I'm back (again)!

My on-again-off-again affair with Crossfit is now back on! It's been a year and a half since I was last at a Crossfit gym and it was time to go back. Of course, a few things had to align. 1) I was getting too fat for my own liking. The fact that I was nearing 150# really made me sad. I never lost the baby weight and I continued to eat relatively poorly: chips, ice cream, midnight snacks, quite unhealthy. It was always harder for me to stick with clean eating without working out so I really had to do something about that. 2) A new Crossfit gym opened up about 5 min drive from my work. FIVE MINUTES! I had no excuse anymore. 3) This new gym was running a promotion: $75/month. Seriously?! I had to check it out. 4) Reign City Fitness is a huge facility that had a lot of space, daycare, and showers. The coaches are great too. 5) With daycare, this meant JJ could go work out too. Daycare also meant that Liam could interact with more people and potentially, other kids, in a new but familiar environment. This will be good for our whole family. We had a lot of good reasons and for me, the only catch is that I have to go in the morning so I can still go home right after work to my family. I did not want to sacrifice any time from them and the morning would be the only window. RCF (now affiliated as Crossfit Downpour) had class times that worked out for us. I would go to the 7am and then go straight to work. I've never been a morning person, let alone a morning workout person, so this was a huge change for me. I still don't like getting out of bed but this small sacrifice is totally worthwhile. I'm on my way to getting back on a healthy track AND I am taking away very little time away from my family. It's been about a month of 1-3 WODs per week and things have been working out well. I am surprising myself in the strength department. However, my cardio needs a lot of work. JJ and I are eating better and working out. Liam mostly enjoys getting out and interacting with new people. He doesn't like being away from us but this is good for him too. Here are some note worthy stats from the past month: - Power clean 1RM: 100# (15# off PR) - Back squat 5RM: 135# (5# off PR) - Split jerk 3RM: 105# x 2. Would have tied PR had I been more properly positioned in rack position on the 3rd rep. - Front squat 2RM: 120#. My old 3RM was 125#. This is all very encouraging!