Thankful

Thanksgiving is TOMORROW! I know gosh where did this year go? Tomorrow begins another holiday season to gather with our families, drink some spirits, eat till we bust (and than have dessert) and my favorite annoy the crap out of each other. Oh and drinking did I mention drinking?!

This year I decided to wear elastic pants on Thanksgiving. And no not sweatpants I'm still a lady and YES leggings are my step up from sweatpants (haters).

This is also the time to reflect on what we are grateful for this year. Here is my shout out of some of the wonderful things that I'm giving thanks to. Show some love for.....


1. My Kite

This guy is my best friend, my other half, and my rock. We are basically the live version of the Odd Couple. We couldn't be anymore different and yet so very much alike in so many weird ways. He's the most fun, easy going guy you'll ever meet and I'm lucky he's by my side on all our adventures.

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2. Family

Words can't describe where I'd be without everyone. I love these crazy people.

3. Crossfit

Finding crossfit changed my life. It's more than a workout. It's definitely a challenge of mind, body, soul. I've experienced some amazing challenges that I wouldn't have done in a billion years. Best of all I've made some great friends that help me get through some of the toughest workouts. My favorite part is I start my day off with laughing. It sets my day off feeling great. The feeling of accomplishment (and lots of complaining).

4. My fellas

This guys make me smile every single day. I can't get enough of their cuteness, even when I'm beating kissing them.

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These are just a handful of things I'm thankful today. What are you thankful for?

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Gobble Gobble means keep it Paleo! God bless! ♥

Weekender

The great thing about long term relationships is that you can wear pj's and watch movies on a Friday night and it's still considered a date night. And that is exactly how the weekend played out.

What better way to celebrate the first day of Fall, then to grill. I made burgers (I know shocking) and Italian Sausage for dinner. I do love me some grilled meat. Do you know what goes good with eating meat?! Forcing my kite to watch chick flicks. Those two combos made it one of the LAZIEST BEST WEEKEND'S EVER!!

Oh the burgers weren't exactly Paleo. I used non-paleo barbecue sauce in the mixture. Why you ask, because 1. It came with a little brush and I'm a sucker for that and 2. Because shut up, that's why.

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The remainder of the weekend was spent sporting my new scarf that I got from
Megan Lee Designs. Who knew it would go so well with sweats.

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And reading one of my dearest friend Matt's Newest Blog . He adores Disney like I do (actually more since he's been there). Check it out if you want a little Disney experience.

I didn't do much cooking this weekend, but I did whip up a quick salad with tuna. My favorite part of opening a can of tuna is seeing my lazy old cat actually move. She'll come strolling running with her chubby belly swaying for tuna. Note to self, eat more tuna.

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And last but not least. My favorite part of the weekend. As you know my little bro came home last weekend and he wanted to check out my gym. So we went to Sunday Funday at BDCF. It was fun hanging out with him and showing him around, he got to meet some of the fun people there including my trainer Gio. He warmed up with the baseline workout. It took him 5m 15s. And because KARMA hates me, I purposely didn't participate FGB6 last weekend (because that shit looked hard), guess what we ended up doing for Sunday Funday? FGB...UGH! Guess what? That shit WAS hard!! In case you don't know the workout is seventeen minutes of hell or...

3 rounds of

1 minute WB
1 minute SDHP
1 minute BJ
1 minute PP
1 minute Row for Cal
1 minute rest

We did great!! Andres got 222 total reps and I got 170 total reps RX. That's right people my first RX. I know I'm a Badass..tell everybody!

One of my favorite quotes that my bro mentioned was after the workout he said, "I hated every second of that, but I feel good". Sounds like a true crossfitter, I love that kid.

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Humpty Day

Today was one mega busy day. I started with going to BDCF for the 5:45am WOD.
Today's WOD was
Five rounds for time:
5 x pc. 95/65
3 x pp
1 x pj
200m sprints

I love anything Power Clean or Clean & Jerks. Those are just a couple of my favorites and trust me there's not many more workouts I actually can call my favorite. I really just dig the movements. I felt good, even though I didn't do it RX. I definitely could have, but wasn't feeling it when I did a practice round. I ending up doing 55 pounds for a time of 9m 25s. I was super glad to finish this workout quickly, because today was one of my teammate's birthdays and a couple of fellas were doing his birthday WOD that he created. I love cheering and/or watching men workout. Wink! It was definitely inspiring to see these guys finish this, especially since it was a scaled down version of our 9/11 memorial workout we're all doing this upcoming Sunday. Here are a few pics.

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After starting the day with a good workout and a latte, I got to sport these bad boys today at work. Notice the jeans, heck to the yeah!

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Dinner was fun today. We did some grillin'. Some TJ Italian sausage, perfectly seasoned steak, left over sweet corn, and a tomato/cucumber salad. Super fast and super easy. Plenty of leftovers. Say it with me people, 15 minutes till dinner. Shake the shock off of you and check these pics out. Side note--I love that slotted spoon. I only use it when I make cucumber/tomato salad. It's special.

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Here's a pic of my dinner plate. Before you call the paleo police. Yes, I'm eating corn. And Yes, there's a little cheese on my salad. It's raw milk cheese. Sometimes I'm bad. Shut it. Also, don't drool over all the butter you're about to see.

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After dinner I prepared some MORE lamb for the crock pot. I love lamb(or lamp). This is probably the most lamb I've put in the crockpot. And yes I got super excited. I seasoned the chops and let them marinade for a bit while I prepared a meatloaf. Not just any meatloaf, but I was inspired by Nom Nom Paleo's blog. She made Super Porktastic Bacon Meatloaf
I made a few alterations, because this week is use "What We've Got" week. I did however use almond meal instead of coconut flour. And I didn't even have that. I did however have almonds and a blender. So I made my own. These are before pics. You'll have to wait till tomorrow for After shots.

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And now to more important things to get to after this blog (Thanks to my kite for getting me that book, which seems to be guarded by my puppy. I secretly think he doesn't like his picture taken.)

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