Food and Tuesday Love

I can't believe October is almost over!

I have been busy planning a Halloween party for the kiddos at my work - 

Not too sure what I am going to be doing on Halloween tho?

The past couple years it seems like my Halloweens have been reduced to handing out candy to children. 

It seems like once you grow up, (and don't party hardy) then you run out of Halloween Options...

Until you have your OWN children!

Am I wrong? 

Meh - lets just stick to the food:

Pre wod- Banana

 Post wod - Protein Shake!

 Early Lunch - Chicken & Veggies!

 Snack

 Almonds & Cutie Oranges- Work Snack

Dinner - Chicken and Veggies

After dinner Jeff and I decided to watch a movie - ghetto/college kid styled

(ignore how nasty I look....)

My Fabulous Laptop as a TV, and Chair as a TV stand. 

Nothing better than sitting on the floor, snuggling up and watching a movie! :)

(children of the corn of course!)

We like to do random stuff, just to keep things real ;)

My Movie Snack - Frozen Greek Yogurt!!! YUM

Hope everyone had a fab Tues!

Workout of the DAY

Today's workout was AWESOME! I love these strength workouts!!

Only problem....

I can't yet do toes to bar OR double unders. 

I have to buy a fancy CF double-under jump rope. :( 

Good Bye money!

I woke up NICE and EARLY for this!!! 

I made it to the gym by 6:20 a.m.

Normally I wake around 7... AH!

It was worth it. 

Ever notice how when you work out, the rest of your day is AWESOME sauce???

Corn Mazes and FOOD

Tonight I went to a corn maze with some friends!!

Here I realized two things:

1. In Arizona, it does NOT feel like fall when you break a sweat in the corn maze

2. Corn mazes are scary

Also I was made ANGRY when I could not ring the bell on that hammer - hitty thingy. FRUSTRATING!

Where were my new CrossFit muscles when I needed them??!!

Today I ate well... Well until the night. When the people we were with decided they wanted ice cream:

WOD & The Protein Dilemma

I am SO HAPPY for today's workout!

Compared to some of the conditioning workouts last week, this workout is going to be FUN. 

I really felt relieved when I read this was the workout today. 

The Protein Dilemma

When I started this blog, I had 1 goal in mind and it was to lose weight and get skinny

Since then,  I have really been learning ALLOT about being healthy. 

To my understanding, being healthy and being skinny can sometimes mean two different things!

I want to be STRONG & HEALTHY & FIT. 

(not just skinny anymore)

So I have been talking to my bodybuilder brother, Dad, CrossFit obsessed boyfriend & researching the benefits:

 of using protein powder!!

My family buys it in bulk from Costco:

(this is what they just bought yesterday)

My dad and brother have been using protein powder for YEARS. 

I literally do not remember a time when we never had any in our pantry!

BUT

I have always been afraid to use it. 

I thought it would make me gain weight!!! (fat, not muscle)

After learning everything I have recently learned about protein powder, I have decided to give it a try!

I made this protein shake today ahead of time - you have like 15-30 minutes to drink it right after your workout?

Basically Protein Powder can be SUPER beneficial. 

I can't believe I never tried using it before!

Here are some of the benefits I am hoping to get out of it:

-Prevent Soreness

-Build Muscle Mass

-Regulate Metabolism

Regulate Metabolism - I read that one online. It is actually beneficial for weight-loss!

What is your take on protein?

Do you use protein after you workout?

A FUN & Healthy Halloween Tradition

Have you ever been Boo'ed? It the cutest and most fun Halloween Tradition!

The boyfriend and I like to go around this time of the year and spread a little Halloween Cheer to Families with Children and Widows from His Church :)

Usually we fill treat bags with candy, but we tried something new this year...

Jack o Lantern ORANGES!!! (cuties to be specific)

I think it turned out WAY cuter than candy - packaged all cute with this poem printed with it:

The air is cool, the season fall.

Soon Halloween will come to all.

Ghosts and Goblins, spooks galore...

Tricky witches at your door.

The spooks are after things to do.

In fact, a spook brought this "BOO!" to you.

The excitement comes when friends like you

Copy this note and make it two.

We'll all have smiles upon our faces,

no one will know who BOO'ed who’s places!

Just two short days to work your spell,

Keep it secret! Hide it well!

Join the fun for the season's here

So spread the BOO! and Halloween cheer!

What are some of your favorite Halloween traditions??

Cake Pops Make me FAT

For those of you who don't know, over a year ago I started a Cake Pop Business -Cake Stix

Obviously I am on a current Cake Pop "break" right now. 

I LOVED owning my own business. I was becoming VERY successful...

But there are HUGE downfalls in owning your own business, especially a home - bakery....

1. You work at home, aka YOU NEVER LEAVE HOME & you have a hard time "leaving" the workplace. 

You know those days when your like, GAH I can't WAIT to leave work and go home??? You can't do that if you have a "home" business. 

2. No Personal Time

I am a student, so on top of homework and my OTHER part time job, I was constantly CRAMMED for time. Looking back, I don't think I TRULY enjoyed my year last year. I spend the whole year Making Cake Pops and trying to squeeze my boyfriend and family and homework into the mix somewhere. 

3. Constantly Surrounded by Temptation

When I first started my business I looked like this:

 I ended looking like this:

(you can see it in how ROUNDED out my face became)

I experienced HUGE weight gain. Was it because I was constantly surrounded by cake Pops? yes. 

Was it because I hardly left my house, and if I did I was going to do something Spending TIME with people? yes. 

4. Strained Work/Family Realtionships

My mom started out as my investor and support. It was so much fun at first working on my own and OWNING my own business. Then orders started picking up. One time I was going on a trip to Utah, and I needed someone to help out with my orders. My mom stepped in, and before I knew it she had joined me in business. Then, she began to take OVER my business. Before I knew it, I felt like I was WORKING for my mom. She was taking orders, buying supplies..... I LOVE my mom but anyone could have foreseen that this was NOT going to workout. 

My mom and I began fighting constantly. All the fun I had had in creating my business had gone. In the end, I just wanted a break. 

Why am I writing about this?

I have to do an informational speech in my COM225 class. I decided to teach the class How to Make Cake Pops.

While I began writing this speech, I realized I MISSED my business.

Is that Crazy???

After all the negative things I just wrote about, I still miss it. I just wish I could start again, but By myself and on my own terms!

The best part was creating all the cute new cake pops and hearing people's positive responses!

See more at www.cakestixaz.com

I talked to the Boyfriend and he thinks it's one of those things I should hang onto as a hobby, and make them for family, future children, parties, gifts, ect. That once it's a business, it loses it's fun.


What do you think??

Weekend Recap!!

This week went by ALLOT faster than anticipated!

It was almost the same as any other week, yet I feel like I had NO alone time and NO relaxation time...

-Possible goals for the new week? :)

Today I tried Romanian Conditioning for the first time!

It's a class taught at my CF gym - by a guy who is from Romania. Oh, and he has only been speaking English for TWO months!

While it is a little hard to understand him, I LOVED the class! The trainer is so enthusiastic and happy - it was SO fun!

I also worked on establishing what weights I need to use for certain lifts for CF.

So far only figured out Push Press & Back Squat!

I also saw 2 movies in theaters this weekend. Over-kill? I think not. 

I am a little obsessed with scary movies.

(Jeff at our favorite Dine-in theatre tonight)

Paranormal Activities & Sinister were on my list of movies to see this weekend -Paranormal Disappointing but Sinister was pretty good. Did NOT make my list of BEST scary movies though!!!

Fri/Sat Food:

 What did you guys do this weekend?