Talia's Aggressive April

sweetdream · 01-Apr-08, 11:08 AM

Time for a new journal!!

I will be going over my goals later, don't have the time right now.

Just got back from the gym for the

of the day

warm-up
12 back exntensions
12 bench dips
12 push-ups
12 sit-ups

4 rounds for time 800 meters- that's .50 mile right?
Anyways, my time was 18:09 and 15 seconds
I ran at 8.0-8.1 the whole time, stopped for about a min or so inbetween. It was HARD!!

20 min elliptical after that

J2- yes, you are right, I hate running and I have hated it for all of my life and it was only until I started working out that I had to overcome that hate. Seriously, when I was in high school and we had to run the mile run I would always take an "unprepared" and cheer everyone else on with my friend who also hated running, so it has been a lifetime of hate hahah

My MAIN reason that I needed to start running and at least dislike it, not hate it is for the NYSP physical test. I only have to run 1.5 miles, but I still feel like that is a way to gauge whether or not you are in shape. Maybe I am wrong, maybe I am looking at it the wrong way but I do also want to build up that stamina.

Minime- I haven't ran outside in quite some time for I live in Buffalo and if it's not snowing and bitterly cold out, it's gloomy and raining. For me to run outside it has to be the perfect type of weather so I guess maybe I need some help deciphering that

I just find it very hard to keep my stamina up. I mean a few weeks ago I could run for 40 min and now I am back down to 20? I just don't get it and again each and everytime I am constantly thinking about when it's going to be over.

Ok, I need to jet, I will repost again later with my goals from last month and what I want achieved this month

TTFN

**minime** · 01-Apr-08, 11:48 AM

Talia, what you are supposed to do for this WOD is to time each 800m as an individual effort. So you run 0.5mile as fast as you can, stop/rest/walk, then when you are ready (I'd give it 3 mins at least!) start again, and time this effort. So your results would look like:

3:30
3:40
etc.

nice work!

sweetdream · 01-Apr-08, 10:00 PM

GOALS FOR MARCH!!
1. Munchie MAdNeSS- Since that it the topic of dicussion- I need to STOP! Not the munching itself but the TYPE of munching. Lately it has been some no no things such as tortilla chips at work that are deep fried, foccacia sun dried tomato bread sticks, also at work. At home, cheerios snack mix or flat earth crisps. My goal is to replace these not so good simple carbs to complex ones like fruit and veggies! So the goal would be to bring enough good snacks to work and have at home handy to munch on.I pretty much got this one eventually after I looked over my goals again. I have been eating grape tomatoes and carrot sticks at work. Haven't had any foccacia bread but I have had some cheerios!

2. Coffee- try and keep at once per week. I have switched to cane sugar and 2% milk so now I am going to try and switch the 2% milk to soy milk. I feel very twitchy and jittery after not having coffee in my system for that long so when I do drink it I wish I hadn't but I still <3 it! just not as much. SCREW THIS! it's not often I get to enjoy something I like so I said to myself it's ok to have coffee 3 times a week out of 7! I do use cane sugar/sucanat and most of the time I use soy if I don't forget to bring it!

3. Intensity- keep going with it but vary the running intervals, running longer with short rests in between I have started crossfit and think this is the best thing for me in regards to intensity!

4. Push-ups! I really need help in this area- After my forearms heal up a bit, it's time to start doing them EVERYDAY!! about half way through the month I started doing them everyday and also by doing crossfit I do them everyday for my warm-up! I WILL get better!

5. Re-eval at the gym soon!did it. gotta do it again in 3 months

6. continue vegi research did some but not as much as I would have liked

7. calories at 1500 have stayed at this or above but still have maintained the same weight and my tummy seems to be getting tighter! now i just have to balance everything

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aPRIL gOALS:

1. Continue with crossfit to get stronger! I want to be able to do pull-ups and push-ups with ease! I know it won't happen right away but eventually- maybe at least do .5 or 1 by the end of April haha

2. Continue to stick with fat/carb/protein ratio but not be so restrictive on sweets. I feel like this is definitely getting in the way of what I want to accomplish because I am so concerned about being so strict. I think it would do me a lot of good to just allow myself to have a piece of chocolate or a few fries, I just REALLY have the goal of trying to manage my "CONTROL" over what I consume. I need to learn to have 1 piece of chocolate not 7 or a few fries, not a whole fryer full! BALANCE- I want to learn how to balance these things

3. In regards to number 2, keep healthy snacks around to munch on and bring stuff to work in between meals to snack on so I don't start resorting to french fries in the kitchen or shots of whipped cream!

4. Work hard to achieve the results I have, the results I want, and the results I want to KEEP!

k thanks bye

sweetdream · 03-Apr-08, 12:20 AM

So a good night off ended up turning into a night at the hospital with my mother and father. My mom has been having issues with numbness on the face and arm and she went to the emergency room today. I was with my boyfriend at the time, we went out to eat, I had some good mahi mahi (see still can eat out and healthy) and my brother called and told me that she would be at the hospital that is literally a min away from my boyfriends house.

Anyways...I hope she is going to be ok...

I have determined that the trainers at the gym don't know ****. The WOD was glute ham sitp-ups and they don't have the same machine they showed on the crossfit website or whatever so I switched it to

5 rounds for time of
30 incline sit-ups
25 back extensions

1. 1:45:53
2. 1:45:46
3. 1:57:59
4. 2:13:62
5. 1:42:90 (had a longer rest inbetween because someone was using the back extender)

20 min row

eating wasn't that great..I mean I could have eaten a few more calories but considering I was at the hospital all night I wasn't resorting to vending machine food :0

i need to go to the grocery store

JMike · 03-Apr-08, 02:41 AM

Those are awesome times! Just so you know, you're not supposed to rest at all (unless stated), but if you need it then you're supposed to include it in your times.

I really hope you're mom's alright. My thoughts are with ya!

**minime** · 03-Apr-08, 08:48 AM

hey talia, when it says 'five rounds for time' as mike says, you don't rest between rounds, you power through and your time is the total time it takes you.

when it says 'five rounds, EACH for time' you time seperately.

Great job though, and good job subbing something in instead of giving up!

I hope your mom is ok.

sweetdream · 03-Apr-08, 09:20 AM

Thanks Mike and Minime! my dad just left to go see what was going on

Holy Crap! no rest in between that! haha wow, that would have taken me all day!

honestly, I did get frustrated and almost said "forget it, I will just do an hour of cardio" but I couldn't so I am glad I didn't give up either!!

it was weird, when I was doing my unforbidden resting after my back extensions someone come over and he asked me if that did anything different than the incline bench and I explained to him that it's actually for your back, the correct form, body placement ect. after he tried a few his eyes were bulging haha because he really didn't know it wasn't specifically for abs, which is what I first thought too. Shoulda been a trainer, at least I know something LOL

**minime** · 03-Apr-08, 10:26 AM

well you can rest as needed obviously, but it still counts in your time!

sweetdream · 03-Apr-08, 11:13 AM

ok- next time I will be sure to read more carefully

today: 30 min elliptical at home.

**minime** · 03-Apr-08, 12:15 PM

nice job on your diet the last few days talia, you have been doing good overall with protein!

sweetdream · 04-Apr-08, 11:15 AM

Thanks minime! I really have been trying hard to balance my meals!

today at the gym..wasn't really into it the last half...

warmup-
10 back extensions
10 push-ups
10 sit-ups
10 bench dips
10 jumping pull-ups- I actually attempted to do 1 and I did it!!! wahoo
repeat 2 times

"Gwen"
Clean & Jerk 15-12- and 9 reps
30LB straight barbell -definitaly could have gone heavier but I am learning! my form seems a bit sucky so I gotta work on that

cardio:
5 min walk 4.0 mph
was going to run and just keep thinking about how I hated it- this one regular at the gym was asking me if I was going to run, I told him I hated it and that just ruined any motivation I had haha
so stair stepper 15 min
5 min run 7.0 mph
1 min walk 4.0 mph
after that I was done, didn't want to even be there anymore

still haven't found out what is wrong with my mom either

**minime** · 04-Apr-08, 11:17 AM

you did a full pullup?! that is totally great talia, well done.

nice work on Gwen, it is an intriguing one for sure. I usually rest & regrip the bar between each clean and jerk so it would be strange (and hard!) to go through without regripping!

JMike · 06-Apr-08, 12:27 AM

Hey tal, you can in regards to the Crossfit total, it's a 1 rep max. You can build up with a series of warm up weights, but the final one I think you get three tries at. So the first one should be something you know you can do but close to max. The second one should be something you think you can do. And the last should allow for corrections.

This http://www.crossfit.com/journal/libr...06_CFTotal.pdf will give you more details.

sweetdream · 06-Apr-08, 01:48 AM

April 4th- rest day - got to sleep in with my boyfriend and chilled . ate some doritos and a lot of other carbs with high sodium contents haha.. oh wow, rice noodles are soooo good!! i gave myself some breathing room to roam with food today, as you can see through dailyplate...back to basics tomorrow though!!!

I want to get outside and run tomorrow! i really am motivated to do it! i need to push push push during the week and learn to be a 24yr old on the weekend!

sweetdream · 06-Apr-08, 02:40 PM

Today

G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S outside! it really sucks when it's like this and I know I have to work at 4, but I went out there and enjoyed it as much as possible..

walk 24 min about 2 miles- a little less than that
run 1 min 30 sec, rest 30 sec- did that for 15 min 30 sec, the last run I did 3 min 15 sec
I think I did pretty decent for my first run outside in awhile. I really need to get out their more and do it. It's so much better than being on that stupid treadmill. I have to run a bunch of errands tomorrow so I think I am going to stop and get some headphones and new charger for my ipod. If that doesn't work I need to buy a new one because I think music would really help me!
I also did some hula hooping!!!