Accountability and Willpower

Accountability and Willpower. Two things I have been good at in the past with which I'm currently struggling to be consistent.

Saturday our gym was closed due to weather, but I did do the tiny at-home workout to at least do something. I had also worked really hard during the week, but seemingly squandered all of that work away over the weekend - Friday included.

Now, I find myself having not gone to the gym since Thursday (Friday was a much-deserved rest day) and here it's already Tuesday. I feel like I'm getting sick again after not really having been 100%, but probably somewhere in the 90th % from my marathon sickness since early November. This can't be real. I am never sick this often or this long.

Plan is to go every day this week and Saturday - with a double on Wednesday - to partially make up for my major indescretions and multiple rest days.

I know what I need to do and could do it, but for some reason, even as I am acting in a way I shouldn't and feel a pang of remorse before doing so, I continue to do so. This must stop.

One major goal: to get under and STAY under 160#; this is something I've been struggling with for a few years. I need to be in the 150s - with an ideal weight of 145# - if I can ever achieve it. But first step is to get under 160 by May (and potentially by March as my fortune cookie revealed I would reach my goal in 2 months as of 1/8/17). I only ate half along with some sushi and miso soup. As for the beverages and other food intake over the past 4 days, I will not reveal all of it. Some was good, much of it was very, very bad. #getittogethergirl

So, here's to pressing the RESET button yet again, and hopefully sticking to a better plan going forward. I need to remember the days when we did Paleo most of the time and were at our thinnest in years. Facebook's "On this Day" certainly helps with that. I also hope that I can lean on my partner in crime, too. It always helps to have each other to hold one another accountable, to encourage, to thrive. #2017goals #35istheyear

Until next time...

Hello 2017

Welp, time got a little bit away from me since my last post, as did my health. I was sick November through December and it's slightly lingering here in January of the New Year. I went through rounds of antibiotics, a round of steroids, and a lot of homeopathic and OTC methods without victory. Just one of those narrrsty things that stuck around for awhile.

Despite that, I still made myself stay active and keep going with the ITF and a wee bit of running.

November pretty much escapes me at this point, however, we did go for a walk (and I a run) or Thanksgiving Day while up in Charlotte. I'd honestly have to look back at my planner to see how we fared that month. Definitely did ITF when in town, too.

December was a busy month, and one where we spent a lot of time back in PA with the fam for Christmas. We also had to buy a new car - much needed. We joined my sister's gym for the time we were there and I was pretty proud of myself for working out the majority of the days we were out of town - even on Christmas Day. Chad worked out most of the time, too, but his back was bothering him, so he wasn't quite as committed. We finished the year out pretty well with workouts with a whole new focus going into 2017.

So, since Jan 1 - we actually took off the 1st -  still worked out on the 2nd, but refocused on the 3rd on food and fitness. ITF also updated their programming to include PUSH, POWER, and MOBILITY classes. So far, they have been great. And, I really do love ITF. I think Chad does, too.

Here's a look at our first week of 2017...

1/2
Kate & Chad
PUSH
2 rounds of the following (24 min total):
3 min at each station
Station 1: :15 max/:30 very light x 4 on Assault Bike (DNR
Station 2: 3 min AMRAP of 7 Box Jumps + 7 Burpees (5 rds + 9 reps |
Station 3: 200m MB Run 20/14 then max rep Sit-ups (69
Station 4: Rest/60 sec Couch Stretch ea leg
Record calories from bike, total reps for station 2, total
sit-ups (e.g. 56, 77, 54 >>).
DNR, 79, 69 | 84, 61, 46

1/3
Kate & Chad
POWER
For Time (25 min cap):
5 rounds of:
400m Run
20 KB Swings 26#/53#
10 Handstand Push-ups (scaled pike push ups)
Record color and time to complete (e.g. Black 22:33 >>).
Grey 19:21, Orange 21:14

1/4
Kate - POWER & PUSH
Chad - POWER
POWER
24 min EMOM
6 rounds of:
1st min: 5 Tempo Barbell Bent Over Row 65# 95#
2nd min: max rep Burpees
3rd min: 40 sec max rep Assault Bike Calories
4th min: Rest
*Tempo is 31X1
White, 113 *I suck at Assault Bike | Blue, 180

PUSH
3 rounds of the following (24 min total):
:20 work/:20 rest x 3 at each station (2 min)
Station 1: Rope 2-Arm Big Wave, Side to Side Wave, Alternate
Arm Wave
Station 2: Ring Row, Top of Ring Dip Hold, Ring Row
Station 3: 3m Lateral Shuffle x 3
Station 4: Hollow Body Rock x 3
Record total number of Ring Rows, total reps of Shuffle (e.g.
54, 49, >>).
78,78 (kept track, but may have messed up score a little)

1/5
Kate - PUSH
For Time (25 min cap):
800m Run
2 rounds of:
15 Alternating DB Snatch 25#
15 MB Chest Pass 14/10
Rest 1 min
800m Run
2 rounds of:
15 Alternating DB Snatch 25#
15 MB Chest Pass 14/10
Rest 1 min
800m Run
Record color and time to complete (e.g. Blue, 17:54 >>).
White, 19:56

1/6
Kate - Rest day
Chad - POWER
A. Every 2 min on the min for 6 sets (12 min total), perform one round of the following complex:
2 Hang Power Cleans + 1 Split Jerk
*Build to heaviest weight throughout
195#

B. For Time (10 min cap):
20 Power Cleans 135#
100 Push-ups
*May partition any way.
Record heaviest weight for A, time to complete for B (e.g. 225, Black 7:07 >>).
Blue+ 8:04

1/7
TBD

Here's to making 2017 (and the last half of 34 and first half of 35) the year of being: