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WIAW and Sunshine

Happy Wednesday! I’m going to link up to WIAW today because I have lots of unshared food pictures!

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Before we get into that-on the fitness front, I’ve sort of switched around my schedule. In the past, I tended to run in the mornings versus do Crossfit in the evenings. The problem with that is when I do Crossfit in the evenings, it’s really difficult to make it back in time for dinner before the dining hall closes! Plus my evening motivation to make it to Crossfit is too low! That being said, I’m officially in 5k training mode with (hopefully) lots of speed work coming up!

In terms of actual workouts, I went to one last spin class at the gym from home (it’s halfway between home and school so it’s not outrageous to go once) before my membership ended. Of course, it was fantastic.

Monday morning we tested our 1 rep back back squats for a final time during the squat cycle we’ve been doing. Mine was sort of meh, sort of improved. I improved 5# from my 1 rep max at the beginning of the cycle, but I was still 10 lbs below my all time 1 rep max (205#). It was meh because 195# felt easy, but I kept missing 200#. Back squats are frustrating because the second you give in, you’re not making the lift!

After back squats I had the pleasure of doing and AMRAP of I believe it was Crossfit Open 14.4 last year? The Open workout at the time was probably the worst Crossfit workout I’ve done. 21-18-15-12-9-6-3 thrusters and over the bar burpees. Thank goodness, we did a 12 minute AMRAP, which meant I didn’t make it all the way down the ladder! But now my squatting muscles are scorched.

Tuesday’s Crossfit workout was lighter. I went to the 6am class since I have 9am class on Tuesdays. We did hang power cleans for strength and kettle bell snatches, wall balls, and 400m runs for the WOD. Then, after spending hours in the library, I went for a 3 mile tempo run (5k training!). I have a ways to go…but I kept my tempo pace pretty closely. It’s a good start! Ok-food time!

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I went to a yoga class last Thursday and went to Eric’s deli-cafe afterwards for dinner with my parents to discuss pre-vet stuff. I had half a turkey and avocado sandwich, and a house salad.

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My mom got me a couple of these protein boxes. They’re pretty similar to the ones at Starbucks, but sun butter instead of peanut butter! Good and easy. I had 2 meals of this on Friday. We don’t have to mention the fact that I didn’t have a single vegetable…

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Saturday morning, I had to drive a ways to get gas. Long story short, my car is SUPER picky with the gas it will take and the check engine light was on and the engine was shuddering so I topped it off with “better” gas. Anyways, Whole Foods was close so I stopped in for brunch. Maple french toast casserole and chilaquiles were the highlights here!

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Mexican dinner at the dining hall! But more importantly-GUAC! I made myself a salad.

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Salad I picked up from Whole Foods.

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Dining hall dinner-BBQ chicken on salad, and cheese and broccoli mini-casserole.

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Dining hall breakfast-eggs and roasted veggies! I LOVE when they have those!

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Cappuccino because I woke up before 5:30am and I’m a college student. However, I’ve gotten a lot of coffee lately and I’ve been generally over caffeinated so there’s that. I get to my 9am and announce to my friend that I got coffee. Her response? “I can tell.”

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Lunch courtesy of my freezer. Balsamic roasted brussels sprouts, grilled chicken, and mashed sweet potatoes.

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My favorite morning glory bread from a little cafe on campus.

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A greek salad with chicken, roasted carrots, and sweet potato fries. This is pretty much my ideal dining hall dinner right here.

And lastly? The weather here lately has been insane. Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to be here.

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What is your ideal meal?

The Need to Properly Fuel Post-Workout

So…I had an interesting experience this morning.

When I was in middle school, I used to get really bad migraines. Like, terrible headache, splotchy vision, random numbness, nausea. I haven’t had one since middle school.

But then this morning on the way to class, I realized I couldn’t see. There were just pieces missing-almost like if you looked into the sun and then looked around. I was worried I was getting my first migraine.

By the time I got to class, my vision was much worse and I was really shaky. I was sitting in lecture and I couldn’t see. I couldn’t focus. I felt really weak.

Then, I had another thought. I was worried I had dropped my blood sugar really low. This morning at Crossfit, the WOD wasn’t insane or anything, but we did lots of really heavy squats. As in 90% of max for both front squats and back squats. I had cranberry bread before, and this after:

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In my terrible state, I grabbed the sweet potato I packed for lunch and within a few bites, my vision started clearing and I felt less shaky. After finishing the sweet potato, I was able to function, pay attention, and participate although I still felt sort of off. I decided that it was probably due to lack of carbs post workout, and my blood sugar must have dropped really low.

But then as I was walking out of class, my hand went numb. And then my face went numb. And then it passed and I went to buy a muffin to nibble on.

And here we are a few hours later post-muffin+sweet potato + lunch and I feel 100% normal. So I’m not sure-was it a migraine (without a headache? Although I took Advil this morning) or was it poor post-workout fueling?

All I know is I don’t want to take my chances! Next time I’m going to keep a granola bar on hand, and refuel post-workout with plenty of carbs.

Any tips/advice?