How in the world did I become a crossfitter over night and how did I decide to blog about it??? Two interesting questions that's for sure.
Let's start with a little bit about myself. I am 25 years old, 5'6'', female, about 140 lbs. I consider myself in good shape (of course I could always be in better shape-but can't we all?) and I feel as though I have had to maintain my figure for about 5 years now. When I was in high school (my junior year) I was the heaviest I had ever been (155 lbs) and I decided to change a lot about my diet and activity. I began working out 6 days a week and dieting, which consisted of only running and eating green beans and cottage cheese (not an ideal workout plan that's for sure). Well, to say the least, I did lose about 30 pounds in about 4-6 months and was down to 122 lbs.
122 pounds! I think about that now and it sounds crazy. Nowadays, I weigh about 135-140 lbs and I have been this was for about 3 years now. Less than a year ago, my mom and I decided to try to get in shape... and of course, lose those few extra pounds every woman wants to lose. Well, we started running... I should say walking at first considering we couldn't even run for a minute without stopping and gasping for air. We slowly got better and now, 9 months later, mastered the art of running. We can run for miles, managing our breathing, and of course, without really stopping. This sounds great; however, we have realized that after 9 months of running, we are still the same weight. I know this sounds unreasonable, but somehow... we step on a scale and we see no difference in numbers! I will say that my body has changed slightly, but nowhere near what it should be after running for nine months. Without a doubt our heart and lungs are incredibly stronger and healthier and we for sure have built up stamina, endurance, and strength.... but where is the tone, fit body we set out for???
That leads me to the answer to my original question--> How did I become a crossfitter over night?
October 5th, 6 days ago... I was sitting in my kitchen when my fiancé (Rob) said to me, "Hey, you should try crossfit." I said what? and shrugged it off. End of conversation. Now, I had heard him talk about this before and I have heard others speak about crossfit here and there but I never thought it was something for girls, or average people, or anyone other than Olympic, insanely athletic people. Little did I know that he sent my mom videos and links to crossfit websites, filling her in on the craziness. Next think I know, I am sitting in my kitchen the following night with my mom, drinking protein shakes, after we had a nice run and small weight lifting workout, when Rob decides to show us some crossfit videos on youtube. Well, to make a long story short... we were interested.
Sure enough, Monday, October 7th, we started our first Crossfit workout at a local crossfit box (box not gym, because it is literally a box--square room of a warehouse, with rubber matted floors and a bunch of weights, bars, balls, and every other piece of workout equipment you can imagine other than actual workout machines...) and all I can say is.. "OOOOWWWWW!!!!"
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