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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Do you use under eye cream? You never had dark circles and that is something I can’t seem to get rid of. Do you use a nightly cream? If so, which ones do you recommend and also what under eye concealer do you use? Thanks!
Hey Juli! Thanks for your amazing recipes and contributions to the Paleo/Fitness community!
What’s your sleep routine? Any night time habits/hacks?
Can you talk about when you decided to cut back/cut out alcohol? I rarely drink during the week but come Friday and most of Saturday, I find myself drinking cocktails or beers and then healing gross for a couple days. Obviously you would think I would learn but after the work week, I seem to have forgotten how sucky I feel after drinking and the vicious cycle continues. Keep doing everything you are doing!!
Hi Juli! Thanks for being an inspiration. I am not usually one to reach out, but I figured I follow your blog and own all of your cookbooks, so why not?! I know that you don’t follow macros, but I do think you’re cautious about what you eat and when. If you haven’t already talked about this, I would love if you could shed some light on how you think about each meal. For instance, since you worked out in the AM, you’ll include healthy carbs in your breakfast. Or, since you didn’t workout, maybe you won’t have any carbs and just eat protein and greens, etc. I hope that question makes sense! Thanks again for taking the time to answer these questions! 🙂
Juli! Love your reader questions on the podcast 🙂 I hope this isn’t too personal or sensitive, but I was wondering why you haven’t worked with George from Civilized Caveman since you two produced a cookbook together in the past. Only curious! Don’t feel like this question has to be answered. Keep up the amazing work!
Hi Juli! Thank you for all the recipes, inspiration, and laughs that you provide through so many different outlets! My husband says I’m a stalker for following you on IG, Snapchat, FB, your blog, and your podcasts…I just think you’re awesome, haha! Anyway, I have two questions. First, I’ve noticed in some photos that I can just barely see a tattoo on your side. What is your tattoo, do you have others, and what is your reason for not making it more prominent in your photos? I don’t have tattoos myself, but I’m just curious. Second question: I know you talk all the time about drinking a shit ton of water, and I know everyone is different. I try to drink a gallon per day (so I pee ALL the time!!!). Do you keep track of your water intake each day, or do you just drink as much as you can and what you feel your body needs? If you do track it, what is your water goal? Thanks, and keep being awesome!
Hey Juli! Really random, but last week or the week before you made an Insta Story where you par boiled fingerling potatoes, smashed them and then roasted them in the oven to finish. and I’m obsessed haha!! A new favorite in my house and I wanted to say thanks for sharing on Insta Stories about the simple dishes you make like those potatoes– I love it!
Hi Julie! Love the podcast, you are definitely keeping me inspired which helps me stay on track to meet my goals! I have heard you mention cortisol levels and how it relates to belly fat, any tips on what to add to your diet or practices to help reduce cortisol levels? Thank you so much!
Hi!! New-ish reader and loving all your content! A couple questions. 1 – for a non-crossfitter your workouts above make zero sense to me. Maybe not necessarily in the podcast but could you do a crossfit WOD for dummies or a dictionary or something? I’m interested in what kind of workouts you’re doing but I feel like I’m reading another language lol.
2- I do OTF as well and like someone else said struggle with getting my heart rate up some times, especially to red. I notice you are in the red zone for quite a bit, can you share when that is? Rowing/running? What is your resting heart rate?
3- What do you do for recovery? Foam roll/supplements/ etc?
4- What are your thoughts on Whole30? Ever done one, not your thing, no comment lol? I’m not sure if this has been covered before or not.
Just saw you had a podcast so going to start listening and catching up! <3
Hi Juli! Love the pod!!!! so great! I have seen you wear a purple wedding ring sometimes on snap, do you wear it when you work out? if so is it more comfortable than your regular one? Where is it from? I was thinking about ordering one!
it’s a qalo ring! and i just wear it when i travel or sometimes in the gym!