Biggest Fan

It's nice to be surrounded in life by people who help encourage you.

When you tell yourself you can't, they remind you yes you can.

My wonderful husband, Chris, does that for me!

He's the one who got me into Crossfit.

I tell him what my dreams and goals are, and he helps me achieve them and encourages me along the way reminding myself not to give up.

He taught me to cook, and learn how to enjoy it. And even when my cooking isn't good he eats it anyways and tells me it was. :)

When I go to the late classes at Inferno, he has dinner ready by the time I'm home and never eats until I'm home so we can eat together.

He listens to me talk Crossfit all the time; asks how I did at the gym, and applauds me when I have a PR.

He reminds me everyday that I'm beautiful <3

I couldn't have picked a better person to spend the rest of my life with. I cannot wait to grow old with you and raise a family together.

I love you very much Christopher! <3

Thank you for being my biggest fan!

Bar Muscle What!?

I tend to dream about my goals...

Lately they've been having to do with Crossfit.

In my dreams I accomplish my goals with ease, and no struggle what so ever.

Obviously real life is never that easy or we would never have goals to work towards or things to get better at.

As my previous post listed I have a couple goals I wanted to check off my list before I hit my year mark with Inferno...

Well today was a GLORIOUS day!

It started off by waking up at 530am.... On a Saturday.... WIDE awake.

I let the cat out.. adjusted the pillows to surf my ipad.. My typical morning when preparing to either a) go to the gym or b) go to work.

I left the house extra early today due to the Pioneer Day Parade going on in the lovely town of El Paso de Robles (it's a day where people dress up as pioneers and ride tractors around downtown.. just to sum it up for you) and I didn't want to have to deal with traffic. Since I was early I took a stroll and grabbed a lovely Almond Milk Cappuccino and a tasty Paleo treat from Cloud 9 Coffee.

Saturday mornings are the days that I take a mobility class; tend to areas that are sore and tight, and for me I focus on my hips and shoulders since I'm FREAKISHLY double jointed (apparently not ALL humans can create angel wings with their shoulder blades... just found that out a couple years ago). Afterwards my husband, Chris, and I were going to head to the parade and finish watching the last of the parade come through. Well selective hearing got the best of him, and by the time he headed to the box to meet me the parade had to be over. I wanted to do "Sally Up" to front squats (I'm working on getting legs like Miranda Oldroyd haha) so I hung around for a bit and waited until my coaches, Bill and Danica, along with another Infernite were done doing the WOD.

The second part of the WOD for today was max bar muscle ups... One of my goals I'm working on to accomplish before I hit my year anniversary.

Today was the day I would again attempt bar muscle ups without the band!

First time.... Fail.

Second time.... Danica assisted (no pun intended) me.

Third time..... Well just watch the video :)

Bar Muscle Up..... Check!

I am on a freaking high from this... so of course I wanted to attempt ring muscle ups. After a few ugly attempts, and a freakishly weird fall this is the closest I got.

Today was a reminder for me, that no matter how high I set my goals I can accomplish anything I put my mind to. Hard work and determination paid off!

Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

Goal update: I WILL get 1 muscle up by the end of this week. :)

Hump Daaaaay!

Woot woot!

Alright who's excited!?

It's almost Friday; the work week is almost done!

Today I got up and headed to the gym  to attend the 530am class.. I got REALLY pumped up and motivated after watching the Crossfit video, "Beauty in Strength" last night!

Here is the video if you didn't already see it on my Facebook page:

It again reminded me to keep going, don't stop, and when the non crossfitting haters start chirping... Go even harder!

Here are a few of my goals before I hit my year my one year mark with Crossfit Inferno:
Butterfly pull-ups (I have the movement down, just need to figure out how to string the dang things together and NOT kip!)
Muscle-ups (rings and bar)
Double unders (I can do 5 in a row so that's a start but I want to be able to do 20 in a row)
Clean and Jerk my body weight (even if it's just my 1 rep max!)

What are your goals? What's stopping you from achieving them?

Learn to stand up against that little voice in your head that tells you you can't and push yourself to the limit. No one is stopping you, but YOU!

Go for it! Get after it! :)

Palio?

I think it's cute (yea I say cute because I'm a GIRL.. and things can be cute.. except in the gym.. Kettlebells aren't cute) when I hear people call paleo, palio!

What is Paleo?

Paleolithic diet/lifestyle (for me it's a lifestyle, not a diet) also known as the Caveman Diet, Primal, Hunter-Gatherer is based on the paleolithic era; eating lean proteins, fruits and vegetables, and healthy fats. Pretty much if the cavemen couldn't eat it... You can't either!

This as I will call it.. lifestyle.. teaches us to eat whole, natural, unprocessed foods steering clear of refined foods, trans fats and sugars. Foods you are not allowed to eat are dairies, grains, processed food & sugars, legumes (such as beans & peanuts), starches, and alcohol.

What you say? Isn't wine paleo?

Depending on what your ending goals are, I would refrain from all alcohol in general. Although if you want to drink I would stick with 1 glass of red wine... Not the whole bottle.

First thing to get started: Throw everything thing out that is on the DO NOT CONSUME list.

I know depressing. But having that food in your cabinet will lead you to temptation.

Second: When shopping for food buy no more than two weeks worth of food. It might be annoying to go grocery shopping every 2 weeks, but you'll get over it when you get the hang of things. The foods you're buying are fresh so purchasing items in large quantities that you might not be able to eat quickly will be no bueno for you and your wallet. But again, I could be wrong, this is only what I do and I'm just giving you suggestions.

Third and lastly, look up a few Paleo blogs and purchase Paleo cookbooks and get to cooking!

For those that are making this a lifestyle, start your diet off by eating strict. After the first 3 weeks once you get the hang of things give yourself 1 meal a week for you to use as a cheat. Unless you're balls to the wall and want to live a clean living life.. Then freaking HIGH FIVE, because YOU'RE AWESOME! Now if I wasn't doing the Lurong Paleo Challenge, you bet your ass I'd be eating a freaking cookie if I wanted. Or a few pieces of the 3 1/2 pound bag of tootsie rolls my husband MADE me buy him. Ugh! (I actually almost hid it from him this morning on my way to the gym tehehe)

I hope this helps for some of you who are curious about what paleo is and how to get started!

Good luck! :) :)

Xoxo!