Hey...this is the last day...

of the OC!!

That would make it October 31

and time for some good ol Halloween memories....

I have to say...

Jay - you were always a good sport about this holiday!!

burpee time...25 in 3:20

Thursday and up to 23 burpees a day

When I travel early in the week...it feels like it should be the weekend when I get back. bummer that it's not.

On the trip, I did my burpees each day and ran each morning.

Eating - was fairly ok, considering. I did cave in to a Doubletree Hotel cookie that they give you when you check in. It is warm and it is soft and it is chocolate chip. Since I did not refuse it when offered, it was too much to expect of myself not to eat it once in my hotel room. Ah well...at least it was great!

Monday

Going to be traveling for a few days - out today back Wed - so no posts...try to hang on.

Sunday - was a bit of a cheat day...ate some cinnamon bread, 2 slices, that was more like cake!!! Also had bean soup for dinner...not horribly bad but not on paleo nonetheless.

Did burpees - all at once, although had to rest a bit between 10's. Also ran about 3/4 of a mile... that is around a block close to home.

Made Lo's costume - a cat - black dress with white furry trim...will provide pix later this week. she was happy so that made me happy.

Sunday on the Scales

Well - there could be a few reasons why there is no downward or satisfying progress....still at 156.

• not really being honest about what I have eaten - no reason to lie... reject this one
• not doing the work ... reject even tho I missed a day
• not eating enough vegetables - I think this is true
• eating too many nuts - as they are easy snacks and available - true
• body is too damn old to respond to diet efforts like it used to - this might be true too

arggggghhhhh

not giving up, you understand, just a bit crapped out about it.

Yesterday's WOD was in teams of two...

10 rounds for time of...

1 snatch

3 hang power cleans

2 push press/push jerk

run 100 m

Did my burpees when I got home.

Also went to a competition in another CF gym for age 40 and older - called them a masters class. The first event was running...altho they did not tell them how far they were going to run. They just got to a point and were told to keep going - that happened about 3 times. Ended up to be about 3 miles. Second was power cleans and third was wall balls. I just heard about it the night before. If they ever hold one for 50 and older, I will enter.

Day 22 - Food Fitness and some Folly

Food

thought I probably ought to get back to logging my food -I know how exciting that is for my reader or two, but - getting close to the end of the month and need to make sure that I am getting the most out of these last challenge days....

B - coffee with creamer - had to run out the door

S - nuts and raisins

L - eggs, hot link, pineapple, cantaloupe

D - halibut, asparagus, broccoli

S - cantaloupe with a scoop of ice cream (needed it)

Fitness

ran 800 m - need to catch up for a few days ... still 800 m behind

CFV workout

WOD

AMRAP (as many reps as possible)

3 min shuttle run - running short distance touching ground at each end - did 19

1 min rest

3 min dead lift - 133lbs - did 17

1 min rest

3 min burpees - did 23 - so got mine in for the day...was disappointed it was only 23 in 3 min, then I remembered the other stuff I had done before it.

This one was a wipe out!!!!!

Folly

thought I would add this to some of my posts - laughing at oneself is important.

Went to Starbucks drive through (I know I know - this was certainly not available in the Paleolithic era), was talking on the phone, ordered my drink, drove up to pay for it and drove off. Was making a significant point on the call and went to fortify myself with said coffee only to realize I drove off without it.

Folly part of it - this is not the first time.

Day 21 of the OC

Today - did 20 burpees. Worked too late to get to CF so tomorrow gonna have to run 4X400 to catch up.

The funnest part of today was walking with Ny-pie in her halloween parade.

Last Few Days (18-20)

Been busy with work - up early back late.
Been on Paleo all days - in fact, probably not eating enough - but certainly not eating too much. altho I have not given up the coffee/creamer fix yet despite my son's urging.

Monday -
Crossfit -
CFV warmup including my run and my 20 burpees
Overhead Squats
3-3-3-3-3 at 33 lbs
AMRAP in 12 minutes
7 OHSquats at 33 lbs
7 Pullups
I did nine rounds

Missed Tuesday burpees and run
Did not make it there on Wed - will try to go today to make it up
Did do 40 burpees on Wednesday
Have to run 3 X 4oom today to make up for the missed days

I was driving home too late last night to make CF thinking it is a drag that work gets in the way of fitness, especially when you are on a roll! I mean, it is hard enough to get on that roll!

Anyway, persevere... taking it one day at a time.

One anniversary - it was a year ago that I started at CF! J - it was when you were out here last October. It has been the longest I have ever stayed with a fitness program!!! thanks, kiddo.

OC Day 17 and Weigh In Sunday

Sorta told you about fitness day 17 with the 1 mile run...also did more burpees than required and the team WOD

food -

Reality is not far ....

b - eggs, hot link, peppers, zucchini, pineapple, mango

l - actually skipped it - at a volunteer event and they only had pizza

d - chicken and lamb, salad, oj

weigh in - same as last week - 156 - it IS a month long challenge - so hanging in there.

Painted Ladies

today

I ran a mile - more like trotted - but it was a mile and I did NOT walk it.

Day 15 of the OC on a muggy day

Muggy muggy muggy yuck.

If I wanted muggy, I would live in the south

or in Chicago in the summertime

or in a rain forest.

Instead, I live in northern California and it should NOT be muggy.

Anyway, I am half way, or so, there on the OC.

So far so good - weigh in is this Sunday.

Food for the last few days has been on program with the exception of an eggroll, a few wontons in my soup and a bit of sauce. Does sound like more than a few exceptions, but I was not truly bad. I would admit it.. really I would


Yesterday did not include a WOD, a burpee or a run. Had to get to work early and got home exhaustedly late. See, I admitted that.

Today, tho...

20 burpees mixed in with the usual CFV warmup;

front squats 2-2-2-2-2 last was pb at 75lb;

run 400m X 3 for time -one was a pb at 2:11.

still not below 2 but closer.

Food words to live by....

If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple,

you're not hungry.

heavy heavy on Day 13

To say it rained yesterday is a gross understatement. It dumped buckets! More than it has on that very day for the last 40 years, they say. Wreaked havoc everywhere but no matter, rain is glorious!

Yesterday's WOD has me hobbling - it's the lunges - my backside from my buttocks to my ankles ...pain pain pain. Didn't help this nagging left leg achilles issue either.

Enough whining -

Food facts - b - turkey, banana, grapes; L - nuts, beef jerkey; D - beef, squash, green.

Did burpees in the am - before the pain set in. Did not run - altho I did a lot of running in the rain.

Miss my Crystal - you having fun, girly girl?

Miss my Loli - hope to see her this weekend.

Miss reading about Jay - you still on the burpee challenge? I got my peers on a 100 day challenge - we will see how they do. Are you also on another month's food challenge? Post, my son, post!

Day 12 of the OC

This one was hard....

800m run.

20 Walking Lunge (50/30) - I did 20

15 Swings (52/35) - I did 18

600m run

20 Walking Lunge

15 Swings

400m run
20 Walking Lunge

15 Swings

200m run

20 Walking Lunge

15 Swings

I did it in 24.05 min - which was not the slowest person of the day - in fact, it was 4th from the slowest*. And I only walked about 100 m of the 800. So I clearly did my run for the day and also did my burpees.

*For the WODs that are hard for me, my litmus test is to not be last..anything but last!!

Food - after my birthday cheat day... I was pretty good.

B - two eggs scrambled with hotlink, tomato, red pepper, banana, strawberry

S - nuts, raisins

L - salad with shrimp, veg

D - chicken (left over from that awesome dish that Olivia made), butternut squash

Foto - after the WOD on Saturday - which I got to pick :-).

I picked luck of the draw - deck of cards, an exercise is assigned to each suit (sit ups, push ups, box jumps, squats with 200m assigned to the joker), other team picks for you...if they pick 9 of hearts - our team has to do 9 pushups, etc. Down side is they picked both jokers for us :-(. It was fun anyway.

the perfect gift...

not bad for a....

59 year old...

ran the 400m in 2:17 this am - in addition to 3 other 400m runs

did 20 burpees

probably could not do that when I was 39 - which is what I told O who was kind enough to come out and run with me during which I took four paces to her two.

also down to 156 which is 4 lb loss...on pace for my 30 day goal of 10 lbs.

won't bore you with yesterday's results other than to tell you I did what I was supposed to

Most importantly, still havin fun with it!!!!

surprise!!!

Yesterday, I was in my office meeting with someone with my door closed and someone starts pounding on the door. I open it and it is my team at work yelling surprise with roses and balloons. They kidnapped me (only to take me to lunch at Benihanas) and when we went to the parking lot, this is what I found:

Day OC 9

First - my son, J, inspired me to start this journey.... going by his postings, seems he has taken a detour off the face of cyperspace???? know you were sick, know C is visiting, but, to quote C, wtf?

Fitness -
Ran 800 m (with a bit of a break in between) to make up for yesterday
Did 20 burpees - 10 in the am, 10 at CF
WOD
Shoulder Press 1-1-1-1-1 55-55-55-60-60
Push Press 3-3-3-3-3 55-55-55-60-60
Push Jerk 5-5-5-5-5 all 55 (getting tired)

Food -
B - turkey
L - edamame, chicken and veg stirfry (and just a tad of fried rice) at BeniHanas (my team surprised me at my office and took me to lunch - also tagged my car ... pix later)
D - lentil soup, 2 crackers, olives, kiwi, orange slices
not particularly great - as probably not enough but I survived.

Days 6, 7 and 8 of the OC - WARNING- boring post

Been on a business trip (bt) so am behind in posting for two days. here is the lowdown....
Day 6 - 10/6 Tues
fitness:
run 400m did it on the treadmill
20 burpees - did them

food:
b - turkey, apple
l - fruit
s - apple, banana
d - steak salad


Day 7 - 10/7 Wed
fitness:
run 400m - actually ran for more than that and I think I did because I took my stopwatch and ran for about 4 min
20 burpees - done
food:
b - eggs, bacon, fruit, coffee
l - chicken and salad
s - fruit
d - steak, greenbeans, corn

Day 8 - 10/8 Thursday
fitness:
20 burpees - done
did not run so have to make it up on Friday
food:
b - eggs, bacon, fruit, coffee
l - chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, corn
s - fruit
d - salmon, artichoke

All in all, except for no CrossFittin and missing one run, I did extremely well! Travel, especially business travel, is very hard on a routine, on a diet, on a fitness focus - but I prevailed!

OC Day 5 (just to change it up a bit)

Fitness:

run 400m - check

did 20 burpees - check

Warmup - 1 round of CFV WU, hang power cleans 3-3-3-3-3 ... got to 63lbs

WOD

4 rounds

12 Knees to Elbows - not near Rx but better each time

12 Pull ups (red/green bands)

did it in 4:35min

Food:

B - turkey breast, banana

L - carrots, nuts

Sn - apple

D - roast chicken, broccoli, roasted peppers and eggplant

Sn - watermelon, strawberries

Fotos:

most beautiful, and best tasting, latte ever!!!

Borough Market - a most amazing place...amazing food, bustling, colorful, fun. Bought nuts, a smoothy and ostrich burgers which we ate that night - highly recommended although do not look for an endorsement from R who could not bring himself to try one.

Day 4 of the OC

Fitness:
Ran 4X400m with 400m walk in between
Did 20 burpees

Food:
Coffee with creamer (just assume this - I won't continue to list)
B - eggs with hotlink/pepper/green chili and salsa with bacon and fruit/oj
L-fruit/nuts
D-salmon/artichoke/green beans/fav min water drink

Sunday weigh-in: 158...down 2 lbs

Day 3 of the OC and a look up

Fitness:

Ran 800 m - all within the WOD or warmup ... 400m at once and then 4X100

20 burpees - working up to doing them all at once. right now, it is 10 at a time

CFV - stretching, then team WOD-3 on a team...

• 4X run 100m carrying some weight;


• as a team do a total 3X100 of your choice of pullups, pushups, situps squats.


• as we dropped one of our weights outside of the designated box, we had to each do 5 burpees as penalty.

Our team still won - did it in about 16 mins

Food:

B - banana, coffee w/creamer

L - chicken and a small portion of meatloaf (slim pickins as it was at the Quilt Guild meeting), apple

S(nack) - grapes/nuts/raisins

D-meatballs from Costco (delicious) probably a bit less than paleo tho/tomatoes/peppers/radishes

some pea soup

Fotos: Some amazing ceilings - such detail and workmanship. Unfortunately, most of the buildings we were in did not allow photos and those were the ones that tended to have the best ceilings. Here are a few that I did get - legally or otherwise (one a bit blurry, but I really liked it anyway) ...

Warning

do not try burpees without shoes on.

Day 2 of the OC (October Challenge)

I will start with pix this time...taken somewhere in SOHO. Important to always patronize official places and when you are looking for a place to live, never forget...location, location, location.





Friday -

Walked in the am
did 10 burpees

CrossFit:
ran 400m
10 burpees as part of the CFV warmup
WOD:

10 Rounds
1 min max double unders (I did tuck jumps)
1 min max sec handstand hold (I did it from a box-knees on box, hands on floor)

They counted each round - I got up to 114 tuck jumps at the last round and almost 54 sec of the second exercise. It is INCREDIBLY difficult to do it Rx - I watched Justin and it was INCREDIBLY hard for him to do and he can do almost everything. He did it but it was a real strain. Anyway - it was a good workout no matter how you do it.

• B - eggs, hot links, mushrooms, peppers, strawberries, kiwi
• coffee - 2 - one with creamer/one SBux - soy cinnamon
• L - salad with chix, vegetarian minestrone, apple/iced green tea
• snack - nuts, grapes
• D - pork chop, carrots, asparagus, fav bev*

*sparkling water (about 3/4), oj (almost to the top), pomegranate juice over ice. try it - very refreshing, low cal, does the job.

Day 1 - October challenge

I will report the prior day's results just so I don't confuse my mass audience or myself.

Day 1 -
non-CrossFit day - I usually go MWF and Sat
Walked with Merle
Did 10 burpees

• B - two scrambled eggs with mushrooms and peppers/strawberries/cantalope/coffee with creamer (deal was I was not giving up coffee - might give up the creamer, we will see)
• 1/2 cuppa skinny latte
• L - salad with chicken and some veg
• Snack - tomatoes/celery with humus/radishes
• D - shrimp/cauliflower/soycatash (great frozen veg from Trader Joes)

Ran 400 m
Did 10 burpees

So far so good.

October Challenge

Today is the first day of my October challenge. The challenge consists of:

Paleo for 30 days - weekly cheat day, salt and daily coffee allowed

Each day, as part of my warmup or, if I do not get to CR, I do it anyway, the following:

• 20 burpees - working up to 30/day


• 30 pull ups working to do at least one unassisted (at the gym)


• run 400 m working up to 800m without stopping (this is hard for me).

CrossFit at least 3-4 times per week (have some travel this month)- push myself to exceed past performance.

Goal is to lose 20 lbs by Christmas/10 by end of month (starting weight is 160) and the reward is to go to SF Levi store with J in December to get custom fitted jeans.