Day 12 - Breakdown

So my horomones have been a little out of whack lately.  Well, that's a lie.  They've been WAY out of whack lately.  Having a baby will do that to you.  I hit a breaking point today.  I've been wanting to clean the house for awhile now and it seemed like we just keep getting further behind.  If you're like me, the more work there is to do, the more impossible it seems and the longer you put it off.  Then you look at it one day and it completely overwhelms you.

Long story short, today was one of those days.  I managed to get stuff moving this morning and made bacon and eggs for breakfast.  I was almost at my breaking point by lunchtime so hubby made lunch while taking care of me and the baby (so thankful for such a wondeful man!).  For lunch we had leftover steak with stir fry veggies.  I tried to calm down and took a short nap this afternoon so I was able to make dinner, which was chicken and broccoli, carrots and onions steamed then tossed in butter.  No pictures today, which may be a good thing.  And no workout either.  Hopefully I can manage the 9am workout tomorrow...

Hubby tried to kill himself doing Barbara RX'd tonight so he cheated and got a milkshake thing on the way home (and just HAD to show me), so I had a banana.  Take that hubby. :P

Day 11 - The joys of Paleo Restaurant Visits

So this morning I woke up when Darren left for work at 5 and couldn't get back to sleep.  Once I had everything ready to go for the girls, I decided I had time to make breakfast before waking them up!  Garlic and Red Pepper Chicken Sausage sauteed with bell peppers over eggs!  Pretty tasty. :)

Then, at work today my co-workers decided to go out to eat so of course I had to tag along.  It's the first time we'd gone out since I've been back and I really missed that.  We decided on Fridays since they should have plenty of paleo options.  Unfortunately when I looked at the menu when we got there, there really weren't many options at all.  I decided to get a small 6 oz steak with some veggies and sweet potato fries on the side.  It was kind of depressing being there and seeing that wonderful menu with all of those wonderful foods I'm not eating... Oh well, I was wearing a skirt that didn't fit me two weeks ago so HA! (Don't worry delicious foods, I'll be eating you in moderation again soon :))

On the way to the gym, Darren called and said he was taking the girls to Mooyah.  I just had to join.  So dinner was an iceburger with bacon.  Darren added cheese to his.  UGH!  Three more weeks... three more weeks....

Day 10 - Family Reunion

My Aunt Dorothy passed away last Friday night.  I barely knew her.  I think I saw her maybe 4-6 times in my life including my wedding and my first daughter's baby shower.  I knew she had a bunch of kids.  Turns out the exact number is 6.  6 kids, 13 grandkids, and 7 great grandkids.  Most of whom I've never met.  I met a lot of them today!  It's weird realizing you're related to a lot of people you never even knew existed.  It's nice meeting them though.  And finding out what a good person and a caring mother/grandmother your Aunt was.

Enough sadness though.  On to food!  Always a happy topic. :)

Breakfast is shown below.  For lunch I had barbecue pork with steamed broccoli, carrots and onions.  After the funeral we were hungry so we stopped at Mooyah and I had a double patty ice burger with bacon, tomatoes and pickles.  Would have been better with cheese but not today!  I also had a side of sweet potato fries.

I picked up a pre-cooked rotisserie chicken on the way home for dinner as well as a bag of baby carrots to steam.  When I got home however, I found Darren preparing the grill to cook STEAK!!!!

So dinner was a mixture of chicken and steak with baby carrots on the side, drowned in butter.  They were SOOOO GOOOD!!!!

While I didn't make it to the gym today, I did teach tap tonight, and tried to throw some very aerobic moves in there that I had to demonstrate.  That counts as a mini-workout, right?

Day 9 - A new PR!

So I am really bad at remembering to take food pictures.  I did however remember at lunch and it's a good thing I did.  This sage butternut stuffed chicken was possibly the best meal I've ever had out of the cafeteria at work.  And that is saying a lot because we have an awesome cafeteria.  I ended up going back for a second piece of chicken.  YUMMY!!

For breakfast I had two brats, and dinner was leftover paleo barbecue pork and sweet potato fries.

Workout again today!  Love getting to say that on a regular basis!

Shoulder Press - Test for 1RM

33kg - new PR by 3 kg!!!

3 rnds for time:

10 Power Clean (22.5 kg)

20 box jump (16")

I don't remember my exact time but I think it was around 7 min.  The box jumps are still hard.  They require more stomach muscles than I have left.  They're coming back though... slowly. :)

Day 8 - The energy fairy

Today I almost fell asleep on my drive home... NOT GOOD.  I think the sugar was more important than I thought.  I know my body will begin to burn fat and other fuel sources, but I have an hour's drive home.  I need something when I start to crash, so starting tomorrow I will have emergency fruit.  Hopefully I won't have to use it, but we'll see...

Stayed Paleo today.  Breakfast and lunch are shown below.  Dinner was leftover skewers.  Chicken, Steak, Bell Peppers and Onions.  I let Darren finish the rest of the pineapple :)

Got in a workout as well!!

8x1 Clean and Jerk at 27.5 kg

NANCY (L1) For Time:

200 m run

15 OHS (10kg)

15:40

Days 6&7 - The first weekend

I managed to stay paleo through my first weekend... Including a trip to outback!

We headed out of town saturday afternoon which meant there were a couple of meals up in the air. Saturday morning i thankfully had a few egg muffins left and snacked on those for breakfast. For lunch we took advantage of bottomless bowls at ghengis grill. Even though i only had two, it allowed for me to have a really good amount and variety of veggies. :)

We had planned to grill at the place we were headed to but when we got there the grill didn't really look that great so we opted to drive in to the outback steakhouse in Tyler instead. By far the best Outback we've ever been to! Since I couldn't have the dressing I love so much I decided to get mixed veggies and green beans with my steak.

In chatting with Darren at dinner about how much weight I need to lose and my crazy addiction to sugar, I decided that starting Monday I would try to do the rest of the challenge without fruit as well. Might be tricky but hopefully it will reset my brain.

Since that doesn't start until tomorrow however, and I'd already bought and brought it, we had some blueberry pomegranate juice with breakfast this morning.

It was delicious... and addicting!  We finished off the *small* bottle today so it wouldn't be there to tempt me tomorrow :P

So my meals for today were:

Breakfast: Eggs, Sausage, Bell Peppers & Onions, and Juice

We missed Lunch so I snacked on a banana and the rest of the juice

Dinner: Skewers - Chicken, Steak, Bell Peppers, Onions and Pineapple

Late night snack: Brat

I didn't get a workout in this weekend, but Darren did go over some of the running drills with me.  Hopefully the new movements will start to sink in soon!

On to week 2!

Day 5 - Paleo Barbecue?

While at Market Street the other day we found something called Apple Butter.  When looking at what to do with it I came across a barbecue sauce recipe.  A few modifications and voila, Paleo Barbecue sauce!  I did make a mistake and added Worcestershire sauce before checking the ingredients (only 1 tsp).  It would probably taste just as good without it though!

So for those who are curious, here's the recipe I used this time.  I may make some modifications going forward.

saute 1/2 cup onions with some minced garlic

add
1 can tomato paste
1 tbsp dry mustard
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 cup apple butter
1 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 cup crushed pineapple
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce (omit for paleo)

bring to a boil then lower the heat and simmer 20 minutes

I put it in a crock pot with some pork and it was pretty yummy!  The pineapple and vanilla was a substitute for brown sugar in the original recipe.  I think it worked well!

So my meals today:

Breakfast: Bacon and Eggs
Lunch: Hamburger stir fry (burger, onions, topped with tomato and pickles)
Dinner: Barbecue Pork, Broccoli, Carrots and Onions
Snacks: 2 bananas

No workout today.  Will have to get back to that next week. :)

Day 4 - Deprivation is Key

I realized today that I'm going to have to be really careful with fruit.  I put raisins in my salad thinking that would satisfy my sweet tooth.  Instead it just made me want dessert.  Thankfully I'd brought a blueberry muffin flavored LARA bar that kept me from caving.

I forgot to take food pictures again.  I'm already slacking...

Breakfast: Banana on the way to the office then 4 veggie egg muffins

Lunch: Salad - Lettuce Medly, Onions, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Bell Peppers, Grapes, Bacon, Grilled Chicken, Olive Oil, Red Wine Vinegar and cracked pepper. (The cracked pepper and bacon really made it!)

Afternoon Snacks: Blueberry Muffin LARA Bar; Chicken with Tomatoes and Peppers

Dinner: Beef Stir Fry

I also made it to the gym today!  Three times this week!

For Time: (18 min L1)
5 Assisted Handstand Push Ups (Green/Green)
10 Ring Rows
16 Pistols (with ring support)
20 Grasshoppers
30 DU
40 Squats
50 Sit Ups
600 m Run

Feeling weak tonight and it was really hard taking care of the girls by myself after the workout.  I may have to re-examine the schedule....

On to tomorrow!

Day 3 - Back to work...

No pictures today.  I had egg muffins for breakfast, leftover meatloaf with broccolini and carrots for lunch, chicken with rotel and red bell peppers for afternoon snack, and beef stir fry for dinner.  Food is OK but I need to pack more snacks for the day.  Especially on days when I'm this busy...

Today was my first day back at the office.  Not a lot has changed so far, which is a good thing so I'm hoping my stress level will stay low once Darren and I get a schedule figured out.  I had to go straight from work to the gym to dance though so Wednesdays are going to be rough.

I did manage a workout!

3 rounds for time:
600 m run
10 deadlift (35 kg)
10 double unders

Didn't write down my time but it was decent.  I managed to jog at least half of the runs which made me happy.

I also checked my BMI and body fat percentage at the gym today.  Currently body fat is 32.2% and BMI is 27.5.  That classifies me as "overweight".  My goal for this during the challenge (or shortly thereafter) is to get my BMI back to healthy (less than 25).

Well, that's it for today.  Hopefully I'll have the energy to get through tomorrow!

Day 2 - I want a big red!!!

Day 2 is down, but not without a fight!

I go back to work tomorrow and the stress is about to kill me!  I stayed good though.  Meatloaf for breakfast, turkey, veggies and fruit for lunch, lara bar for a snack, and chicken and veggies for dinner.

No workout today but did a lot of house cleaning.  That counts right?

Day 1

So far so good. My meals for the most part are posted below. I also had two more mini meatloaves, a few sweet potato fries and two bananas.

I did make it to the gym today too!

Shoulder press 5*1 at 27kg

3 rounds for time
Squats - sit ups - push ups - pull ups
40 30 20 10
30 20 15 10
30 20 15 10

17:03

I used blue and purple on the pull ups and did modified push ups but felt pretty good overall! On to tomorrow!

Here We Go!

We start the paleo challenge tomorrow!  33 days to cleanse the system and hopefully kick start weightloss.  It seems to be a lot harder to find motivation now that I'm juggling two little babies at home.  I know how important it is for me to be in the best shape possible and that it will only make things easier down the road so here we go!

I'm currently at 176 lbs, with 42.5 in bust, 37 in waist and 44 in hips.  My long term goals are to hit 140 lbs, 38 in bust and hips and 28 in waist.  That's the size where I've felt the best and I think it's do-able... long term.  In the next 33 days my goals are a little lighter.

160 lbs
40 in bust and hips
34 in waist

Can I do it?  I hope so!  I hope to keep up here with my meals, workouts and progress!  Here we go!