Where are we all from? Short Bio

siggasig

Thanks!

bostonwolf

You have some excellent Icelandic role models to follow if you so choose to from!

Inkratlet

I have a holiday booked to Iceland for next year! Looks like a beautiful place

bostonwolf

We need to do that as well. It's only about 4 hours away for us.

noel2fit

Hi I'm Noel and I'm new and I love this page and want to shout from the rooftops how much I love CF!

27 years old
married 1 year
no kids yet, 2 doggie babies
CF 5xs /week (6am crew)
Website designer and developer by day so 100% sit on butt in front of screen X 8-10 hours daily
CF is my favorite part of every day now. I'm glad to do it sans hubby and have my own world to escape to. It's nice to feel the autonomy and secretly be a strong bad *kitten* who does hard, scary, and killer super hero *kitten*!

Box jumping is my fave, burpees and dead lifts make me feel like a bad *kitten*, pull ups are my worst category (goal to do unassisted pull ups at some point before I die), still getting used to lifting and working on form, can't do double unders yet either but that one is all in my head... If you can do RX box jumps you should be able to jump high enough to get that rope under twice (or so says my coach). IN PROGRESS and loving it!

tuskegee4

Roderick
48, married 21 years, son and daughter 20&17. Live outside of Atlanta, GA. Started Crossfit 2 years ago when a friend of mine opened his own box. Been coaching one year. Finally back on MFP because I want to be REALLY fit by 50! In good shape now but need to kick my sugar addiction. Feel free to add me as a friend if you like. Will be tracking food and progress until I hit the big 50!!!

dinsfamily

Hi, I'm hoping to be a regular contributor on this board to keep my motivation up and be more consistent.

I'm Taira and am 38yo. I am a homeschooling mom in Texas of 4 boys 11-4yo. I've been Crossfitting for about 3 yrs and also spend part of the year training and running half marathons. I've always been active, but started running after having my last baby to shed weight. It worked and I was surprised that I actually liked it. I was dragged into Crossfit by my husband and agreed because I knew it would help me become a better runner. Turns out I loved it and am here to stay. My Crossfit and running really complement each other. It helps that my box owner is also my running coach (and a former ultra runner).

I would like to Crossfit 3-4x/week and run 1-2x/week during my off-season, then Crossfit 2x/week and run 3x/week during my training season (which starts Aug 11th). I did great 2 yrs ago but a move did me in this last year and my workouts were sproadic. Time to dig in and get some post some good scores before I head to the masters board. Oh yeah, and keep my nutrition in line!

efokken

My name is Eve. I live in Omaha, NE. I started Crossfit in February 2015 and of course... totally love it! I'm hoping to get more friends on MFP that are crossfitters b/c I want to talk about it more and hear more about WOD's and PR's etc.

I took part in the Open this year which was right after I finished On-Ramp and also did the Granite Games, which sucked!. I've entered my first Olympic Lifting competition that will be at my gym in a couple of weeks and then a city wide competition at the end of August. I know I won't "win", but I love to push myself and be in that environment. I'm definitely making gains and progress each week in strength and mobility. I can't wait to see where I am at my one year mark!

ctdebbie

Okay, I hope I'm doing this right.

I'm Debbie and I'm 45. I live in CT with my husband, daughter (24), son (19 and at college most of the year, 15 year old daughter and 19 month old granddaughter. Yep, I'm a nana!

I have been doing crossfit for about a year. I started because my youngest daughter got into it and looked amazing in a short period of time. My son does it also. My husband was worried I would hurt myself, but that hasn't happened (knock on wood). I really enjoy working to increase my weights and lowering my times.

I have really been struggling with my weight for the past few years. I lost 50lbs. but need to loose another 40. I seem to have plateaued and am frustrated. I work out 3-5 x per week and am trying to increase that to 6. I don't know what else to do. I just started using a Fitbit, but would love any advice.

I am trying to get back into running also.
I set a goal for myself to run a 5k this year and maybe a half marathon by next year.

Mummyadams

ctdebbie wrote: »

Okay, I hope I'm doing this right.

I'm Debbie and I'm 45. I live in CT with my husband, daughter (24), son (19 and at college most of the year, 15 year old daughter and 19 month old granddaughter. Yep, I'm a nana!

I have been doing crossfit for about a year. I started because my youngest daughter got into it and looked amazing in a short period of time. My son does it also. My husband was worried I would hurt myself, but that hasn't happened (knock on wood). I really enjoy working to increase my weights and lowering my times.

I have really been struggling with my weight for the past few years. I lost 50lbs. but need to loose another 40. I seem to have plateaued and am frustrated. I work out 3-5 x per week and am trying to increase that to 6. I don't know what else to do. I just started using a Fitbit, but would love any advice.

I am trying to get back into running also.
I set a goal for myself to run a 5k this year and maybe a half marathon by next year.

Hey Debbie - working out 3-5 times a week is a lot of CF - I'd introduce a bit more cardio if you want to break through your plateau. I've just started running before my WOD's - I get there 10 mins earlier and do a quick run around the block. And ofcourse your diet - take a closer look at that. Good luck.