Getting Healthy...

There is more to getting healthy than eating right and working out. It's a mental thing.

I started Crossfit just shy of 5 months ago. I attended the NC/SC Sectionals competition and was immediately intransed in the feats these women (and men for that matter) were completing. I havent even completed one single Crossfit movement and I felt like I had already drank the kool-aid. My competitive nature took over and immediately told me I wanted to be one of those Crossfit women. I didnt have as many tattoos, didnt have as large of muscles, didnt have a handstand push up (or a regular push up), but I had determination. I signed up at Crossfit Peachtree (CFPT) that next week.

My first workout - burpees, bells and balls. 10 miuntes. Yuck. I loved and hated every minute of it. I could barely move for 2 days afterwards, but I kept coming back.

About 6 weeks after I started Crossfit CFPT had a six-pack challenge. I didnt compete in the compeitition. One, because I didnt want to be the new girl. Two, I didnt want to give up the foods that I loved. Three, I didnt want to attempt and fail. Four, I didnt have the willpower.

Now...5 months into Crossfit, I still havent gotten my eating completely under control. I work my ass off at the gym on a daily basis. Ripping my hands open, brusing my neck bones, straining my muscles, sweating til exhaustion. You'd think that after I worked THAT hard at the gym, all I would want to put into my body is healthy food...right? Well, the past 25 years of my life I've had a "work hard, eat badly" mentality.

Dont get me wrong, I eat salads, veggies, proteins, nuts, fruit, etc. but I also eat pizza, icecream, coke, coffee, chocolate, chips, etc, etc etc.

I need something to change in my mental status. I need to find that switch - the switch that will trigger my inner desire to be as healthy as possible. I watch You Tube videos (all too religiously) about Crossfit, nutrition and body awareness. I want to be aware that I will perform better if I eat better. I want to be aware that I will live longer if I eat better. I want to be aware that I will look and feel better if I eat better.

I know how to be healthy - how to work out and how to eat right. Now...to find that deep down mental, burning desire to put it into practice. I guess I've been waiting for that moment to slap me in the face where I realize that I gotta do something about cutting out the crap. Well...I have my first Crossfit compeition in 4 weeks. I'm taking this as a mini-slap to get my food eating in gear and really crack down between now and then. I need someone to be my accountability partner. Being single and living alone definitely doesnt help the situation. So...I commit to myself and anyone who happens to read this blog that I need that accountability - Here's to being eating healthy for good. Here's to being Paleo.

We will access again in 4 week after the compeition and see if the healthy eating really helped me make gains on my lifts, Crossfit movements, etc.