Menu Plan Monday 8.10.20

Menu Plan Monday:  August 10, 2020

Breakfasts:  Eggs, Bacon, Smoothies; Cereal, Breakfast sandwiches; Keto Pancakes

Lunches: Sandwiches, carrots, chips and grapes;  Frozen pizza and smoothies;  Chicken nuggets and tater tots and smoothies; Grilled cheese and chips and grapes; Leftovers

Here is the dinner menu for our week:

Monday:  Smoked Grilled Chicken, roasted broccoli and pinto beans

Tuesday:  Tacos

Wednesday:  Teriyaki Chicken Stir Fry with Cauliflower rice

Thursday:  Smashburgers, fries and green beans

Friday:  Pizza Night (might do keto pizza)

Saturday:  UFC/Game night - shared snacks

Sunday:  Pulled pork, mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls

Have a great week!

Crossfit - Rope climbing, Hand Stands and Murph

For two years my husband pretty much begged me to go to Crossfit with him   I said NO WAY!  It looked horrible and why would anyone do that to themselves?  After a year I finally gave in and tried it like 4 times.  I hated it.  It was hard.  I wanted to die.  The end.

But that wasn't the end.  After another year of him asking me to do Crossfit and me not wanting to do Crossfit we put our kids in Crossfit kids.  They don't really play sports and we wanted them doing something active!  They seemed to do well and like it and then their Crossfit place (different than my husband's) started a bootcamp.

My husband started asking again if I might be interested in bootcamp since it was a good introductory way to get into Crossfit without the heavier weights.  I told him I would go if he would go with me!  And so we did - the first of January we both went to bootcamp and it worked out great because it was at the same time as the kids' workout.  I LOVED bootcamp.  I loved it.  I couldn't believe I liked it but I did.  It definitely challenged me like I hadn't been challenged before.

Bootcamp tonight! Did some back squats, push press and some new-to-me moves. Why not get out and get your sweat on when it's -2 degrees out? #bootcamp #sweat #Noburpees #sweat #crossfitbootcamp

A photo posted by Gretchen (@extraordinaryordinarylife) on Jan 18, 2016 at 6:03pm PST

After loving bootcamp and going VERY faithfully (more faithfully than any other fitness program I'd ever done EVER!), my husband decided to go to the Crossfit side and not do bootcamp anymore.  I was scared but I wanted to do Crossfit too and felt it was time.

We started Crossfit in March (I think).  And since starting it I am amazed at the things I have learned!

I learned to climb a rope - something I have never done.

I got my first rope climb tonight at Crossfit. Okay so I actually got the first rope climb of my life because I've never really done them. You're never too old to start doing something you've never tried before. Also that's a lot higher than it looks. I didn't panic until my second one when I was almost to the top and my husband said, "Don't fall." He's super helpful lol. #crossfitnewbie #crossfitbeginner #ropeclimb #crossfit #fitmoms #fitness #momfitness

A video posted by Gretchen (@extraordinaryordinarylife) on Apr 22, 2016 at 4:07pm PDT

I am starting to learn how to do hand stands in the hopes of doing hand stand push ups.

My husband is helping me work on my hand stand push ups - starting with descending slow. We know how to party on a Friday night don't we? Just to let you know I've never really done handstands either. I have always been afraid of them. Maybe fear of breaking my neck or something. But there's no time like the present to start doing something you've never done before. #workonthosegoals #crossfitbeginner #handstands #watchmestruggle

A video posted by Gretchen (@extraordinaryordinarylife) on May 13, 2016 at 5:34pm PDT

I did a workout Monday that I never thought I would be capable of.

Remembering those that gave their lives for our country! This is my first year doing Murph. I'm so thankful @aslmelissa encouraged me to do this because I wouldn't have done it without her. "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13 Remember and be thankful today! In honor of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, NY, who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005. #murph #happymemorialday #john1513 #Crossfit #modified #momsgetfit

A photo posted by Gretchen (@extraordinaryordinarylife) on May 30, 2016 at 7:40am PDT

Insane right?  I've learned so much.  And I have to tell my husband I'm sorry for all the times I made fun of Crossfit and told him all the bad things that I read about Crossfit..  I never understood it until I did it.  Now I literally wake up excited to go workout.  Like I used to be excited to wake up to coffee and now I am excited to wake up and get to do Crossfit at some point in the day.  How crazy is that? 
I can't believe how hard it is and how much I love it at the same time.  Crossfit is for regular people.  It makes regular people - amazing people.  It makes you do things you never thought you could accomplish.  It makes me feel more alive that I have ever felt.  I can't say enough good things about it.  I heart Crossfit. 


 

Weekly Workouts - 3.7.16

This week's workouts - my second week of Crossfit in the books and I know I am getting stronger! 

Monday:
Metcon (Time)

WOD: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1
Thrusters - (95/65) - I used the 45 pound bar
Strict Pull-Ups - I used two bands

After Party: 3 Rounds
10 Deadbugs
15 Supermans

Tuesday:

Walked 4 miles in the rain

Wednesday:

Metcon (Time)

15 ring dips (with band)
30 toes to bar (knees to elbows)
45 wallballs (14 pounds)
60 alt lunge jumps
75 abmats
90 calorie row

Conditioning:
10 minutes of EMOTM of sled push sprints


 This was quite the workout!  

Thursday:

100 modified pushups
100 sit ups

Friday:

Metcon (Time)

Teams of 2 (shared with partner)
100 anchored sit-ups
80 walking lunges (45/30) I used 18 pound kettlebells
60 bent over rows (45/30) I used 15 lb. dumbbells
40 deficit push-ups
20 GTO (45/30) I used 15 lb. dumbbells

*E3MOTM each partner must complete 1 rope climb.  The workout starts with each partner doing a rope climb.  *I did the modified version of a rope climb.

Saturday:

Workout #1:

3 minute AMRAP (partner)

20 partner sit ups with 14 pound medicine ball

20 push ups 

After done 1 minute of partner sled pushes sprinting

Rest 1 minute

3 minute AMRAP (Partner)

Medball slams (14 pounds)

Medball buprees passing to partner

After done 1 minute of parnter sled pushes sprinting

Rest 1 minute

3 minute AMRAP (partner)

Medball partner Russian twist (with 14 pound ball)

Another medball exercise that I can't remember!

After done 1 minute of parnter sled pushes sprinting

Rest 1 minute

Workout #2: (partner)

12 Minute AMRAP
20 ring rows (split with partner)
20 ab mats (Split with partner)
20 squats sychronized with partner
100 m run
*Increase run by 100 m after every round.

Workout #3:
2 rounds of:
1000 m row (split with partner
30 toes to bar (split with partner)

*So the super duper exciting thing about this was that I have never done a toes to bar only knees to elbows and my friend encouraged me and I did 15 toes to bar on my last round!!!!

Ya'll I was able to do my first toes to bar today at my Crossfit gym!!!! I went from just being able to hang on the bar to getting my knees up to getting knees to elbows and then today my friend encouraged me to try toes to bar during our workout. I never thought I could do this. That's what I love about Crossfit. It pushes you to do things you never thought you could do. My husband told me I didn't need to tell the world and I was like - Yes I do! Also ignore our messy garage because we are in the middle of moving. #toestobar #Crossfit #watchmestruggle #bam #workout #telltheworld

A video posted by Gretchen (@extraordinaryordinarylife) on Mar 12, 2016 at 8:52am PST

This week's menu plan - 3.6.16

Breakfast ideas:

Paleo sausage egg mc"muffin"

Bacon and eggs and peppers

My fried potatoes, sausage and eggs skillet (It is basically Pioneer Woman's Breakfast Burritos without the cheese and without the tortillas)

Against All Grain Waffles


Lunch:

Mark's Daily Apple 2 minute Salad 
*In Mason jars

Leftovers

Supper:

Pork roast nachos

Hamburgers and hot dogs (from the grill), olive oil chips and spinach salad

Cajun chicken thighs, homemade baked fries and roasted broccoli

Hamburger soup with venison roast

Leftover Day

Gluten Free Pizza night

Breakfast for dinner

 

Weekly Workouts - 2.29.16 - the one where I start Crossfit

This week I crossed over from doing bootcamp to doing the Crossfit WODs.    There is always a warm-up and then there is the WOD (workout of the day) and sometimes there is also conditioning after.  I love doing the bootcamp but I wanted to start the WODs to learn some different skills.

Here is what my workouts this week looked like.


Monday:

15 min E3MOTM (Every 3 minutes on the 3rd Minute)
5 clean and jerks (135/95) - I did the bar and just did cleans
10 toes to bar - I did knees to elbows
20 wallballs (20/14) - I did a 10 pound ball

After party: 3 rounds
10 dead bugs
1:00 single leg hip bridges (:30 each side) - these are so tough!

 *For some reason I didn't pay attention to the clock and I just completed 5 rounds in 17 minutes instead of the 15 minutes that I should have stopped at.  But I scaled the workout since this was my first one.

Tuesday:

Rest Day

Wednesday:

Metcon (For Time)

1000m row
50 abmats
40 box jumps (20) (step-ups Rxd)
30 pull-ups
20 gamer push-ups
10 burpee box overs (20)

*I did this one in 14:28 but I scaled it - I did modified push-ups.  I did pull ups with a band.  I did step-ups on the box jumps and step overs on the burpee box overs.

Thursday:

I started a little 30 day challenge in the paleo group that I do on FB.   I'm doing 100 push ups on my non-Crossfit days in March.  My friend suggested I add 100 sit ups too so I'm doing those too.

100 modified push-ups (I did a few regular push-ups and a few gamer push-ups too)
100 Sit ups

Friday:

16 min AMRAP
Teams of 2
32 alt sit-ups (14 pound medicine ball)
24 alt wallballs (14 pound medicine ball)
16 alt toes to bar *I did knees to elbows
8 alt burpees (2 at a time then switch - we jumped over our partner after every burpee)
4 alt rope climbs *My husband can rope climb so I did 3 modified climbs to 1 of his actual climbs

Conditioning:
10 minutes of rowing
20 seconds of 70-80% effort
40 seconds of slower every minute

*I did this one with my husband!   We completed two full rounds and got to the burpees on  our third round.  I'm sure I slowed him down but it was fun working out with him.

Saturday:

4 mile walk with my friend

100 push ups (modified with a few gamer push-ups thrown in)
100 sit ups

Crossfit mixes up your workouts so you never get bored.  Its kind of fun waking up on your workout day to check to see what the WOD will be for that day!

How are your workouts going?

Weekly Workouts - 2.22.16

This week's workouts - I still need to work a lot on my upper body strength.  It is definitely my weakness.  It is getting better but I still have a ways to go.   

Monday:

Warm up

3 rounds - 2 minutes each; 1 minute rest between rounds:
Rowing
Burpee Broad Jumps
Jump rope

10 minute AMRAP
10 Jumping lunges (each leg)
10 Ab work (I can't remember the name of it but you crunch up and touch the heels of your feet - one side at a time so more obliques work) (Each side)
10 Mountain Climbers (each leg)

Stretching

*This was more of a cardio workout which I don't love but I was definitely sweating by the end.

Tuesday:

Walking 4 miles

Wednesday:

Tabada Workout (20 seconds on 10 second rest)  8 times for each
1.  Air Squats
Then 1 minute rest after the 8 rounds
2 minutes of forward/backward run
1 minute rest

2.  STO (Shoulders to overhead) Dumbbell press
1 minute rest
2 minutes of step ups
1 minute rest

3.  Russian Twists
1 minute rests
2 minutes of forward/backward run
1 minute rest

4.  Push ups
1 minute rest
2 minutes of step ups
1 minute rest

Then we did a 10 minute partner AMRAP
6 bear crawls (1 was there and back) - each partner did 3
30 Ab mats - each partner did 30

Thursday:

Rest day

Friday:

1.  Walked 3 miles with a friend

2.  Crossfit Bootcamp workout:
8 minute AMRAP
10 Medicine Ball Cleans
10 Medicine Ball Slams
10 Medicine Ball Toe Touch

8 minute AMRAP
10 Dumbbell shoulder raises
10 Dumbbell curls while doing lunges
10 Dumbbell tricep kickbacks

40 seconds on; 20 second rest for 3 rounds
Bar hang

L sits
Side shuffles

6 minute AMRAP
10 ring rows
10 jumping squats
10 hallow rocks

Saturday:

4 mile walk with friend
100 girl push-ups

What workouts did you do this week?

Weekly Menu Plan - paleo - 2.22.16

Breakfast ideas:

Paleo sausage egg mc"muffin"

Bacon and eggs and peppers


My fried potatoes, sausage and eggs skillet (It is basically Pioneer Woman's Breakfast Burritos without the cheese and without the tortillas)

Paleo Pumpkin Waffles

Lunch:

Mark's Daily Apple 2 minute Salad

So my husband decided to get a bunch of salad fixins, so we chopped and chopped this afternoon. Then we grilled hamburgers and hot dogs. He also made a much of fried eggs and bacon on the grill earlier today. That will get us through the next few days! Who is prepping this weekend? #mealprepping #eatyourveggies #eathealthy #grillinginFebruary #foodprep #paleo #cleanpaleo #cleaneating

A photo posted by Gretchen (@extraordinaryordinarylife) on Feb 20, 2016 at 4:07pm PST

Lunch is honestly just mostly leftovers from supper or we have meat or chicken and then a green smoothie or salad and fruit. 


Supper:

Hamburgers and hot dogs (from the grill), olive oil chips and spinach salad

Sticky chicken, and steamed veggies

Sloppy Joes over baked sweet potatoes and spinach salad

Asian ground beef and broccoli slaw lettuce cups 

Sweet Potato Buffalo Chicken Casserole

Eating out

Leftover Day