This photo has been posted a lot on facebook lately. Since I just did Fran today, that number happened to be fresh in my head. I got 6:49 today and was plenty happy to be just above average. My hands are still torn up from Bradshaw, so I went into it just hoping to get through without tearing more. In the end, my hands were fine.
My other stats in comparison:
Fran-6:49
Grace- 3:55
Snatch- 95 lb
Deadlift- 250 lb
Back Squat- 185 lb
I haven't done 1 rep max's on any lifts in a really long time, but again I'm happy to be just about average. Considering I'm 42 years old, and I'd venture to guess the average aged crossfit woman is much younger, I'll take it. Some days I feel like I'm such a fraud. I see these younger girls cranking out these awesome times or lifts and wonder who I think I'm kidding. Then I see posts like this one and realize I'm still doing pretty darn good. I know there's a curve and at some point my times and lifts will all have to decrease. But for now I'm going to keep riding this ride and see where it takes me.
My journey of growth over the years. Beginning with running and moving to crossfit and a paleo/zone lifestyle. I am now sharing what I've learned and customizing diet plans for those looking to get stronger and lose fat. If you're interested, email me at: 3kidzmommy@roadrunner.com How about you? Do you have the physical and mental strength and stamina that you desire? If not, join me in a 30 day challenge. Try it and see what gains you make and how much better you feel.
Competitions:
Events I've Completed:
Ojai to Ocean - 6/5/11 - Half Marathon - 1:56:37 (Ran with Lisa!)
Megan Savage Memorial - 9/24/11 - 5k - 31:16 (Ran with Bill!)
Beach Derby 10k - 11/6/11 - 56:40 (Ran with Nikki!)
RnRLV - 12/4/11 - Half Marathon 2:18 (Ran with Nikki!) Got sick by race end. Sick three days.
Surf City - 2/5/12 - Half Marathon - 1:55:02 (PR) Ran with Lisa and Sarah
Battle of the Boxes-2/23/13-5:04 Mini Helen-8th place overall team finish
Crossfit Open 13.1-131
Crossfit Open 13.2-232
Crossfit Open 13.3-183
Crossfit Open 13.4-54
Crossfit Open 13.5-49
Battle of the Boxes: Unknown Edition- 3rd place finish!
Upcoming:
Crossfit Open 2014!
This is my before photo. I weighed 15 pounds more, was exhausted all of the time and wasn't getting better at crossfit, running or life. It was time for a change.
My before photo
Showing posts with label #Diet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Diet. Show all posts
Monday, February 3, 2014
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Banana Blueberry Muffins
Here's a recipe that was passed on to me from Nick Robles at Crossfit Kinnick. They are about 1 block and delicious! I omitted the vanilla to be WLC compliant. I threw all of the ingredients into our Vitamix and just poured the mix into the cupcake liners.
Banana Blueberry Muffins
2 normal sized ripe bananas (about 1 cup)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
5 eggs
1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 scoop vanilla protein powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 Tablespoons coconut oil, melted
1/2 cup blueberries (frozen)
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners or grease with coconut oil.
Add to a medium bowl the bananas, vanilla extract, applesauce, and eggs and using a hand mixer mix the ingredients together—I use a hand held blender to really chop up the bananas.
In a small bowl whisk together dry ingredients (coconut flour, cinnamon, baking soda, protein powder, and salt).
Add dry ingredients to the banana mixture and using hand mixer combine until well incorporated—had to switch to mixer because blender didn’t work as it was a little too thick. Then add melted coconut oil and mix again until combined—if you don’t melt the coconut oil, it forms little chunks in your batter.
Stir in frozen blueberries making sure not to break them up (mush) too much in the batter—frozen ones don’t mush.
Scoop the batter evenly into muffin pan (I usually get about 10 muffins). These muffins don’t rise. As such, how you place them in the pan is how they turn out.
Place muffin pan in preheated oven and bake for about 25 minutes or until tops are golden brown—sometimes the middles of the tops don’t look cooked, but they are. You can also use a toothpick to make sure the center is cooked.
Friday, March 1, 2013
WLC Round Two
Today marks the end of the second week of the second round of the WLC (Whole Life Challenge). It basically is a challenge among crossfit boxes. You have to log points daily for things like diet, exercise, mobility, supplements, etc. The diet is the hardest for most people. You have 5 points daily and basically you need to eat clean, i.e. no grains, sugar, processed foods, alcohol, etc.
The first go round I ate Paleo and did great. I lost 20 pounds and really enjoyed the transition. This time I hadn't changed my eating much before starting the challenge. So I'm not sure why I was disappointed when we started the challenge and I didn't see any weight loss. I somehow thought it would just start falling off again just because I paid money to sign up for a challenge.
After the first week without any drop in the scale I decided to strictly zone my foods for the next week. I wrote everything down and got feedback from the experts at my box. I realized I was only eating 8-9 blocks a day. Most of the other girls were eating 11, so I decided to up my blocks to see how it went. Turns out that was what I needed! I'm down 4 pounds and have never eaten better! My husband comments on how we have had the best dinners in the last two weeks. Even the kids are mostly enjoying all of our meals! Surprisingly they have really liked a lot of the dinners.
My biggest surprise when I started zoning my meals was that I was eating way too much protein at meals. I was thinking I was about 3 oz, but after weighing I realized it was close to 6 oz! So that along with adding more snacks has been helpful.
I will post up some of the best recipes I've come across soon.
The first go round I ate Paleo and did great. I lost 20 pounds and really enjoyed the transition. This time I hadn't changed my eating much before starting the challenge. So I'm not sure why I was disappointed when we started the challenge and I didn't see any weight loss. I somehow thought it would just start falling off again just because I paid money to sign up for a challenge.
After the first week without any drop in the scale I decided to strictly zone my foods for the next week. I wrote everything down and got feedback from the experts at my box. I realized I was only eating 8-9 blocks a day. Most of the other girls were eating 11, so I decided to up my blocks to see how it went. Turns out that was what I needed! I'm down 4 pounds and have never eaten better! My husband comments on how we have had the best dinners in the last two weeks. Even the kids are mostly enjoying all of our meals! Surprisingly they have really liked a lot of the dinners.
My biggest surprise when I started zoning my meals was that I was eating way too much protein at meals. I was thinking I was about 3 oz, but after weighing I realized it was close to 6 oz! So that along with adding more snacks has been helpful.
I will post up some of the best recipes I've come across soon.
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