Along with the excitement of the holidays comes an almost unavoidable halt to all things routine; kid’s daycare and school days off, sleeping in becomes the norm, eating whatever decadent morsel that’s placed in front of you, and getting flimsy on the workout routine.
I had made a promise to myself going into the holidays that I wouldn’t let them disrupt attending CrossFit; but of course, they did. Or, I allowed them to and made excuses. Sure, we had family in town, late nights making it hard to attend the 5am workout at the box that I’m accustomed to, and food hangovers that rival any alcohol hangover I can remember.
Today marks my day of getting back to it after nearly 2 weeks of slacking due to holidays and an upper respiratory infection/virus and ear infection running rampant through our household rendering all 4 of us miserable for nearly 2 weeks. The CrossFit community I belong to in Port Angeles had decided early December to do the Whole30 together as a group starting January 1. Well, given how crummy I feel from making horrible food choices and missing workouts, I’ve decided there’s no time like the present. Mine will be a Whole33.
So for the record, so both you and I can keep me honest and on top of it, I want to keep track of where I start doing the Whole30 and end, as far as my body goes. I weighed myself this morning and despite great gains in strength, flexibility, and muscle tone, I maintain 199lbs weight, now 5 months post-partum. Now, rule #1 of CrossFit is DON’T WEIGH YOURSELF!!!! But one thing I’ve noticed from watching others do it, is increase in workout energy AND weight loss. So I want to see if the same happens for me.
While YES, I am no doubt still stuck to that darn weight number, I am far less fixated on it as I used to be prior to CrossFit. I will also try to find a tape measure today and will post measurements to see if after Whole30 and being back at CrossFit 3x/week we can appreciate any noticeable difference. I know there will be!
Mama Mittens 