Scenes from a BUSY Weekend:

Where does the time go??!

This weekend went by WAY to fast.. Did time know I was dreading this upcoming week!??

I spent this weekend packing up & getting rid of ALLOT..

Who knew one person could horde so much in 21 years?!

Just a few of my boxes! 

I ate pretty healthy this weekend, (besides my weekly cheat meal)

Egg & Bacon Cups, one of my FAVE breakfasts!

Have I told you that every Saturday morning I torture myself by going to a local pet store and looking at puppies that have been rescued from kill shelters?

Here is a little guy my boyfriend and I loved from this Saturday. 

I am NOT in the market for a new dog right now, but I just LOVE holding puppies!

Plus it does my heart good to go back every Saturday and see how many got adopted to loving homes!

On a negative note - it's been RAINING here in Arizona, I know, CRAZY.

Unfortunately, it turns out my car has a bad leak in it... and I discovered this lovely pond in my passenger side! YAY!

The GOOD thing about Rain is that it almost always brings a Rainbow with it :)

This is the view over my Families favorite local restaurant, we went there for the LAST time since we will be moving 30 minutes away from it!

Since I was a small child we have gone to this restaurant after swim meets, baseball game, cheer competitions, and choir concerts!!!

It was nice to see that rainbow over it today as we said goodbye :)

Did you have a good weekend?

Do you allow yourself weekly cheat meals?

STRENGTH Workout!

Today My Crossfit gym did an hour of strength ONLY!

For those of you who do Crossfit, you know this is  rare!

After a week of crazy met-cons, it was NEEDED and we did this fun workout:

This workout was SO FUN!

In between each set of 5, you take 2 minutes rest AND add weight to your bar. 

So I started reasonably light for all my reps and would add 5-10 pounds after each set of five!

Your score was tracked by your Heaviest set!

My Score:

Squat: 125 lbs

Press: 65 lbs

Dead lift: 185 lbs

I definitely was inspired to hit up some of the weightlifting classes at my gym and work of strength some more!!!

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!

Get in a good workout before the weekend! :)

Photo Diet & Rest Day

Today was a pretty busy day... I had to eat out TWICE!

It definitley felt weird, but considering I did not plan ahead, it was a necessity. 

I had school, work & then right after work I had a work meeting that lasted pretty late. 

Breakfast:

 2 Egg Omelette

Lunch:

 Burrito Bowl from Quidoba: Chicken, Pico de Gallo, corn, cheese & guac

Dinner: Unpictured

Chicken Teryaki & Veggie Bowl from Yogi's Grill

My View at Work today:

 I let the kids free paint.. which resulted in some finger painting and lots of FUN messes to be made! 

My view from the couch after my work meeting tonight:

My two men securing the perimeter!

Tomorrow I am EXCITED for a fun Strength workout we will be doing at my gym!

I am excited for NO CARDIO! YAY!

Wod & Photo Diet!

It was TOUGH to go back to school and work after that awesome 3 day weekend!

I had a pretty good workout today, and ate pretty well too!

For my five rep max I reached a new PR of 105 lbs!!!!! I was VERY happy with my weight!

This was the scaled version of our gyms workout tonight. 

I finished in 9:46 mins!

The workout my boyfriend was doing looked ALLOT harder!

Photo Diet:

 Breakfast: two scrambled eggs and a glass of milk!

 Lunch: 1 large chicken breast chopped into a Cesar salad!

Snack: almonds & water!

Dinner: Delicious glazed pork chop, healthy potato skins and green beans!

I also conquered a personal goal of mine...

To wear a tight/fitted tank top to the gym!

For some reason I have been TERRIFIED to do so... thinking everyone there would judge me. 

Then tonight, as I wore it I came to a realization....

NO ONE CARES WHAT I WEAR OR LOOK LIKE AT THE GYM

Mind Blowing. 

Have you ever struggled with appearance issues at the gym?

Setting Some New Goals & Sharing my LOVE for Crossfit!!!

Alright its that time again... time to set some NEW GOALS!!!!

Why?

Because... As I enter the school semester, I don't want to lose sight of WHY I started this journey. 

Blogging has been harder these past few weeks.

When I stopped constantly blogging my food & workouts, I noticed my weight has plateaued since my last weigh in. 

No significant losses!

This means I need to get BACK ON TRACK!

Goals:

And now:

I love CrossFit!

Today I went to a couple classes at Lifetime Fitness.

This is something I used to do ALL THE TIME 

I took a F.I.I.T class, and a Barbell Circuit Class - I've tried both in the past (pre crossfit) and found them challenging and a good workout!

Today, as I began both classes I was shocked by how bored, unchallenged and SILLY I felt!!!

In the 4 Months I have been doing Crossfit,

I have learned how hard my body can push

I've never been bored, because Crossfit mixes Olympic weightlifting, power lifting, gymnastics, sprints, and a 

few hard-to-categorize exercises like rope climbing -

ALL INTO ONE WORKOUT. 

Now, I don't mean to offend anyone- if classes at lifetime and similar gyms work for you, then by all means, do what works for you!!

BUT

I now know, that there is NO turning back for me. 

Somehow, along my fitness journey I have become 

Addicted to CrossFit. 

I know I am in the right place in my journey to a healthier life. 

Pranks, Food and TGIF!

FINALLY! End of week one!!!!!

Sorry for the absence of blogging!

I usually either blog at night, OR most of the time, before I go to work in the early afternoon. 

This week I went straight from School, to Work, to the Gym, then to eat Dinner..

Then it would be like 9:30 and I would watch tv and pass out :)

ANYWAYS!

I got PRANKED this week.. BAD!

Have you ever tried to order Paleo Bread or Gluten Free bread before?

For some reason I haven't been able to find it at the local whole foods (I'm blind?)

So in a moment of poor judgement, I ordered it online instead!

WELL, the other day when I came home late at night and exhausted, my family told me my bread had come!

This is what I got:

I was so tired (and upset, we'll discuss later) that I didn't question that this wasn't my bread, and thought I had been SCAMMED!

My family of course thought it was hilarious, and made me try it (it was disgusting)....

Obviously I threw a giant fit and was planning on writing a letter of complaint the next day when my family informed me that it was a prank... and if I wasn't so tired I wouldn't have fallen for it!

HAHAH

So at least my bread is still coming...

Some Delicious & Healthy Meals from this Week:

 Chicken & Potato/Parsnips 

Chicken, Brocolli & Healthy Potato Skins 

 Pork Chops topped with Grilled Veggies & Green Beans

 Two Fried Eggs on Green Beans

 Milk, Pineapple & Strawberry Smoothie

Chicken & Brocolli

I was happy that even though I had a CRAZY busy week, I was able to eat pretty healthy!

Wod's From the Week:

From the Fran & 1/2 wod My hands ended up like this:

OUCH!

Hope ya'll had a good week too!

Weekend Recap!

Tonight was my last night before school starts again....

Ugh. 

School is the only thing I love and hate at the same time!

Other than the impending school, I had a fabulous weekend!

 Snuggled with this Pooch

 Ate the MOST delicious breakfast EVER......

Protein Pancakes & a Guac, Egg, Cheese & Potato Skillet...

Can you say Lift Big Eat Big???

And then I cut & Shaved my boyfrands head!!!!

I miss his curls but DANG he looks good like this!

Doesn't he look so much younger?!!

Tomorrow I am excited for a great workout!

I'm headed to school in the am, straight to work then straight to the gym & then eat at boyfrands house (because he lives right next to the gym)!

My schedule will be like that all week - yikes! It will stink not to be home by 9 p.m. every night, but I know it will be worth it!

I'm currently packing a salad with hard boiled eggs for my lunch tomorrow! :)

Are all ya'll ready for the week???