Forgive me WordPress, but it’s been 2 months since my last blog. (I’m not even catholic)
I’m in the middle of swim season with my kids and we are crazy busy right now. I just wanted to update you and let everyone know that I have 4 pounds left to lose to get to my 100 pounds weight loss goal. Almost there!!!! Seems like the end is taking longer. I am hoping at the end of July to be there. Wish me luck!
Today I stepped on the scale. I hadn’t gotten on in about 4 days. I was down another pound! I am officially in the home stretch. I have 9 pounds left to lose to get to the 100 pound goal. It feels so great to know I am that close. However, I also know this means there will be a fight. These last pounds are not coming off easily. I can tell that my body is “OK” where it’s at. I don’t look fat and I am able to do so many things I never thought I could. My clothes fit good. A size 10/12 is the average American woman size, right? But I am not listening to my body this time because I know I am right. It’s time for these 9 pounds to come off and not come back.
I wanted to share this picture. I love my CrossFit family. It will really bonds people together when you go through a tough workout together and survive. This work out was 21-15-9 of pull ups and squat snatches at 65 pounds. Mando our coach took this picture. Me in the middle of pull ups and Jena and Amber at different stages of the squat snatch. 
I have read many articles about comparing carbohydrates to drugs. I am now convinced I need to check myself into the Betty Crocker Clinic. Hi my name is Lisa and I’m a carb junky.
I spent this whole last week trying to stick to Paleo. And I did…for the most part. There has to be something wrong in my head because carbs really have a hold on me. I don’t mean carbs from vegetables and fruit. I mean carbs like bread, pasta, rice…oh and Easter candy. I did really well on Paleo this week. I had a 5 pound weight loss, which is 2.5% of my body weight. (Jim showed me how to calculate my % of weight loss.) I am really happy with those results. It puts me 12 pounds away from my 100 pound goal. Here is my question: How can I feel this good and be so happy about losing this much weight and still have the overpowering urge to eat something I know is bad for me?
Well, week 2 of Paleo might be a little tougher. We are camping for a week. Although I still buy healthy food, there are some things that are a camping must in my family. For example, smores, hot chocolate, chips and dips, and extra kid snacks. I loaded up the trailer with my good stuff but after a couple of cocktails the ability to resist is harder and harder. I plan on doing a lot of bike riding and I might even visit a local CrossFit gym while there. Now if I could only motivate my camping friends to join me I would be more motivated! (Wendy are you reading this???)
Here is an article that talks about carbs and how they are addictive and bad for us. It’s not too long and really worth reading. http://www.theironyou.com/2011/03/carbs-ultimate-enemy.html
Do you know how to calculate your percent of weight loss? Here you go…
lbs. lost divided by your starting weight=(That Number) times 100
Hi. It’s been a while. My life was temporarily taken over by Girl Scouts. Lauren reached her goal of 2,000 boxes of cookies. As of Monday I was freed of that extra responsibility. Then we got rid of the “extra” dog we had. I spent the week cleaning, organizing and getting life back in order.
We decided to do another Paleo challenge at CFR. I made a menu of sorts. I will try to link it to my blog. Let me know if you want to try it with me. I am starting it tomorrow. Even though I sort do Paleo about 75% of the time. I will restart with a new challenge. It’s always motivating.
CFR 30 Day Paleo Challenge Week 1
| Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | Snacks | Shopping List: (always organic when possible) Bacon EggsCan of tuna in water Salad greensFish Fresh fruit
Jerky Fresh veggies Ground beef Avocado Chicken sausage Romaine Lettuce Frozen cooked and peeled shrimp Chicken breast Baby carrots Turkey meat Onion Beef roast Mushrooms Steak Butternut Squash Rotisserie chicken Banana Walnuts Celery Almonds Jerky Almond butter Dairy Free salad dressing
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| Monday | Bacon, eggs and a piece of fruit | Mixed Greens Salad with Tuna | Grilled fish and steamed veggies | JerkyWalnutsSliced oranges | |
| Tuesday | Left over fish and walnuts | Protein Style Hamburger | Bar-B-Q Kabobs(grilled meat and veggies on a stick) | Hard Boiled eggalmonds | |
| Wednesday | Leftover chicken and avocado | Shrimp Salad | Grilled Chicken with steamed Veggies | Sliced avocadofruit | |
| Thursday | Chicken sausage and egg scramble | Lettuce wraps with turkey and avocado | Paleo Pot Roast in the Crockpot | Apple and almond butterSliced Oranges | |
| Friday | 2-3 Hard Boiled Eggs with almonds | Leftover Pot Roast | Bar-B-Q Hamburgers protein style with butternut squash French fries | Jerky AlmondsCelery w/ Almond butter | |
| Saturday | Scrambled eggs with salsa | Shrimp and avocado salad | Steak and steamed Veggies | WalnutsFruit | |
| Sunday | Paleo Pancakes and Bacon | Lettuce Wraps with turkey and avocado | Rotisserie chicken and salad | Apples and almond butter |
NO – Dairy, bread, pasta, rice, gluten, processed food or sugars
Recommended Reading- The Paleo solution by Robb Wolf and The Paleo Diet by Loren Cordain
http://everydaypaleo.com/
When ever I have a rough week emotionally, it shows in my workout. This week I had to make some tough decision about my job and life was just really busy in general. Monday morning I almost skipped out of going to CrossFit. But something told me I’d better go. About half way through the workout I started to cry. I kept on going and after the WOD was over I walked out and just let it all out. It felt good. Then Wednesday’s WOD was perfect for me. All heavy lifting and rowing so I sailed through it and felt like a million bucks. Then once again, life got really busy on Friday and I missed the a.m. WOD. Jim decided he would take the kids to swimming for me. I almost didn’t go to the 7:30 class but I finished a bunch of work stuff so I headed over. It was the worst WOD I have done in a really long time. It was a variation of “The Filthy Fifty” with 4 burpees on the top of every minute for the entire time. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvOLGsMumO0 I was the only one in the 7:30 class. (Juan came in about half way through and did it with me. Thanks Juan!) I really thought that this was going to be the first WOD that I would fail to complete. I had so many dumb things going through my head. “Why the hell would I do this to myself?- I’m too old- I look stupid doing these burpees” and various other self-doubt mantra. I felt like throwing up and crying at the same time. Then on the last set (50 double unders) I realized I was almost done. It clicked that even though this took me almost 1 hour to finish (53:35 I think.) I had finished. How many once obese, 40 year olds can do what I just did? So then all the self-doubt turned in to pride. People wonder why the hell I would do this kind of work out. Why I would voluntarily put myself through all this agony. I don’t know if I can put it in words to make a person understand. There is something to be said about being able to lift 125 lbs. over my head repeatedly. Completing the most daunting work out gives me a sense of accomplishment. I like to be broke down and built back up. CrossFit keeps me humble and focused.
This week not only did I build muscle, but I built emotional muscle as well.
http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/rethinking-meat-veggies-13034429
For all my PCOS ladies out there this is the diet I think should be the prescription for us…not Metformin.
I am only accountable to myself. I am only cheating myself.
This morning I thought I’d use my blog as a kind of accountability check in point. Not sure who reads my blog (besides my Mom.) But writing it down is a great way for my to unload my thoughts about my workout and my diet. Mando’s words yesterday really spoke to me. In fact, they made me emotional all morning. I cried after my WOD. I’m not sure if it was because the 45 snatches and 150 jumping pull-up were really hard, I had a mental block, or it was the weekend of drinking and eating bad . I finished last and I felt terrible. He said something like, “Why do you come to the box and kill yourself on the work out and then go home and eat like crap?” My answer. I don’t know! I wish I did.
So as I always do, I weighed in this morning. And I am jotting down all I ate yesterday. (Didn’t have time last night.)
Breakfast: 1 hard-boiled egg, banana, a Fruit 2 day drink and coffee
Lunch: 3 scrambled egg with my homemade salsa (can’t let that amazing salsa go to waste.)
Dinner: was a weird combination…let me explain. I was hungry before swimming but too early to make dinner. So I had a Lara Bar and water. After swimming I was starving. I had about 6 corn tortilla chips w/ salsa and half of Lauren’s taco. Then asked my self if this taco was going to help my reach my goal. Since we all know the answer…I didn’t finish. I ate a big fuji apple instead.
When I look at my food for the day I can tell I am seriously lacking in the fruit and veggie department. Need to get another form of protein in there besides egg. Yesterday I made a big batch of organic chicken in the crock pot, put it in containers for little meals. Being prepared is always a good thing. So for today…I work so my lunch is packed and ready to go. Hope everyone has a great day!
Feeling guilty, as I should. I ate terrible this weekend (not only this weekend but the last few weeks) and I am paying the price. Not only does the scale reflect my bad choices but so does my achy bloated body. I just read the CrossFit Riverside blog, this is where I workout in case you didn’t know. And my coach blogged something that hit me. His blog is about staying young and active. In the words of Coach Mando…
“Change the way you eat- This is a “no-brainer”. If you eat like shit, you’ll feel like shit, and eventually look like shit… Sorry so straight forward, but the truth hurts. And, Sidenote… Why the Hell would you spend everyday in The Box KILLING yourselves through these WODs only to go home and ruin it all by eating crap??? Just sayin…”
Here’s the link to the whole blog if you want to read it. I read it every morning before I go to see what the wod is and get some much-needed inspiration.
http://www.crossfitriverside.com/index.html
Tiffany thanks for the motivation for “Perfect Paleo” all week. I’m right there with you.
I will just have to admit it. I have been avoiding my blog lately. Not too many successes to share so I feel like I don’t have anything to blog about. I feel like I am letting all 2 people who read my blog down by not losing weight. My weight is at a stand still at 185 and I know what the problem is. It’s all my nutrition. I am convinced 80% of weight loss comes from a good diet and nutrition. For some reason I am not able to maintain the really clean Paleo eating for very long. Not sure why. It’s not that much extra work or anything. I know it makes me feel good and I lose weight but haven’t been able to make it a way of life 100% of the time. Sugar and bad things still have a grip on me and I still give in to them. It seems almost like a drug addiction of sorts. I need a 12 step program. The heroine (food) is not good for me but I still do it. I guess I need therapy.
On the bright side….I love bacon! Nothing’s better than an organic, no nitrate piece of bacon in the morning with an egg. Num. I think that’s what I’ll have for breakfast. Start (or should I say RE-Start) my Paleo day right.
Oh and on Sunday I had a great ride with my friend Lena. It was nice to get back on my beautiful Cannondale and ride. I had just had him tuned up and cleaned so the 26 miles to the beach was a breeze. (Yes, that’s my back side.) It was beautiful weather and she is an amazing friend. I ended my Sunday with a much-needed sushi night out with the girls. I don’t remember how we ended up in the gay bar…but we had fun all the same. We are Fab-u-laus!
Not sure why. But I can’t seem to be able to do it all. I want to be that woman who can, but I’m just not there yet. If I follow a really strict Paleo diet and work out hard then I seem to fall behind in other aspects of my life. When my Paleo is going well and is really thought out and planned I am not as planned and prepared at work and my house gets really messy and the laundry piles up.
So with that said…my Paleo diet has gone to shit. But my work planning, preparations and teaching has been going great. I’ve been getting to work early and having everything ready to go has made my day go very smooth. However, right now I have Mt. Saint Laundry piling up, my house is a mess and I ate a terrible non-Paleo dinner. I am feeling the effects of the more-often-then-not Paleo diet. I am bloated, my knees hurt more than usual and I have no energy. So what do I do? I can’t keep this up and I need to get back on track.
OK…the plan of attack:
1: Call the cleaning lady (I can admit defeat)
2: Write up a meal plan for the week then go shopping for everything.
3. Start the laundry right now and don’t stop till it’s done and put away.
On top of all of this…Selling girl Scout Cookies, Swimming starts back, gotta shop for Jim’s birthday. Whew. Thanks for letting my vent. I feel better and now I will get up off my computer and get to work.
