Front Rack Position

Before: Terrible form and a bit of extra chubby in the middle

Now: Good form! Elbows up!

Stress Eating

 It's been really stressful lately. All I'm going to say is that I at 6 slices of a pizza tonight. That is HORRIBLE. 

Paleo Chunky Monkey Muffins

These are AMAZING!!!

Recipe here

I had a heck of a time making these. First, my bananas weren't ripe enough. Then I forgot to buy coconut sugar. Then I didn't have enough butter. Then I didn't have enough eggs. In other words, I need to learn how to read a recipe before going to the grocery store!

Paleo Stuffed Bell Peppers

My sister had surgery, so I told my brother-in-law I would make him some food while Jenn was recuperating. This is what he asked for. This picture shows 8 stuffed bell peppers, but somehow only 6 stuffed bell peppers actually made it to their house ;)

Recipe found here

Sausage Stuffed Zucchini Boats from SkinnyTaste

This is one of my favorite recipes! It is yummy yummy yummy! I've made it before lots of times. 

However, this time I cut my finger with the vegetable chopper when I was trying to wash it off, so I have a cooking injury. :(

You can find the recipe here

No Baby, Leave your Socks On - Tyler CrossFit Competition

I did another competition. I must be crazy. This one was called "No Baby, Leave your Socks On" and all of the competitors were supposed to wear crazy knee socks. I wore my "Bad @$$" socks :) 

WOD 1: Thruster/Box jump Ladder (7min AMRAP)
45#(scaled)

20″ box jump/step up(scaled)
2,2-4,4-6,6-8,8-10,10……

WOD 2: (10 min AMRAP)

10 pull ups/ jumping pull ups(scaled)
20 burpees
90 single unders (scaled)
40 wallball 14/ 10(scaled)
50 kb swing 26#(scaled)
then max reps clean & jerk in remaining time 95#/65#(scaled)

WOD 3: Deadlift ladder
15 bars 65#-205# (scaled)

I have managed to make friends with someone just as silly-if not sillier-than I am!

I am such a badass!

Burpees suck!

Wall Balls - OMG. I was running out of steam. I couldn't get more than 5 without having to drop the ball and gasp for air

Those kettlebell swings were hard! I was exhausted at this point!

 

Yay! I ran into an old friend! She is a CrossFit BEAST! She came in 6th

Deadlifting

The girls

The results

Pictures of my cats... because why not?!?

Red Inspirations

Rochelle sent me this shirt from her boot camp, so I had to get a picture wearing it. Here I am practicing 20" box jumps.

My first olympic lifting meet

We had an in-house olympic lifting meet to learn how to lift in a competition environment. It was really fun cheering for the other athletes in my box that I work out next to every day. I stayed all the way until the end to watch the guys lift as heavy as they could. It was amazing. 

I did about what I thought I would. Here are the scores.

Spaghetti Squash with Meatballs

Yummy! Recipe from PaleoPot here

I took a week off from Paleo and look what happened...

Bonnie is not impressed

I thought that taking a week off between Paleo challenges would be a good idea so that I could get any food cravings out of my system. Definitely not a good idea. You know that phrase "all things in moderation"... um... yeah. I learned that one the hard way. It's funny how something I should already know I can totally forget overnight.

Also, I took the week off of CrossFit to rest my back. So eating like crap + not working out = getting fat again. :( 

I kind of went crazy last week. 

• Lone Star Burger from Red Robin (yumm!)
• Pasta from Buca di Bepo
• Pizza from Dominos x2
• Vietnamese food from Tai Kee
• Tex Mex from Molinas
• Chili-Cheese Burger from Tookies
• Breakfast Taquito and hash browns from Whataburger
• Bahama Bucks
• Sno-Cone Express

Banana Colada/Jamaican Punch with Cream Sno-Cone

One or two of those would have been okay, but I had TEN cheat meals in one week. That is double what I had the previous six weeks. My stomach was upset and my face broke out. NEVER AGAIN!

Go watch "Hungry for Change" on Netflix. Then you'll see why I was doing this in the first place.

A more dramatic before/after

The picture on the left is when I started this blog. Check me out now :)

p.s. Sorry about the boob sweat on the first picture

Before/After six-weeks Paleo Nutrition Challenge

Before/After

MY Weight Goal:

Lose 5 pounds - in the end I only lost 1 pound, but look how toned I got! Yeah baby! I know I lost fat and replaced it with muscle.

My Fitness Goals:

1) 8 65# unbroken thrusters - didn't meet it, so it's still a goal.

2) 195# deadlift - met it and got a 205# deadlift.

3) 100# clean & jerk - met it and got a 105# C&J

Fish taco minus the taco

Baked Tilapia, mango chunks, avocado chunks, shredded red cabbage, and pico. Easy and yummy.

This nutrition challenge is HAAARD!

I'm getting to the end of the nutrition challenge, and it is rough. Don't worry though, I'm going to make it!

100# Clean & Jerk

Not the prettiest C&J you'll ever see, but this was the first time I broke 100#. Yay!

Size 8!

200 Club

I PR'd my deadlift by 20#! I went from 185# to 205# and joined the 200 club! Yay!

Burpees!

"In a recent study, diners who ordered from restaurant menus that listed the amount of brisk walking required to work off each dish were less likely to overeat than those with menus that listed calories or no health information."

See NY Times Article here