2:45am WOD

YEP...you read that title correctly...I did a home one knowing full well I would not fit in the WOD for today ANYWHERE!!! Unless I decided to 1) quit my job or 2) not go to the games!

So my WOD (I didn't time it cuz to be honest (I really didn't care...I know I started at 2:45AM and it ended at 2:57AM):  
               100 Push Ups
               100 Sit Ups
               100 Squats

I know it is no where near the strength wod, but something is better than nothing.

My energy level is about completely deminished! I got nothing left. Today I am at work barely surviving! And I feel pulled in a thousand different directions! I wasn't even packed to leave for the games until I went home on my lunch break. I am dealing with a borderline migraine...in which NO MEDS can help!

Well tonight, LL, her hubby, Tim and I head off to the Dirtty South...can't wait to watch the CF Games Live...to get a feel for them...to see what its all about and get it even deeper in my bones!!!  :)

Rest day...but NOT for me...

Rest day...what the HECK is that!!! I am going on day 5 of no sleep! Last night was due to Adrianna, she was having her migraines, which in turn was making her vomit...so no sleep AGAIN for me! So I have literally become a walking zombie!! I am NOT writing a food journal due to me barely eating...cuz when I don't sleep, I don't eat! I know...it's not good!!

Then I worked all day...left a couple times to run home to check on Adrianna. then after work I ran to LL's to drop off our shirts that coach sent to us. Then ran home to cook dinner, do some cleaning, then head out to spend time with family, run to the grocery store to pick up some snacks for the weekend and then home to finish up straightening the house cuz tomorrow I need to pack on my lunch hour!!!

So yeah...day off....Kev WHAT IS THAT!!!

Unlike LL...I will NEVER see my AB's! LMAO!!

Well...I will if someone wants to give me money for my tummy tuck!! But for 12 years I choose NOT to take care of me, to let depression rule my life and listen to doctors tell me just how much I COULDN'T DO! So I turned to food...and slowly my weight creeped up...from 1993, after my first accident til the light bulb clicked Jan 2005...I let myself go and my weight creeped all the way up to 275! After all that time, your skin just doesn't WANT to snap back. I bet I have a 6 pack underneath, but there is nothing I can do...so when I look at my tummy now...it is a constant reminder to me of where I came from...what I fought for...and where I NEVER want to be again! I went from a size 24 to a size 6 (which I am sure would be smaller if I didn't have the extra skin). My arms and legs are getting tighter and toner and so is my back. I do have a goal....here it is (Kevin are you reading this!!)
Goal weight: 135-140  (I'm between 148-152)         BodyFat%:  14

So today was MAKEUP DAY for a WOD...I decided to make up my TOTAL since I couldn't do it because I screwed up my shoulder the day before during a WOD!

CF2 TOTAL=325
Overhead Squat ~ 100 lbs
Bench Press ~ 130 lbs
Clean ~ 95 lbs

Then onto the Strength Work:
5x5 DL @ 75% of 1RM (110 lbs)
5x5 OHS @ 60% of 1RM (60 lbs)
5x5 Clean @ 50% of 1RM (45 lbs)

Felt pretty good today...my left hip was agitiated today, along with my low back...actually it's been in alot of pain lately, it is what it has been keeping me up. There are soooo many days I just want to stay in bed, but I push myself to get up and push through my pain...pain is sometimes more mental. I get up and take my 17 pills a day to function and pray that the pain subsides enough for me to make it long enough until I can get back to my bed later that day!!!

Finally feeling like a woman!! (Ok not so much...lmao)

So I went to work today draggin' ass....this is day three of NO SLEEP...well I am sleeping just not getting great sleep. Nothing solid. I am tossing and turning , thinking a lot and in a lot of pain that just keeps me awake!! I thought last night from being exhausted ALL DAY and after doing my WOD for the day I would flippin' pass out (especially since I was about to pass out behind the wheel driving, thank heavens for Adrianna cracking jokes keeping me awake!!), but NOPE, hit that lovely second wind after taking my shower and didn't even turn of the lights until around 2AM...and my alarm goes off at 6AM!!

So yesterday....I went and got my hair done...ya know...to get the gray out!! YES I HAVE GRAY!!! I have had it since I was 16 yrs old!! Back then it was easy to hid with blond highlites, but now not so much!! So here I am at 5PM getting my hair all nice and pretty, to come home, cook dinner and then go outside and bust my ass and do my WOD and SWEAT (at 9PM)!! Hey, at least I was a girl for a short time today!! LMAO!!

So a little laughter of my day...I wanted to know what a 1/2 mile was at my house, but I needed my truck to role its milegage....so here I was backing up and down my driveway literally like 12 times until my odometer rolled...my neighbors were probably on the phone with Ruth Cooper (our mental institution here)!! LMAO!!

Monday was a very emotional UP and DOWN day for me...if you couldn't tell from my NON-EXSISTANT blog!! I had to handle some family issues that needed to be taken care of! To me, family is my number one priority...and it's not just blood family...but people who have become my family too! Adrianna always comes first in my life! I will drop EVERYTHING and ANYTHING to do whatever I need to for her, I will sacrifice my life for her (and I have) and I will keep doing it!! Don't EVER ask me to choose...YOU WILL LOSE!!

So here I am on Day 4 of hardly NO SLEEP! I think I have gotten about 6 hours since Saturday night! My body is about to literally shut it self down!! I am praying for sleep tonight or tomorrow!! The bad thing is when I start getting sleep deprived, I also don't want to eat...I have to force myself!!! UGH!!!

So onto my WOD from last night....Kev I wanted to keep it as close to LL's as possible to I changed just the dips to pushups like she did...but I did regular sit ups.

WOD from yesterday:
Deck of Cards:
Diamonds: Burpees
Hearts: Pushups
Spades: Situps
Clubs: 4 Single Unders
Aces: 15, K-13, Q-12, J-11, Face cards @ Face Value
TOTAL REPS = 105 of each, 420 Total

Food Journal:
B~PS/AB
S~Yougurt/Blueberries
L~Salad/Chicken   Apples    Clif Bar
S~MRB
D~forgot to eat....really late nite!! (go agead get mad!)

Sorry...not much I want to say today....

WOD:
10 mins of Jumping Rope (barefoot) (which by the way sucked for my hip, did alot of right leg single jumps)

Then:
  OPT's "Push, Press, Swing"

     1. Press 1RM in 4 minutes ~ 115 lb (tried 120lb, but failed, shoulder wouldn't let me get it up)
     2. Tabata Push Ups - low score ~ 12  (these sucked, first 2 rounds did 21...I was like I go this!  Until
         round 4...then I hit the flippin brick wall!!!)
     3. AMRAP KBS (35 lb) in 4 minutes ~ 58 reps (hol hell my left shoulder was on fire...but my core loved 
         it)

FOOD JOURNAL:
B~PS/AB
S~Carrots
L~4oz lean meat, lettuce, cucs
S~yogurt, blueberries
D~nothing...stomach was upset (due to issues at home)

Sorry blog sux tonight...but it's just too the point!

Oh yeah and Kev, I started the Fish Oil Supplements...the things I do to get where I need to be!

"Give me shit...I'll just flush it!"

Yep...that was my Quote of the day that I made up cuz it JUST FIT!

Well, let's see....I got a voicemail in the middle of the night from my coach telling me NOT to do the CFE2...so it was a no go for me, but I went and spotted Lauren. And we decided to do our WOD later at her house.

Well 7:30pm was our WOD and 8pm was SKYPING with our coach 2200 miles away! GOTTALOVE TECHNOLOGY!!! I have learned so much more with Kev, and I have gotten stronger, have more courage in taking risks with my lifts, better techinque and skill ...and he's NOT EVEN HERE!! The encouragement I get is more than I can ask for and do I think it's different cuz we are great friends...NO...cuz he does the same with Lauren. He is ACTIVELY INVOLVED AND INTERESTED in our goals, ambitions, where we see our failures...it's amazing!

So the today's WOD:
8 rounds (with no rest)
400m Run, max rep push ups, max rep situps
**Count reps
Time: 29:34    Reps: 421
My sit up reps could have been higher and increased my max rep total, but my tailbone digging into pavement couldn't handle anymore!!

Food Journal:
B~PS/AB/Banana, then a coffee later
S~carrots/2 HB eggs
L~burger/more carrots (at someone's house for kids bday party)
S~apple
D~6 oz chicken

Rest day tomorrow....which means I am not even gonna blog!! WOO HOO!! Day to myself...ok well a day fully with my daughter...WOO HOO!!!

Pukey Puke Puke...

Yep...today was one of those days...everything I ate came right back up...so is there really a point to let ya know what my Food Journal is unless you truly want to know what I puked!!!

So today's blog also won't be a long one due to the fact that I am typing with only my right arm...since I screwed up my left shoulder AGAIN during my WOD tonight!

So cutting to the chase...

AMRAP in 20 mins ~
  65lb Thrusters, 5 Reps
  65lb HangPowerCleans, 7 Reps
  65lb SDHP, 10 Reps
(only made it 8:10 mins for 5 rounds before I felt my entire left shoulder shred apart)!!!

No strength work (THANK GOD)

CFE ~ 6 x 1/2 mi Bike Sprints
  1-3:03    2-2:52    3-2:43    4-2:36     5-2:29     6-2:22

Ok...took meds...I am going to ice.

Did I chip a nail? (LL is gonna LOVE THIS!!)

Ok...so I am going to BITCH before I even start what this blog REALLY needs to be about...so SERIOUSLY can the F%#@ING individuals (both men and woman) get out of the flippin gym who aren;t serious about being there, sot he ones who are have more space!!


So I decided today, to go do my WOD on my lunch hour cuz my coach said it would take around 5-7 mins! Then whatever time added on to warmup/do my strength work/cool down, etc!

Well...holy crap...we have Ms. I am lifting a dumbell that weighs no heavier than the phone she has in her other hand (NO JOKE) and she starts whining that she thinks she just chipped a nail, that she just got done yesterday!! WTF...ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! And what was even funnier, was that these two guys started making fun of her about it, but as soon as she got off the phone, one of them went over to her with his phone and asked if she was ok and asked for her number (meanwhile while waiting for her to get off the phone they weren't doing shit but watching her...yes fake boobs/no bra, hair not up, make on!)! Neither men, nor woman were sweating!

So here I am now in the middle of my WOD and I have an IDIOT (male gender) come over and take my weigth bar...YES the one I am using...the one sitting on the rack with weights on it while I am doing my broad jumps RIGHT NEXT TO IT! The same guy who was sitting on a weight bench (that had an empty weight bar on it) watching me (cuz I saw him in the mirror) doing NOTHING, KNOWING FULL WELL I WAS USING IT...so I was like ummm...excuse I am using it. He said, just like this, "You left the bar...finders keepers"...I said...you touch it, you are gonna find something that you can keep and you aren't gonna like it...back the hell up! And I finished my WOD! He went back to the weight bench and sat back down and continued to do NOTHING!! WTF!!! (I reported his ass!)

Then as I was stretching/cooling down...I swear I think I had the playboy playmates (trust me they wouldn't have made the magazine...they ONLY THOUGHT THEY WERE) and their mothers...stretching out in front of me...with no bras and no underwear...yep...I can honestly tell you that!! Can we say they belonged at Babes or Lookers not at the gym!!

Ok...enough BITCHING...now to what I should be bloggin' about!!!

THANK YOU! THAKN YOU! THANK YOU! For the rest day yesterday...My body craved it...actually I think my mind craved it more!!! I did some more volunteering at Adri's school and spent some mommy/daughter time with her...which is always #1 in my book!!

Food went good yesterday
B~PS/AB
S~HB egg
L~Chicken
S~PB
D~PS/AB

Today I am only at lunch, but I added back fruits and veggies and I weighed in!! Can you believe I am gonna post my weight for all to see on the web!! But hey...it is ntohing compared to where I came from!!

So Monday...I told you I almost had a heart attack...well it was because my weight was 160. Before my accident I was 162. So I hadn;t seen the 160's since Dec 2008...so I was in shock!!! I have done everything in my power with being bed ridden and immobile NOT to gain weight!! So it killed me to see that number!!
So as of this morning I was 152!!! GO ME...8 pounds down!!!

So far today:
B~PS/AB
S~Blueberry Yogurt w/Fiber (I need this!!!)
L~Chicken w/ Alpha Sprouts/Brocolli

WOD:
7 rounds For Time: 6:20
   6 Squats (125% Body Weight 190lbs) (LMAO...scaled 135lbs...only 89% body weight...I'll get there)
   8 Standing Broad Jumps (I landed FULLY on both legs....WOO HOO!!!! MILE STONE...but hurt like HELL!!)

Strength Work:  5x3
    Clean and Jerk  45~50~55~60~65
    Snatch  45~50~55~60~65

Another day....tonight time with my bestie!!! :)

After the tears from yesterday...

So yesterday was hell day for me...I HAD so much planned...get up, go to work, volunteer at Adri's school. have a quick bite (well at least for Adri, I was fasting) for dinner, get home and change for the gym, go do my CF Total and get a little cardio in, go back home and start some laundry, do my WOD from Sunday, finish the laundry and go to bed sometime around 1AM! (lol...not kidding)!

Ok...so the JOKE WAS APPARENTLY ON ME!!  So you know the saying, "Don't sweat the small stuff"...well I had a crap load of "small stuff" yesterday that my sweat turned to tears...LITERALLY!!!  I don't break easy...I don't just fall apart and crumble...well I did last night...in the middle of my kitchen floor!! I was a complete and utter mess!  So I left my coach probably the worst voicemail message ever...I was crying and told him NOT to call me (he did anyways cuz the man NEVER listens to his voicemails first...lol)!  I didn't want to talk; I didn't want to hear anything about staying positive and being strong! Yesterday was MY DAY to be PITIFUL!!  To feel sorry for myself...to just let go and scream and kick and throw my tantrum!!  After 17 months of all this "small stuff", it builds up and there are times you just gotta LET GO!!  Yesterday was it for me...

But today...TODAY IS A NEW DAY!!

So I stated yesterday I started back on track with my eating...THANK HEAVENS!!! I so needed too!! I stepped on the scale yesterday morning and thought I was going to have a heart attack (though I found out my cholesterol level is 163, which is very low...woo hoo)!!  Granted I took a mini vaca for 4 days and didn't eat all that great, but didn't eat terrible either.  But I could tell I gained...my body felt sluggish and my energy level SUCKED!!  So I decided yesterday to jump start my diet with a fast for the day...the next 2 days will be all protein and then it is time to really get CLEAN with my eating...I will have my cheat meals...well I call them more my "treat" meals...you have to, it keeps you sane! Well it keeps me sane, at least!! :)

Here is what I put my body thru tonight:

CF Total: 390 (Not bad for my hip & back limitations!)
Shoulder Press: 95
Back Squat: 150 (could have gone higher but was cautious)
Deadlift: 145 PR!!!

Today's WOD ~ 5 Rounds for Time : 22:37
    50 SDHP @ 25lbs (sub for 500m Row)
    440m Run (light jog for me, leg was going numb!!)*
*did a 440m cuz didn't know how far a 400m is on a treadmill!! LOL

Strength Work:
   Hang Clean 3-3-3-3-3    45~65~75~80 (failed @ 3rd lift)~75
   Front Squat  3-3-3-3-3    45~65~75PR~85PR~100PR
   Bench Press  3-3-3-3-3    85~95~105~110~115PR

Then came home to cook some dinner and make some lunches for tomorrow!!  Then off to do Sunday's WOD that I skipped out on!! (yep...made it up Kev!!! Aren't you proud!...or are you going to kill me?)

For Time: 10:30
  70 Burpees
  60 Situps
  50 Squats
  40 Step ups (dining room chair)
  30 HSPU (scaled)
***Did this all in the comfort of my bedroom...GOTTA LOVE IT!!***

Then I went and took a nice long soak in my tub...in Epson Salt and BUBBLES!! :)

Food journal for the day:
B~Protein Shake w/ AB
S~MRB
L~Turkey (4 slices)
S~HB egg
D~Pork 4oz
**This might not seem like alot of food to you, but to get this amount of food down for me after a fast is HUGE!!**

Alright...NOVEL is done...I am out for the night....Good night all!!!

Back to the daily grind...

So I didn't blog yesterday...mainly because my ass was sitting in a car all day and I think I have PERMANENT bruising on both ass cheeks!! In 4 days, I sat 25 hours in a car driving...my hip, butt and lower back are NOT pleased with me! But on the positive side...I DIDN'T take one pain pill the entire trip!!! GO ME!!! Though I did take all other daily 17 pills to function!! UGH...I hate meds!!

So I realized one thing I loved about Florida while being away....flat land is a WONDERFUL thing while recovering in a wheelchair, on a walker and cane!! HOLY CRAP!! I thought I had an arm work out here...my bi's and tri's would have looked even more amazing if I lived in Georgia throughout my recovery!! LOL!!!

Well I didn't get home til 10pm, and I told Kev that I was going to do my WOD for the day once I got home! But by the time, I unpacked and got Adrianna settled for bed, it was almost 11 and I was done!! Though I laid in bed wide awake til almost 2am...my body couldn't move...there was NO WAY IN HELL I was pushing out even the start of my WOD which was 70 Burpees!! HAHA...Adrianna would have found me on my bedroom floor in the morning!!

So I took my Coach's advice (YES KEVIN I DO LISTEN!!), and changed my rest day...so my WOD will be later tonight AFTER I put in 2 hours of volunteer time after work at Adrianna's school in the Science Room! Another long day for me! Plus Kev wants me to do some lifting tonight since while I was away I was ONLY doing body work.

Also today I go back and visit my pain management doc...not sure what this visit will entail...I want my FET results from March...but I doubt he even received them...I will probably need a flippin court order to get MY OWN paperwork!!! Gotta love work comp!!

Well...back to my daily schedule of being a mom (#1), training (#2), enjoying life (#3), and working (#4)! Will blog after my WOD tonight....Ciao!!

A little time just for me....

So I woke up with some soreness in not only my bad left hip but also in my right. I think it was from favoring my left so much yesterday! But it's ok, I had A LOT of me time today to just relax. All I had was my WOD to do, so while my group of friends went zip lining (I couldn't), I did myWOD and I found the most beautiful spot to do it at too!!

So they all left for their adventure...and I went to my cabin to change and ventured out to find a spot. I went down this trail and found an awesome spot down in the revine next to the gorge. Yep...I did my WOD listening to the sound of rushing water instead of music!!! It was awesome!! How could I pass it up!!

So my WOD was this:

TABATA: 8 rounds of 20 secs on 10 secs off of each :
                      Squats
                      Pushups
                      Situps
   My total reps were : Squats : 144, Pushups: 127, Situps: 126 ~ TOTAL = 397

I haven't been eating my best while on vacation...been eating salads and veggies....but not on any time constraints! Monday I am getting back on track. I can feel the difference in my training and I don't like it!!

On an opposite note: I miss my baby!! I feel out of whack without having my daughter around! It is nice to get a "mommy break" but I hate not getting my daily hugs and kisses from her!!! I can't wait to see her tomorrow!!

Doing a WOD outside on a log cabin front porch!!

Well today was amazing! I decided to go and do something TOTALLY against the grain and agaisnt what everyone (my doctors) says I should NEVER do!! (That would be to have fun and enjoy MY life)!!

I went White Water Rafting again for the first time since before I was a mom!! (So yes, I have been before AFTER a major injury!!) I am very cautious to my injuries and to my medical condition and I let everyone who needs to know things, know...and everyone took great care of me!! We had a blast...not one injury and we coasted perfectly!!! I used my right leg for everything. I took in the scenery and the most beautiful things that God created!!

Then the fun part came....I got back in the car, checked my cell phone and there it was...an email from my beloved coach...my WOD for the day!!!  I wanted to cry!! Because it was 3:30...and I had a 3 1/2 hour drive to my next destination and fit dinner in there before I could even think abut doing the WOD for the day! UGH...it wouldn't happen til around 9PM! By then my body would be shutting down and I knew it!! I already was pysching my self out, which wasn't good since Coach Kev wanted me to reach at least 4 rounds of my WOD!!! Can I say UGH again!!!

Ok...so here it is...my hell for the day...(I am away from home w/ no gym...so this is all body work)

AMRAP (As Many Rounds As Possible) in 20 minutes  (target 4 rounds per Coach Kevin)
10 Burpees
20 Situps
30 Pushups
40 Lunges (each leg)
50 Squats

What I Did: 4 rounds w/ 10Bs, 20SUs & 22PUs (almost 5!!!!)

I did this on the front porch of my log cabin outside while watching lightning bugs and having an audience of people who probably thought I was insane!!! LOL!!!

Well, I need to get some zzz's and take my meds!! Until tomorrow.... :)

While driving....

So I am just having some thoughts while sitting in the car driving up north for my little mini-vaca and I thought I would put it to paper (or to screen....lol)!

For the past 14 years of my life (from the age of 18 to 32) I had ONE dream...and that was to become a cop. I did everything I could...I fought, struggled, and succeed. And in 10 short weeks after becoming certified my amazing dream and being on cloud 9, became my worst nightmare! I have been living with this nightmare night and day. You see I am opposite, I don't dream when I sleep...in which, actually I am fully greatful! It is bad enough to LIVE your nightmare throughout the day...so the only time I didn't was when I slept (which isn't very often).

Well it was just until I started CrossFit that I finally started refocusing my thought process. I started focusing on what mattered most...ME and MY DAUGHTER! You see, nothing else in this world matters but YOUR FAMILY! I needed to REFIND my happiness! I needed to REFIND Sue! I needed to FIND my flame...a desire again...a NEW GOAL...a NEW DREAM!

And I did!!! I have a deisre and a passion...and I am going full force into it! I am praying about it alot! I have talked it over with the most important person that it is going to affect (my daughter) and she is my NUMBER ONE supporter and encourager!! I have also only shared my DREAM and VISION with a select few...and all are standing behind me AND with me on my NEW VENTURE! I don't know when this NEW VENTURE will blosom (heck the last one took me 14 years), but I am ready for it when it does!!!

ANDI FLIPPIN' CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evening 300 before heading on the open road....

So I have to LOVE my coach for giving me such a lovely gift before leaving on my very first vacation in over 4 years!!! And I have to sit in a car for 10 hours too...can we say all of my muscles are going to completely HATE ME!!!

Well today's WOD was a little off...I had to go from one part of the gym to another and back again...but it worked out...it helped that I got there before the after work rush happened!!

"Evening 300" For Time ~  14:09
25 Jumping Pullups    (Back Room)
50 Deadlifts @ 95 (scaled to 65)
50 Step Ups
50 Situps (UA)
50 Hang Power Cleans @ 65
25 Jumping Pullups   (Back Room)
50 Lateral Lunges (L/R)    (Back Room) 
25 Pushups      (Back Room)

I had to scale down the DL's or I would have never even finished the WOD. My ME is 125lb...and that is putting tons of strain on the rods in my lower back...so I needed to do a weight my lower back could handle. Also the Power Cleans got tough at around #20...I had to break them up into sets of 5 to finish them out!! UGH!!!

Now to finish packing (yes...I still haven't done that yet) and jump in the shower to leave for my much needed and much deserved mini vaca with one of my dearest!!!   Adios!!!

Training Days From Monday and Tuesday

So I thought I would go back in time a little and rehash some old feelings and torture (LOL!....so glad I can laugh at it now as I sit and look at my bruises)!

So Monday...tried the new Burpee Broad Jump (in which I will be partaking in for the BurpeeMile Breast Cancer Awareness Fundraiser on June 5th)! Having a left hip injury is hard...especially since I can't land solid on that leg yet. Well, I can, it just shoots sharp excruciating pain down and up it and sends me straight to the ground! So yeah, NOT A GREAT FEELING, so I steer away from causing that to happen AT ALL COST!! So my tweak was pushing of with both but landing solely on my right leg!

So the WOD was:

100 Burpee Broad Jumps ~ FOR TIME (10:16)
~rest for a bit~
100 Situps (UA) ~ FOR TIME (4:14)
~rest for a bit~
100 Pushups ~ FOR TIME (2:45 PR from 4:13 a month prior)
***all I can say was I thought I was going to hurl during situps 20 thru 100!!!)***

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

So on to Tuesday...

I can truly say just how much I LOVE MY COACH!!! Not!! I swear if we didn't have the kind of friendship we had prior...I think I would have gotten on a plane and flew to CA to hit him upside the head with the 25lb weight plate!!! Maybe this him secretly getting back at me for something...lol!!! Nah, I am ONLY kidding Lauren, I know he has our best interest at heart and wants to only see us succeed!!! He has seen me at my lowest point and heard my negativity about giving up and throwing the towel in....and he NEVER let me!!

So here was last night's WOD:

KBS @ 25lbs
Box Jumps (Step Ups for me)
D/U's (Single leg for me)
Thrusters w/ 25lb plate
Push ups
**1 min on each exercise...count reps. Rest for a minute between full set. Do 3 Rounds.

R1-144
R2-94*
R3-86*
*couldn't do jump rope those 2 rounds due to lovely (assholes) socializing right where we were doing our WOD!! Flipping morons!!!

I think Lauren and I were the ONLY 2 sweating at the gym last night!!!

I also did a CFE Bike WOD last night after:
3x5k rest 2 mins in between

1st~5k - 20:24
2nd~5k - 19:56
3rd~5k - 20:15

I feel like crap....though I will take that due to my eating (which hasn't been much lately) and the fact that I haven't been sleeping. Gotta really focus more on the eating part...can't due full Paleo due to many reasons....but I need to fuel my body more! I have NO PROBLEM drinking tons of water!!!

Now to prepare my head for tonight's WOD...it's a killer.....AAAGGGGHHHH!!!!

The first...to get to know a little about me!!

I am so STOKED!!! The time is FINALLY here!!! I NEVER thought it would be to tell the honest truth!!! Let me give you a little backing....

I have a really great friend, Kevin, out in Fresno, California who turned me onto CrossFit back in early 2008...it's all I heard from him!!! He is a firefighter out there and has opened his own CrossFitFTF gym in Fresno. At the time, I was in the law enforcement academy and decided it wouldn't be a good idea to start while in the academy, so I decided to wait until after I graduated (Sept 2008). Then after speaking with Kevin, we decided that it would be better for me to wait until after my Field Training (16 weeks), to really start because my schedule would be literally ALL OVER THE PLACE! So come the first of the year (Feb2009)...I would be a CrossFitter for life!!! I couldn't wait...I couldn't wait to see what it was going to do to my training for my triathlons (I had a goal...an Ironman in 2010!!!). I couldn't wait to see what it was going to do for my body as a whole...health wise and physical wise...I couldn't wait to push my body to it's limit and BEYOND!!

Well then December 21, 2008 happened...

I was severely injured in the line of duty. I was hospital bound for a month, stuck in traction and ended up having 6 surgeries in 2 months. At the end of it all, I had 4 pelvic fractures...2 in the front that are now being held together by a steel plate and 2 at my sacral joint on my left side being held together by 2 very long screws. I also had a brain injury that I am still dealing with, but am blessed that it was to the front section of my brain and not the back part!! I was wheelchair bound for a while, then on a walker and then a cane and now I am walking (with a limp, but I am walking). (Also a little more background...this was not my first severe accident...in 1993, I suffered 9 pelvic fractures, a broken tailbone and was filleted open all over my left side...I almost died and was hospital and bed bound for over a year and had to relearn how to walk all over again, I was 18. Then in 2000 (at 25), I severed my spinal cord, which is now fused from L3-S1, and had multiple facial injuries which required multiple surgeries.)

So that leaves me to now...it is almost 17 months POST accident....and I made the call to Kevin, with A LOT of hesitation, but I HAD NO CHOICE, I needed to do my own recovery and rehab since workmans comp wasn’t paying for physical therapy. I needed CrossFit to see what it could do for me and what I could do around my limitations!!! I was not going to let anymore Dr's ONCE AGAIN tell me I couldn't do something!! (I listened to it SOOOOO MANY times before). So needless to say…I have NO DOUBT in my mind that I’m going to be a CrossFitter for the rest of my life!!

Then it was time to do some serious thinking....

Here is what I know:

I know right now that I take TOO MANY MEDS!!! I am in CHRONIC PAIN! Will that ever go away...I don't know...but this is what I do know...I want to get off of them...I hate them!!! I hate being tied to them!! I hate bone injections...I hate ANY injections for that matter!!

I know that this is NOT going to be easy...that I WILL be sore...HELL I haven't used these muscles in over a year!! They have no clue what they hell I am doing to them. But what I do know is that there is a thing called "muscle memory"...our body is amazing when it comes to that!!

I know that there will be days that my body will want to "shut down"...but that is when my MIND has to tell it other wise! MIND OVER MATTER!! I know what my limits are...I know what the difference between uncomfortable pain and REAL TRUE PAIN is.

I know that I have to make sacrifices. (But haven't I already) Haven't I sacrificed for 17 months my emotional and mental well being??? NOW IT'S TIME TO GET REFOCUSED!!! Set new goals.

I know that I will never be the same. I know that I might never run the same, bike the same, or lift the same weight amounts. BUT this is what I do know...I am finding the new NORMAL for me...maybe there is a NEW way of running (CrossFit POSE style...can't wait to try this one out...a tad scared), instead of my Trek...I might have to sell it and get the sit down style bike, and as for lifting...my upper body is strong...you be on a walker carrying your weight around for 5 months...YOUR ARMS WILL LOOK AMAZING!! (LMAO!!)!!

So...how did I come up with my Blog Name, here it is...I am excited about where my life is heading....at least personally!!! It takes dedication, commitment, sacrifice...but most importantly for me it takes courage (ask anyone who sees me try something on my left leg for the first time since the accident...FEAR IS WRITTEN ALL ACROSS IT!), but I am willing...after all I am as the guys say "THE BIONIC WOMAN"!!!