Sticking to it...

   Well, my goal is to make it to CrossFit three times a week for four weeks. So far, I am on track. I will make it Friday for the third time this week. I will admit, I am sore! Monday and Wednesday WODs were roughly the same, but they were both great total body workouts. I leave for LA on Sunday, but there is CrossFit Sunset (http://www.crossfitsunset.com/home) half a mile from the hotel. My plan is to JOG to CF, and then probably [walk] back. I know that I probably won't be able to jog back, but the idea is there if I am feeling froggy. I am excited. $20/per class for a drop-in, so $60 for while I am there to keep on track with my goal.

   I realize that I need to set some short-term goals. Josh and I still have our competition going on, and so far it has been short term, but it's longer than I would like. I don't expect to see results overnight, but I know that in a month I shall see some progress. I give props to Erin for her goal to run some sort of 5k every month! I can understand the desire to have something to work toward month after month. Follow her blog about her weight loss (http://tippingthescale2013.blogspot.com/) and give her some support! Wonderful girl that let herself go. Now she's doing amazing things!

   Anyways. I will definitely post photos for all of you of the dresses/outfits/etc that I sport while I am in LA. You won't ever know that I'm a country girl from PA!

   How's everyone's resolutions going?

It's all shits and giggles...

until someone giggles and shits!

   Well, I am pretty bummed. I have taken a week off from CrossFit in order to try to give my elbow and ribs time to heal. My elbow was fine, or so I thought, until I threw a Nerf football yesterday. It started to hurt again. It seems fine today, but obviously it hasn't completely healed. I'm sure the two workouts that I did when I got back did not help, but it is frustrating because they aren't healed yet. I assumed that they would be; I was wrong. I feel like crap. I also have eaten like crap this week, so that definitely has contributed to this bloated, disgusting feeling. The good news is that I'm still around the same weight, so it's not like I have gained much. I'm scared for what I will feel like when I do actually try to put on weight. Can anyone give me any suggestions/comments/etc on that? In a few months, I may try to put on 10 lbs, good ones, if I am able to go to the Level 3 class for Combatives. 120 lbs won't cut it for that!

   I am ready for the weekend. I am super tired after this week. I cant wait to sleep in tomorrow. I also think I'm going to start tanning to get some color for when I go to LA and for the photo shoot for CrossFit coming up in the next few months. (I told Josh that he doesn't need to, and I'm being a hypocrite.) I won't be getting dark though as I'm sure Josh would try to do. I only just want a kiss of color. Honestly, I'm not too worried about the "skin cancer" thing because I rarely ever get sun as it is. Once in a blue moon shouldn't  be too bad.

   I'll have to give you all a sneak peek of the dresses I'll be wearing for the event in LA. I just hope that money wasn't wasted on them; the event may be lame. It makes me nervous, but at least I'll have a hot dress for when I need it, right? I need to work on my abs more though...

   Josh, you may be pulling ahead in the contest right now. What's our new end date, by the way?

Update: Progress Photo!

   Well, I have realized that I am pretty terrible at this blogging thing! Josh writes in advance. I realize that I love sleep way more than I love writing down my feelings on the internet. Sorry!

   I was gone at a military course the 5-17th. The course was the Tactical Combatives Course (aka - Level 2 and React to Man-to-Man Contact). The first week was an intense workout, every day. The warm ups alone kicked everyone's ass! I learned some take downs, some variations to moves, and some boxing. I also won BOTH matches against the same girl, by points. The second match was for bragging rights. We were able to call someone out, and a voice in the crowd rang out "Po and Maloney!" I sunk my head because I was in no condition to, but I began to unlace my boots. This fight was not as interesting as the first one, but I still won. That's all that matters because this match was for bragging rights. Na-na-na-na boo boo! Seriously though, this course was a beast for the first week. I learned a lot! Sadly, I was unable to stick to the diet change that I started, but now that I am home, I plan to go back to my good eating habits. I was jealous when the one Instructor came in with home cook Paleo food every day, and I was eating a boxed lunch of nasty deli sandwiches (I didn't eat the bread) and the PB&J Uncrustables, Friday's chips, apple sauce, chocolate chip cookies, and a juice box. Mmm... NOT! I did eat a shit ton of protein the first week in order to avoid eating so much other shit. I also do not enjoy "bagged eggs" and "Salisbury steak" for breakfast. I avoided the meat and potato choice most mornings. I also only at the meat and veggies at dinner. I did [not] get to CrossFit at all while I was there. I was too beat.
   So, here is my "progress" photo from when I was gone. ((Thankfully we have added more time to the competition because neither one of us has close to a six pack, yet!))

   I do see some change. I still have the little pouch under the belly button, that thankfully, you all can't see. I can't bring myself to taking a side view photo. I would like to spare myself that embarrassment. Anyways. I will be going to Los Angeles soon, and so I am going to work very hard for the next two weeks in order to insure that I look [smoking] in this new dress that I just bought. (See below.)

   Okay, I don't think I can type anymore tonight, so I will just post this since it's past due anyways.

     Have a good night.

I miss modeling...

   Well, after looking around again on Facebook, I have decided that I [really] miss modeling. I think I need to make a note all over the house in order to remind myself to keep eating clean so that I can beat Josh in this contest. (I guess to also beat Mike by the end of February.) I was motivated enough to search for affiliate Crossfit gyms in the Harrisburg area. I have found 3, but I was told that 13 Stripes was the best out of them. I guess we shall see. Hopefully this motivation keeps up because I honestly do want to get back into modeling. Truth be told: I quit modeling for about a year and a half to two years because I didn't like how I looked and wanted to "fix" myself before I got back into it again. This is part of the reason I have challenged Josh to this. I don't have the "nude dude shoot" like he does, but I still want to feel great about myself [if] I decide to model again. I miss it so much that I'm sure I'll get back into it, but I don't want to just be another self-proclaimed "model" from my area. I want to be much better than that. Here's what I miss: (*sigh*)

   Yesterday I went to Crossfit Invigorate. Workout was 21-15-9 of Burpees & Wall Balls - THREE rounds. I honestly only finished two. My few days of eating like shit had caught up to me. I felt it. This morning at CFSH, I went on an empty stomach, which wasn't that bad, thankfully. At least crappy food wasn't weighing me down. I did also shovel 2 driveways the other day, so that was some leg, ab, and arm action. I was outside for two hours. (Dad just got the snow blower to work, so I'm waiting to see if he needs me to shovel anything.)

   Well, I guess I'll go do some abs, ask dad if he needs help, and then shower. Lazy day for me today.

It's going...

   Hello to everyone that looks at this, but never comments! It's been a little too long since I last posted. Oops! Christmas will do that to you.

   I will admit, I didn't not eat very well over the past 3 days for Christmas. Every other day has been pretty good. I [have] to become strict from now until January 5th because I leave until the 17th. I won't be able to cook my own meals, so I'm not quite sure what type of food I will be eating. let alone what chow hall I will be in, which makes a [huge] difference, I promise. I know that I may still be able to eat some grain in order to sustain energy through out the day, which I am sure I will need. Oh. I'm going to Fort Indiantown Gap for about 2 weeks for the Level 2 Combatives Course. I will admit that I am nervous, but I am definitely more excited! I know that it should be learning the take downs and [re]learning the ground movements. I think I'll look it up shortly to see!

   My friend, Mike Roth, has challenged me to yet another six pack challenge. His is for the end of February. I guess it's different to be in competition with a female to see who can get a six pack faster or a better one!?

   I'm sorry, but I'm not really in the mood to write today. Maybe later. I need to get my desktop computer hooked up to the internet, so maybe I'll do that sometime tonight. I also need to start getting things together for these 2 weeks that I will be gone. I had an extremely productive day yesterday though! I also shoveled 2 driveways for 2 hours yesterday. :] No sore back from me because I lifted with my legs!

   Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I will write soon, I have to!

Less than a month!

   I haven't logged anything in awhile because I haven't turned on my laptop at home in WEEKS! It's nice to be a little disconnected from technology once I get home.

   I have so much that I want to write about, but not really feeling it today. So I'll make this short.


   Starting Wednesday (after all the food of course), I will be completely overhauling my diet. Since we started this six-pack challenge, I have cut back on grains, dairy, and sugar. I have realized that unless I [really] dedicate myself to this change of diet, that I might not beat Josh. Therefore, I will be strict. I may still have cereal with milk for breakfast in the morning, but I [have to] cut out sugar. That's my biggest weakness! The worst part is that I will be gone January 5-17th for a military course. I am unsure of how I will be able to keep to it once I am there. I won't be able to cook my own food, and it will get expensive to eat out all the time. I [am] excited though because this should hopefully be a very physical class, and so I will still be burning calories and sweating it out! I am going to look to see if there is a CF near there. I don't know how much time I'll have, or if I'll even feel up to muscle wise because I have a feeling I am going to be very sore, and I don't want to risk injury.


   I took Sibyl to Crossfit Invigorate with me today. She was [extremely] nervous, but she made it through. I am very proud of her! She's going to lose all the weight she's aiming for in no time! Scott won't recognize her by the time he sees her again. Merry Christmas again, Sib!

   Time to go shower and get ready for this upcoming weekend and holiday. I will try to post! Good luck, Josh. You better be working hard!


   ((Please feel free to leave comments of encouragement, concern, and more.))

Why I Am Doing This

   It has come to my attention that some don't understand why I am doing this.

  Let me be [completely] honest about all of this. I don't like how I look! I know that I am "skinny" and that every one else thinks that I look great, but I don't feel it. I don't want to be "skinny," I want to be "fit." I know that I don't have to have six pack abs, but I [want] them. When I was little, I used to do sit ups while watching TV. I weighed 60 pounds in 6th grade. I remember when I finally reached 99 pounds and was nervous to hit the three digits! I remember Leah Bellis telling me that she was trying to stay under 100 pounds, but I knew that wouldn't be a goal for me. So this isn't about what everyone else thinks, this is what [I] want. If I reach my goal, I will be getting back into modeling. If I don't reach my goal by the January 17th deadline, I'm going to push myself harder until I reach it. [I miss modeling.]

   So you may get bored with me posting what I have eaten everyday, but I'm not asking that you focus on that. All that I'm asking is that you support Josh and I both as we focus on improving ourselves. If you haven't not read Josh's blog, I highly suggest it. If you really want to understand why I challenged Josh in the first place, then you need to read this blog: http://polishjosh.blogspot.com/2012/09/1-year-gone.html

   Once you read that blog, you will completely understand why I am doing this challenge. Not only is it a challenge for me, it is a challenge for Josh. What better way to motivate someone than to make it a competition? Ultimately, Josh will lose, but it's still worth the challenge to him to try to beat me!

     Breakfast: Special K (Vanilla Almond) w/ almond milk

     Snack #1: Banana
     Lunch: Chicken w/green beans and potatoes

     Snack #2: Apple

     Taste Testing: German chocolate, gingerbread, etc sent from Germany (I took TINY bites!)

   Feel free to comment on my blog, Josh's blog, or even our Facebook profiles to show your support. We have both admitted that the changes in our diet completely suck and make us sick. It takes a lot to be able to discipline ourselves with eating healthy and working out as much as we do.