So I’ve been doing this thing where I go and work out with my friend Charlotte (aka my Crazy Crossfit Trainer Lady) and a few others of our friends a couple times a week. And she makes me do crazy shit like push-ups and ring rows and wall balls and oh my god so many squats. And she makes me run in between all those things and I usually collapse on the ground at the end of a 20 minute work out and the words “MOTHERFUCKER!” quite often get spat out by me and you guys, I love it.
I love making myself do things that I never ever thought I could do, I love waking up the next morning wondering which random muscles are going to ache, I love being proven wrong when I say “I can’t do that, Char”. It’s not 100% CrossFit (we don’t deadlift, and there’s only so much a school playground can offer in terms of gymnastic equipment so forget muscle ups) but it’s CrossFit-esque and it’s kicking my ass and it’s awesome. Last night’s workout was 11 minutes long, almost made my friends puke and left me on the verge of tears. It was the best workout of my life so far, because I was jumproping! Without tripping! And I was dipping and doing dumbbell tosses and doing thrusters and Charlotte was all “DON’T QUIT!” and I didn’t because I’m kind of scared of her when she yells.
My goal here is to survive A) bear attacks when we go camping and B) the inevitable zombie apocalypse. As I told Kevin, I don’t have to run the fastest, I just have to run the longest.
In other news, I have realized that surviving on coffee and carbs is not conducive to making it through one of Charlotte’s workouts alive. So I’ve started doing all this cooking and meal planning and thinking about what I’m eating and I have to say, I feel great. I miss bread, and I still indulge in quality chocolate on a regular basis but I also stopped drinking Monday through Thursday (I KNOW! California wineries are weeping right now) and last night I made turkey burgers with my own bare hands and they were freakin’ good (even without buns!). Kevin is rpobably a little annoyed with me for encouraging him to not eat any rice with dinner but hey, I’m not making him do ring rows so suck it up, buttercup is all I have to say.
In other news, for Admin’s Day today I received a giant gift basket with 4 bottles of wine, the largest wine glass I’ve ever seen (pretty sure it would hold all four bottles, actually) and my favorite gourmet chocolates. Good thing tomorrow’s workout got cancelled!
