I hit the box for the 6am classes Monday and Tuesday and then at night for the endurance workout. I had made the goal to hit the box for the 6am class M,T,W,F and T,Th for endurance wkts. Didn't happen this morning. My alarm went off at 4:40am and I was pretty exhausted despite getting to bed early last night. I did get up but then realized my arms and back were fried from all the pull-ups and rowing over the last couple of days. I debated muscling up and still going in, but in the end decided I had better swallow my pride and get the rest my body was telling me it needed. I plan to go tonight to LPAC and get the WOD in. I have to get over the mentality if I miss a workout I have completely failed. Have to remember the body doesn't recover as quickly as it did when I was in my 20s! Which brings me to my next thoughts....
I noticed yesterday when trying to find my max for the clean and jerk that I was exhausted. I felt weak and had no gas. Frustrating. I know it's to be expected since starting Paleo, but it was still frustrating. The bigger thing I was thinking about and always thinking about when doing heavy lifting during warm-ups or WODs with lifting was the risk of injury. I think my profession has made me extremely cautious of pushing too much and getting injured. Treating people who have back, shoulder, knee and wrist injuries and seeing how long it takes and how much therapy is involved to hopefully get back to normal definitely puts the fear of injury in me. There also seem to be quite a few people at the box with injuries. Having been injured myself multiple times in the past, I also know that I don't practice what I preach and continue to push and not rest even when injured, which ultimately results in more injury and/or chronic pain. The mere thought of not being able to work out is horrific. Still, I worry my fear of injury might prevent me from pushing myself to the next weight in wkts. I have been going with lighter weights at times because I feel like I have to have my form down to a T before advancing. I try to check my ego at the door, but it does start to get a bit embarrassing when I have the lightest weight. But, I guess working out with a lighter weight and better form is better than not being able to workout at all. Still searching for that balance of pushing but not too much at once.
As for nutrition, it has been going fairly well. I wish they had a food equivalent for sugar addiction like they have methadone for heroin b/c my sugar cravings are incredibly intense and as hard as I've tried I am still giving in almost daily to small fixes. It's totally mental and is definitely the worst when I am at the hospital where sugar is always around. Anyway, I keep trying to eat less and less of it daily, which thus far has worked. I know the cravings continue b/c I keep taking hits of it! I think I need to lock myself in a room for a week to detox.....
Don't have my log book for WODs or food handy but will start posting them again in the next blog.
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