Absence....

....it's been awhile.

my bad.

I've been super 

busy

lazy

both

I'll try to do a super good post later to make up for it.

I'm actually on my way to the box right now though..

so..

Until then,

here's a few pictures to gander!! 

.Working on my snatches.

At first I was all

Hellooooo Cheat Meal! :)

But then I was all

hellocheatmeal :(

Got caught at work trying to sneak in some m&m's with my daily vitamins!

oops! :)

Weaksauce Wednesday

I don't know what it was about today
but it seemed to be

d          r         a        g         g         i        n         g

you would think after my super awesome epiphany on Monday, 

doing the wods--shit, even life--should be a cinch!!

but this mornings 530 wod proved to be a

                               

                                                       royal 

                                                               pain 

                                                                      in 

                                                                          the 

                                                                               rear ass.

Maybe it's because I hadn't been to a 530 class in while,

or maybe it was because I was so sore from ghd sit-ups, it hurt to just breathe!

whatever it was, it sucked

18 min time limit on 

"Helen"

(400m run/21 kettle bell swings/12 kipping pull-ups)

I completed 2 rounds and a run.

bleh.

on the plus side, I do feel like I'm getting stronger. I used the prescribed weight on the kb swings

and the bands i'm using for the pull-ups were 

almost 

a little too helpful.

so that's something exciting.

Also,

I'm super stoked that I even went to the box today.

Usually I'll take a rest day on wednesday, but in order to be able to kick my friend's butt with this competition, I definitely need to be stepping up my game.

One more cool thing is that I've been getting some awesome feedback from the girls at work!

all saying I look thinner and what not! 

hooray!

My overall goal is to get healthy and strong

but 

come on

I'm a girl

of course I'm gonna 

LOVE

hearing that I look skinny! 

:)

I suppose I'll have to do some before pics tomorrow!

Yesterday's W.O.D.

I.

HATE.

RUNNING.

.period-dot-the-end.

seriously, me and running have never gotten along. 

I once ran a 9 minute mile in high school for cheerleading tryouts, but it never happened again. Haha. I'm just horrible at it. My form is all wrong and I can barely get through one lap without huffing and puffing. And the shittiest part about running is that, I know the only way I can improve at it is to just keep running.

UGH..

anyways enough crying Chryssi and get to the story.

yesterday's w.o.d.

(workout of the day)

back squats

followed by:

2 mile run for time

(25 min limit)

F * * K 

okay, okay, maybe 2 miles isn't that bad to you, and maybe when you read that you were all, "oh 25 minutes to finish, sweet that's more than enough!" But when I saw that wod, my first instinct was to fake sick and go home! I even tried to convince the trainer that I had already finished with the previous class and he just didn't notice I was there. He didn't buy it. Lame. So I sucked it up, put on my big girl panties and just did the damn thing.

Going into it I had 3 main goals.
*Finish
*Finish without falling
*Finish without stopping to walk

Notice I wasn't too concerned about time. I chose to ignore the clock.
25minutes for me was just highly unlikely. I accepted it and moved on.
For the most part, the run started out the same in my head.

100m-'alright i got this'
200m-'..whew..control your breathing chryssi...you're a machine..'
400m-'...nice, 1 lap down 7 more to go..no biggie..'
401m-'...wtf...did i just get lapped already?!...'
600m-'...is this seriously only my 2nd lap....no...maybe it's my 3rd....wait..no it's my 2nd..damn..'


Now around 800m is where i really start to hate my life.
 I can't breath, I'm sweating like crazy, and if one more person passes me and says, "good job chryssi, keep it up" I swear I'll trip them. (if I can even catch up to them) And all this crap is going through my head, 'I hate running', 'I can't do this 6 more times', 'There's no way I'm going to finish on time' 
etc.
etc.

But something happened after that 2nd lap, I chose to stop being so damn negative.
My new mantra going through my head was:
I just want to finish.
I just want to finish.
and lo and behold, I finished.....within the time limit!

22:47 2miler! :)

It was my first time running that distance without stopping, and as of now that's my best time! 

So...yay Chryssi you can run, who the heck cares?! 

hahaha

I guess what I'm getting at is, yesterday I learned a huge thing about myself.

My mind is the only thing holding myself back.

I walked into that wod yesterday already defeated. In my mind I had already decided, that I hated running, I sucked at it, and there was no way I could do it in the allotted time.

It was only until I let go of those thoughts, I could actually achieve my goal and then some!!

It's not because I finally got my form right or my stamina is better...these are things that I still need to improve on. The only thing that changed was my attitude.

Anyways, Sorry I went all "the secret" on you guys! 

haha

but, I hope y'all enjoyed! 

See ya tomorrow

-Chryssi

Here it goes....

First off, thanks for tuning in!

If you're here reading this, it's probably because you already know me, 

but in case you're here by chance, here's a few bullet points about me.

Well, as the header says:

the name's Chryssi, and I do Crossfit. 

(durrr)

For as long as I can remember I've struggled with my weight.
I still do.
I don't own a scale but the last time I weighed myself I was 190.
In September 2011 I joined Crossfit Tallahassee.
It changed everything I thought I knew about working out.
As of February 2012, I've been mostly Paleo.

There's so much more that I could get into here, but for now I just want to keep it short and sweet.
(trust me, we'll get super deep in all that stuff in the future)

The main reason I'm starting this blog is to keep me accountable and busy!
The hubs is gone for a bit, training for his new job.
I get to visit him in 6 weeks, so hopefully this will make time go by faster!
Also, one of my best friends from Vegas is coming to visit me in 5 weeks.
She's currently killing herself with long workouts and boring food to train for some fit competition.
So I'm trying to prove to her that the crossfit/paleo way is far better!
(that sounds mean, but we have a brutal-yet awesome-friendship)

More than anything, though, I'm doing this for me.
Even though I love Crossfit, I don't think I've given it my full 100%
which sucks
I want to give myself the chance to achieve greatness.
so...yeah...welcome to chryssi does crossfit!
-me