Monthly Archives: January 2010

Warm Fuzzies!

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For it being such a cold day, I have received a record amount of warm fuzzies today!

I just got back from a walk outside (in the FREEZING cold!) and I was listening to a song that ALWAYS makes me feel like vacation, and I was thinking I should PUBLICALLY declare my feelings of gratitude toward the little things. We often tell people that we love them, and that we appreciate them…and BIG things like being grateful for getting into grad school or going away to Aruba…but what about the little things?? Do we ever stop to thank the universe (or whatever else you want to refer to) for all those LITTLE things?? Well I’m about to right now!

~My purple chucks! I can’t believe that it took joined Crossfit to discover that I loved these things!!!

~ The song “All Night Long” by Lionel Richie This was the song I was referring to that makes me feel like I’m on vacation!

~#2 Pencils I just LOVE the way they smell, and the way I feel more PRODUCTIVE when I have one in my hand!

~A fresh sheet of paper. There is just something so amazing about the feeling of a full page of potential!

~Sweatpants  

~Getting my hair done at the salon! :)  

~Reading trashy magazines at (specifically) Barnes and Noble, while sipping on a Vanilla Soy Chai

~Bringing my laptop to a coffee shop. I could spend hours just on facebook…but there is just something about being at a coffeeshop that just FEELS good.

~15 extra minutes in the morning when I can sit down with a cup of coffee and chat with my mom

~A random conversation with a stranger

~Tulips and Gerber Daisys  It’s impossible to NOT be happy around them…they are the most happy looking flowers EVER!

~Notes from Nick  And he’s super awesome about that too. I find them EVERYWHERE! I once found one in my phone (I have a slide out)…he tucked it in where my keyboard is…love it.

  ~The FIRST Robin of the year. You know what that means!!! SPRING!

~Hot showers. I tend to stay in there as long as possible, just because it feels good.

~Burning candles    The just make a room feel more like home. When I first moved into the apartment with Nick, the first thing I did was light candles.

~”Tribute” by Tenacious D…during the “scatting” piece of the song. “Fliggagigu”. Nick busted it out on our first date…always makes me smile :) Along with the song “Use Somebody” by Kings of Leon, another one he sings to me a lot :)

  ~Bedtime. Always the best conversations, and the most laughter. I love it so much.

~ And here’s one that maybe A LOT of you have witnessed, which is secretly a guilty pleasure of mine: Falling asleep during movies

 

And I’m sure there are SOOO many more, but I realized the list was getting LONG. You know what though? You know what the best part of this post is? While you’re reading this, you’re probably either thinking about what makes YOU happy, or agreeing with some of mine because those are things that make you happy too…and most likely that means that you are happier now than you were 5 minutes ago.

:)

May Your Max Weight Be Heavy, and Your Heart Be Light…

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Wow. I’m feeling PRETTTTTTY damn good right now. I started off my day by doing a killer workout that Nick made up for me, went into Franson Chiropractic to get adjusted and had the pleasure of seeing all kinds of wonderful, smiling faces there this morning. (ps: Alexis Girvan is an ANIMAL!!! She deadlifted 215 freakin’ POUNDS last night!!!)

Then! I got to work and checked my email and had all kinds of amazing, warm fuzzy comments in my inbox! How could this day NOT be amazing!! Its Friday, the sun is shining, I listened to some Tenacious D on the walk in and thought about Nick singing it to me on our first date, I feel loved, I’ve moved my body today and I feel strong, and I get to see my girls tonight (hot tub, Thai food, girly movies and shopping…yeah, I know…it WILL be amazing!)! It’s ALL good!

So let’s discuss last nights workout at Crossfit. It was a “Crossfit Total” workout. Yeah, I had no idea what that meant either. Here it is folks: we have three lifts that we have to accomplish, and we get 15 minutes for each. In that 15 minutes, you warm up for the lift, and then you have 3 OFFICIAL tries to get your absolute MAX weight. Since I had never done this before, I had no idea where to even BEGIN with reaching my max weight (I will tell you though that I thought I could at least deadlift my own weight…). So the “Total” part is that for each pound you lift, at your max, it is 1 point. At the end, you total all your points and it is put on a board…for all to see. The men were averaging high 700′s to high 800′s…women were in the 300′s and one of them was in the 400′s. So away I went…

So the first lift was the back squat. I don’t think I had even ever DONE the backsquat before last night, so I really had no clue how much I could do. I started with 85, no problem. Went up to 95, I was pretty pumped that I could do this. Then when I went up to 110, thinking that would be my max, I was pretty darn nervous. My heart was pounding…I kept shaking my arms, puffing air, hahaha..psyching myself up, hahaha. Did it!…but I think I could have done a little more actually! I only had 3 attempts though, so 110# it was.  (110 points)

Next, straight press. I was pretty nervous about this one too. I am aware that my weakness is in my upper body. Danny put me on a platform with another woman for this one. So, I’m used to starting with the 15# bar for my base, and adding weights to it from there…but she was using the, WHAT I THOUGHT, was the 45# bar. So right off, I tried “warming up” with what she had on there. She had 10′s on both side…so I’m thinking 65# to warm up. HAHAHA…it was at least comical. I think I got it as far as my eyeballs. So she continued to warm up on that, and I quietly removed all weight for my warm up, haha. So for my first official rep, I had 5′s on each side, thinking I was pressing 55#’s. Did it. Woot! Partner goes, add’s 15′s, NBD. Then I decide I’m going to put 2.5ers  on each side in addition to my 5′s…done! Up to 60! So for my third try I thought, well I’m warmed up enough now, I can do the 10′s on each side I bet. So I psych myself up, BIG TIME…puffing again, shaking it off, stepping up to the bar, then stepping back…getting in the mind-set. Ok Jen, you can do this…arrrrrrrrrghhhh….right side is all the way up..left side is still only to my eyeballs…I’m not giving up on this! Pushinggggg…pushing……BOOM! Both arms up. I put it down…turn and look at Nick, and he’s giving me a weird look (like he’s highly concerned)…Danny comes over “Nadeau…what was that?!” “It counts doesn’t it? I got it up!” “Um…no…that was a fail if ever I saw one” “But I got it up” It wasn’t pretty, I’ll admit…but COME ON! haha. Had to stay with the previous lift, didn’t count. THEN the SECOND blow comes! All along I’m thinking I just lifted 60 pounds!!! Nope, fail again miss Nadeau, it was only a 35# bar…eff. Subtract 10. (110+50= 160)

I think my lift may have even been MORE exaggerated than this. However, I did not have the excuse of a miniature gymnast on one side of my bar...

Finally, the dead lift. The one that I thought I would crush. We warmed up a bunch, and then I found one that I could STRUGGLE to get up and decided to start with that. So since that was still in warm up, I had to do it again OFFICIALLY. I step up, a little nervous (it was 135#). I get down in squat position, roll the bar back and forth (pretty nervous…heart pounding, haha), GO! I think I got it all of 1 inch off the dang floor. What the HECK, I JUST did this! So that was one attempt, wasted. Nick comes over and gives me some pointers..I wasn’t ”hammy loading” enough. ass in the air sort of thing. So I try again…nothing. Danny comes over, “Jen, you can do this…” “But I just did it and failed” “You can do this, I’m going to coach you through it.” Little did I know that at this point my partner took off one of the 5# plates on one side, while I kept mine on. So I get into position, lift…struggle…still struggling…moving though..okay seeing spots..um….vision spotty…stumble back…UP!!!!!!!!!!!

“Why did you do that?” “Do what?” ”Why did you stumble back?” “Um…because its heavy?” “Do you know what that means? It means that you have a BUNCH more weight that you can lift…your body is ready, but your head isn’t. It’s all in your head. If you were at your max there would be NO WAY you would be moving, let alone before you’re even all the way up!”

That blew my mind…I thought for sure there was no way I could lift more than that…but it makes sense doesn’t it?

At this point it’s time up, and I lifted 130# on the deadlift. (130+110+50=290). Everyone is putting their numbers up on the board, and I realize…I’m LITERALLY the only person in there that did NOT break 300. Then you have Ms. Alexis with 455!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was NUTS! I was legit the weakest person in that gym, all day. haha.

I got home, was really quiet…kept thinking about it for some reason. I’ll admit, I was sort of disappointed. I thought I could deadlift more than that. I wasn’t really bummed out though, just boggled. See here’s why: I’ve NEVER been the scrawny kid. Ever! I’m 5’9″…I’m not a TWIG…I’ve NEVER felt like I was “scrawny”. HAHA…last night was a first for me.

While I was a little surprised that I couldn’t lift more than that, it was the first time I had ever TRIED for my max, so now I have a starting point. I’ve learned that I really need to work on my press (upper body strength in general), and stop letting my head get in the way of my body’s mission.  

I woke up at like 2 this morning or something…and groaned. I LITERALLY felt like I had been hit by a truck. It was a weird workout last night…didn’t work up a sweat so I guess I didn’t feel like I would really FEEL it…let alone that night. However, lifting really heavy stuff will do that I guess :-p

Happiest of Friday’s everyone!! I’m SO looking forward to this weekend, and I hope all of you have an incredible weekend as well.

XOXO!

Doctors Prescribing Coke Products…

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okay, not quite…BUT Coca Cola is now teamed up with the American Academy of Family Physicians to “educate consumers about the role their products can play in a healthy, active lifestyle.”

You can read the article here.

Does this not scare anyone else??

The Biggest Reason You SHOULDN’T Be Afraid to Fail!

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Many of lifes failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. -Thomas Edison (failed at designing a functioning model for the light bulb 1000 times. What if he had given up on try 999?)

This is an excerpt from a book I’m reading, “The Millionaire Real Estate Agent” by Gary Keller (Ever heard of Keller Williams? :-p):   

“Fear of failure is so common it even has its own phobia- Kakorrhaphiophobia (“Kak-or-rhaph-io-pho-bia”). The problem, for some of us, is that overcoming our fear of failure, especially public failure, is very difficult to accomplish.   

When I was a child, my parents had a framed print across from my bedroom called Portrait of an Achiever. Below that title was this list:   

- 1832 Failed in business- bankruptcy   

-1832 Defeated for legislature   

-1834 Failed in business- bankruptcy   

-1835 Fiancée died   

-1836 Nervous breakdown   

-1838 Defeated in election   

-1843 Defeated for U.S. Congress   

-1848 Defeated for U.S. Congress   

-1855 Defeated for U.S. Senate   

-1856 Defeated for Vice President   

-1858 Defeated for U.S. Senate   

Had you stopped there, you would have missed the final point.   

-1860 Elected President of the United States of America.   

The subject, of course, was Abraham Lincoln. What a great message: You CAN NOT fail unless you QUIT!   

If there is anything that history bears out, it is that failure almost ALWAYS precedes SUCCESS!”   

It’s funny that this book is geared toward being the best real estate agent you can be, but how well does this message apply to life in general! ? You have tried a million diets, they all didn’t work, but then diet one million and one you adopt as your lifestyle, and it sticks (and changes your LIFE!). You date a hundred “jerks”, then man/woman 101 comes along and thats it, you’ve found the “one”. You apply to 50 jobs, get turned down for every single one…you get discouraged, but then you get an interview for resume 51, and you land your dream job.   

Failure almost ALWAYS precedes SUCCESS!!! Set your bar high and watch all those smaller goals fly by!!   

   

Loved Crossfit last night!! We did a ladder (sets of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) of ring dips and box jumps, and a challenge of a vertical jump (took me 5:50 min to complete the WOD, and had a 15″ best vertical jump). First of all, the warm up was my least favorite, but thats only because I have a phobia or something of front rolls. Bethany thinks its HILAROUS when I do them because everyone else in the world seems to be able to roll forward in a straight line, but I somehow end up rolling on my side into fetal position (although I must say last night was MUCH better than it has been). Then we did bear crawls back to the beginning of the line, and then did a box jump course..yippee!!  

Anyway, the workout was short and sweet…but killer! Since it was such a short workout, we got to ask for help on anything we felt we needed work on. I jumped RIGHT on that and asked for help kipping. I’m getting soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo close guys!! AHH! Drives me NUTS! I wasn’t able to bend my arms at ALL before and now I get them to a 45 degree angle..so I just need to incorporate the actual KIP and get my ass up there!Soon! :) I feel it coming! Also, I never thought I would work out somewhere where I was advised to shave off my calluses…haha. I was working quite a bit on the bar last night, and the center of my hand started to get pretty raw. One of the girls there last night showed me her hands, YIKES!! There were huge open CRATERS of raw skin in the middle of her hands because she didnt’ shave off her calluses. I will be sure to be doing that! I don’t need my hands looking like this!:

 Then, when I was practicing last night, I felt this weird POP in my left middle finger (the digit closest to the palm of my hand). It was all swollen. I started kind of massaging it a little, and felt this weird THING in it, like a swollen nerve or something…super bizarre. Nick had to adjust my middle finger last night, haha. The pains of being super bad ass :-p LOL 

Anyway! Happy Thursday everyone, the weekend IS a COMIN’! Oh, and ps: today is my Dad’s birthday…he’s pretty awesome :) Talk to you tomorrow! xoxo  

   

 

“Take a chill pill, man!”

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“Don’t let it affect your allostatic load, Jen”. These are the sweet nothings that were whispered to me last night. Yes, this occasional (but not typical) bedtime talk may be a little different than at your house, but then again, maybe not!

I was tossing and turning last night. With each clump of minutes that went by, my heart rate would skyrocket out of frustration. Why?? you ask! I was effing ANNOYED with being so STILL!!!! I got home last night and was literally bouncing off the walls. You could literally SEE the energy swirling around me. I was going bonkers. Think about a dog that has not been exercised (or think of Marley from the movie, Marley and Me) and think about how they are constantly going APE SHIT! That (!) is how I felt last night.

Holy jeez...simmer down!

After dinner Nick and I literally started wrestling. It was hilarious, and awesome, and fun…and I’m sure a large part due to the fact that I was expelling tons of ENERGY that needed to be burned! It felt awesome…but I guess it just wasn’t enough. When it was time to go to bed, I couldn’t. I felt so frustrated, so built up, but didn’t know why…I just wanted to cry or scream or punch something! Nick suggested I literally try counting sheep, which I did, and worked…but then something woke me up and I grew really frustrated all over again.

A few weeks ago now, something changed in my job. I had prayed for more work for like a YEAR, and I finally got that! I am grateful for that. YAY! However, with this increase in work load, and the switching around of responsibilities between my coworker and I, there all of a sudden was an exponential increase in the amount of time I spent “sitting on my ass.” Like all day. A week ago I started to REALLY feel the effects of this. I started to feel SUPER stressed about work, I started having major pain in my lower back, and honestly for the first time in almost 2 years, I actually dreaded coming to work. Not because of the people or the increase in work, but because it literally HURTS to.

Stress isn't just emotional. Not moving, for example, or eating toxic foods are physical stressors...your body can't really tell the difference..stress is stress!

Thank goodness I have a boyfriend who recognizes why this would bother me so much!! He realizes that if he were doing this everyday, he would be going absolutely bat shit crazy too! So, instead of crying about it (which I literally have done a few times now), I need to change something.

Today, instead of taking the T to work from North Station, I walked. Cold or not, suck it up Nancy. Then, on my lunch, instead of staying in here and eating my lunch, I took a nice stroll for my lunch hour. Also got in a nice chat with my dad, 2 birds right there! I plan on walking back to North Station tonight, and I know I have an awesome workout in store for me at Crossfit tonight. I’m going to have to make sure I’m moving my body everyday now, I guess I’ve gotten to the point where I am less and less comfortable doing NOTHING. That is a good thing.

Excited to get back to Crossfit tonight (I haven’t been since Thursday!). tonight’s WOD:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
- Ring Dips (I will be using a band. That’s still awesome though…still HARD!)
- Box Jumps
15 Minute Time Limit

I’ll let you know tomorrow how I did!! Have a good night!

Bringing Coffee Back!

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"mmm, mmm, good"

This morning was one of those mornings, when EVERYTHING went….RIGHT!! I woke up! Yippee!! Even better, I woke up  feeling awesome, for the first time in over a week. Still a little tired, and definitely wouldn’t have minded cuddling back under my covers…but I FELT good! Had an AMAZING breakfast with my love. Drove to Franson to be adjusted. Drove back home to a full pot of coffee. Now, I must say that since starting the 100% Paleo challenge, coffee hasn’t been much of a thrill for me. I was missing the days of the 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee, with sugar. That, and oatmeal, were the two things I wanted to keep that were NOT Paleo, before starting this challenge. However… 

I WAS MISSING COFFEE!!! Big time!!! 

So last week I reached out. I mentioned how much I was wanting a cup of coffee with cream…a cry for help. I got some answers. 

From MJ I was informed about a “Mimic Cream” from Whole Foods, that uses almonds and cashews. From Sarah, I was told just blending Cashews would do the trick. So finally, this morning, I decided to try out a homemade concoction. I ground up some cashews in the coffee grinder…thinking maybe it would magically turn to cream and I wouldn’t have to go a step further. Nope. Just a weird, pasty texture. So I scraped that out of the grinder and dumped it into the blender. To give it a little fluid, I poured in some almond milk. 

As was once quoted from Frank the Tank, “Fill it up again! Once it hits your lips, it’s so good!” Oh man!! It was delicious!!! It was thick like cream, but sweeter!!! AND, NO DAIRY!!! 

Then, once added to my coffee, it was heaven. I could, once again, truly enjoy the company of a good cup of coffee in the morning. Happy Tuesday :)

Once you stop looking…

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…it WILL find you!

You can run...but you can't hide....

How many times have we been thrown this little gem of knowledge? I remember frantically searching my laundry covered bedroom floor for that overdue library book for hours with no such luck! As soon as I give up the hunt, sure enough, it is later found sitting on top of my bed as if some little gnome snuck in and placed it there to taunt me. As you get older, the quest for true love is often the reason for this word of wisdom. “You can’t hurry love, you’ll just have to wait”, “Once you stop looking for love, it will happen.” Trust me, I’ve heard them all. Sure enough, the second I stopped looking, thinking I would never truly be in love again…ta da!!

I do have a point…

This genius saying truly works in ALL aspects of life! Take this paleo challenge for one. During these 30 days, we are not to drink ANY alcohol, dairy or grains. So, of COURSE, the one place you would almost be CERTAIN you would be safe from that sort of tease would be the gym right??? WRONG! A week into the challenge, after a pretty difficult workout, we had a crossfit party. There was a “Crossfit Games” video playing, a buffet of paleo friendly treats, and of course…a case of FREE beer. Fast forward to this past Saturday evening. Nick and I drove into the city to meet up with a friend of mine who I haven’t seen in MONTHS. We decided to meet up at Grezzo (a raw food “Italian” restaurant in the North End of Boston) so that we could have some raw dessert! We step inside through the doors of the incredibly “intimate” restaurant, practically hovering over the customers at the table closest to us. The waitress told us our table would be ready very soon. 10 minutes go by. “I’m sorry, it really will be available very shortly.” Another 5 minutes go by. Then she comes back to drop the bomb.

“You all have been so patient for waiting. We are going to buy you a round of drinks.”

There was an instant reaction from Nick. A slow swivel of his head toward me, and two words, “That’s two.”

THEN! Oh yes..there is more. Sunday, while at the coffee shop where I was writing “Starbucks for the Soul”, I was doing all I COULD to not break down and buy a muffin. I was feeling stressed, and for some reason I felt like that would have helped. However, I resisted. Two hours go by of me minding my own business; releasing stress in a healthy, productive way. Then comes the bomb.

“We’re starting to close up, and I was wondering, would you like a muffin? It’s free. We have raspberry and blueberry left.” I laughed, literally…the irony is RIDICULOUS!

“Ah…haha…ahhhhhh…um…no thanks.” Phew!

So the moral to this long-winded tale: It really IS true…Once you stop looking, it finds you!!!

Starbucks for the Soul…

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On a good day I realize that I’m a very different person than I was 6 months ago. I’m healthier, I have more energy (if you thought that was even POSSIBLE!), I feel more comfortable in my own skin, I’m happier and more focused. On a day where I’m overwhelmed and don’t know where to focus that feeling of being overwhelmed, you get this. There are some people, when stressed, that are incredibly solution oriented. Getting “stuff” done is soothing to them. Then there are the people out there, like myself,  who just sulk. When I’m feeling stressed or just generally overwhelmed with life, I have NO clue what to do with myself! I stew and sulk..and then EVERYTHING looks wrong. So here’s a question folks….without the tools to PROPERLY diminish those feelings of stress and frustration, does ALL THIS MATTER? If I’m feeding my body nothing but PURE, CLEAN foods; using my body consistently in functional, exhausting ways; but allowing my thoughts to eat away at my happiness for, usually, no legitimate reason, am I even making progress?? Is there even a net gain here???

What EXACTLY does stress do to our body? Well, without any education on the matter, I knew it sure didn’t make me FEEL good! I knew that in my senior year of college, when SUPER stressed out, I developed a “weird stomach issue”. I knew that when one thing piled on top of one OTHER thing, everything started looking funky; my “world perception” was way off. Then steps in the educators… I learned for REAL what was happening underneath the surface every time I allowed small things to eat at me. I learned that when we are stressed, we’re put into a “fight or flight” mode. Usually I literally get the feeling of wanting to flee. In the past I have been called a “runner” a time or two..and not because I like to lace up and hit the pavement. I was given the example of being face to face with something really, effin’ scary…like, let’s say a huge grizzly bear. Well, if you were face to face with this beast, how would you feel? You would probably start getting that “surreal” feeling (I think that’s what I usually describe it as, but that vision narrowing, more focused, heart rate up, breathing accelerated feeling…), that freaking the heck OUT feeling…right? Well yes, that all happens…that’s what we can feel, what is obvious to us. What, however, happens under the surface? As Dr. Stephen Franson stated in one of his blogs, “your blood sugar and blood lipids elevate for energy, clotting factors increase in your blood, and your immune, digestion, and reproductive systems are shut down in the name of energy prioritization.” This is all AMAZING when you’re in a situation, a SHORT LIVED situation hopefully, where you need all the energy you can to get the heck away from whatever is threatening your LIFE! However, in the world we live in now, we’re CHRONICALLY in this state of stress…what do you think that is doing to our bodies?? Digestion, effed. Reproduction..hahaha, you think you’re going to be thinking about turning on the romance when you’re face to face with a grizzler? Immune system shut down?? How’s that H1N1 treating you? Seriously…KNOWING this stuff is stressing me out more!!! I know I’m hurting my body when I’m stressed. So then, you ask, “Jen…why the heck do you let it get to you then??” I don’t have the right tools yet, YET, guys… I haven’t learned how to manage stress quite yet I guess. So for now..I’m sitting at a coffee shop, searching for that zen state. It’s actually quite amazing what a #2 pencil (it’s my newly found (again) simple pleasure) with a pad of paper, a laptop and a cup of Mighty Leaf vanilla bean tea can do for the soul.

        

 

 

                 Ommm…

Paleo is delicious: Recipes for YOU!

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I had some requests for the actual recipe for the Raw Chocolate Mousse, not just a list of the ingredients…so here goes :)

This makes enough for 2 people!

-2 avocados

-1 cup carob powder

-1 teaspoon sea salt

-1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (I actually FORGOT this when I made it, and it was STILL delicious!)

-6 dates, soaked for 2-3 hours and then pitted.

THEN! You put all the ingredients into a food processor (using the S blade), and blend till smooth (you can add some water to the mix for the consistency you so desire!). I chilled it for the afternoon and thought it tasted even better after a few hours of being in the fridge! Then top with assorted fruits (bananas and blueberries are what I used, but I bet raspberries or strawberries would rock my world!) then serve! Yum!

Also, the other night, Nicholas made a huge batch of soup for us (that we’re STILL eating :) ) It’s completely Paleo, and ridiculously delicious! He does a full tutorial here for you. “Chicken Soup for the Paleo Soul”.

Also, you can get the full write-up here.

 Bon appetite!

For Crossfit last night:

Did 80 overhead squats with 35#. I know I have done overhead squats with 55# before, and I started with 45# but struggled to get down into squat position even once! I think I’m still super sore from doing 4 days in a row this week..yikes. Need to remember to give my body some time to rest! However, I did 80 reps of that, so WOOT!! Then, after all that work to my shoulders holding that #35 up, we had to do max consecutive pushups. Now, let me just fill you in on a little nugget of information right now. When I started Crossfit on October 5 (almost 4 months ago now!!!), I STRUGGLED to do 10 pushups on my knees, and I could get about HALF way down (was not anywhere near full extension). Flash forward 3-4 months, and guess how many I did last night!!..WITH full extension!!!…….40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 40 FREAKIN’ PUSHUPS! So, needless to say, my shoulders are pretty sore today, and they will be all the more sore tomorrow!!

Woke up this morning and had a beautiful bowl of “Paleo Cereal” (some pecans, crushed walnuts, blueberries, bananas, flax seed all swimming in almond milk!!! so amazing!!), ate with my amazing BF, then headed to Franson Family Chiropractic at 6:45am to have my POWER turned on!!! (adjusted :-p). I’m feeling AMAZING this morning!!! Could be in part that its Friday too :-p HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!