Why I Work Out

Ok. So you may remember my post about lemons and lemony food.  Don't worry. I have not had a change of heart and cheated on my lemons. I do still love all things lemon.  However, I have another obsession. S'mores.  This post will do no good at being a motivator to work out other than the fact that I have gained weight just looking at these recipes.  So without further adieu, the reasons I work out.

Pampered Chef S'mores Cups

S'more Cakelette

Fluffertella (Not S'mores, but close enough)

S'mores Bars

Braided S'mores Bread

Gooey S'mores Cookies

S'mores Brownie Bars

Golden Graham S'mores Square

Homemade S'mores Bar

S'mores Brownie

S'mores Bars

S'more Cupcake

More S'mores Bars

S'more Cookie

S'more Chocolate Cupcake

S'more Bar

S'more Cupcake

You're welcome for the diabetes.

2 Weeks In

I am two weeks in to my Beach Body Challenge/CrossFit membership.  So far, I have not felt super sore to where my body hates me. I am not sure if that's because my diet is better so I am recovering faster, or if I am not pushing myself hard enough. Either way, I am a rockstar.


In talking with my coach at CF, we have set a goal time limit of three months. That's when my CrossFit contract ends.  He is convinced I can reach my goal of Jessica Biel's body by then.  Don't remember what her body looks like? Here is a refresher.

Sorry that picture has that awesome logo going through it. You get my point though. I think Jessica Biel has the best body. Not too skinny, athletic, but not "I'm going to rip your head off" muscular.  


Current Standings:

1. Down 4 pounds
2. Body fat down 3.3%

Goals:

1. Long Term - Body fat down below 20%
2. Long Term - Weight down 30-40 pounds in fat
3. Short Term - Climb the robe at CF
4. Short Term - Do a pull up
5. Short Term - Do push ups off my knees

So far I am feeling good and getting confident that I may be able to stick with my workout.  Even though I am doing CF and kickboxing, here is my workout photo of the day.

Habits

This picture totally describes my normal daily activity.

However, Beach Body Challenge makes it impossible to follow my usual motto of "Eat all the food".


My body is still conditioned to walk into the kitchen, open all the cabinets, and shove all the food in my mouth.  My solution to that habit is to put relatively healthy things in each cabinet.  That way, no matter which cabinet I open, I should be able to grab something healthy.  Raw nuts in the chip cabinet, fruit/veggies in the fridge, special k bars in the snack drawer, etc.  So far it's helping.  Another BIG helper is my fitness pal app.  That little sucker really keeps me from shoving everything that looks tasty down my throat.  I will admit, some days its not as good a helper as it should be (simply because I hide my phone for the day so I won't enter calories).


Today is my double whammy workout. Cross Fit then Kickboxing.  It will be a late night, but hopefully I can do both workouts. My shins are starting to really bother me and I am really hoping it's not another stress fracture.  That would really put me in quite a pickle.

Me in a pickle

Week 1 Progress Report

One week ago today I signed up for my trial week at Cross Fit.  I liked it a lot, so I decided to sign up for an actual membership.  Somehow I was able to motivate myself to go for 5 days last week.  I also did kickboxing thrice last week.  So that's 8 workouts in 6 days.  Not bad.  I am not as exhausted as I thought I would be.  I am, however, very sore. Driving a standard was very unfortunate for me.  


On Friday, we did a weigh in and a body fat % calculation.  That was a nightmare.  While I have actually lost a little weight, I had no idea my body fat % was so high.  It was actually really embarrassing for me.  But I guess I need to look on the bright side, I know have a starting point to base my BBC (Beach body challenge) progress off of.


Here are my stats so far:
Weight: Down 4 pounds since beginning
BMI: No clue if it's up or down, but I know the number


Goals:
Lose 30-40 pounds (in fat, obviously I'll gain muscle)
Get body fat % down to 20
Be able to finish the Mud Run June 3 (this is a very SOON goal)


I've cracked down on what I am eating as well as working out. I've downloaded the app for My Fitness Pal and I am tracking my workouts and food consumption there.  I actually feel like I have turned it into a little bit of a competition.  I want to beat the calories allotted for the day.  I know that sounds crazy, but I am competitive with my app.


Even though I am doing Cross Fit and Kickboxing as my workouts, I still feel like I need to put an inspirational workout photo in my blog so here it is.

Drunken Gummies

For a bachelorette party I threw, I made drunken gummies as a treat.  They were AMAZING and everyone loved them.  Only downside was that the bachelorette party was outside so by about halfway through the party, the gummies had started melting and turned into a drunken mess.  But besides that, they were a huge hit.


I bought two 3-pound bags of gummy bears. A little overkill, I know. Then i put them in a plastic container that's about 6x9 inches.  I poured the vodka over the gummies to where every single gummy was completely submerged.

It's hard to tell in that picture, but they are, indeed, submerged.  The vodka I used was Pinnacle whipped cream flavor.  My theory behind this was to get little "creamsicle" drunk gummies.  Turns out, that was a MARVELOUS idea.

After the gummies are totally covered, I put them in the fridge to soak for 5 days.  Every day I went in and mixed up the gummies so that the ones on the bottom didn't soak up a lot more liquor than the ones at the top.  I would have hated for some of the gummies to be tipsy and some be wasted.  


The day of the party I just put them in a little boot decoration I picked up to match the theme of the party.  It was a huge success and everyone loved them! I just recommend not making these for an outdoor party. If you do, try to put them on ice.

Party guest really enjoying the gummies!