the disapointments

Some days I am disapointed by my food choices. But most of the time it's not based on something I did. For example, last night I was excited to get a salad at Psycho Suzis and I left greatly disapointed. Too much dressing, not enough steak. Mushrooms were good though! I'm training myself to like them and it's going well. I have to get better at asking for dressing on the side...I had about 4 of J's tator tots and they were great (and totally worth it by the way-I'm totally one for taking bites of the good old stuff, cause that's usually all I need to taste it right!?).

Workout today was tough, but good. I realized I embarssingly left my heal blister bandaid in the treadmill water bottle hole...and we were rotating with 2 other people...so hopefully they didn't notice. Dangit! Fail. We did a tornado today, which I realized I'm not the hugest fan of, though it's usually a higher burning one. I just like getting my treadmill all the way done with, not having to go back a couple of times to finish out running.

Workout:
Person 1: 1 mile treadmill as fast as possible
Person 2: Rower
Person 3: Floor
100 quick step ups on bench
100 squat pulses
100 ab flutters on bench, in V formation
(rotate until every one does each)

Person 1: .2 mile all out on treadmill
Person 2: Squat rows (squat over rower and just do arms)
Person 3: Floor
6 Russian swings with 20lb, each arm
6 Snatch each arm

I can't remember the rest :/

Party on!

whole30 baby birds

This is such a simple breakdown of the real Whole30, I really like it!

So many great things! I have little Whole30 baby birds under my wings and I love it. And that's not even accurate because they are so strong on their own, they don't even need me! My manager has one week left, and is so happy with what the 30 days has done for her. Yahoo! My mom's in her first week, and she is doing great!!!

As for me, I've had a great few days. Cravings here and there, a reason I miss the rules. Cravings are so mental, it's so weird that I didnt' have them on the plan, and now I do. Tonight I'm going to dinner, and already researched the menu and picked out the salad I want (again, me having a salad, and excited about it, so weird!).

My workout today was challenging, but super great. So happy to like working out!
(also I started wearing a knee compression thing, and I feel great running now)

26 minutes on treadmill, some hills and all outs, hills all the way up to 15, woof

Floor:
500m rower
100m one arm row (R)
100m one arm row (L)
100 straight arm extension on rower (not sliding)
10 push ups
10 pull ups standing in front of rower

10 laying bench press 20lb
10 one arm upright row
10 laying triceps extension, 15lb weight

10 TRX upright row
10 TRX normal row
10 TRX one arm row (R)
10 TRX one arm row (L)

Hold V position for one minute

Party on!

eat to nourish - move to flourish

"eat to nourish - move to flourish"
@acheiving_balance

I saw this on instagram yesterday and just love it! It's going to be a battle to have people understand that I'm not changing my lifestyle to loose weight and be skinny. I actually love my body, and have for a long time, well before Whole30. I mean, yeah it's great that clothes fit better and all that, but that's so minor to how wonderful it feels to know I'm treating my body right. To know that my heart is being strengthened every day. To know that I'm not damaging my insides with sugar intake. To even love my body through filling it with tons of water every day. It goes so much deeper than body image. And I feel like these words put that perfectly:)

I'm totally a salad girl and it's so weird! But last night was disappointing...we were at a pretty overpriced placed, and I ordered the Cesar salad...and the lettuce was two heads of iceberg lettuce. First, iceberg lettuce? Really? Second, I just paid a lot for this salad, you're going to make me awkwardly cut up and toss my own salad? WTF. But it was still pretty good, and I have consistently completely cleaned every plate I've had eating out. Another blessing from Whole30, I appreciate food someone else made a lot. We were at Dakota Jazz Club, and it was fantastic. I can't even put into words how perfect the music was! Uff, just beautiful, a gal with a smokey voice, and an awesome band playing jazz music. Incredible.

I started wearing my fitbit again. I'm not really sure why...I move enough throughout the day, but I just really want to for some reason. Maybe it's because everyone in the fitness world is still using theirs, or just starting to. Even being an adult, I still like to be in the "club". But when I synced it again today, it erased all of my steps already done for this morning. So that was a bummer.

Also my workout was super fantastic. A bitch, but super fantastic:

30s full kettle bell swing

30s rest
30 seconds push ups
30 seconds rest
20s full kettle bell swing
20s rest….then 10s
(x2)

Push sled down and back
10 bar pull ups, with knee in band
(x5)

100 jump ropes

10 dead lift with bar
(x5)

10 medicine ball against wall, each side

10 front squat with kettle bell
(x5)

40 rope slams
10 dumbbell press
(x5)

10 box hops
10 tire flips
(x5)

Party on!

I'm just gonna throw this on here somewhere so I can be reminded that this happened someday...but there's this debate happening with a photo. Some people see the colors blue and black, some see white and gold. And it's freaking people out everywhere. It spread faster than wildfire! I see blue and black :)

balance

 

This first week off of Whole30 has gone pretty well. I must admit, I really, really miss the rules. It's so hard because anytime I stray off the path of compliant foods, it's coming from other sources. I always say, I could eat Whole30 forever if I didn't have friends.

 

But my social life is hella important, so I'm just going to have to find a balance. The beginning of the week I had wine with my roomies! Alcohol means little to nothing to me, so that's one of the hardest things to have when I don't really want it. But it's still fun to have a treat with my fave ladies. Plus they came in mini bottles, doesn't get much better than that!

 

I went to Copper Hen last night with a friend, and that was fantastic. I have never been a salad orderer, and frankly I judged them in the past, but I'm excited to change my tune and become one! And holy crap on a stick, this salad was incredible, the Farmhouse salad with spinach, baby kale, roasted mushrooms (omg I like mushrooms!), candied bacon, cashews, ricotta, poached egg and champagne vinaigrette. Anything with candied bacon is expected to be fantastic though. I would no doubt have this salad again.

 

And then, guess what! I had a cupcake. I was a hesitant about it, because I don't want to lure my sugar dragon out of his cage, but I feel great today, so that makes me really excited. If I was to tempt my dragon, the cupcake I had was the right thing to attempt. Wowza, bacon and blueberry and incredible frosting. It was perfection!

 

Life is so good. I still feel so good. I have no guilt over reintroduction, which I, and my loved ones were worried about. Everything is just really fantastic, even post Whole30!

 

Gonna say it again, I am just so thankful for this. #iamwhole30

 

Workout today:

3 min eliptical at level 15, 2 min eliptical at level 19, 5 min eliptical at level 17

 

15 bar squats

15 calf raises with leg machine

15 TRX side lunges

 

15 elevated one foot lunges with dumbells

15 ab lifts, feet on tire, weight bag over hips

15 10 second wall sit, one leg up, switch

 

Finisher with half round agility dummy

1 min running sideways between 5 of them

30 seconds laying in V-pike

10 roll to stand

 

Party on!

explaining myself

I saw this yesterday on instagram from @waytogoash, which is one of the most inspiring women! First she was one of my favorite photographers (you won't even believe how incredible her and her husbands work is), and now she's one of my favorite fit inspiring women!

 

Anywho, she posted this and it just tugged on my heart! And then I thought, oh man that's so sappy. But then I went back to thinking I LOVE THIS! I don't care if it's weird.

 

And that right there is going to be the definition of my new future I feel. This balance of defending myself. Not caring if people think I'm weird.

 

My real concern is them confusing my "weirdness" for judgment. Because I am so not judging. I'm not going to have that donut because I don't want it. I'm not directly telling you you shouldn't have it! Not even close to that!

 

I'm so new to this, and I'm going to try my best to navigate how to explain my heart to my friends and family. But it's going to be a challenge. I'm not sure how to accurately explain my thoughts. I'm not saying no to a donut to deny myself happiness from it, I'm able to get my happiness from other forms, so I'm just choosing not to have that donut. It's not about me being obsessed with not gaining weight or anything like that, it's about me not being obsessed with food. I never realized how much it dictated and ruled my choices in life, and I'm ready to let go of that.

 

The people pleasing part of me (which is large), wants to just give in and eat a donut for someone else. But how crazy is that??? I have to live my own life too, and make choices for me. I guess I just have to have more hope that the people in my life will learn to trust me, and know that this is my thing. It's not something I'm trying to force on anyone else, or provide guilt for. If you can eat what you want, I should be able to eat what I want. Fair?

 

Cool.

 

In googling help with this subject, I found this Whole9 post, which made me feel a little better. It's still not the perfect explanation to me, because again I want to make sure people know I have no judgment towards other peoples eatings. But it at least makes me feel less crazy.

 

"I eat real food – fresh, natural food like meat, vegetables and fruit. I choose foods that are nutrient-dense, with lots of naturally occurring vitamins and minerals, over foods that have more calories but less nutrition. And food quality is important – I’m careful about where my meat, seafood and eggs come from, and buy organic local produce as often as possible. I haven't exactly gotten to this point yet :/

This is not a “diet” – I eat as much as I need to maintain strength, energy, activity levels and a healthy body weight. I aim for well-balanced nutrition, so I eat both animals and a significant amount of plants. I’m not lacking carbohydrates – I just get them from vegetables and fruits instead of bread, cereal or pasta. And my meals are probably higher in fat than you’d imagine, but fat is a healthy source of energy when it comes from high-quality foods like avocado, coconut and grass-fed beef.

Eating like this is ideal for maintaining a healthy metabolism and reducing inflammation within the body. It’s good for body composition, energy levels, sleep quality, mental attitude and quality of life. It helps eliminate sugar cravings and reestablishes a healthy relationship with food. It also works to minimize your risk for a whole host of lifestyle diseases and conditions, like diabetes, heart attack, stroke and autoimmune."

 

A little thought nugget for the day. I will tweek the ideas a bit I'm sure when I have to explain life over and over and over in the coming future.

 

My workout today:

 

3 min treadmill 5% incline walk, 2 min treadmill 2% incline run, 5 min treadmill 1% incline run

 

15 seated dumbell curls

15 wide grip lat pulldown

(x5)

 

16 plank dumbell row

15 band wood chops on bosu ball

20 straight arm alternationg forward and sides, on bosu ball

(x4)

 

Alternating 30 seconds

Sprint on treadmill

Plank

(x7)

 

 

Party on!

done!

But as I said on my instagram, this is the end of my Whole30, but it isn't the end. It's the start of my Wholelife. I am changed, and I hope it sticks. Because I feel fantastic and so inspired.

Cravings are definitely harder to step away from now that I don't have "rules". My first paleo dessert was beyond fantastic. It was from this Paleomg recipe, Apple Coconut bites! Perfection for me seriously.

I am completely inspired to keep up with my meal prep, I made this Pizza Speghetti pie recipe from Paleomg, this magic mushroom powderfrom NomNomPaleo (waaaay to much) and these tortillas from stupideasypaleo.

My first non Whole30 meal was tacos from J and I's favorite taco place. I wanted to keep it almost all 30, but the first thing the guy did was plop a huge piles of rice in my non tortilla bowl (looked great, but glad to just have a normal bowl). I guess I'm having rice today. Then he put the beans on. Guess I'm having beans today. The rest I chose, pork, guac, salsa, and i said yes to sour cream, cause why not, since I'm having rice and beans (and this my friends, is how the snowball occurs). But it was delicious, and I ate it all guilt free. Though it is amazing how easy it is to over eat when you eat not as clean food. I also put my taco salad in the tortillas I made, that was amazing! I loved them. For sure will be making them again.

I'm also still packing my lunches Whole30, which I'm confident will continue. Last night for dinner I tried the Speghetti Pizza dish and it was SO good.

I was incredibly bummed to miss the gym yesterday, Monday. The oil guys didn't put my oil cap on tight enough so I had to go in yesterday morning since oil was spilling all over my engine for a week. They found the cap under the engine and cleaned up sister bernarda the III for me. So that was nice.

Todays workout was just OK, it was probably me, but it wasn't as amazing as usual. But this is what's important, I still can't wait to go tomorrow:)

Workout:

3 min bike level 2, 2 min level 5, 5 min level 3

15 bench press
16 push up bench with shoulder touch
15 wood chops

15 underhand lat pulldown
15 rope face pull
15 each side leg raise, abs

Roate with 2 people - 30 seconds - rest, rope, plank
Jumping jack with rope, plank
V's with rope, left side plank
Circles with rope, right side plank

Party on!