Day Seven - 17:40 and Steady

As I was walking to the doors of The Martial Centre a friend of mine was walking out, dripping in sweat telling me to "ask for Riddick". I'm glad I didn't take his advice...Riddick is an intense WOD given to delinquent and tardy CrossFit participants.

From now on the WOD will be written on the white board in the CrossFit room, along with names and times next to them. Tonight's top female time was something sick like 10:15, geezus!

How I felt...
Just "GITRDONE" as Trudy would say. I'm noticing that we're more focused going through the WOD than we were when we first started, but that could be because we didn't learn any new exercises today - as we'll expect the longer we keep going.

Day Six - T&A Measure Less Today...

Today was the perfect 26 minutes of a great workout. Going with the same group is keeping us all motivated, along with the financial investment we've made and the return on investment by recruiting friends = one free month per person. Trudy is still recovering from her hip alignment (ouch), but should be back in action soon, we miss her. 

Day Five - Summer Flowers

Canadian Tire Garden Centre is open!

The Canadian Tire Garden Centre opened here in Yellowknife today. This is big news for a city of approx. 20,000 people, I had to go. Like CrossFit, gardening is something I'm very new at but, find it very rewarding. I lost track of time planting my new flowers tonight and missed my CrossFit session with my friends. The good news is I was able to go at 9 pm!

Paleo Meal #1

My "first" Paleo dish

Tonight I decided to act on some of the reading I've been doing on this paleo "diet". Now, don't worry, I'm not going to post daily pictures of what I'm eating, but today feels new to me and I wanted to share.

I read that you should only need to visit the meat, fish and produce sections at the grocery store, so that's what I did. I marched in there, right past the bakery (sigh) and directly to the produce section. I picked up all kinds of vegetables and fruits, keeping in mind that I have to eat all of it in a week, before it goes bad. Then, off to the meat section, right past all of those frozen pizzas, ice cream and juices from concentrate. Here, I picked up Sirloin steaks, extra lean ground beef and chicken breasts. There, done!

Day Four - Case of the Crab Arm...

Crab Arms

Yes, you read that correctly...I can't straighten out my right arm, thus giving it the name of "crab arm" as John named it tonight.

How I felt...
Tonight's WOD (Workout Of the Day) was TOUGH!! I can't remember the last time I was pushed that hard or felt like puking as much as I did tonight. At times I was dizzy, other times focused, other times I wanted to give up. I really hate whining, but those damn voices in my head kept telling me to give up. My body hurt and I was pushing it. I really need to shed some extra pounds so it'll be easier. I feel like I could have done better, but know that next time I will.