Little Pickers Wear Big Knickers

Right finally remembered to bring in my measurements - these are from a week and a half ago, so previous to me starting crossfit or the sugar free month, will post new ones at the end of the month....
Neck: 35cm
Bust: 114cm
Abs under Bust: 99.5cm
Waist: 100.5cm
Hips: 114.5cm
Thigh: 77.5cm
Calf: 45cm
Arm: 34cm
Stomach: 110cm
 
At crossfit yesterday we were doing overhead squats, and my arm started to go numb and I got pins and needles in both thumbs, then for the rest of the day my left thumb has been numb - only just comming right 24 hours later..... I googled this and apparently it has happened to a couple of people with that exercise and its something to do with a nerve, will be wary on overhead squats from now.
 
Yikes, that doesn´t sound nice, did your trainer check your posture during the exercise? Glad it passed.
 
Yes apprantly the numbness was from gripping too hard and aggravating a nerve in my hand, will have to remember to relax a bit next time! Did kettlebell swings this morning, jeez they suck! Also its pretty distracting doing them while a man yells at me to "THRUST THOSE HIPS"!!!! I may have got the giggle in between dying. Also attempted to get in position for handstand push-ups (literally what they sound like) so far i have managed to get myself halfway up the wall before freaking out that im going to land on my head. Once I can do a full handstand with my stomach against the wall and hold it for 10 seconds then I progress to doing the actual push-ups. Also had a go at pull-ups - I can do negative one haha!! Going out for dinner on saturday for father in laws birthday so sugar-free may be a push but will see if there are any healthy options on the menu.... going to a japanese place so that should help, lots of yummy seafood.
 
Hi PUSHgirl, just had a read of your journal....I like you I have fallen from that proverbial horse but have climbed back up just this week. You and I seem like we are of very similar size. Crossfit sounds like a bunch of fun but I have only just got back to doing regular exercise this week so I dont think I will venture there just yet!! Best of luck and I will def swing by often to see how you are doing!
 
Handstand push-ups? You, M´Lady, are an animal, and I mean that in the best possible way :D Japanese restaurants just might be the most diet-friendly localities to celebrate, you´ll do well. Also: nomnomnom.

(And again: your crossfit trainer sounds like he/she knows that they´re doing, I like that.)
 
Weekend was good, made some special healthy museli bars but they are so frickn good I then proceeded to eat about 5 in one day so kinda cancelled the healthy part out!! Oops. Got me first real crossfit class tonight, im a bit nervous!! will let you all know how i get on tomorrow.
Also Hubby randomly found a pair of piglets running around a school that didnt belong to anyone (after asking the caretaker he said they just turned up and nobody wants them) so now we have a pair of wee saddleback piggies digging up our back lawn! Pretty random considering we live in the suburbs of a city..... I named them Wilbur and Saddlebottom.
 
Piggy´s! They are very lucky to have been taken in by you guys and not by someone hungry for bacon... Pigs are some of the most intelligent animals I know, so have fun with your new friends :)
 
Met a friend for lunch today and had a yummy salad - im REALLY feeling the chocolate craving right now though, gotta stay strong! Feel really close to breaking point - doesnt help im working on a stressful project either! Looking forward to my second Xfit class after work tonight - not too sore from mondays class, my hammies are a wee bit tight but no biggie. Going to the movies with my sister tonight straight after the gym so no time to cook dinner - will have to find a healthy takeaway somehow!
 
Cravings are nasty. When I feel good I tell myself "no" straight away to avoid the tension of even thinking about it but after heavy days that´s HARD. Lots of water helps, distraction helps, people being nice helps... Hope your project will be done soon!
 
Weighed myself this morning- 94.7kg which im not particularly pleased with after 3 weeks of sugar free and crossfit!! Im hoping its just me putting on muscle......
 
94.1 today, a bit better although still a wee teensy bit disappointed! - If only I had stuck with this 6 months ago imagine where I would be now!! I just got to remember that for 6 months time from now whenever I get the urge to splurge! Still really enjoying crossfit, had to do front squats yesterday so have majorly sore thighs today, sugar free is going well, getting the hang of preparing everything the night before so i dont have to think about it I just reach for the healthy stuff when im hungry. Have ordered some protein powder online as I found a sugar free one that is birthday cake flavour!! Cant wait for it to arrive, then I will be really looking forward to my workouts so I can have "cake" after omnomnom.
 
PUSHgirl said:
If only I had stuck with this 6 months ago imagine where I would be now!! I just got to remember that for 6 months time from now whenever I get the urge to splurge!
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This a thousand times. Apart from that: Muscle takes a while to build, especially for women, you´re not going to see much of that on the scale. But when you´re (re)starting a strenuous activity it´s normal for your muscles to retain water to help them recover. May take 6 weeks to lose it. But that doesn´t mean you´re not losing fat in the mean time!
 
Thanks LaMaria, im defintly not letting the small numbers on the scales get me down - Im feeling heaps better already even if I cannot track the results just yet. I was doign stretched last night in MMA and we were doing the splits (trying to) then you rotate down to a sitting position and something crunched in my bum/leg joint!! man its sore today, will have to cancel crossfit tonight which im not pleased about - was really looking forward to it but as we are doing squats, I dont think it would be a good idea to aggravate my broken ass! Am going to go for a nice cruisey walk instead on my treadmill, and catch up on my Game of thrones...
 
:( Not nice. But taking a rest and going for a walk sounds like a very healthy thing to do. You probably (not a doctor here) just overstrained a tendon or something like that. Get well soon!
 
Feeling much better today, leg is 90% back to normal in time for cross fit tonight. Got a new dining table yesterday was very exciting!! (Man im getting old...) Also going out for dinner tonight for Thai food - will stick to a nice curry with no entree to keep my sugar free month on track - I can believe iv been nearly 4 weeks without chocolate!! I was literally eating it EVERY DAY! feel heaps better for it and my skin has cleared rightup, but still having the cravings every now and the... and NOW.
 
:D I´m with you on the cravings front. But they do get better when I´m "good", even when they don´t disappear completely. Good luck with the leg in cross fit and enjoy your curry!
 
Had a good weekend - havnt had time in the mornings to weigh myself to see how I am doing - will try to remember to do it tomorrow. Getting to the end of my sugarfree month, and I think it has created some really good habits for me - im not even too bothered about being "allowed" to eat sugar again - I now have me tea without it, and have managed to prove to myself that just because I WANT chocolate it wont kill me not to have it, or to have a piece of fruit instead. Putting a timeframe on the challange has really helped I think because i have been able to get myself through those toough bits by saying "only ..... days/weeks to go" and now that I am at the end of that, I feel like I dont even want that stuff most of the time now. I was at my dads yesterday (we took the piggies down to his farm 2 hours drive away so the neighbours will be happy) and out came the chocolate biccies with the tea, and I wasnt even hard to say "no thanks". the boys had a pie each for lunch and I just waited until the drive back 2 hours later to get subway as a pie did not appeal to me at all and there were no other options. Looking forward to crossfit tonight, hoping to do some upper body work.
 
Wow, that´s some serious progress right there! Great to hear, fingers crossed for your weigh-in.
 
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