The month has turned, and I have started yet more life modifications (and not medications). I am counting daily calories again in order to lose weight, although I expect to hit another plateau at 180. Last year I almost lost my goal of 30 pounds, but fell a little short, and then stopped counting and bounced back to my historical normal of around 190.

I also started crossfit at the same place Amanda has gone for a while. Today I had the first session of the intro month. Basically, they go through the typical exercises that the normal classes use and how their place works. We went through one of their typical warm ups (2x 10 pullups, pushups, situps, supermans, 300m row) plus a “METCON” workout-of-day. METCON means metabolic conditioning, I think. That was basically a 200m run, 15-12-9 squats, pushups, and ring rows, and another 200m run for time. Of the eight people in the class this morning, I was last with a time of 7:28. Alas! Amanda said I did great as when she first did it she finished in 11 or 12 minutes. I would like to say that everyone else was rushing and not really doing the exercises with proper form, but the reality is I am not in great shape. Besides, you are not competing with other people, only yourself.

So, yes, I drank the kool aid joined the “veganism of fitness”. It was fun, although I felt like throwing up immediately after the WOD and it took me a while to feel normal again.

And maybe eight hours later, I could not lift my arms. I did not think the workout was all that bad strength-wise while doing it (as cardio seemed more the problem with me), but after thinking about it I did not a crazy (for regular people) amount of back exercises. Good thing the gym is closed for the fourth, so I will have more time to recover. I should do the pushups at least everyday anyway.