Sometimes I have to remind myself: CrossFit does not define me! My Faith first and foremost, my family, and my job as a mother define me! CrossFit is one of the best things that has ever happened to me, but as a box owner and a coach, I have to remind myself of that sometimes! CrossFit is all I do every day of the week. Weather its coach, train, etc. its all I do! I love it though.... Being a certified level one coach does not make you ready to train other people. There is so much more to it, I am grateful to have had these past 6 months to learn and grow :) For this weeks WOD I was not ranked as well as last week. Its about time for a strong girls WOD. Enough of this skinny biatch stuff. How about a 1rm Dead already?! Another thing. All of my CF mentors have always told me to eat tons of good fats.....well, they are all male! That method works much better for men, in my experimentation women don't need as much of it. I have cut some fats and continued with proteins and green leafy veggies. Leaning out :)

This is not CrossFit related....but I needed to vent. Its late and I'm tiered but I cant sleep. My heart is so broken over my families situation right now. I don't understand why God allows horrible tings to happen. I mean I know the biblical reason, but to a child? A 10 and 7 year old little innocent child?! Through this whole thing I haven't really let myself go yet, Ive been shocked, mad, confused, stunned, the while nine yards. But the recent information has just pushed me over the edge. My poor mother doesn't deserve this! She is such a wonderful woman of integrity. Anyone who knows her and or knows of her knows that!!! Why? Why was this horrible awful maN aloud to walk, breathe, eat, and carry on a normal life for 74 years??? Why didn't one of his victims come foreword?? It could have saved so many people from getting hurt. All those desperate phone calls from my mom telling me she knew something was wrong, something was not right. We thought possibly he had dementia.....? Why would a 70 something old mad all of a sudden become obsessed with his two grand kids??? We all thought it was because he was loosing his mind. BUT NEVER IMAGINED WHAT WAS REALLY TAKING PLACE! This is a person who I have spent many many Christmas, birthdays, sporting events, church services, etc. etc. with. Just the thought of him now makes my stomach turn. God says that Justice will be His.....WHY DOESN'T IT FEEL THAT WAY?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY BOY!!!!

Today my little boy turns 5 :(

I am so proud of him and how wonderful he is, but it is so unbelievable that it has been 5 years already!

Grant William Coppens

8lbs 3oz

21in

After 26 long hours of labor, I pushed twice and out came the most beautiful baby boy. He had the most beautiful tan skin and big brown eyes! To top it of he was born at 12:11 AM on my moms birthday! Being a mommy at 19 wasn't easy, but I wouldn't change it for the world! Through good times and bad, my children have brought me so much joy. The unconditional love that a parent has for a child is unlike anything on earth.

So today is his birthday party, but Domino's pizza and Publix cupcakes are not appealing to me so food stays on track today.

**I re did the Games WOD 1 this morning and beat my score by almost a round!! I really strategized this time, chilled out on my DU's and clean & jerked instead. Wow that saved my back....

TOMORROW IS THE OLY CERT!!! HOODIE HOO!

Thurs

Hang overs suck....
Last night was a blast though, drunk put put is the best.

Aunt is cancer free! All of her margins were clear this time. I still have to go back and get tested again, my status is still tentative. I have been feeling OK though so I'm hopeful.

We are taking 10 people to the Spartan Race in Miami next month!!! We are staying in a 4 star hotel on the beach...so it should be a blast:)

OLY cert is this weekend with Bergener! -TOOOO EXCITED!!!

CFS t shirts came in today and I have ppl from all over hittin me up for one. They are AWESOME.

Food today was way off track, it always is the day after I go out. Oh well, tomorrows another day.

Cheers To An Awesome Tuesday!

Early morning at the gym with my 6am ladies!



5- 2 eggs, 1/2 chicken sausage/1/2c salsa

11-pork w/ mustard

12- few plantain chips (paleo)

130- tuna w/ coconut oil, pepper, garlic powder, dill, celery, grapes, green pepper, pecans/1 Greek yogurt

3- 2 sq 85%/ 1 tbsp maple AB



Yogurt is to help bring balance to my gut...ya know healthy bacteria...blah blah. I'm going to eat one a day for 7 days & get back on my probiotics...UGH



Tonight is dinner with some of my most favorite ladies!! Going to stick to protein & veg...and a few glasses of red....and who knows maybe a margarita? It is at Cantina Laredo after all ;)

Oh What A Monday

Felt a little better this morning, no fever when I woke up. Little did I know I just shoulda stayed in bed! All was normal until I went to pu Grant from school....

So I'm getting Tea out of the car and she decides to be a turd and yell NO! My regular routine goes as follows; get out of the car with the keys, close my door and open the back door, lock the truck, get her out and grab my keys and go inside....That is just my little way of locking up before my little 17 m old grabs the keys and plays with them.

BUUUUT today since she decided she wasn't getting out, I set my keys down on Grant's seat (after locking the doors) and tried to use two hands to get her out. *Keep in mind this baby girl is ungodly strong....she pushes things around on a daily basis like shes is in some kind of gosh darn strong man contest....including giant chairs, large gates, anything she can get her hands on...she pushes it around. So not to get off track too much, I decide I'm gonna try to bait her out of her seat by playing peek-a-boo (mommy's tactic to not have to forcefully remover her, it could get ugly).

So I close the car door and start to play peek-a-boo outside the car door as planned. Well, then I quickly realize I have just locked my 1 year old in the car in the heat of the day. OH SHIT. Real dumbass move.

-So I'm thinking, no problem my husband is a FF and works in district to the school. Ill just call him and he can come lights & sirens to our rescue. Think again. I call him and he is way down south cape, but he decides he is coming anyway. (I probably should have just called 911 or AAA or something, but this is Daddy's girl locked in the car and he is now panicking.)

He rushes home to grab our extra truck keys only to realize I have his house keys- Super. So he breaks in to the house, and he cant find our extra keys.... ***by this time Teagan has been in the hot truck for 20 min....

So I called him and tell him to abort his mission ASAP because our daughter was pouring sweat. Next step was to bash the window. She was still moving around and acting normal so I stayed calm....while some Spanish lady I didn't even know was having a panic attack outside my car. I was like, "lady. Chill...she will be ok" She was all like, "sorry I'm just a paranoid mom too!" Yah forgot her XanaX Lol...No really she was sweet but freaking out way worse then me.

So then Tim shows up in the truck and cant get into the door, so he finally gets into the back hatch and dives over my 400$ car seat and destroys it. I was like seriously??

Anywhoo all is well and baby girl is just fine.

GRUB-
8- 4 egg whites with cinn/.5 larabar/1 tsp coconut oil
11- cashews
130- 3 chicken sausage/ asp/ 1 tbst Choc Haz. Butter
8-deli turkey/ asp/ 1tbsp Haz Butter
9-larabar

Food is way off today, didn't eat enough and all the wrong stuff. No chicken sausage usually (WAYYY to much sodium) It burnt my tongue, and larabars aren't in my plan right now. My stomach is so tore up still so I ate what sounded good.

Weekend

Wow what a weekend.

Saturday was busy busy. We had a chance to go to CrossFit Blaze and work some OLY Lifts, Jason and Michelle are awesome. We also learned some great lifting tips....great coaching.
Then we ran all over SW FL.

Breakfast was 2 eggs and 5 mac nuts
Lunch was out. I got a steak salad and tomato soup.
Dinner was out too, steak/broccoli/guac....and two small glasses of red.
We had dinner at chili's late and I immediately felt sick. Came home and went straight to bed...then woke up several times throughout the night. Got up Sun am and felt a little better, so we headed to the beach. It was fun but I was in the bathroom puking 5x or more. Food poisoning. I'm sure it wasn't out of the ordinary for Spring Break tho...LOL
I'm so over the FMB nastiness...if it wasn't for our friends we would be down on Sanibel...

Today I had: Larabar, some carrots, and some turkey. yah, not much.

Hoping for a better day tomorrow.
Cant wait for the week 2 WOD to come out! :D