Feeling "off"

I don't know why but I just felt off this week. I felt really tired and not motivated in my workouts. Today was better but the rest of the week was just bleh.

Here's what the workouts looked like:

Monday: crossfit workout - was really tired here. Might be b/c I started out with a 2 minute plank so the push ups were harder later on in the workout.
Tuesday: boot camp and zumba
Wednesday: crossfit (short)
Thursday: off
Friday: boot camp - strength pyramid
Saturday: 33 mile bike ride

Today my body is tired from the ride but I am feeling better than earlier in the week.

Sorry this is a boring update... I'll try to make it more exciting next week. I'm tired.

25 apples in 3 days?

I ate a lot of food this week. The main culprit? Dried apples and almond butter. I don't normally buy almond butter so I ate a little too much in celebration. And, if you follow me on facebook, you know my other pleasure I indulged in this week, dried apples. I ate a WHOLE number 10 size can of dried apples in 3 DAYS!!! To say I have been bloated ever since is a severe understatement. I gained a full 5 pounds this week. 132 to 137. Bleh. I really hope it's just the apples. I guess we will see this next week. 132 was really low as I am normally 133-134 so that makes the gain seem even more.

In workout news, workouts were great. I did a really hard crossfit workout called the Filthy 50. It was 50 reps of a bunch of hard exercises. The highlight of the workout was 50 burpies and I did a push up in 35 of them! It was awesome! Today's ride was supposed to be 25 miles but I underestimated the distance and it ended up being 31. That last 5 miles was into the wind too and it was really hard mentally. But I am glad it is done! Next week we'll do 35.

My body is so tired right now that typing this is making me tired, so I'm going to go. Here's to another great week with healthier eats!

I heart crossfit

I have started doing crossfit workouts and they are AMAZING!!! I double L o.v.e. love them! They have me ready to puke and I am running around the gym like a super woman. (see www.crossfit.com for info if you want it) I've never had so many people ask me what I am doing at the gym before. It is so funny. I was doing overhead squats and this guy said that it was "incredible" that I could do that. Ha ha. I also had a guy stop me and say that a couple months ago when I was doing pull ups he was watching me and thought to himself, "she is in better shape than I am! I need to get my butt in gear!" Since then he said he has lost 20 pounds and is in better shape than ever! He said that I was an inspiration to him! Wow, right? Anyway, those are my random thoughts for today.

Pull up challenge update: I am still going on this. I don't think I've improved too much actually but I will retest for the last time on Monday. I will still work on them obviously but they will stop being such a big part of my workout. I want to try to build my arms just a bit so I may start working them a little more often and see if it makes a difference. I don't really want them "bigger" just leaner. But I also don't want to diet so we'll see if just working them a little more makes a diff. I have no idea if it will.

Boot camp is going GREAT! The group is so motivated! We are doing really different things this time. There are close to 20 women and it is a lot of fun to have that many people there. It's good times.

I am going to try to get back into the regular posting again. So watch out. I'm back. :-)