Pale-Oh?

The Paleo "diet" is becoming more and more popular, especially within the world of CrossFit. Anyhow, I found this lovely blogger that has awesome meals, and not to mention her great writing style. 

PaleOMG

Check it out!

Drop the weight

Today I woke up at the butt-crack-of dawn to get to the gym before my daily commute, and hit it hard. After my workout, I did something that I haven't done for awhile, I weighed myself.

Now, there's a reason I don't weigh myself, but rather measure myself because it's inches I'm looking to lose, not necessarily weight. Also, because even though I'm in better shape, the weight may not be what I "think" it should be simply because "muscle weighs more than fat. 

Anyhow, when I was out in North Carolina my weight got up to 147 LBS. No, I do not enjoy informing people about that weight, nor do I enjoy typing it, but because I have made some lifestyle changes, I am now--drum roll please--down to 132 LBS. 

It's taken awhile, and I'm still not where I want to be--in regards to my overall fitness--but it sure is encouraging to see results, and it's only been about 3 months!

So, the proof is in the puddin'; you don't need supplements or diet pills, all you need is determination, a healthy diet, and consistency; And when you have that... You see results.

The way we live should be based off of our own pure will and sheer determination to strive towards the life that we imagine that we can attain. 

Solid reminder.

Made it to Twitter

So, it's not like I have very many viewers, but I went ahead and made a Twitter account anyway.

If you would like to visit me on Twitter, be my guest! 

@Fitnessforme101

Yeah, so the name is lame, but it only gave me limited options.

Smiling for Twitter.

Be blessed.

LIVE WITH FIRE

I'm not sure if this will give you motivation, but I sure know that it did for me. It also makes me miss CrossFit. Soon, I will be able to get into a CrossFit gym again... When I am close to one. 

Anyhow, enjoy!

Now, get up and "live with fire!"

Thanks Reebok.

For the books

This workout is a workout that I have been using often, and it is definitely a good one. I call this my Valentine's Day Workout, because this is what I did on Valentine's Day.

Workout

8 Minute treadmill HITT (Which means you do sprint intervals)
>>>Make sure you're kicking your own butt!

Squats
Lawn-Mowers
Tree-Huggers
Tricep Extensions

3 Rounds (no rest)
Backwards lunges: 15 each leg
Bear Crawls:      50 meters (width of the gym--the amount of space I had to work in)
Wall-balls:       20

400 Meter row
Side-to-side push-ups:  15
400 Meter row
Russian Twists:         40
400 Meter row
Release Push-ups        20

5 Minutes Ab workout
Click here to see what I mean; killer!
3 Wall hand stands

STRETCH

Back to CrossFit

I apologize for not getting on here enough lately, my schedule has been absolutely crazy! I have been running around like a mad woman trying to fit everything into my schedule--including working out. 

I know that working out is difficult when a person has such a busy schedule, but it's doable. This week I was back and forth from school, my internship, different events at school, an advertising and marketing event, and then a bridal shower. Needless to say, I have yet to do my homework, but writing on my blog sounded much more appealing to me--obviously.

Since I was not at home much this week, as I feel much like a Gypsy nowadays, hopping from one family member or friend's house to another to make my commute as easy as possible, finding a place and time to work out has been extremely difficult; especially because I live in the northern tundra of Minnesota, so it's not like an outside workout sounds like an option in negative 5 or so degrees weather. 

Anyhow, I did try out St. Paul CrossFit, which was awesome to get back into a CrossFit gym; however, I don't have the money, or time, to use the CrossFit gym enough in the Twin Cities to begin a membership. My Gypsy lifestyle is too flaky for one CrossFit gym--at least for right now.

I am a huge advocate for CrossFit; I think that it's awesome, but I don't think that it's anything that you can't do on your own, when essentially, all of your workouts are "your own."

Here's the workout that we did on Thursday at St. Paul CrossFit: CrossFit Minnesota;

Warm-Up

500 Meter Row

Dynamic stretching

Deadlift; Reps: 10, 7, 3, 3, 5; then work your way/weight up to a 2 rep. max. 

Workout

2 deadlifts

4 box jumps

6 arm band pull-ups

Do as many rounds as you can within 6 minutes.

It was a pretty decent workout, but I thought that it should have had more box jumps and arm-band pull-ups reps required. 

The point of CrossFit, in my opinion, is to kick your own butt. I think that you should always come back from the gym saying to yourself, "I killed it today, and I'm going to feel it tomorrow."

So, if you need some encouragement--get out there and kick your own butt, because no one is going to kick it better than yourself.

CrossFit Minnesota

I also saw this today and thought that this would be a good "at home workout" for those busy days.

You could even up the reps in each set.

Cake

I found this image on Pinterest, where I find many of the picture I post on here, and thought that this was PERFECT for my blog. I'm not sure about anyone else, but I love cake and sweets; however, my love for cake/other junk foods brought me to a place that I don't want to stay at, so I'm choosing the treadmill, not the cake. I used to feel like this image below.

But not anymore. Cake has no power over this will. Bring it on, cake.

Super Bowl Sunday

If you're like me, you ate way too much food--bad food--than your body needed today/this evening. So, what's that mean? Well, it means that I have a stomachache and a long workout ahead of me tomorrow.

Some may argue that you should stay away from the "junkie-foods" FOREVER and NEVER eat it--ever; no exceptions. I beg to differ.

I mean come on! No pizza? No more cookies, EVER? Psh. Yeah right. 

I know that sugar itself isn't the best thing for your body, especially in access, but I don't think that it's the worst thing in the world to "shock your body" once and a great while. I know that I have read this theory more than once before, but in all honesty, it's what you eat 85% of the time that matters the most. 

Though I say that it's OK to "Shock your body" from time to time, I am only allowing myself today as my "junkie-day" for awhile. I have goals to meet, and I am sticking to my disciplines, but I wanted to let--whoever is reading this--know that I'm not about to tell you that you can never have another sweet, or piece of "junk food" in your life! No thanks. I do believe that life is short, and sometimes you just need to eat that brownie, but make sure that you're working for the brownie and not making the brownie work for you.

Anyhow, I will hopefully get the chance to get on here and tell you about my workout tomorrow--should be pretty killer. I'm taking some extra time in the gym tomorrow because I want to kick it up a notch or two, but I also have a crap load of homework that needs to be done--and it's all essay and booklet project stuff. Yuck. So, it's straight to the gym after class, then off to the coffee shop for some hardcore study time. 

Slowly, but surely

Though school has started and now I am bombarded with the dreadful daily commute to school, homework, projects, and an internship to fill up my time, I am still making it a priority to get to the gym and hit my goals. 

Physically, I am still working to get stronger, leaner, and more toned, but I am seeing results; which makes me happy. 

I haven't posted in awhile, but here are my measurements that I took this evening. 

Measurements

Biceps:     10 1/2"
Forearms:    8 3/4"
Waste:      27 1/2"
Hips:       32 1/2"
Glutes:     36 1/4"
Thighs:     21 1/2"
Calf:       13 1/2"

Weight:     Need to step on a scale--which I don't have at home.

I am noticing, as I felt that I already knew before I began my workouts, that the diet has more to do with results than I realize. I am going to cut carbs the next two weeks, after the Super Bowl tomorrow--of course, to a bare minimum. Due to the lack of carbs, I am going to crank up on the leafy-green-veggies and low fat protein. As I have been within the last couple weeks, I will continue to cut/limit sugar to my daily diet. I have also cut out alcohol; maybe a glass of wine here and there, but that's pretty much it. 

If you have made some goals for yourself in the realm of physical fitness, keep it up! It takes awhile to reach those goals, and it takes 100% consistency and determination. 

Goal this week: Eat more GREENS and less of the BROWNS a.k.a carbs.

I haven't been posting much for my workouts on here due to time, but also that they are relatively similar to the workouts that I have already posted. I want to make sure that I am implementing muscle confusion into my weekly work-outs, so that I am working different areas each day.

I thought that this was pretty hilarious, and I hope you do too.

Have a great weekend!