2/10/14 Mini Challenge – WOD

Mini Challenge – WOD

I had an epiphany while writing the last entry. Maybe I am so unsuccessful with challenges because they are too big and too overwhelming to complete. So I thought, why not break them into mini, daily challenges every day, so they see more manageable??? DUH!

Sooooo…. Here is the first entry about yesterday min challenge.  And the challenge was…..

JOIN A NEW GYM AND DO A WOD!

Seems so easy right???? Wrong.

I completed the first part easily; I went online, found one close (CrossFit Love), and signed up for my first wod for that night. EASY PEASY.

The second part was more difficult. I was soooo ready to work out because it’s been over a week. I miss it immensely. The last class was at 6pm (for folks like me, they have later competitions groups but I am not quite ready for that). OF COURSE!!!!! I have a meeting in the afternoon that runs over. So I don’t get out of work till 5:40pm. Leaving me on 20 min to go home, walk the dog and change into my gym clothes.

I was determined, I sped home and walked the dog as fast as his little legs ever went and got changed. I left for the class at 6pm, obviously a little late.

I put the address in my GPS and started going. It’s only like 0.70 miles from me so not a big deal that I was running a little late. Of course it is under an underpass in a dark, sort of shady looking area. I drove and couldn’t find it. I kept driving around and around following my STUPID GPS. I was being tested. I drove around for like 20 or more minutes until my phone was about to die and I had to give up. I also called them but no answer. I was so upset. WHERE THE F COULD IT BE??????

I returned home, defeated. So excited and energetic to work out and I couldn’t.

I figured so be it, I’ll go tomorrow. I will walk my dog instead. Another test. While I was on my way out of the apartment building, JACKSON (by stupid dog) tried to attack our new neighbor. Poor guy. I was so upset and embarrassed by this I just took him back inside. How is this possible? My first day to workout at a new gym, my first time meeting my new neighbor and my FIRST MINI CHALLENGE. Was I going to fail again????????????

He's so EVIL! Can you see it in his eyes?

So instead I cooked a pretty awesome dinner and calmed down. I was not going to fail YES AGAIN, when this mini challenge was supposed to help me succeed.

Chk thighs with balsamic glaze

Lara bar heated in the microwave. BROWNIE IMITATION!

So I worked out in my little living room/bedroom:

100 pushups, 150 sit ups and 200 squats. And it sucked. Each part sucked bad. It took me over 20 min.

Mini living room AND bedroom. 

MINI CHALLENGE 1 was a success. I FINISHED I FINISHED =)

Today’s mini challenge is going to be: Drink ONLY 16ox of coffee. I am hoping to give it up and I drink like gallons (maybe pints), but still a lot. Stay tuned for that =)

DEMOTIVATED

Oh my word how i have been demotivated to do anything at all. LOL!!!!!!

My life is full of challenges. Literally. I sign up for challenge after challenge, some are on my own and some are with a group. One week I say “no sugar” the next I say “no alcohol” and my first ultimate challenge, “make it to the crossfit games.” Every challenge ultimately ends prematurely with me saying “this wasn't the right one for me, let’s try a different one.”

I feel like my next challenge should be to “LIVE freely Talia, SANS CHALLENGES.”

Maybe I find self-worth in competing for something… except I never finish or “win” so not sure the meaning behind that.

Ummmm completed? Not yet

Anyway current challenge(s) because yes I am in 2 NUTRITION CHALLENGES AT THE MOMENT.  

1. Biggest Loser Challenge is challenge 1. This is easy; it’s basically whoever loses the most percentage of weight wins. The first weigh-in was ugly. Then I refused to even weigh in the next week because I knew it would be worse. Then I decided I would weigh in the third week and what a mistake that was, according to the scale, which I’m pretty sure if broken, said I gained 4 pounds since week 1. Liar. Then I got my sh*t together that week, worked out a lot and weighed in again the following week and I lost like 5 pounds since week one (like 9 pounds if you could since the previous week, but the scale was lying then so I’ll let go of that) . Anyway I didn't work out once after that weigh in and ate nonstop since, so I refuse to weigh in again this week. I feel pretty confident I am going to win this challenge though. The challenge is super easy too because I don’t really do much different, other than try to be a little more strict with my food and exercise. Which clearly I’m not even doing so no different than living normally and WILLING myself to win.
   
2. Second challenge is a nutrition challenge through my (old) gym. Very difficult. It’s like a total health challenge counting sleep, water, exercise, processed foods, sugar, etc. I think I’m good at challenges and overall health – not compared to others in this challenge. The more points you have at the end of the week the better. We are at the end of week one and most people are ending week 1 with like 120-130 points and I ended with 75. 75 measly points, indicating my overall health is CRAPPY. So naturally my instinct is to do a third challenge, which will ultimately help me win challenge one and challenge two.
3. Challenge three is the Whole9 challenge. If I complete this I have to win the other two because it’s basically eating exactly the opposite of what I normally eat. I’ll let you read for yourself. This means NO ALCOHOL. Oh my lord how do I do that???? 
   
4. Maybe my 4^th challenge will be to learn to be HAPPY with myself and STOP challenging myself to always be better, better, better
   
   
   
   
   

I think it’s wonderful to try to better yourself, but I haven’t completed a “challenge” EVER. This saddens me.

Anyway I will document my ongoing (almost daily because this blog was a challenge and you see from my lack of entries I sort of failed at this also) challenges. Maybe it will help me finish to be SUCCESSFUL or maybe I’ll learn to f*ck challenges and just BE.