hard times.

Sometimes you go through a moment that just kind of sucks in life. A breakup, a loss, a disappointment.

This past week I was in the middle a time like this. My beloved pet was in ICU very suddenly, and then she died. it sucks and really makes you lose your motivation. I ate really bad food for a few days and definitely was way over calorie.

It;s ok to get down sometimes, to fall off the wagon. The important thing is to get back up. I fed my pet only the best grain free food and she was super active and rambunctious- so naturally she was fit and in really great shape. All vets were impressed when they saw her. So I'm go back to doing the same for myself. Only good, nutritious food with no bad additives, Gym, so I can be active and functional and so that  my doctors can be pleased with my health. 

With that, here is yesterday's WOD:

warm up- walk/jog 1.5 miles

5 rounds for time:

20 inverted rows

20 squats holding 15 lb kettle bell

20 15 lb kettle bell swings 

20 20 lb good mornings 

5 tricep dips  (I know weird only 5 but my triceps are super weak and I needed a number that I was able to keep doing in rounds) 

My thights were on fire by round 3, and today I feel the full effects of "leg day". I was focusing too much on running lately, and not enough on weigh.... as you can see my weights were very low. have to take a day for strength measuring and go from there with lifting. 

besos

Intermittent Fasting and why I like this idea

Good morning!

I have been ferociously youtubing, web md'ing, article and personal story reading on this topic. I like it. If you want to learn more about it from people who have been doing it longer, check out the Hodge twins on youtube.

In essence, intermittent fasting is not a diet... it's about giving the body extra time to deplete itself of energy to burn in the form of food and searching for more energy in fat stores. it makes sense. Also, the body does not enter starvation mode until a much longer fasting period occurs (36 hours give or take). this debunks the slowing of the metabolism because of extended periods of time without food (starvation mode) and consequential burning of muscle instead of fat (also, starvation mode)

For the past few days, I have been eating in a 8 hour time window. This means that I do not have anything besides tea, water, and coffee for 16 hours. I am sleeping for 8 of those- so basically I wait 4 hours after waking up to have my first meal (around 11:30 or 12) and have my last bit of food around 7:30-8pm. All in all this is a fancy way of saying I will not snack before bed and I will skip breakfast.

It feels really nice. Truthfully, the calories I eat above my desired limit happen as a result of late night snacking, which is abolished using IF.Quality of sleep on an empty stomach is much better, and having a flat, empty belly when I wake up in the morning instead of bloat is nice too!
My skin is clearing up as well. This probably has to do with more/better sleep though.

As with everything else, 30 days to put it to the test. November is intermittent fasting month. 

Sidenote: In my sept. 29 post, "if it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you" I was raving about eating all day long to keep from being hungry.... This works, I stand by it. What I don't have is the patience to prep several small containers of unfilling portions of food every day. I need practicality and flexibility. If it works for you, stick to it though!!!