A little bit of this. A little bit of that. And a whole lot of CrossFit.

Where have I been? Oh, I've been here, just doing life. It's really cool to actually have numerous people approach you and ask you where the daily blog posts have been. Daily was getting to be a bit much. I found my blogs to be kind of repetitive. My life consists of the kids, Scott, work, running my business, counting macros and CrossFit. I didn't want to lose readers from boredom! Not that I find my life boring, not even close, but to keep my followers coming back, I highly doubt reading about my same daily routine over and over is very interesting. It truly is cool to know people actually check my blog for updates. Although, do you ever have those people that you know are just hoping to hear you are failing? That they don't want you to succeed? Sadly, these people do exist. I wouldn't refer to them as "haters" because they don't hate everyone, they just have this thing about others succeeding in life. Maybe because they aren't where they want to be in life, maybe they don't know any other way to be but negative, or fake. And we all know how I feel about being fake. I'd rather someone be downright bitchy to me if they don't like me then fake. Just don't do it. Anyway. No negative BS here!

That small paragraph has taken me all day to type up. Literally. I've been trying to blog any chance I got in between work, tanning, working out, kids and making dinner. I now have about 30 minutes before I leave for another tanning appointment. Kids are showered, fed and ready for bed. By the time I get back from tanning, the house will be peaceful and Scott and I will relax and watch some Netflix. Best way to end these crazy, busy days.
So, what is new and exciting over these past few weeks? My oldest son turned 13 and my youngest turned two. We did the family pizza party with their birthdays combined and then we took my oldest and some friends to Boomers (miniature golf, go-carts and arcade) for the afternoon. I have a teenager. Pretty nuts. 

I hit a deadlift PR last! That was exciting! 190#! I planned to go for 200# this week, but never got around to it. Maybe next week. I went to a CrossFit competition last week. The WODtoberfest was held at Pismo Beach. Some of the Atascadero Crossfit members competed as well as other surrounding area boxes. Super fun and exciting to watch. Scott isn't into CrossFit but he knew I really wanted to check it out and so he and Cruz came for the ride. I was bummed not to get to stay until the end, but I did get to see quite a bit of it and it was cool to know people competing. There was one girl in the advanced group that stood out. Small and mighty. She had my goal body! Haha I looked her up on Instagram and since then we have been messaging back and forth. She is freakin' cool and way supportive and motivating. She has only been doing crossfit for two years, but man she is awesome. This is just another reason that I love the crossfit community. I've only been a member for about two months, maybe a little longer, and I haven't met one person that wasn't friendly, supportive and welcoming.

This is Jamie from ACF competing in the WODtoberfest. Go girl! 

This is Tiffany Christmas who trains in Visalia. We've become Instagram acquaintances! She's awesome!

Cori and I showing our support and rocking our ACF tanks! 

And later grabbing some food with these goofs! 

It's now been a day and a half since I started this blog. I am having the hardest time getting this done! Thursday's  Cori and I are unable to make it into ACF so we completed the WOD at Give. It was tough and I wish we had been able to complete it at the box. We never push our selves hard enough when we are on our own. Water breaks. A laugh or two. Distractions from others.... At CrossFit you're focused to kill it. When you stop, you have people shouting your name telling you not to give up. Oh sure, Cori and I could be doing that to eachother, but I just can't explain the difference in what the experience is like when you're working out with your CF crew in the box or just trying to get it done somewhere else. 

It was a partner WOD. While Partner #1 holds the KB's in a front rack, Partner #2 completes snatch grip deadlifts, over head squats and burpees over the bar. We didn't complete in the capped time (although we did complete all three rounds each) but I think we could have beat the time if we had done it at ACF. 

So, I have a goal date set for a CrossFit competition. Makes me want to vomit just thinking about it. I have a long way to go. I have goals to set for over head weight as well as my squat front and back weight. I need to get double unders figured out (although I can now complete four without stopping! Yes I look like a wild caged animal trying to escape and yes I'm concerned I'm going have a puddle under me that isn't sweat, but I CAN do it. I can only get better right?) and I need to do a handstand and build my confidence in box jumps.... Oh the list goes on and on...and I know I'm only going to compete in the beginners group and all this may not be necessary, but I tend to set my standards high. 

Now that another day is almost over I am determined to finish this blog and try to stay on track with an every other day blog or something. We are headed to dinner so I've got 20 minutes to finish this up on my phone in the car. Scott has the new City and Colour album playing and Cruz should be dozing off for a power nap....

Today I overslept and didn't make it into the Saturday AM CrossFit WOD. So Scott and I went into Give. Cori met us there and she and I worked on deadlifts and over head squats. No pr today. I didn't even hit my old pr! To sum up the workout, it was frustrating. I did work, but didn't accomplish my goal. I shared my frustrations on a Facebook post and you know what? I got some amazing feedback. From Scott and one of my AFC coaches Sarah. Scott made it clear that I need to not get discouraged over not hitting a pr, but to look at what I did accomplish for the day and Sarah expressed the importance of REST. This is not something I do well with. She isn't the first one that has told me how important rest days are, but for the first time, I'm going to listen. I've been all about team "no days off" but like Sarah said, while my body is adjusting to these new CrossFit workouts, I need to let my body rest and recover. And she recommends two full rest days a week. Time to make some adjustments to my workout schedule. 

I seriously am one of those memes that says "You always know someone does CrossFit because that's all they talk about." Haha I admit, I'm obsessed. I just feel like I've found my niche. Scott has found his niche in power building and me in CrossFit. Recently a group of people I know competed in a bodybuilding competition. Every single one of them looked beautiful and amazing. They put in the hard work and are truly inspirational. I can still visualize Scott watching me on stage and being so proud of me, I admit, it's easier to visualize him being proud of me doing that then a CrossFit competition. He's supportive of anything I do, but I feel like he was more excited about the bodybuilding competition possibilities over the CrossFit competition goal. It's ok though, we don't always have the same vision but ultimately we have the same long term goals for us as a couple and our family. 

My macros have been shit. I admit, I'm logging all my food, but the food I have been consuming is awful. I was in the car all day traveling to tanning appointments yesterday and was starving. I opted for cheap and quick. Aka Taco Bell. No bueno before a CrossFit workout. Two hours later and I still felt like poop when the WOD started. I consume more pizza then I probably should and I still want 10 Oreos and a pint of Ben and Jerry's every night (but I haven't had it!) but I have goals. And I want to hit these goals. For the billionth time, I NEED to eat better. This weight isn't going to just evaporate because I almost die at every WOD and sweat enough to fill a tub. 

I already have my next blog cooking in my head. Thank you to the lady that told me during my workout today that women shouldn't deadlift. Yes. That happened. In the meantime I'll leave you with this.....