A bad food day. Cravings in the HOUSE

SO MANY SNACKS!!!! AHHHH!!!!!

Now that I am looking at it, it doesn't look soooo bad....

but there was a sugar-free chocolate pudding cup that failed to be photographed.....

DISCLAIMER: Any Male Readers May Want To STOP reading at this point....

Does anyone have any good cures for PMS cravings??!!

 I realized I am due any day now and that's why my snacks cravings have been so sugary/chocolaty & full of dairy product....

What's the best way to curb the cravings???

BECAUSE I REALLY JUST WANT ICE CREAM

Homework Makes Me Hungry - Wod: Jerry

I Believe I have talked with you guys about the "snackies" before. 

Nothing gives me a case of the snackies as bad as when I do HOMEWORK for hours on end. 

I can't wait to graduate college!!! Only a year and a half left!!!

Hot chocolate -  my snack of choice right now. 

Unfortunatley not a clean eating/paleo version....

Is there a "clean" version of hot chocolate??!! HELP!

Fortunately after I finish this homework and head off to work I have a DREADFUL wod to look forward to. 

Need I say more?

Tonight will def be a mental struggle for me, I am not a confident runner OR rower.....

looking forward to finishing this one.

For time?

No...Just completion!!! HAH

Have a great day 

Wod: Get After It!!

Yesterday was my memorial day holiday. 

What does this mean???

A day off work!!!

I was planning on spending a day sorting through old clothes, mindlessly following the wod at my gym, then maybe watching movies and sitting on a couch all day....

when it dawned on me. 

That's what I do basically every weekend. 

Where's the fun?

Where's the new & exciting?

So I jumped up and invited my (hiking obsessed) dad hiking!!!

Did I skip my daily wod at the gym? yes. 

But instead I spent two hours hiking beautiful AZ!!!!

Workout:

Food:

***Almonds

***Apple

***Teryaki Chicken & veggie Bowl!

What did you do for a workout??

Weigh In & Food From the Weekend!

Before we start I just want to share this I found on pinterest the other day about CrossFit:

"You will LOSE FAT and GAIN MUSCLE. We will replace it with FUNCTIONAL strength that you can actually use in life! We understand that part of the weight gain is due to inflammation in the muscle and retention of water. We understand this is normal and we URGE YOU… THROW OUT THE SCALE because in the end.. it doesn’t f-ing matter." -Crossfit Coach Kevin Hughes

Over the past few weeks I haven't weighed in. 

I feel like my mentality towards what my body should be like has CHANGED because of this. 

I want to be strong - I want to be fast - I want Muscles.

I find myself less concerned with being skinny, & thin....

Though the more I DO crossfit the more I FEEL thin...Does this make sense???

Anyways, Today I weighed in at 144 lbs!

That is a loss of 2 lbs since the last time I weighed in!

I'm thinking it may be more though because I'm EXTREMELY sore from Friday & Sat's workout still. 

So Next week I am going to weigh myself a few times and see how often my weight fluctuates!!!

Like always I want to compare this to my starting pic at 157 lbs:

Total of 13 lbs fat loss!

Also, look! My Butt Shrunk!! My boyfriend tells me everyday to do squats so it will get big again hahahhaha!

Food From the Weekend:

THE BEST DINNER EVER RIGHT HERE

Steak, roasted avacado, asparagus, brocolli....

YUM I was in FOOD HEAVEN

oh, and this:

It seems like once a week, I find myself in a situation where I will be having a dessert. 

Last night it was a milkshake. 

When I first started this journey, I would be DEVASTATED if I cheated and had dessert....

But now I'm more along the lines that once a week is oh-kay, as long it STAYS a once a week thing ;)

Today I am going shopping with my sister like I have been wanting to do for so long!!!! I'm SO EXCITED 

It's finally getting a little more chilly here....CUTE WINTER CLOTHES!!!

I hope everyone has a great 3-day weekend!

NEW Recipe: Easy Paleo Pancakes!!

Yes, it's the weekend!

What does this means??

Pancakes!!!!!!!

This recipe was SO EASY & TASTY!!!!

Definitely one of the better ones I have tried!!! 

Usually Paleo recipes drive me crazy - with secret little ingredients that would make me have to run to whole foods.

The ingredients were all things I already had in the house! Yay for easy & available!

Easiest Recipe Ever:

* Mix together dry ingredients

*Add Liquid Ingredients

*heat pan

**ENJOY**

Don't you love finding a simple and yummy recipe?

I was also very pleased that these were MUCH faster than the pumpkin paleo pancakes I previously made!

What are your plans for the 3 day weekend?!

Rest Day - NOT Best Day

I wish my gym had a workout today!!

Thursday is the gym-wide rest day at my CrossFit. 

What does this mean?

Since I skipped Tuesday's WOD, I am suffering from DWW.

 Daily Wod Withdrawals. 

Symptoms: Clean wod clothes, Lack of soreness, bloated stomach, unused energy...

What I ate:

Breakfast: Chocolate Banana Protein Smoothie from Starbucks! (gave me a stomach all day - hence the bloated)

 Lunch: Squash, Veggies & Cheese, Chicken!

Dinner: Taco Bowl!!! Ground Beef, Avacado, Tomatoes, Red Onion, Cheese

At My CF, all the men are participating in a MUSTACHE competition, Calling It MO-VEMBER. 

This is Jeff's Progress so far....

I still think he looks cute even with his mustache :) 

But for the record, I do NOT dig mustaches. 

I also spent two hours today doing 1 homework assignment. BOO

and unfortunately this is now the new background on jeffs phone. 

How do you feel about rest days?

What I ate

Had one of those days where I didn't have time to cook breakfast, didn't have time to cook lunch....

Basically It would have been an AWESOME day to have had pre-prepared meals ready to go!

I'm definitely thinking of bringing those back next week!

 Breakfast: Banana. and my sick sister in the backround!

 Lunch: Chicken Tortilla Soup

Dinner: Veggies (name & recipe will come later) Potatoes, Chicken & Butternut Squash.