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CrossFit at 6AM. Miranda, Will, Dave, Steve, Tomas and Angie with Brian coaching.

Another week of workouts has flown by. Some fun with a partner workout this morning. While one person does the movements the other is resting. Because of odd numbers this morning Steve, Dave and I teamed up. Steve and I worked at the same time.

I did really well on the Power Snatch (well, actually I do a muscle snatch most of the time). Still working to refine my technique. This move will become more and more easy as I correct the flaws in my form.

My burpees were a real mess this morning. I tried the first round going all the way down to the floor but my back is not having it this morning. I went to using my 6 inch box rather than going all the way down to the floor. I also think I am just a bit tired. We have really worked hard this week and my problems with my heel spills over to my back and hip. This happens because my walking gait is changed when my heels hurt which impacts my hip, which impacts my back. All that stuff is connected together.

As you know Will joined our class this week and has taken on the project of getting me to do pull ups with out any assistance. I do them unassisted and he just gives me a push at the very top to get my chin up over the bar. We will see how successful this is. Having someone take an interest in what you are doing and helping you is something you don’t find in the big gyms. Most of the time people don’t even talk to each other, much less try to help you.

I am such a loser. Yep, I am. As you may know I have been stuck at 248-247 for weeks. One of the things I decided was to not change my plan and stick to my Paelo. On the strength side I have made real improvements and today I finally got my reward on the scale. I got on the scale after the WOD and was down to 242. That’s five pounds down this week. (19 pounds since Febuary when I started at 261).

My mind set was such that I would have been happy to stay where I was or only drop a pound but this was a nice surprise. I knew something was happening because I am starting to lose my pants, they are just falling off.

The job now is to just stick with it and regardless of what the weigh in might be next week just accept that as the amount I am suppose to weigh that day. Over time I will actually become the weight my body really wants to be.

Eating—On track, proven by my weight loss and strength and performance increase. Time to get another pot roast going in the crock pot for the weekend.

What hurts today—Even with increasingly difficult WOD’s and work loads I am feeling good except for the heels. I really believe the double unders are the culprit in this issue so hopefully time will correct this and I will just avoid double unders. With all the heavy lifting this week my arms, shoulder, back and legs are fine.

Fight Gone Bad—For Labor Day we are going to have one workout at the gym at 7:30AM to work on technique and strategy for the actual Fight Gone Bad workout on September 19th.

We have a Free Saturday Class tomorrow morning. Again anxious to see how many people attend. Two weeks ago we had 22, last week my count was 17.

I am on vacation after today until the 8th (day after Labor Day).

Debbie and I have arranged with Ben and MaryAnne to go to In Flight Ballroom (use to be Fred Astaire) tonight. It has been several years since we have all been out dancing together so it should be an experience, especially with my heels acting up. I think I will wear my warrior shirt. CrossFitters can dance, right?