It's been 67.5 hours since I have chewed food...I have drank gallons of green juice, decaf coffee (which sucks by the way) and tea....
I am dizzy and my vision is blurred. The gnawing that my stomach is doing on my ab muscles is close to unbearable as is my appearance.
I haven't been able to muster out of bed or into the shower....I know I smell and my hair is smashed to the side of my head from sleeping on the recliner off and on for the past 2 1/2 days. If you thought I looked a mess at the 515 am workout you should have seen me at 4:30. I didn't even have the energy to put shorts on - I planned to WOD in my sweats....
I wander into the gym where I am faced with a girl WOD that I would LOVE to RX and in walks Nikole - really?!?!?! WTF was all I could think at that point....so I decided to be rather blunt with her. It went something like this "I refuse to look at you while you do this WOD and proceed to kick my ass...so just to let you know you will be staring at my ass for this entire WOD!!" She laughed and said that once she kicked my ass she would be sure to be relentless in her pursuit to make sure that I finished in a timely manner as well. "Bitch!" but that's why I love her.
Warm-up:
Double unders- which I skipped. I'm already a pee pants try drinking nothing but liquids for 3 days and then doing double unders. I spared myself the embarrassment.
Snatch work....
GHD Sit-ups - 15 each round to be exact. Try doing that on a more than empty stomach.....let's just say after the 3rd round I was walking like a drunk and Rich was concerned....that's when I knew I would probably die soon.
Strength work:
OH Squat 80# - behind the head pp w/ snatch grip 55#
In the midst of my strength work Jim advised me that I may be having a wardrobe malfunction - my thong was hanging out of my sweats. Good, all the better reason to have Nikole behind me - told you I loved her!!
This went well actually and my stomach was finally convinced that it would probably be fed soon. You see my stomach has this little routine that happens EVERY time I workout. It goes through stages I usually hit this stage where I am starving and then that turns into - OK I totally understand that if I complete this work there is a reward at the end....FOOD!!
Well - between my strength work and everyone else's I sat around far too long and my stomach came back at me with a vengeance before it was time to tackle Isabel.
I WAS STARVING!!! It hurt SO freaking bad.....Jim calls 3,2,1 GO! I point my ass at Nikole and start out. I did 5 snatches without stopping...wow only 25 to go.
This isn't too totally bad....I get the reps in 2 - 3 at a time after that. Never more and sometimes 1 rep at a time. But none the less the reps keep going up. I probably failed 2-4 reps by getting it to about my chin and not able to get under it but if I rested long enough I was able to go back at it.
I specifically remember having 3 reps left when Jim said the faster you get this done, the faster you get to eat....
I RX'd in 6 something...the time really didn't matter.....I went straight for my post WOD.
68.5 hours of fasting and I get to eat. I devoured 1 cup of green juice (I really DO love this stuff) about 6 oz of chicken and 1/2 cup squash:) YUMMY!!!
So, I have been asked several times - WHY? and is it worth it?
Why - because I have been out of control with my sugar addiction and I needed to refocus. Refocusing meant that I had to make a drastic change. I love sugar - just like everyone else....and I get in these cycles where I start to "allow" myself little cheats here and there....and they turn into more cheats here and there...and before you know it....everyday brings a nice "Chai Latte!" and then some:)
Was it worth it? Totally - I learned A LOT about my body. And managed to accomplish my goals of getting my body weight back down under 140 - I'm sitting at 138.8 (total weight loss of 5.8#'s) and do I want a Chai? No, I was totally happy devouring the red pepper that's been staring at me in the fridge since Monday.
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