Day 4-5

Got a night with more than 5 hours of sleep...though it wasn't uninterrupted I woke up feeling better than most nights. Hoping that the quality of sleep starts to improve with the change in my eating habits. Also, as hard as it is I'm trying to cutback on my caffeine intake..coffee. Hoping to be able to add different variety in my foods, but, its hard to do this with such limited time.

Breakfast: Eggs, sausage and sweet potatoes.
   I know that I need to add FAT to breakfast to help me from getting hungry so quick. Also, need to
   throw a little something extra in there as far as my carb intake goes.

Lunch: Cheat meal

Dinner: Chicken and handFULS of almonds and dried fruit..DEFINITELY not the best choice this late at night. But when you're a struggling college student you do what you have to unfortunately.

Day: 5

I'd love to put my log down but can't remember much...overall not a solid day.

Day 3....Another successful day

Day 3 has come and gone...definitely felt a drop in energy today but was able to overcome it in the gym and in school. Felt a HUGE drop in energy around 10 am and again right before I went to the gym.

Breakfast: 3 eggs, 2 sausage, 6 oz. of cantaloupe and honeydew

Snack: Chicken and guacamole

Lunch: 10 oz of chicken, jicama and guacamole

Pre-wod: chicken...yay

WOD: Fight Gone Bad, score: 379. First round 141, second round 121, third round 117
Pacing didn't go as well as planned...DEFINITELY have 400 in me.

Dinner: Breakfast...5 pieces of bacon, 3 eggs, sweet potato hash.

Fish oil and GSM

Physically, I feel beat down. Mentally strong right now, I am in the final 4 weeks of school and I'm not sure if that is the reason or not...but I have this insane amount of focus and the drive that I originally started off with has made a comeback. I'm excited again and I feel that this has come at a very detrimental time...time to get after this medic school thing and be successful. My future depends on it...

Day 2...a little ankle mobility in here too

In an attempt to drop a little more weight, I decided I'd give this IF a chance. I'm going to do this on Tuesdays and Fridays and see how this works for me for the next couple weeks. Working out late tonight and not necessarily needing the energy while in class today. Skipped out on breakfast but instead took BCAA's for muscle "maintenance" and will eat around noon. This will give me a 16 hour fast..no coffee or anything, strictly water.

Played a little basketball for about 30-40 minutes today. Again, ankle felt solid...thank goodness. Running felt a little better today, could just be a mental thing for me.

Lunch (after basketball): Chicken and sweet potatoes and apple sauce

Snack: Chicken

Pre-wod: Smoked chicken, green beans, applesauce

WOD:
6x1 of halting deadlift with clean grip to hang clean
205x1x6
5x3 of Snatch balance
135
500 m row 50 DU 15 HSPU x 3, rest 4 minutes between
5:26, 6:05, 7:43

My main focus during this workout was technique more than anything else, on the snatch balance it was definitely a big focus on technique versus weight. On the "metcon" my ankle started to get a little tight and I had to break the sets up a little bit. The HSPU I broke up into 7, 4,4 everytime. Shoulders definitely feeling it as well.

Dinner: Chicken, jicama, and guacamole.

Fish oil and GSM also before bed.

A little ankle mobility for those of you who may look at this.
http://www.mobilitywod.com/2012/02/tight-ankles-bad-squatting.html

LONG time coming....Day 1 of 30

 I came to school hoping that I would "fall" into better habits nutritionally and overall well being. I was hoping that I would become regimented in my daily routines...being in school for 8 hours a day and not running 911 calls throughout the night, I truly felt like this was my chance to establish some sort of 

normal lifestyle, I was wrong. 

 Initially, I was able to stay strong with my nutrition and consistent workouts and I was able to get a "normal" sleep pattern. I was able to pre-plan my meals and I was able to get into the gym consistently even with a hurt ankle. THEN, the stresses of school and life started to catch up. I slowly lost focus in many aspects of my current life and let things slip, like we all do at times. This is my attempt to get back on track and keep myself accountable for a while and establish what I hope to be permanent lifestyle changes. 

 During the first month or so of my time here in Iowa (paramedic school) I was able to drop 15ish pounds and felt better than I have in a long long time. I got stronger, felt better, and was leaner. I haven't put any weight on since but I definitely know that my nutrition has had an huge effect on my energy levels throughout the day and that led to a drop in energy in the gym. So, now I'm going to attempt to get back to where I was and get better from there. 

Day 1

Breakfast: 4 eggs, 3 pieces of applewood uncured smoked bacon, 2 handfuls of spinach and a handful of almonds. 

Mid-morning: 12 oz of coffee for the morning drop off (trying to get rid of coffee temporarily..we'll see how that goes)

About 30 minutes of basketball...this definitely loosened my ankle up and surprisingly now it feels a lot better. Maybe it was the lack of movement for such a long time that kept things tight in there. 

Lunch: ~10 oz of steak and applesauce (I know the apple sauce is probable NOT the best option, bad planning is to blame)

Pre-wod: Chicken and almonds

WOD: 

6 minutes of squat snatch @ 95#. 2 EMOM

rest 2 minutes

6 minutes of clean and jerk @ 185# 2 EMOM

rest 2 minutes

200 m sled push with #45 on the sled

3:38

Squat

5x340

3x360

1x380

3x8x275

Post-wod: 8 BCAA 

Dinner: Coconut grilled chicken thighs and sweet potatoes. Handful of almonds

I feel like I might need to eat more but time will tell. I definitely anticipate a little drop in energy over the next few days but am definitely stoked to feel that turn around. Rolled out during halftime of the football game...LEGS ARE ROASTED

Got motivated to put some time in tHe gym today

May 17 workouts First: 10 power cleans @ 135# 15 wall balls @ 20# 5 rounds: 5:28 Second: Partner WOD 100 situps* while one person is doing 50 the other is running 400 m 50 pull ups 50 calorie row 50 front squat @ 85 50 Hand release pushups 50 DB walking lunges @ 35# DB 50 american swings @ 53 4 wall climbs 4 rope climbs 400 m run together Time: slow....18:01 I wasnt able to do the lunges BC of my knee. Also, didn't carry my load on the rope clImbs. I was gassed Third: DEADLIFT 135x10, 225x3, 315x3, 405x3, 435x3, 480x1, 490 (miss) Fourth: 2 squat cleans @ 225 2 MU 6 rounds not for time.

May 13 and 14...still trying to get healthier

May 13

0830: 3 eggs, 3 pcs of bacon, sweet potato hash browns and a 16 oz. americano

1130: Coconut creme Lara Bar, strawberries, and almonds

1230: Sweet potatoes and chicken

1600: Grapes and chicken

1945: Chicken and steamed broccoli

2115: Grapes and almonds



May 14

0930: 3 eggs with an extra 2 egg whites, sweet potato hash and guacamole

1145: 72% Dark Chocolate with espresso beans

1325: Spaghetti squash, bacon, chicken and no salt organic seasoning cooked in olive oil. Banana

1715: Leftover spaghetti squash

1815: Workout
10x1:00 on 1:00 off rower Total meters= 3215
332 m, 355 m, 326 m, 327 m,  321 m, 314 m, 306 m, 327 m, 307 m, 300 m
Rest 5 minutes
Row SLOW 1000 m row: 3:53


1915: Coconut Creme lara bar

2045: 2 eggs, guacamole, 2 pcs of bacon

2130: Strawberries

3 days of workouts....leaning down I think, only time will tell

May 10th

Death by Power Clean
13 rounds + 12 @ 155
Death by Clean & Jerk 
11 rounds + 8 @ 135

May 11th

Back Squat 135, 225,315, 365 (3), 390x1, 400 (miss)
Annie: 6:05


10 DL @ 200#, 8 ring dips x4-5
Rest 2 minutes
15 push press @ 115 
400 M run x 4
Time: 14:14
Legs felt tight to begin with, POOR warmup. Rushed the weight too much on the first part of the day.
On the MetCon went from muscle ups to ring dips for the first 3 and couldn't finish it off on the last set.

May 12th

RUNNING CLOCK OF 30 MINUTES
Run 800 m 3:39
rest 2 minutes
Run 400 m 1:33
rest 1 minute
Run 200 m :40
rest 2 minutes
AMRAP with remaining time 
2 Rope Climps
6 snatches @ 95 #
10 front squats @ 95#
Did the first 3 rounds with rope climbs, unable to finish the last 3 rounds bc my shoulders, traps and back were ROASTED from the cleans the days prior.