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I competed today in St. Joseph, MO at the Wesley Center.  I actually performed the worse I have ever performed at a competition, this is my 3rd, but I feel different today.  I feel like, I did it.  And I was comfortable. Yeah, I got in my head about all the eyes on me and yeah, I only completed 3 of 6 lifts, but I wasn't terrified.  The 1st time jitters were gone.  My coach , who as also competing, and I talked with some other lifters that were competing for the first time.  They were so nervous their hands were shaking.  It felt different for me today.  The bar hit my head on my catch during my second snatch.  I partially blame nerves, 16.4 and my feeble attempt at being an olympic weightlifter.  That's super embarassing, but it was just the day for me.  Tomorrow I'll go to gymnasty and keep on keeping on.  Competitions are learning experiences.  Watching young women put up some serious numbers, moving some heavy weight...

My gym is rolling out these awesome 28 day challenges every month this year.  It's a great deal and part of it includes a one day meal plan to follow.  Keep it simple.  However, I can barely do anything for one day let along 28, so I'm taking a different approach this time. I've been allowed 1800 calories/day and that includes a 12 oz beer and pasta!  Perfect plan for me.  I cannot "eliminate" my favorite comforts that I've relied on for years and cope with life.  I've learned through my first three years of CrossFit so much about my relationship to food.  And I'm definitely a stress eater, a happy eater, a sad eater, a celebratory eater, a mad eater, etc.  And I've learned that that's okay.  Sure, if I want to speed up my results I can cut out this, and not eat that; but I know me.  That's not gonna work for the long term and that's where my focus is this time.  I'm regularly reminded that this is a process.  Allowing mysel...