A little thank you...and update. Crossfit!

You guys, I am overwhelmed by the comments as well as all of the emails you all have sent over the past few weeks.  I really had no idea my last post would spark such great responses and feedback.  So again, thank you. I'm super happy with the path I am on now after struggling to see "change" for so long.  I cannot express to you all enough just how important the weight training is.  I never ever thought for a minute that cutting back my cardio and increasing my lifting would yeild such great results.  I'm almost to the point where I want to kick the scale to the curb forever!  LOL! On another note, many of you asked and emailed about my training plan! If you'd like to know what I did for the initial 12 weeks, feel free to send me an email.  Email addy is on my sidebar. :)



Anyway, I should share that about a month ago, I decided to lose my ever-loving mind and give Crossfit a try.  I knew going into the winter and holiday months that I needed something new, interesting and challenging for myself and that this would be a great fit.  In fact, I had been doing a ton of research and reading about it, when I found that there was an awesome local Crossfit box that just so happened to be around the corner from my current gym, and my daughters cheer gym.  Anyway, my friend and I went in about a month ago.  We had our initial assessment, our free session, and then a few days later we were both experiencing our very first Workout of the Day. (WOD)

To say the WODS are challenging would be putting it lightly.  In fact, for the first time in my life I am moving my body and challenging myself in ways I never would have otherwise.  I'm doing all of the movements, like pull-ups (oh, they are assisted at this point LOL), sit ups, push-ups, burpees, box jumps, jumping rope (seriously!)...that I would normally avoid.

Is it hard? Sure.  However, everytime I walk out of the box, I have surprised myself and I'm actually proud.  Proud that I have committed myself to 3x's a week, proud that I have finished every workout thrown my way.  In  fact I'm getting ready to committ myself for another month of Crossfit.  So here goes month #2...

I hope to blog about this more over the upcoming weeks...