Gunning for greatness!

Oh what a week so far!  After the Celiac confirmation, I went to the nutritionist, and while the whole background, and info on Celiac was interesting, I just didn't really agree with the plan that she wanted me to take.  Don't you think common sense would say, if you have what basically amounts to a food allergy, and in many cases if you have one food allergy you have others....that you would need to change how you eat in order to figure out how different things affect you?  I was kind of taken aback that she didn't really want me to do anything but add in more dairy and "pseudo" grains (that's my term for the "gluten free" bread, pasta, etc...)  Just strange.  So, because what she initially said and what she told me to do, just didn't really jive in my mind, I'm going with my own plan, basically going paleo for a while, then I'll test the waters with dairy, legumes, etc.  Monday, really marked the beginning of my "take it all out" plan.  I gotta say, I have yet to be hungry...I feel like I'm constantly eating all day...but I did throw in an extra berry snack at about 11am, so that is probably why.  Ironically, I feel like I've been eating a ton, and the scale seems to have become unglued...in a positive way - I'm not hedging any bets yet though!

Monday we did Bench Press - 5/5/5/5/5
The really good news, is that these were not nearly as wonky as they were last time.   I did 125, 135, set 3 was supposed to be the "eye popping" round....so I went 145 - got in 4, then 1.  At that point I went down to 140, then 135 for the last set.  The good thing, is that I actually did 5 of all the weights that I set out to do, rather than getting stuck at 3.  YAY!

Tuesday - The Ass-Kicker - AKA -The Chief - 3 Power Cleans 95lbs/6 push ups/9 squats - as many rounds as possible for 3 minutes - 1 minute rest.  Do this for 5 times.
I know The Chief is hard, but I do not remember like this......
Going into it, I knew to beat the16 rounds that I did last time, I would have to kick butt.  I went in with the goal of doing 1 round every 45 seconds.  If I did that, it would be 4 rounds each time for a total of 20. I knew it would be difficult...in fact, I know Jimmie, Z and Jonathan didn't get in that many, so it was gonna be a feat if I did it! 
round 1 -I did it - I kept an eye on the clock and got in 4 rounds in the 3 minutes....but jumpin' jehosephat, this is going to be one heck of a pace to keep up!
round 2 - Not quite......3 rounds plus cleans and push ups.  I think this round, I may have been able to finish the whole 4th round, but the collar popped off the bar, and I took the time to put it back on.  That accounts for this round only - despite the collar popping off in other rounds, I think that excuse may only be valid this round.
round 3 - 3 rounds, plus the squats from the last round.  It was about this round that the squats were painful.  Very painful.
round 4 -3 rounds plus 1 clean.  Zowie - my thighs!! ...actually I think it was about this round that Jonathan started telling me to go lower in the pushups too - I swear my belly was touching on each of them!! (Now that being said, I think I also stick my belly out when I'm doing pushups.....go figure!)
round 4 - 3 rounds plus 1 clean.  I forgot I only had to do 2 cleans...and just started anew.
My total - 17  plus 2 power cleans - that is 1 full round and 1 power clean better than last time.  Not quite the 20 I was gunning for, but 17 is still a butt-load!  I was complete and total toast.  This kicked my butt harder and further than it's been kicked in a long time!   Thinking about it -this one is a creeper - other workouts, you are doing alot of reps, but you know it.  This one, it's one 3, 6, or 9 - and really you are striving for 4 rounds in 3 minutes.  But you are doing this 5 times - that's where the sneakiness comes into play.  Until well after the fact you don't realize that you just cleaned 95 lbs 53 times...you just did 102 pushups, and 153 squats.  Looking at it that way - I see the pain!

Tonight - Death by Pullups  - 1 pullup the first minute, 2 the next, and so on.
I did it with two red bands, kipping.  The first round I got through either 12 or 13, then 10.  Round two, I got to round 9, then did 5 in the 10 round.  My callouses ripped, and I'm just not tough enough to keep going, when I'm ripped and bleeding.  I may be a crossfit girl, but I'm still a girl - so I'm ok with that part!  Overall though, a pretty good week.

I also found out that I am apparently iron deficient, so, I'm now taking iron pills, which are pretty nasty - kind of like swallowing little metal pieces.  BUT, if I'm low on iron, maybe that is why I've been stuck for so long in my lifts...perhaps this will be the boost to bring me to where I should be - much stronger!!  Who knows what's on the horizon.....