Popped Sausage Link

Yup these last few days given the heat - I just feel like an overheated popped sausage. Geez can it get any hotter? PS I'm tired! So how is everyone? I've obviously been crazy busy! I seem to get tired more easily these days similar to the first trimester. I feel it is partially because of the heat and nonstop going I always do. Most nights after getting home from the gym have been consumed by baby registry completions. Review, research, add, delete - REPEAT.. Although I say I'm done with them, I'm sure I am missing plenty of things. I decided to register at Babies R Us and Amazon so people have options should they prefer in person or online. People love options. Seriously exciting work people - let me tell you!!! Although I do admit I'm rather excited about the diaper bag I hope I get lol! 

This week I am about 6 months or for the "technicals" 27 weeks - I am grateful that I can still do most things at the gym. I'm obviously slower I can tell that but I'm still moving and able to do most movements. Dumbbell cleans get old in WODs but it's ok, my shrug for lifts is getting better because of it. I worked up to a heavy 5RM back squat, usually I've been doing working sets of 4x5 at 165lbs. I decided I would see how far I could get with the class and still feel comfortable. I did 185lbs...AWESOME sauce.. that's 80% of my previous 1RM at 235lbs and without a weight belt - its a victory in my mind :-) Hopefully when I get back, I'll have a new PR - hahahaha. I can also maintain 10 unbroken butterfly pull-ups. Yesterday's WOD was every 2 min for 20 min complete 5 power cleans @ 155/105, 10 c2b pull-ups & 5 burpees. My modifications were 40lb dumbbells, 10 regular pull-ups and 5 burpees. I would finish within in 1-1:15 minutes and could maintain my pull-ups unbroken. I was happy about that. Last Friday I did c2b pull-ups (80 reps to be exact) I could maintain 5 without falling off the bar but not necessarily simultaneously without restarting my kip. 50 of the reps were in the wod and they took me like 6 minutes!! YIKES.. Given that, I decided last night it was best to do regular pull-ups and move faster versus trying to maintain only 5 c2b pull-ups. I guess being a coach helps when it comes to quickly being able to access the WOD and modify. I whined a little and wanted to do the cleans because 105lb power cleans are cake - but I new what the answer was going to be. LOL. 

It seems CrossFit RXD is a new baby factory - should you come visit, watch out when you drink the water!!! You've officially been warned!!!! There are 3-5 newborns within the last 3 months or so and another 4-5 of us pregnant. I think we'll need a nursery soon. Anyhow, it's nice to now have one of us coaches going through it to assist with modifying as well as just being more understanding of all the other random shit us pregnant chicks go through. So what does a prego burpee look like these days...Go down like a normal burpee except you do a controlled push up on your knees for the floor portion and still jump up and clap your hands! Goal is still still move fast but I'll admit these are harder than regular burpees. They are slower so it's not the same because you're just not moving as fast period. The next modification would just be kick outs without the "push-up" portion. I haven't attempted a muscle-up this week or last. I'm little nervous and sad I won't have them anymore. I've worked on the swing/kip/lifting of hips and can still do ring dips but haven't given them a try. I feel like my split jerk is weaker but not sure if it's I haven't been working on it a lot or if it's my core compromised. Possibly both. Still following our current programming for strength and doing the weights based on my original PR of 165lbs. I can maintain the weight of the percentages prescribed in our programming so far it's only been up to 135lbs. 

Health wise - Baby Violet is doing great. She's about 2lbs now and her heartbeat is strong at 145bpm. I'm doing well and have gained 15lbs thus far. We shall see how that progresses now in my 3rd and last trimester. My nutrition - I must admit going out of town the past two weekends in a row just makes it 100x easier to eat crappy food. Add some fried food/bread/grains in general with the heat, I've now experienced swollen feet a couple of times and I don't like it! They don't become kankles or anything so chill out but I can definitely feel the affects of shitty food! And when I say shitty food, I mean eating bread or having some fries something like that. I don't mean jumping off the bridge into a bowl of ice cream, candy, pizza, pasta etc...I just mean eating excess grains out of my norm. Striving to clean my act up this week and back to my yummy kale salads for lunch with minimal cheats of bread/grains on the weekend. I threw away my so-called free pass for eating shit and will only do so on seldom occasions. I haven't gotten this far to start fucking up and gaining excess weight for no reason at the end of this pregnancy. Let alone - this is when I will start to gain even more weight!! FUCK That... Had a dr's appointment this past week and apparently I have a hole in my heart which caused the heart murmur my OB heard. The right side of my heart is enlarged and being over worked. It explains the extreme exhaustion and out of breathe feeling I had all through the first trimester. My heart had to start working double time once I got pregnant because we pump twice as much blood. I can't do anything about now until after I have Violet. I don't foresee this being a huge issue, but I'm sure my OB will want to be cautious. I will see what she has to say at my next appointment with her next week once she has the results from my cardiologist. I honestly don't really feel all that different nor do I think it's a big deal but what the hell do I know. I'll continue doing what I'm doing and go from there. 

My Mom decided to give us a scare and had to have emergency surgery this past Tuesday for a kidney removal. I was the calm positive one (along with herself) we're hoping all is good and we're in the clear but there are factors to be concerned with still. Her doctor is very positive and the surgery went well - so send your positive vibes, thoughts, prayers or whatever you like to call it.  Besides, she has a granddaughter to care for so get your shit together woman - we need you!! (She knows me well and knows I say that all with the most love so don't get your panties ruffled). 

Till next time!!! Comment or email me if you have any questions... 

Violet and I getting some sun in La Quinta

Using Violet and Fruit to make a smile
Don't mind the boobs

Bryan and I teamed up for a fun random photo scavenger hunt. We didn't win but our 2nd place finish photo could not be shared with the general public! :-)

Great minds think alike

Shots-Shots-Shots EVERYBODY!!

Yes I am still rocking the MIKOH Bikini (bottoms only Iv'e had to buy new tops for obvious reasons) My ass may seem large in this picture but I can assure you those are smalls!

Don't ask

Happy Birthday Nyra!! We love you xoxoxoxoxo....