Goal Setting

My 3 Most Important Goals in Life
1. Strong relationship with fiance- learn to live together and compromise
2. Do well in school/internship. Set my future up.
3. Be fit, happy, and confident in my body. Healthy weight, body fat. Pushups, pull ups, intermediate weights. Defined tummy.

Ahhh! I never got to finish typing up my goals.

Shoot. I lost the paper. Between first year law school, housing, taxes, wedding planning, food logs, bills... papers everywhere. I feel a bit like a disaster but oh well, I know my goals. Here's a few:

Be a smooth runner: 10ks- piece of cake. 5ks- I eat those for breakfast. 1/2 Marathon- okay, kinda hard but I can do it.

Lift intermediate weights: My goal isn't to be ridiculously buff but I think good lean strength is attractive. I've already come pretty far on my weights. From 10lb dumbbells to 15s and 20s. From 6lb medballs to 10lbs. From 7kg kettle bells to 12kg kettle bells. So I will continue to increase the weights slowly. My push press max is 65 pounds and my overhead squat is 95 pounds (actually, that's not my max because I did sets of it).

Be universally fit. Yoga! Basketball! Golf! Rock climbing! Hiking! Ballet! Ballroom dancing! There are so many amazing things to do with a fit body and I don't want to be limited.

Kipping pulls ups. My arch enemy. I am getting closer. It's all in the swing and the hips. I'm getting there.

My pushups have come so far! Yesterday I did 90 in a row on my TOES! ( It took me awhile but I did it!)

Mostly, I want to always challenge myself and I think Crossfit is a great vehicle for that. It has literally changed my life and my outlook on health and my body. I think about fitness differently.

That being said, it's hard not to get caught up on the weight game. I know that I am more fit than I have ever been but I still know that I would look better if I lost another ten pounds (on top of the 18 pounds I've lost thus far). I don't think I'll ever be satisfied with my weight. I wear a size 4 but I won't be satisfied until I'm a size 2 (in all brands). I don't know if this is a realistic goal. I know I should focus on how I feel but it's hard when I know how I want to look.

So that brings me to diet. I can workout 7 days a week (actually I usually do even if the 7th day is yoga or a light run with the dog) but if I don't eat PERFECTLY, my body will not get smaller. I feel like I am fighting a battle with genetics. I'm pretty sure my body was not made to be as petite as I want it to be. But I've never let anything limit me and I'm not about to start. It just takes focus and discipline.

But I refuse to diet. I want my healthy eating to be my lifestyle. So for now I'm food logging and trying to stay Paleo Zone. Sometimes I try to think of it like I'm allergic to unhealthy foods and my body reacts by getting fatter. Like people who are allergic to peanuts so they don't ever eat them. This is mostly useful... until I fall off the wagon (usually by being social). Anyhow, it's my lifetime battle to resist bad foods. I'm actually enjoying the healthy foods that I eat now. I've learned so many different ways to make chicken and fish. I am not the same person as I was last year. Lean Cuisine is not even in my vocabulary. My food is fresh and full of benefits that you won't find in any sort of package.

Anyway, I think I am on the path to these goals. I Crossfit Indoor 2 days a week, Bootcamp 1 day a week, Crossfit endurance class 1 day a week. Yoga 1 day a week. I go to all the extra crossfit workouts and I get in at least one or two runs for the week, usually to the State Capital or to the Church I'm getting married at (about 45 minute runs to both).

I cheat on my diet about 3-4 times a week. And I think it's my current downfall. I'd like to get it where I'm only cheating 1 meal a week. I think food logs are the only way I'm going to get better at this. Those and support from the people in my life. It's hard because eating is social but it's just something I have to figure out.

Pull Ups

I just want to do one kipping pull up. So this is the plan:

I currently use the thick blue band.

Next step, thin black band.

Then cream and purple band.

Then no band.

Crystal said I could show up to class 15 minutes early and practice before class starts and she said to go all out during any workouts that include pull ups. So that's my new plan. That's my new goal.

Also, I know I can work on them at the track at UT so hopefully I will get in there this weekend. 

I made my pushup goal and beyond. I remember in January I was barely able to get 5 pushups before stopping. 2 days ago I did 17 awesome pushups which would have passed the military fitness test. I probably could have kept going. It would be nice to do 25 pushups or to do pushups in the crossfit workouts without going to my knees. My main focus now though is a kipping pull up.

And possibly running a half marathon... maybe... in April... maybe... I'm scared!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7spRknkD1hU&feature=related