Keeping the focus.

BodyBugg Stats
Calories Burned:  2393  (257 less than planned)
Calories Consumed:  1523  (377 less than planned)
Calorie Deficit:  870

Steps:  7888  (2112 less than planned)
Physical Activity:  1 hour 1 minute  (1 minute over target...whew!)

The biggest surprise of the day yesterday was that I burn more calories during Jazzercise than I do at CrossFit.  I love that!!  Getting the extra calorie burn at Jazzercise while building my strength at CrossFit makes me feel like I have found a great fitness balance!! 

Before last night's class started, I was talking with Pukey and NotPukey.  NotPukey said that they were talking about me on Saturday that I had a really good pace on my warm up run.  YAY!  You know you have really improved when people actually notice it.  That made me feel good.

We started out with a 400m warm up run.  I didn't do as well as Saturday, I don't think, but I do feel like I'm getting a little stronger with the running. 

Sidenote:  every year at Christmas SIL gives me a calender with all sorts of family pictures.  It is my favorite gift every year and I LOVE that she does it.  This month, July, has pictures from the 5K we did last year.  There is a cute picture of Nephtwo (my second nephew, hence the two...) running.  Another picture is Nephtwo, SIL, & me pre-race.  The last and biggest pic is of me running to the finish line with SIL behind me with her hands in the air doing a victory cheer.  It makes me smile every single day.  In fact, now almost a year later, I'm MORE impressed with what I accomplished that day.  I'm stronger, in better shape and smaller than I was on that day, but still...the thought of running a consistent 3.1 miles sounds hard.  That I did it then is amazing to me.  I want to do the 5K again when I go visit the family in September.  Part of me is scared to death that I won't push myself in the same way, but I'm going for it.

Back to CrossFit...after the warm up, we practiced deadlifts with 65 pounds.  I have a little bit of soreness in my lower back today, so I think I need to work on my form a little.  It isn't a bad pain, but enough to keep it in my mind.  We also practiced our pull ups.  Last time, even with the ginormous rubber band, I wasn't able to get over the bar.  This time, with the band, I was able to string two or three together about 4 times.  It was a great feeling, but I still have A LOT of work to do.

WOD:  400m run, 15 walking lunges, 15 Thrusters (weight above the head 35#), 15 ring rows, 15 KTE (this is a move where you hang from the bar and try to pull up your knees to your elbows.  Knee To Elbow.  I find it extremely hard and barely got in 10 super sad ones.), 400m run.  It was an exhausting workout!  I'm getting stronger though!!

I made some good food choices yesterday.  I avoided the chocolate at work that I wanted.  I had my leftovers again and I'm still not tired of the meat that I grilled on Sunday.  That's good!

The scale is being nice to me.  I am down almost 3 pounds since Monday.  According to my stats, I should be down 1/2 pound, so either I'm losing some water weight that I gained when I started CrossFit or I'm dehydrated.  Who knows.  Anyway, I'm going to walk with Godmother at lunch today and I'm going to Jazzercise tonight. 

One day at a time.  One meal at a time.  One workout at a time.  One good decision at a time.

Hugs!