Ooops!

I forgot chili had beans! The chili I make at home is beanless and when they described it as beef chili I thought of what I make. This chili didn't seem to have any meat, just beans!

Start of the 8 week challenge

To be honest I really don't want to be selective about what I eat today. I am still on vacation in Arizona with my mom and sisters. This morning I took Teri to the airport then went back to sleep. Then mom and I took Erin to work an now we are at U.S. Egg for breakfast. I am ordering the Texan omelette which has beef chili tomatoes jack and cheddar cheese sour cream and salsa. Comes with a side of hash browns and an English muffin but I wont eat the muffin.  

All kinds of fail

Well you may have noticed I failed miserable. So I am going to try again. My Crossfit box is having a look good naked challenge and I signed up. It's eight weeks starting Monday. So it will end just before thanksgiving. Our coach wants us to send him our age height and weight. As well as, several pictures and our waist measurement at the belly button. Currently I am 28 years old, 5'3" and 160.3lbs. My waist measurement is 41.5 inches. 

There is a few days before it starts. I am going to try to get a head start instead of gorging the last few days. I will let you know how it goes... Hopefully

Day 2 - Meals 2 and 3

Well I already messed up. I just refuse to say no to free food. I had to take my boss to get a rental car and as a thank you he got me a Cuban from panera and if course I had some chips, diet coke, and m&ms to go with it. I ate at 1:00pm

I ended up working until 8:30pm and was so tempted to grab food on the way home. But I didn't and much to my surprised Robert had made some beef stir fry which I ate at 9pm. I was proud of myself for making it home without a drive through. 

Day 2 - Meal 1

Weight - 156.1 lbs

This morning I woke up with a terrible headache. Maybe it's because I had a glass of wine with dinner instead of water. I made some bacon which Robert said I burnt. I just like it crispy. I ended up eating two of his pieces because he didn't like it. 

8:30am - 6 pieces of bacon

Day 1 - Meal 3

I had a really nice evening. I picked up the car from the mechanic and then Robert and I cooked together. He made one of his mom's dishes. Sausage and pepper sauce which we served over spaghetti squash. We had a glass of wine and watched an episode of breaking bad. I went to bed early. 

8pm - sausage and pepper sauce over spaghetti squash

Day 1 - Meal 2

Zucchini lasagna at 11:45am. Not very hungry but ate anyway. 

Day 1 - Meal 1

Last night I woke up around 3:15 and wasn't asleep again until well after 4. It made for a tired morning when my alarm clock went off at 5:20. But I got up and went anyway. 

The workout was not my favorite. First we had to listen to the song Roxanne and jog in place or do jumping jacks until they said Roxanne. Then we had to do a burpee. Yuck. We played a game where we squatted in a circle and had to pass a medicine ball around until someone in the center dropped the weight they were holding. Next we had to work on something we were bad at. I practiced my grip strength. 

For the main set we did 12 minutes of as many rounds as possible of 50 ft bear crawls and then 50 fr broad jumps. I did 7.5 rounds. 

I dropped my car at the mechanic and then walked home. I showered and took a 30 min nap. 

At work I ate two eggs at 9:40am. 

Day 1 - Meal 1

Last night I woke up around 3:15 and wasn't asleep again until well after 4. It made for a tired morning when my alarm clock went off at 5:20. But I got up and went anyway. 

The workout was not my favorite. First we had to listen to the song Roxanne and jog in place or do jumping jacks until they said Roxanne. Then we had to do a burpee. Yuck. We played a game where we squatted in a circle and had to pass a medicine ball around until someone in the center dropped the weight they were holding. Next we had to work on something we were bad at. I practiced my grip strength. 

For the main set we did 12 minutes of as many rounds as possible of 50 ft bear crawls and then 50 fr broad jumps. I did 7.5 rounds. 

I dropped my car at the mechanic and then walked home. I showered and took a 30 min nap. 

At work I ate two eggs at 9:40am. 

An attempt at tackling the health goals

I have started many of the health and fitness related goals many times already and failed miserably. Several times I have thought that I should blog that I have started and keep you updated daily. I have hesitated to do so because I knew I would fail. This time I don't want to. I want to actually follow through with healthy eating for once and not just think about doing it. Even as I write this I am afraid I will faulter. If I do I am going to blog about it. So tomorrow I am going to try paleo only for 30 days. This will also include no fast food for 30 days and I should be blogging about it everyday hopefully taking care of another goal. 

I started crossfit two weeks ago and I am hopeful that this will help me stay motivated. Part of the plan is weekly nutrition check ins with my coach. He wants me to record what I eat and the time that I eat for five days and then schedule a meeting with him. I plan on blogging every time I eat something giving the time and description so I can look back later and record it. 

Here is my starting weight, measurements, and pictures: 

Weight - 157.5 lbs

Waist - 41.5"

Chest - 41.0"

Hips - 42.5"

Right quad - 22.0"

Left quad - 21.75"

Right calf - 14.25"

Left calf - 13.75"

Right biceps - 12.0"

Left biceps - 13.0"

Right forearm - 10.0"

Left forearm - 10.0"