Happy Monday!! I don’t know about your weekend but mine was BUSY!! We had family in town to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday and we also celebrated Mother’s Day with my own mom. So we had lots of meals out at restaurants, we went to Blackhawk, I watched a friend get engaged at their housewarming party, we sold our couch (and our new one doesn’t come until Thursday so we have an empty living room for all of our lucky house guests), we went to a Rockies game, and we spent lots of time at our own house just playing games and hanging out. Lots of memories, cake, and time with our loved ones.
The one thing I did conquer this past weekend was staying away from alcohol. Last week in my Weekly Workouts post, I mentioned that I had drank too much two nights in a row and was really feeling the repercussions from it. Well luckily, I just had 2 beet cocktails this weekend to celebrate my MIL’s birthday, then I stayed away the rest of the weekend. I did, however, indulge in some leftover GF birthday cake that I pulled out of the freezer because my MIL and my own mom love sweets as much as I do. But I can definitely tell you that waking up this Monday morning after not overdoing it on alcohol has already made such a difference in how I feel both physically and mentally. I’m mentioning this once again because I had a friend at the gym over the weekend say that he’s having trouble seeing his results from the gym and is going to try macros. I mentioned cutting out alcohol and he was super pissed at that idea. And you know what? I get it. I get that cutting out alcohol isn’t fun, but I’m just here to tell you that if you’re frustrated with what results you may not be seeing, alcohol (or lack of sleep, or stress, or hormones…) may be the culprit. It really does play a large part in your physique, as much as we’d like to think that it doesn’t. And I’m here to tell you that I feel completely different this weekend compared to last weekend, all because I didn’t overdo it on alcohol. I still had some cake and sweets, but cutting out the alcohol made such a difference.
Ok, I’ll stop talking about alcohol already!! Instead, let’s talk about questions! I’m going to record a podcast this week with listener questions and I always like to answers blog questions first before I turn it to social media! If you haven’t listened to my podcast yet, I’ve done 5 episodes with listener questions so far and they all have been awesome! So I’m doing it again and wondering what questions you guys have!? They can be related to skincare, workouts, food, clothes, beauty…honestly whatever!! If you have one, please leave your comment below and I’ll answer it this week!!
Sunday – Rest Day
Monday – Orange Theory Class – see workout here
Tuesday – CrossFit Broadway Class
Back Squats: 5 x 3. All sets at 90%. (16 mins) – I used 145#
Then 3 Rounds For Time: (10 min time cap)
12 Squat Cleans (165/115)
12 Strict HSPU
12 Burpees
I finished in 9 something using 85#
Wednesday – CrossFit Broadway Class
5 Rounds Of:
As Far As Possible With a 4 min Clock –
100 Double Unders
20 Deadlift (225/155)
20 Wall Ball
Max Cal Row with remainder of time
*score is total calories over the 5 rounds
**2 min rest between rounds
I got a total of 92 calories using 105# deadlift
Thursday – Rest Day
Friday – Orange Theory Class – see workout here
Saturday – CrossFit Broadway Class
800m run
9 power cleans (155/105)
15 hand release push ups
21 kettlebell swings (70/55)
600-9-15-21
400-9-15-21
200-9-15-21
I finished in 19:22 using 85# and 35#
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Free Travel Workout:
200m run
21 bicep curls
21 weighted lunges (each leg)
21 hand release push ups
400-15-15-15
800-9-9-9
*then go back through 400m and 200m rounds
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Hey Julie,
First I want to tell you I am hooked on your podcasts. They are entertaining, funny, informative, and I feel I can relate so much to what you say. Thank You.
I really don’t have a question, but I request. I have just recently started a blog, it is the very infant stages, and I am wondering if you could take a peak at it and give me feedback? If so, I will send you the link. (What I would really like is to have a short phone discussion with you and you can give me criticism and thoughts.)
Now, I guess I do have a question. How do you have the energy to do everything you do? And how many hours a day/week, do you work out to keep your killer body? I hear on your podcasts about the people that send negative comments, I have a few words for them, the can just F off, cuz you are awesome. Keep up the good work.
Thank You
Hi Tamie! Juli talks all about how she started her blog and creates content in episodes 7 and 12 of her podcast – check it out! Also, she posts her Weekly Workouts every Monday that details exactly what she did the week before. The only thing she does beyond that is walk Jackson a lot! Hope that helps! Stacy – paleOMG assistant
OMG I can totally relate – this Friday I overdid it on the alcohol – got terrible sleep and was kind of just cranky and gross all weekend. Booo, no more of that!
When did you first launch paleomg? Do you think that trolling has gotten worse over the years and if so why? I feel you have a unique perspective into people’s behavior on the internet so would love to know any observations you’ve had over the years. Thanks and I love your podcast it’s my favorite to listen to! ????
I have trouble with staying on track. I’ll be doing well and then I will indulge for whatever reason and it throws me into a downward spiral. I wonder what indulgences you allow yourself and how you don’t let it consume you entirely. I feel like I finally get it together after like a week of not giving a shit but that’s too many careless decisions.
Where do you envision your fitness taking you in the years to come? Do you have any long (or shorter) term goals with it, or is it just serving the purpose of staying healthy, happy and rocking that hot bod for now? I don’t think you’d ever want to compete in Crossfit again, but would you and your husband ever want to get into anything else like rock climbing together, or cycling, or anything of the sort? Also, you definitely don’t have to answer this if it’s too stalker-ish, but what is the park in Denver you are always taking Jackson with the big field where he runs off leash and the amazing creek?!
I wonder if you could talk about your calorie burn at OTF. As someone with a crossfit background who enjoys OTF, I struggle with not having as high of a calorie burn as I would hope. I have a low resting heart rate (50-60) and I can get into the orange during running as long as I work at keeping my pace up. On the floor, I am often blue or even grey. I sometimes think about throwing a few burpees in between the exercises, but don’t want to be rude. Just curious if you are doing anything to increase your heart rate on the floor other than what is assigned.
Thanks for everything you do. I appreciate you and your work!
Help! I’m trying to find your chicken fried rice recipe and I cannot find it on your blog. He made it a few days ago and I just need to know how to make the yummy sauce. Love love love your food & site! Thx!!!!
i made it on my instagram stories, it’s not on my blog yet. it will be next week
Yay! Thx!!! And it looked great! Have a kick-ass Monday!
First of all, you are awesome! I enjoy your podcast AND laugh my ass off every time I watch your Instagram stories. Your humor is the greatest- we need to be friends! 🙂 Anyhow, I would like to know your take on protein and a snack before/after a tough workout? Because of my work schedule I don’t get to the gym until 5pm. I usually try to have a small protein (sometimes a little fat or carb) snack between lunch and the gym so I don’t get hangry during my workout.. For a few years now I have believed that it is important to have protein within 30 mins after my workout usually in the form of powder. BUT then I am having roughly 20g of protein then headed home for dinner.. For reference I usually spend a little over an hour in the gym (20 mins of either HIIT cardio, stairs, or running and the rest of the time I weight train). I gave up whey protein after taking it a few years because well… most of the brands on the market are made of junk and my skin DID NOT agree nor did my hormones. I have been taking a Paleo protein powder made from egg whites and beef and am just not certain that it is necessary or a healthy option. So, after my rant, my question is do you take/think it is important to take protein after your intense workouts?? OR just eat a regular meal within a few hours after?? Muscle gains would be lovely!
xx, Britney
P.S. I love Jackson SFM.. I need a Frenchie in my life asap.
Hi Juli – love you and your blog. Your body is AMAZING and you are such an inspiration. I do not drink alcohol at all – almost never, but I am still having a hard time seeing results. I know you mentioned hormones – is there any way I would know if it is my hormones – I have had blood work done by my family doctor, but she says everything looks totally normal. I am not sure what else to look at?? It is very frustrating.
Thanks so much for all you do. You always make me laugh!
Vera
it could also have to do with sleep, stress levels, exercise, and diet. so i would first look at all those things. but then i’ve heard people looking at deeper results in the thyroid. you can test your thyroid levels deeper than the normal thyroid/blood work test, but i’m not sure what that is called since i haven’t done it myself
If you weren’t writing a blog and hadn’t found crossfit, what do you think you would be doing instead? What were you going to school for?