Memorial Day MURPH

Well, we survived "Murph!" 


1 mile run
100 pull ups
200 push ups
300 squats
1 mile run


I broke it up and did the 1 mile run then 20 rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 squats and 1 mile run. 


The last time I did Murph was 2 years ago and I passed out in the middle of it. This time, I did pull ups without a band (which was insanely hard) and did about 50 man push ups before I switched to my knees. I ran my first mile @ 9:45 (which is a PR for this slow runner)!

I'm proud of myself for doing pull ups without a band, but it was by far the hardest thing. I was doing one pull up, drop, one pull up, drop. Ugh. My hands ripped out halfway in, so gripping the bar was like fire.

Time was 68:17. I was hoping to finish in under an hour, but I'm still proud of myself for finishing without a band. I really REALLY wanted to give up and use one... but some of my fellow CFers wouldn't let me :)

I'm also super proud of my H because he did the run with a 20# weighted vest.

Lt.Murphy must have been a BEAST because apparently he did this WOD regularly. Whew. 

BEFORE (wad up with my funky hair?!)

AFTER!

And, my gnarly hands. It's been 2 days, and I still can't use my right hand to grip anything :/

H and I had a date night last night, and decided to use it as our cheat meal. We went totally crazy. I had pizza, dr. pepper and a brownie sundae. H had chicken fried chicken with fries, mashed potatoes and a apple pie a la mode. Typically, I'm ok with one cheat meal per week. We're strict paleo the rest of the week. However I really didn't think last night's food was worth it. I'm only 5 pounds from pre pregnancy weight with little C and I'm 3 pounds under pre preg weight with big C. My pants feeling baggy, getting compliments and feeling good about myself feels SOOO much better than pizza tastes. I can see myself (slowly) starting to lose a desire to eat most of that stuff. It makes me happy to see us making legit changes in our life. Not a fad, not a "do this to lose weight as fast as possible" but actual lifestyle habits that are GOOD. I woke up today feeling bloated, congested and with a headache. Bleh. Bring on the eggs and veggies this morning! 


Here is some of our food from the weekend...pretty last minute/unplanned foods, but we're starting to get the hang of eating paleo in a pinch. 

Have a great Memorial Day!