I woke up this morning at 139.5. Score!
A quick trip to FRCF (recommended by Coach N) put me at 139.4 on the official scale. That was after eating a light breakfast and half dressed.
Feeling confident, I came home and took a shower and a nap. Forgot to drink water.
I woke up again feeling weak and hungry.
Oh shit, 138.
Ok so, now I'm eating some lunch (salad w/avocado + boiled egg, green tea, 2 spoonfuls coconut) and drinking liquids. There is no way I could lift feeling like I do. But I'm also afraid to eat and drink TOO much and undo all of this work. Hopefully I wasn't already dehydrated and my body decides to hold onto this glass of water for dear life.
I'm WAY to focused on trying to pee.
Friday, November 9, 2012
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Deload Day 2
I woke up this morning at 141 lbs. Point five down, two point five to go.
Lifting session this morning with Neil and Gabe, going up to 41 snatch and 51 c+j. Maybe a little higher than I should have gone, but it felt good.
Now off to chug some more water and green tea...
Lifting session this morning with Neil and Gabe, going up to 41 snatch and 51 c+j. Maybe a little higher than I should have gone, but it felt good.
Now off to chug some more water and green tea...
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Weighty Matters
Soooo....
Front Range CrossFit posted their meet schedule today.
Here it is.
When I saw it, my heart sank. I was hoping that the 69kg class (which I signed up for) would be part of the lightweights OR that at least the 63kg class would be part of the heavies. Not because I have any hopes for standing on the podium - not even close. I lift significantly lighter than the other women. So at the 69kg class, I most certainly will complete all 3 of my snatches before the next woman starts lifting.
Basically it will be me opening the second half of the meet like this:
Me snatch 1
Me snatch 2
Me snatch 3
....aaaaaaand then about 30kg more added to the bar so that they can begin the actual competition.
This is a lot of pressure. Especially for someone who may fold under pressure. If I could lift in the lightweight class, I'd at least have 1 or 2 lifters that had comparable weights as me. Sure, they'd probably be women who weigh in under 48kg, but at least I wouldn't have to follow myself for all of my lifts.
I spent a good hour fretting and beating myself up for eating so poorly in Florida and being bitchy to my sweet undeserving husband. Then I emailed the schedule link to Neil with a note reminding him that I currently weigh 141.5 lbs. 63kg = 138.5 lbs. A difference of 3 pounds. His response:
"As your coach, if it really is 3 pounds I recommend losing it to lift in session 1. Let's talk about how to do that."
I was working at a coffee shop when he called. The first question out of his mouth was whether I was interested in dropping 3 lbs. before the meet. I said yes. In the 1-second space between my answer and his next sentence, I thought, "Oh crap, is he going to offer me drugs?" Thankfully it was nothing that severe. I am to limit sodium, carbs, fruit and starchy things like potatoes. That's it. In fact, I am pretty unconvinced this is going to work, especially since I don't eat a ton of grains/carbs in the first place. I have a little oatmeal in the mornings, but that's about it. I do eat a lot of fruit. And coconut cream concentrate.
Never being one to just take advice and relax, I immediately googled "diuretic foods" and made a shopping list and diet plan for the next 2.5 days. I also researched how to lose water weight quickly. I'm hoping dietary changes will be enough, but if not I'm prepared to try sweating it out. A quick phone call to my (doctor) sister confirmed that 3 lbs can probably be dropped safely. But that I may diet and sweat and restrict water and STILL come in .5 lb too much, so I should prepare myself to lift with the heavies just in case.
Three pounds in 2.5 days. I really hope this works.
You know, every once in a while I step back and realize that this is just all so nuts. I'm 35, about to compete in a competition I probably never should have signed up for and am now getting advice from bodybuilding websites on how to cut water weight. Who am I???
Front Range CrossFit posted their meet schedule today.
Here it is.
When I saw it, my heart sank. I was hoping that the 69kg class (which I signed up for) would be part of the lightweights OR that at least the 63kg class would be part of the heavies. Not because I have any hopes for standing on the podium - not even close. I lift significantly lighter than the other women. So at the 69kg class, I most certainly will complete all 3 of my snatches before the next woman starts lifting.
Basically it will be me opening the second half of the meet like this:
Me snatch 1
Me snatch 2
Me snatch 3
....aaaaaaand then about 30kg more added to the bar so that they can begin the actual competition.
This is a lot of pressure. Especially for someone who may fold under pressure. If I could lift in the lightweight class, I'd at least have 1 or 2 lifters that had comparable weights as me. Sure, they'd probably be women who weigh in under 48kg, but at least I wouldn't have to follow myself for all of my lifts.
I spent a good hour fretting and beating myself up for eating so poorly in Florida and being bitchy to my sweet undeserving husband. Then I emailed the schedule link to Neil with a note reminding him that I currently weigh 141.5 lbs. 63kg = 138.5 lbs. A difference of 3 pounds. His response:
"As your coach, if it really is 3 pounds I recommend losing it to lift in session 1. Let's talk about how to do that."
I was working at a coffee shop when he called. The first question out of his mouth was whether I was interested in dropping 3 lbs. before the meet. I said yes. In the 1-second space between my answer and his next sentence, I thought, "Oh crap, is he going to offer me drugs?" Thankfully it was nothing that severe. I am to limit sodium, carbs, fruit and starchy things like potatoes. That's it. In fact, I am pretty unconvinced this is going to work, especially since I don't eat a ton of grains/carbs in the first place. I have a little oatmeal in the mornings, but that's about it. I do eat a lot of fruit. And coconut cream concentrate.
Never being one to just take advice and relax, I immediately googled "diuretic foods" and made a shopping list and diet plan for the next 2.5 days. I also researched how to lose water weight quickly. I'm hoping dietary changes will be enough, but if not I'm prepared to try sweating it out. A quick phone call to my (doctor) sister confirmed that 3 lbs can probably be dropped safely. But that I may diet and sweat and restrict water and STILL come in .5 lb too much, so I should prepare myself to lift with the heavies just in case.
Three pounds in 2.5 days. I really hope this works.
You know, every once in a while I step back and realize that this is just all so nuts. I'm 35, about to compete in a competition I probably never should have signed up for and am now getting advice from bodybuilding websites on how to cut water weight. Who am I???
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Deload Day 1
The meet is Saturday. This week I'm supposed to be "deloading." Coach's advice was to go up to around 80 or 90% of max on each lift and then finish with some non-difficult supplemental lifts (like front and overhead squats).
Apparently what I heard was, "PR your snatch." Because that's what I did (44kg).
I promise I will do a real deload on Thursday.
Apparently what I heard was, "PR your snatch." Because that's what I did (44kg).
I promise I will do a real deload on Thursday.
Monday, November 5, 2012
THIS STUFF IS EVIL
Evil and delicious.
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/coconut_cream_concentrate.htm
http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/coconut_cream_concentrate.htm
Orlando, which translates to Land of Ten Billion Calories.
Just back from Florida, visiting some friends. On Friday, I attempted a training session at CrossFit Country. CC was huge and amazing and intimidating (but also very friendly). I'm going to blame my poor performance there on travel and the fact that my brain doesn't convert lbs. to kgs. very well.
In addition to my lifting day, I ate all of the bad food and drank all of the wine in Orlando. And did a little paddle boarding, but not nearly enough to balance out the damage. Halloween candy, cookies, cheese & crackers, wine, wine, wine, beer, wine. Not good. Not good.
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