Job Interviews, CrossFit & Staying Motivated!

I started out my day by going to a Job Interview!!! I was going for the business profesh look hahah!

What do you think I should do this Summer?

Work 2 jobs and save money for next year, or enjoy myself while it lasts and work 1 job before I start my junior year of College?

(Personally, I'm leaning towards the 2nd option)

 Breakfast: 2 fried eggs served omelette style & an avocado

 Lunch: Chicken & Hummus Salad

Snack: Strawberries 

Dinner: Famous Dave's BBQ Chicken, Ribs & Green Beans AGAIN!

The boyfriend and I have some FREE coupons we need to finish off before they expire in the end of May!!

BBQ Overload this month!

I LOVED This workout!!! I was able to hit 95lbs on my push press and I did not even catch my time at the end of the dog sleds because I pretty much passed out on the floor, but they were HARD

Just me, dead on the floor after pushing the sled!!!

Tomorrow I have a Training ALL DAY (8 am to 5 pm) for my new/summer job so I packed up a days worth of snacks/meals:

I LOVE feeling prepared and motivated!!!!!! Ever since I have started instagram I have been SUPER motivated to eat as clean as possible and get back into the whole weight loss thing!

What do you do to stay motivated?

First Time Juicing.. I LOVE it!

Today I tried my juicer for the first time!!

I FREAKING LOVE IT!!!!!

I just threw together a random assortment of things in my fridge...

(Pear, Apple, Strawberry, Spinach & Carrots)

 Used my juicer (it may look old school, but it works GREAT )

 WHAALAA!

How did I get this amazing, old school juicer you might be wondering???

WELL, I had been talking to one of my coworkers about how I really wanted to try juicing and adding juices to my days/meals!

Well, it just so happens that my coworker cleaned out his kitchen last weekend and found that he had an extra juicer!!!

It looks to be made in about the 90's, but was hardly used and works AWESOME!

Especially since it was free... HOLLA!

Now I am busy making plans for juicing for the week ;)

I've been researching different recipes & cucumbers, carrots, & celery are supposed to be more of a "mild" taste (easily hidden by fruit).

Kale is a superfood with tons of vitamins!

& Beets help turn the juice purple/pink (so it looks nicer to drink!)

It's so fun to try new things!

What are some new things you've tried recently?

Wod, Motivation by an Old Frenemy & Photo Diet

First Things First, Today's Wod:

I loved this wod. It was CHALLENGING!
I did the rx 95 lbs cleans... It definitely held me back from getting a score with higher reps... But I felt AWESOME actually being able to do the "rx" version of a workout!

Secondly, 

 Have you ever had a friend whom you loved dearly...but also felt like there was some sort of unspoken, secret competition going on between the two of you?

Well I have had a few of those friends before in my life!

Last night I was cruising around on instagram, and saw that one of my old friends (frenemy) was now doing Crossfit and eating Paleo!!!

If it was any old friend of mine, I would have been SO happy for them. 

And I AM happy for her....

But what REALLY happened was I jumped off my lazy butt, did a late night meal prep for the week:

See! All filled with steamed veggies, sliced fruit, washed spinach and chicken!

Then when I woke up this morning I ate my usual scrambled eggs, but WITH brocolli... AND NO CHEESE!

I love cheese, so that was quite the accomplishment for me. 

Then for lunch I had a spinach and chicken salad with some new no sugar added organic dressing from sprouts:

Snacked on an Apple.....

And ate a healthy dinner at the boyfriends house after my wod:

With a dessert of Pineapple, while I watched the newest episode of- The Following!

Who knew that my motivation would return with a vengeance, just from seeing one of my old frenemies from high-school decided to jump on the healthy train?

Do you have any Frenemies? 

A little competition never hurt anyone....

Pranks, Food and TGIF!

FINALLY! End of week one!!!!!

Sorry for the absence of blogging!

I usually either blog at night, OR most of the time, before I go to work in the early afternoon. 

This week I went straight from School, to Work, to the Gym, then to eat Dinner..

Then it would be like 9:30 and I would watch tv and pass out :)

ANYWAYS!

I got PRANKED this week.. BAD!

Have you ever tried to order Paleo Bread or Gluten Free bread before?

For some reason I haven't been able to find it at the local whole foods (I'm blind?)

So in a moment of poor judgement, I ordered it online instead!

WELL, the other day when I came home late at night and exhausted, my family told me my bread had come!

This is what I got:

I was so tired (and upset, we'll discuss later) that I didn't question that this wasn't my bread, and thought I had been SCAMMED!

My family of course thought it was hilarious, and made me try it (it was disgusting)....

Obviously I threw a giant fit and was planning on writing a letter of complaint the next day when my family informed me that it was a prank... and if I wasn't so tired I wouldn't have fallen for it!

HAHAH

So at least my bread is still coming...

Some Delicious & Healthy Meals from this Week:

 Chicken & Potato/Parsnips 

Chicken, Brocolli & Healthy Potato Skins 

 Pork Chops topped with Grilled Veggies & Green Beans

 Two Fried Eggs on Green Beans

 Milk, Pineapple & Strawberry Smoothie

Chicken & Brocolli

I was happy that even though I had a CRAZY busy week, I was able to eat pretty healthy!

Wod's From the Week:

From the Fran & 1/2 wod My hands ended up like this:

OUCH!

Hope ya'll had a good week too!

Almost Paleo Pasta!!

For those of you who don't know, I like to think that I eat 80% Paleo. 

I got this mindset out of a Paleo Diet book I was reading!

80% Keeps you sane, and ON TRACK

I have lost an average of 1 lb a week doing this!

I know your looking at this and going PASTA??!! How is PASTA Paleo??!!

Well I have news for you...

Whole foods has this delicious brand of noodles made out of Quinoa Flour! Totally Paleo!

Now, whats the 20% that is not Paleo in this dish?

CHEESE

I have not cut cheese out of my diet... and I probably NEVER will!

Bear with me- I am not into measurements, so just season with ingredients to your liking!

Ingredients:

Quinoa Macaroni Noodles

Italian Blend Cheese

Olive Oil

Pesto

Italian Seasonings

Parmesan Cheese

Garlic Salt

Step 1: Cook the pasta according to the box and drain

Step 2: Drizzle the noodles with olive oil 

Step 3: Toss in the Seasonings & Pesto to Taste

Step 4: Sprinkle in Italian blend cheese

Step 5: Pour the mixture into a casserole pan and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, and Bake for 5 minutes at 400 degrees

ENJOY!!!!!

***Note: I will NOT bet eating my leftovers tomorrow, because this is kind of a sanity saver (almost paleo, but with a little extra to keep me sane) ...

I'll be saving this for my next round of cravings :)

My Biceps Hurt

Today's workout was CRAZY!!!!

I am EXHAUSTED right now! I can tell you now my arms will be sore tomorrow!

But let me tell you, I felt GREAT after the workout!

The only problem is, I am having a hard time motivating myself to actually get to the gym!!

I never regret BEING there and I LOVE the workouts....

But when it comes time to put on my shoes and gym clothes, I always seem to start to talk myself out of going!!

Does anyone else struggle with motivation??

What do you do to keep yourself active and motivated to workout??

Food:

(I only ate one of these)

Yes.. I had breakfast TWICE today!

I ate dinner at my house, and my mom made some kind of chicken in a thick sauce...

Unfortunately, I saw the ingredients she used in the sauce, the main one being brown sugar.

(she also did not make enough for everyone)

Since I am trying to avoid excess sugars , I opted to make eggs for dinner!

Hey, I had no problem with it... Breakfast is my FAVORITE meal of the day!