Lockdown Day 19

Was going to workout today, but was just beat-traps and triceps pretty sore, legs a bit sore-first time I worked out 4 days in a row so unless I want to be worthless Sunday, sitting this one out

Lockdown Day 18

Breakfast:
- running low on food so it was slim pickins today
- 4 pieces canadian bacon
- 1 banana
- sunflower seeds

feeling really hungry around 10:30 so ate 4 cashews after drinking a ton of water & stomach still rumbling

Lunch:
- boss brought in lunch today, ordered plain chick & veggies w/no msg-it was the most boring chinese food I've ever eaten & it sucked
- had some egg drop soup, no rice, no egg roll, and I had to sit amongst multiple plates of cherry & apple pies, brownies, choc chip cookies and cheesecakes-and no I didn't eat any of it!
- had a few cashews to top off this completely unsatisfying meal

Snack:
- deli ham
- red pepper slices
- sunflower seeds

Workout:
5:00/1000M row warmup
for time...
500M row, 20 bench dips, 25 air squats
did 3 rounds, plus an extra 500 M row-14:35
- this kicked my butt but I rowed better than I ever have and I probably could've finished that 4th round, although not that well

Dinner:
- salad w/grilled chick, 1/4 fat free cheddar (oh well) plus 1 tbsp Newmans SW drsg & 1 tbsp bals vin drsg
- 1 peach

Day 17 Lockdown-over 1/2 way done!

Breakfast:
- 2 pieces turkey bacon
- 1 banana
- 7 almonds

** I am officially 7.4 lbs lighter! Clothes aren't super loose yet, but a little bit-it's a start either way

Lunch:
- spinach salad w/1 whole egg, 1 egg white & 2 tbsp balsm vin drsg, 2 pieces turkey bacon & 1/4 red pepper

snack:
- turkey, carrots & sunflower seeds (was hungry, didn't eat enough for lunch)

Workout:
CFT:
Back Squat:95
OH Press:55
Dead Lift:135
Total:285
- also practiced pushups, and 2 sets of air squats

Dinner:
- salad w/ham, red pep, lt italian drsg
- 1 peach

Lockdown Day 16

Breakfast:
- orange
- turkey leftovers
- 5 cashews

Late Lunch:
- turkey
- carrots
- sunflower seeds

no snack today due to such a late lunch

Workout:
AMRAP 20 min
125 M row
10 box jumps
10 KB swings 26 lbs
10 push ups

did 7 rounds, was def tough but I paced myself better this time & didn't feel as much like I was going to die until the very end, and I got my breath back a lot quicker-I am still kinda slow (I think the new girl actually started beating me but oh well-plus she has a lot less junk to jump on on those box jumps :) Really need to work on pushups/strength bc my arms always feel like they are gonna snap-and, the KB swings were the hardest for me, could really tell that I went up 6 lbs which surprised me

Lockdown Day 15

- didn't get much sleep so kinda groggy all day

Breakfast:
- 2 pieces of turkey bacon
- 3/4 of a banana
- 5-6 almonds
- 32 oz water

Lunch, around 12:15:
- roasted turkey
- carrots
- 7 cashews
- 32 oz water

Snack:had some sunflower seeds, then turkey and an orange

Workout:
5 min/1000M row warmup
Split Jerk/Regular Jerk
15x10x2, 25x2, 35x2, 45x2,x2, 55x2, 65xw
- need to work on my form, but I definitely prefer the split jerk to reg jerk
- accidentally did a push press at the end but hey that was harder anyway
Worked on rowing some more -5min/1000 M

Dinner:
- strip steak & mushrooms

Resuming Lockdown-Day 14

Ok, so after my little slip ups this weekend, gotta get back on track today
First off, I feel tired, and very dehydrated today, better now that I am pushing water again
This is a reminder why I shouldn't eat all of that sugary/carby crap

Breakfast:
- 4 pieces turkey bacon
- 1 orange
- sunflower seeds, handful
- was not hungry at all this morning, had to literally force myself to eat anything
- 32 oz water x2

- starting to get headache around 11am, subsided after I ate
Lunch:
- salad w/deli ham, red pep, lt Italian drsg
- 5 cashews
- carrots
- 32 oz water

- went home right after work, no workout, no snack-just felt exhausted like I had no energy

Dinner:
- roasted turkey breast (turned out awesome!)
- attempted to make some "healthy gravy" to accompany but it turned out nasty
- broccoli

Note:did not feel hungry at all today at the end of day-maybe I am getting somewhere!

Lockdown, well sort of, Day 13

Breakfast:
- 1 egg w/salsa
- 4 pieces of turkey bacon
- 3 strawberries

- was originally planning on going to crossfit today, but I was pretty sluggish and then we got busy so no dice
- made the mistake of going to the grocery store late afternoon, without having eaten lunch-started craving mexican food (probably because my cheat meal the night before wasn't all that satisfying!)
- Josh and I agreed we would go get Mexican food and that would be our lunch/dinner and we would split something, and then get back to the grind Monday

- had mexican food, but didn't even eat 1/3 of the chimichanga we split, had a little bit of rice, very few beans, mostly ate chips and salsa, but didn't go crazy
- did have some cheese dip, but also didn't go crazy, actually got full pretty quickly
- felt uncomfortably full actually
- also had a margherita-hey it's mexican food, I had to!

Lockdown Day 12

Breakfast:
- 3 pieces turkey bacon
- 1 banana

Workout:
- OH squat, 1RM 55 lbs-could have done more I think but was getting familiar with the exercise, and starting to learn how to bail
- 4 round tabata air squat, got 12
- 4 round tabata row, got 5 calories-need to pull harder, work on form because I keep wanting to pull faster
- tabatas really kicked my butt!

** also, discussed cheating w/Herb-made a group decision that it's ok to cheat here and there as long as you stay the course

Lunch:
- cheeseburger from Mcdonalds (still only 250 cal)
- even though I ate a cheeseburger, I was proud of myself bc I was full and then I stopped eating, and I didn't have fries (well I ate 5 ok!) or soda
- 32 oz water

Dinner:
- 1 square of lasagna (honestly didn't even taste that good to me-what a crock!)
- 1 small piece of cake
- 2 glasses wine
- 2 margheritas, on the rocks no salt/sugar added
- a few chips/dip (very few)

Late Night:
- ate my other McDonald's cheeseburger-Whoops!

Lockdown Day 11

Weighed in last night, officially down 4 lbs, but also seems like my pants are fitting looser

Breakfast:
- banana/blueberry pancakes (w/1egg, 1 tbsp almond butter &van extract)
- 2 slices deli ham
- 32 oz water

Lunch:
- chicken w/salsa
- carrots
- sunflower seeds, maybe 1/8c
- 32 oz water

Snack:
-4-5 slices deli ham
- red pepper strips
- sunflower seeds, less than 1/8c

Workout:
3 min warmup row
Pull up ladder, 11 rounds
push up ladder, 8 rounds

Dinner:
- pot roast w/carrots, onions, celery
- mushrooms
- 1 glass red wine, later

Lockdown Day 10

Breakfast:
- 4 slices lean ham
- strawberries
- handful cashews


Lunch:
- 6 slices deli chicken
- 1 pickle, dill spear
- side salad w/lt italian
- few cashews

Snack:
- 4 slices deli chicken
- 1 dill pickle
- cashews

** note, need to make sure I eat more at breakfast & not overdue it with the pickles and deli meat because I seem to not feel as full and get hungry again sooner

- did not go to xfit-literally had zero energy, haven't gotten enough sleep so just wanted to go home & rest, made the mistake of going to the grocery when i was hungry-it was awful, cravings were bad
- had some raisins and sunflower seeds, again just couldn't seem to feel not hungry!

Dinner:
- 7 oz strip steak
- mushrooms
- orange

- had another orange later before bed

Lockdown Day 9

Breakfast:
- banana/blueberry pancakes (1/2 banana, 1/2c blueberries, 1tsp flax oil, 1 egg, 1/2 tsp vanilla)
- these were really good, no topping needed
- 32 oz water

Lunch:
- chicken w/homemade salsa (REALLY good, very simple)
- steamed carrots
- 6 cashews
- 32 oz water

Today is off day for Xfit

Snack:
- 4 slices deli chicken
- 1 dill pickle spear
- 4 cashews

Dinner:
- went to pf changs but stuck to the diet
- moo goo gai pan, primarily ate chicken not much shrimp
- 2 glasses red wine

Lockdown Day 8

Breakfast:
- 3 pieces (really thin) canadian bacon
- strawberries/blueberries
- 9 almonds
- 32 oz water

Lunch:
- salad with red pepper, deli chick/ham lt italian dressing
- 4 cashews
- 32 oz water

Snack:
- 5 slices deli chicken
- 8 cashews
- red pepper strips

Workout:
5 min /1000M warmup row
For time:
20-15-10-5
Body Rows, Push ups, Knee ups, Wall Balls finished 10:10, gotta speed up I'm getting tailed by people over twice my age!
- apparently I was doing wall balls too easily so now I may be screwed-10 lb ball next time
- Why do I suddenly NOT want to be making progress? haha

Dinner:
- baked chicken w homemade salsa
- steamed carrots
- 16 oz water w/sugar free lemonade packet

Lockdown Day 7

Breakfast:
- banana pancakes
- 1 piece canadian bacon
- 32 oz water

Lunch:
- leftover spaghetti (w/spag squash!)
- almonds (6)
- 32 oz water

Snack:
- slices of deli ham
- red pepper strips
- cashews

Workout:
- 5min/1000m row warmup
For time:
1000 m row
box jumps/kb (20lb) swings alternating
5 20
10 15
15 10
20 5
finished around 12ish minutes, felt pretty winded at a few points, 1st metcon I've done since Sindee and bronchitis, so did ok I think
apparently i graduated to 35 lb kb!

Dinner:
- banana pancakes
- 2 strawberries

- 1 glass red wine

Lockdown Day 6

Breakfast:
- banana pancakes, this time made without flax seeds (much better) & with a handful of sliced strawberries on top

Workout:
- warmup row, 5min, 1012 M, probably the hardest/quickest I've done a rowing warmup so far, felt pretty winded at first
- 10 air squats x3
- 10 pushups x2
- 10 situpsx3
- 5 pullups x2
Bench Press, 45x10, 55x5, 60x4, 65x1 (1rm)
- not sure why I can press same over my head-maybe I was a little weaker today?

Lunch:
- salad w/diced ham and small amt of bacon-not very satisfying!
- a few grapes
- handful sunflower seeds

Snack:
- few slices of ham
- cashews (6)

Dinner:
- cabbage rolls, made with tomatoes, onion, ground beef

- did have water with a packet of sugar free lemonade for something different
- also drank lots of H20 plain

Lockdown Day 5

Breakfast:
- few slices deli ham
- baked apples w/raisins, walnuts, cinnamon
- think my medicine didn't agree with me, because I got REALLY sick shortly after breakfast
- didn't feel very well so skipped Xfit today

Lunch:
- strip steak
- 1 tomato, sliced
- banana

Snack:
- banana with almond butter (maybe a tsp of almond butter)
- few pieces celery

Dinner:
- spaghetti squash with tomato/ground beef sauce
- made sauce from scratch with mush, grnd bf, bell pep, tomatoes
- had a little bit of frozen banana for dessert, not much though

Lockdown Day 4

Still feeling pretty good, going strong!

Breakfast:
- 2 pieces canadian bacon
- banana
- 8 almonds

Lunch:
- leftover pot roast/veggies
- 4 strawberries
- 5 cashews

LOTS OF WATER

Snack:
- red pepper strips
- few slices of ham
- 4 cashews

Workout:
warm up, (10) air sqats x2, (10) pushups x2, 5 pull ups then 8, 12 situps then 10
- hang snatch 30 lbs
- felt like I sucked at this exercise!

min metcon:
- rowed for 30 sec on/30 sec off, decreasing increments 30/30, 30/25, 30/20, etc
- did pretty good for me and for having bronchitis!

Dinner:
- ham, deli slices
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
- 4 strawberries
- handful of cashews

Lockdown Day 3

Breakfast
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Banana pancakes, made with:
- 1 mashed banana
- 1 egg
- 1.5 tbsp flaxseed
- 2 tbsp almond butter


Lunch
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- salad w/chicken, red pepper, carrot, newman's own light italian drsg
- 4 cashews
not really hungry after lunch

Snack:
- chick breast
- carrots
- 4 cashews

Workout:
5 min row warmup
Push Press, 1RM 55lbs
- wasn't able to do mini metcon this time bc of bronchitis

Lockdown Day 2

Apparently because I'm the most unlucky person around, I now have bronchitis, so my lack of appetite has actually helped with the normal hunger pangs that can be associated with a 30 day super strict diet...however, this has put me at a bit of a disadvantage for a few days with doing too intense of a metcon. I am going to be smart and take tonight off to give my meds a chance to work, but I will back tomorrow, to lift at the very least. The nurse practitioner said that taking all the crap out of one's diet can send your body into a bit of a shock, so if you have allergies/asthma like I do, it'll make you sick at first- but that in the end you will feel AMAZING-I am hoping for that!

Breakfast
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- scrambled eggs (1 whole egg/.25 c egg beaters)
- banana
- 7 cashews
- 32 oz water

Lunch
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- big salad w/chicken, red pep, carrots, romaine and 2 tbsp vin/oil drsg
- 64 oz water throughout the day

Snack:
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- 7 cashews

Dinner
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- steak, maybe 4oz
- mushrooms, sauteed in olive oil
- 1 plum

Let the games begin-Lockdown Day 1

Today is the start of the 30-Day Lockdown for me-
Breakfast: around 8am
- 1 chicken breast (5 oz maybe)
- a few carrots, maybe 6
- 8.5 cashews
- 32 oz water
Lunch: around 12:15-12:45
- 1 chick breast, 5 oz
- 1.5 c broccoli, steamed
- 5 almonds
- a few cherry tomatoes w/vin&oil dressing
- 32 oz water
* Have not been that hungry today for some strange reason, so didn't finish marinated tomatoes
Snack: around 4:30
- maybe 2 oz chick breast
- 8 cashews
Workout: around 7:15
- deadlift 1RM, 125 lbs
- 25 wall balls
Dinner: around 8:00
- cod, maybe 4-5 oz
- tomatoes, marinated in oil/vin
- 2 cashews

Sindee=death!

Ok, so for some reason, Herb thought it would be a good idea to do this devilish workout-it killed me! By far, this was the hardest one I have done to date.

So, for 20:00 min, we had to do as many rounds as possible of the following:

5 KB swings (20lbs)
10 wall balls (10lb ball/8ft)
15 12" lateral hops (jump sideways across string)

did 8 rounds-had enough time to attempt nine, but I was about to faint so I stopped
had really bad chest pain/throat hurt-think it was from the chilly room and the extreme cardio (well, extreme for me at least!)

REST

Trying to stick with 3 days on, 1 day off strategy

Superbowl rowing madness

In preparation for a day of beer, cheese dip and all kinds of other goodies, today was a calorie burning day, filled with 16 fun-filled minutes of rowing...ugghh

1 min row, 1 min rest
2 min row, 2 min rest
3 min row, 3 min rest
4 min row, 4 min rest
3 min row, 3 min rest
2 min row, 2 min rest
1 min row, 1 min rest

Felt like I might throw up for a minute, but fortunately Pukie never actually came...