Crossfit and Whatnot

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Back At It!

Hey fitness fanatics! I haven't posted on this blog for a while; my eating has been truly up and down and I've been a lazy azz bum. I have a few good reasons to get back at it and stay at it; a few health concerns along with two awesome trips planned for next year (hoping to get a third one in to a beach somewhere too), so I've gone back to go-to girl, Jillian Michaels! She's a best, and some of her DVDs cause me to raise my eyebrows, but overall they're pretty good. I have 30 day Shred, Killer Buns and Thighs, and Jillian Michaels Body Revolution (JMBR). So that's what I'm working on this month!

I've completed week one so far, and my energy has been so-so during the workouts. I think a lot of it has to do with not eating as clean I could eat. Next week, my food diary will be pretty much the same, I need to sit down and find a menu that's easy to stick too, and won't take too much time out of my busy schedule. If any of you have suggestions, I'm open to it all.

The program is set up for 12 weeks (y'all pray to the fitness gods that I make it that far). each phase contains 4 strength dvd and one cardio dvd. Each phase lasts a month, and you workout with each strength training dvd for two weeks and the cardio dvd runs the entire month. The workouts get progressively harder each phase, so phase one is pretty easy for me. I've added cardio to get that extra burn. This coming week I'll be adding some ab work into the mix.

Week 1 completed!!!

Monday 11/5 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 1 and 30 mins on the elliptical
Tuesday 11/6 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 2
Wednesday 11/7 - Cardio 1 and 30 minutes on the elliptical
Thursday 11/8 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 1
Friday 11/9 - JMBR Phase 1 Disc 2 and 30 minutes of the elliptical
Saturday 11/10 - 30 minutes at the golf range

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Weigh-In Monday...

LOL - yeah right! I did weigh-in this past Monday, but in my usual lazy fashion I'm not posting it until today. So let's get down to business.

previous weight: 8/13/12 205.8lbs
current weight: 8/20/12 203.2lbs
down 2.6lbs!!!

Hey, slow and steady wins the race huh?! At least that's what I've heard. My eating has been so-so, not excellent but not horrible either. I'm erring on the side of excellent thought :) Happy about that. Just to let you know, my name is Mitzi and I'm addicted to...

Why or WHYYYYY are these things so addictive? I swear that they put crack in it!!! That's the ONLY way I can see how I'm up on that glass almost everyday ordering my small bourbon chipotle no onions. Dang-it; I want one now!!! Oh well, I already had my fix for today so I guess I'm tapped out. But they are really good, really fresh, and pretty healthy to say it's fast food. Plus, the manager is a beast - she really knows how to keep a tight ship. Bossing her little employees without flinching brings a tear to my fat girl eyes...awwwww, she's my shero! This is the perfect combo of tasty and healthy: my inner fat girl Shirley says 'yum, this is the bomb!' and my inner fit goddess says 'good choice hun'. So we are all happy! Tonight, I'm going to eat the salad I packed for lunch so I can stay within my calorie goals for today.

My workout plans for tonight are Jillian Michael's Body Revolution workout 2 and Just Dance 3!!!

Smooches!!!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Now that I'm all settled in...

Hey fitness people! I'm all settled and ready to start on focusing on some fitness and health goals. I got up super early this morning to workout so now I have some time to do a quick blog post. I've decided to stay on My fitness pal (username gemini3222 - add me if you're a member) in order to keep my food journal and count calories. I heard many people who reach their fitness and weight loss goals stop counting calories after a while and just go on how their body feels. Maybe I'll get there one day, but right now I need some guidance. So, my breakfast in the morning will usually consist of some type of protein shake; basically because I plan to workout in the mornings and this will give me a great pick-me-up for the rest of the day. I plan to eat every three hours, but depending on what my body tells me (i.e. TRUE hunger signs), that's the plan.

As far as working out, I've jumped back on the Jillian Michaels bandwagon and ordered Jillian Michaels Body Revolution. It's a 90 day circuit program that focuses on mixing cardio and strength training. Circuits are by far my favorite way to workout; I like the idea of my moves changing up every few minutes. Last week was the trial week, I did each workout at least once (workouts 1 and 2), and I love it. The two weeks starts out really slowly, getting your body used to the moves and the demands of future workouts to come. Today, I attempted to add some extra cardio, with Turbofire HIIT 15 workout, but my knees were killing me today. I'll try again to add that Wednesday.

So, it's Monday again! The weekend flew by and I'm hoping that this week flies by also. But most times, when you're trying to do well and workout, it snails by. Oh well, I'm working my butt off this week - how about you? What are your plans for this week?

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Good intentions

That's been my theme the last two weeks. I've wanted to go to the gym and work my frustrations out, but I have so many things going on all I can say is...I wanted to go but I didn't. On top of all that I have had a headache for two days. I guess dealing with pressure changes makes my head go nuts. I will definitely try to do my back and cardio workout in the am. I'll get back with you.