutes
Complete AMRAYC in 7 minutes (5):
5 clapping pushups
7 Chest to bar pullups
Complete AMRAYC in 7 minutes (4):
5 pushups
7 bar pullups
Time = 10:51
Squee
Sorry i have been MIA this weekend I’ve been too busy eating everything in sight undoing the hard work. Sigh.
Oh and there was the surprise visit by my awesome boyfriend at the party last night. He is just amazing I can’t stop smiling thinkng about it.
Yea I know it’s cheesy but I can’t help it
I’m not hungry, but want to eat.
Hrmph.
Driving home now
am going to work from home this afternoon -then I can make healthy lunch with the chicken i have in the fridge AND skip traffic on the way home later!
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Friday 12/11
Food
B: 2 mini cave muffins
S: Apple, 5 pistachios
L: Fajita-less fajitas (chicken, pepper, 1/4 avocado)
S: TBD
D: TBD
Exercise
Crossfit!
Deadlift 5-5-3-3 reps (95#, 115#, 135#, 155#)
rest 5 minutes
Complete 5 rounds for time of:
30 Double-unders
10 Weighted pull-ups — no weight for me
Time = 10:51
Thursday 12/10
Food
B: 1/2 Larabar
S: 2 mini cave muffins, unssweetened apple sauce, 4 pistachios
L: Salad, Chicken breast, 1/4 Avocado [F]
S: Lara bar [Fr, F]
D: Egg whites, Spinach, Pine nuts, fudge baby
Exercise
Crossfit!
Complete 21-15-9 reps for time (11:03) of:
Handstand push-ups
Push-ups
Ring dips
GO ME! Handstand pushups were with a band off of the monkey bars. Next time will definitely use...
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Wednesday 12/09
Food
B: 2 mini cavemuffins
S: 8 eggwhites
L: Chicken Salad (with Avocado and Coconut milk) over spinach, Fudge Baby [F]
S: Clementines, Walnuts [Fr, F]
D: Chicken, Steamed veggies, Berries and Clementine and Grapes (too much fruit!)
S: Cave binge - 2 cave cookies, 2 cave muffins. BAD. BUT at least I didn’t let myself get into the chocolate (not that I didn’t consider it)
...
Eaten Today
onemanschoices:
2 egg omlette with: green chillies, onions, a few black olives, a few small pieces of feta cheese, red jalapenos
The omlette was tasty today :-)
That does sound DELISH!
Heavier weights w/less reps vs. lighter weights...
hooblah:
nothing-tastes-better:
funny, i grew up a competitive dancer — no weights though :)
When did you stop? I was dancing 4 times a week until my final year of high school in which I decided to focus on my studies. Worst decision of my life - I miss it so much. The funny thing is though, I think once you’re a dancer you’re always a dancer. I always run to the Beautiful People by Marilyn...
Heavier weights w/less reps vs. lighter weights...
hooblah:
nothing-tastes-better:
thinnerthoughts:
Please discuss.
It is my understanding that women don’t bulk up due to our lack of testosterone and that using heavier weights can help us lean out to.
I am interested in getting people’s opinions/knowledge.
Crossfit has me doing heavy weights with less reps. I’ve been told not to worry about bulking up - that with the number of reps we do...
megburns:
Hot DAMN Rebecca, you look DIVINE. I feel quite pathetic, carrying around this extra 10 lbs….
omg, i thought rebecca looked like a 45 year old cougar.
i mean, her body looked good but the hair just wasn’t working. she looked SO MUCH BETTER dark!
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Heavier weights w/less reps vs. lighter weights...
thinnerthoughts:
Please discuss.
It is my understanding that women don’t bulk up due to our lack of testosterone and that using heavier weights can help us lean out to.
I am interested in getting people’s opinions/knowledge.
Crossfit has me doing heavy weights with less reps. I’ve been told not to worry about bulking up - that with the number of reps we do it’s not an issue.
...
The Biggest Loser finale is on tonight!!!
(via thatgirlnamedsmash)
I AM SO EXCITED! Going to the ‘rents house because I don’t have cable and I can’t wait to see it! AHHH!
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Bleh
The scale this AM had 129.6 - what’s up with that? Well, probably the over indulging at the stagette (mmm cake) and christmas party (mmm chips). But still, I worked out both weekend days so would have hoped to at least break even.
Anyway, here’s catching up on my journal. I was GREAT on sunday - baked for the boy and didnt’ even try a single cookie. AND I only licked one finger...
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Let the training begin
ninetydays:
I’ve decided to start a training program for a half-marathon race. I signed up for the NYC Half-Marathon lottery last week and I want to make sure that I’m prepared, just in case. A training program will not only help keep me motivated, it will keep me goal oriented so I don’t fall into a rut and get sloppy with my runs.
Taking the advice of a friend and fellow runner, I’m going to...
Eaten Today
onemanschoices:
Breakfast
2 poached eggs
3 cups of garden berry tea
Lunch
1 berocca drink
2 egg omlette (onion, green chilli, tomato, a small amount of cheese)
handful of nuts
I decided to try and liven up the omlette today because I getting bored to death of it. I really did only add a small amount of cheese… to the point that it really wasnt even worth adding it. I couldnt taste it al...
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SOB
I left my lunch on the floor of my apartment.
My glorious delicious lunch.
I’m seriously thinking of driving home to eat, and then driving back for my 3PM meeting. I live 40 minutes from the office - what’s wrong with me??
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Planning for tonight
I’m going to a stagette with pizza and lots of drinks.
Then To a Christmas party.
My plan is to stay in control and not eat everything in sight. It’s a cheat meal (2/3 for the week which resets Monday) so I can do it but that’s no reason to go crazy.
I’m going to eat pizza, that’s fine. I’m not drinking - 2 glasses of wine (1 at each place) max because...
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Saturday 12/05
Food
B: 1/2 Homemade Lara bar [Fr, F]
L: eggwhites, asparagus, pesto, fudge baby [Fr, F]
S: Protein bar
D: Pizza, Salad, Wine [CHEAT]
S: Christmas party
Exercise
Crossfit!
Deadlift 5-5-5 (115#)
Max number of kettlebell snatches in 10 minutes (145 of 10kg)
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Good and Bad
Last night was both good and bad.
Good:
Family dinner at an italian restaurant with cousins and aunts and uncles
Lots of pasta and cheese around, I had NONE of it even though tastes and extras were being offered all round
Opted out of a glass of wine and didn’t touch the bread
Got compliments on how good I’m looking - PEOPLE CAN SEE A DIFFERENCE!
Bad:
Went to play Settlers of...
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nanaimo bar
the manager i’m working with saved me half his nanaimo bar
i told him not to. it’s just sitting there.
but no, i’m not going to eat it!
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Friday 12/04
Food
B: Cave muffin [Fr, F]
S: Eggwhite muffins
L: Salad, Dressing, Salmon with Red Spicy Sauce
S: Pear & Pistachios & A few apricots and a tsp of peanut butter
D: SAlad, Grilled veggies, Avocado, Chicken, Dressing [f]
S: Popcorn, Chocolate, Wine [CHEAT]
Exercise
Crossfit!
Complete 5 rounds for time of: (11:51)
5 One arm dumbbell thrusters, left side (25#)
5 One arm dumbbell...
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I'm an example!!
At crossfit we all have to start with a “bootcamp” to teach us technique and get us started before we graduate to the normal classes I do now.
This round of bootcamp was finishing today and after they did their last workout the trainer was like “Hey J - how much have you lost since going Paleo?” and used me as an example of what changing your diet and doing Crossfit can...
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yawn
got some things done today - snow tires, and watched the biggest loser at the ‘rents house (they have a PVR. I don’t have cable).
i can’t believe i made it from tuesday to thursday without finding out anything! yay for no spoilers.
anyway, did a good job staying out of the food there. there’s a lot of bad for me stuff, and not bad but not necessary stuff either (diet...
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Q: How do people run in pants and long-sleeved...
runonempty:
A: I don’t know. I ran 4 miles this morning along the East River in shorts and a tank top and was pretty well soaked (with sweat) by the end of it.
Decided I’m running the Fred Lebow Classic 5-miler. Who’s with me?! Nothing like racing on a chilly Saturday morning at 8 a.m., right? Um, yeah.
I ran in pants and long sleeves for the NYC half this year. I hate the sun :)
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Thursday 12/3
Food
B: Cave muffin [Fr, F]
S: Eggwhite muffins
L: Tandoori Chicken Salad & Zucchini Soup & lara ball
Tandoori Chicken Breast, 1/2 Avocado, A few raisins, 1/4 apple, some coconut milk, curry powder
S: Pear & Pistachios
D: Salad, Chicken Breast Kebabs [F]
S: None!
Exercise
Rest. So. Nice.
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Paleo Blogs!
onemanschoices:
Roasting the veggies sounds like a great plan.
And I would really appreciate it if you could point me to those paleo blogs. Thanks!
I’m becoming a huge fan of roasted cauliflower with some curry spice on it too :)
Anyway, here’s some of the blogs I’ve been following:
Paleo Steve - Tried the cookies and tandoori chicken.
Feasting on Fitness - Made a...
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These are really great →
I thought making these and homemade lara bars was a disaster waiting to happen. Not so - super easy even with just a magic bullet! The hardest part was not eating them all. They’re in the freezer right now - have to keep reminding myself that candy is candy, whether it’s Paleo or not I can’t eat it ALL AT ONCE!