nothing to do with paleo

But this is my life... So I'm obsessed with a song right now. First off I LOVE LOVE LOVE her hair!!! Secondly, the song is AMAZING. Thirdly (is that a word?!), the video is WOW.Fourthly, I've ALWAYS been in love with Skyscrapers, one of my favorite things about the city. Everyday I go to class I stare at these amazing buildings. And finally, her story is beautiful.

This is a video I did for class. This isn't the final cut, but I love what I did here and the final cut had a lot of stuff taken out that I adored. So this is probably my favorite cut. I'll post the actual cut when I get it transferred over to this computer!! It is much cleaner and ends a little better!

today...

FOCUSED

oy today has already started rough. I had a super bad night of sleep. And then my work outs were ok... legs are still weak. I made some eggs with sausage (no-nitrates), burger, bell peppers, onions, garlic, carrots, and spinach... It tasted ok... I was arguing while cooking and well they turned out ok... I'll eat the second helpings later bc they were ok... yea I'm kinda grumpy. I just have to stay FOCUS!!! FOCUS is the word of the day. Oy. anyways. now I'm going to drink my coffee....

Goals

Hi! So today I put on my normally rather tight jeans. They were SUPER loose and looked AWESOME!!! YEAAAAA!! My aunt and I went shopping I got my dress for the wedding, another dress, really cute little sweaters, anddd great work out clothes (so my pants don't fall off when I do burpees!!! So for lunch I had turkey and a clementine, grapes and carrots. YUUMMM! I promised I would list my fitness goals and here they are!
Hand stand push ups (I just need to get my hand stand more balanced and I'll be there)
get more muscles
be able to achieve pull ups (I'm getting there)
get my split back (close so close)
run the stairs...(I walk them well right now)
tone up my chest (goes with the muscles, but my chest and upper body is WEAK!)
Run a 5k easily (I love running so this shouldn't take to long)
be able to do 7mins of burpees. (This was the first thing for the cross fit open and I want to be able to do this!!!)
Hold at least 1min plank of course more, but this is a starting point.
My reward- Warrior Dash

 I'm in love with this song... and of course with the beautiful Darren Criss... the man has some crazy muscles!!!

Day two!!!

I LOVE PALEO!!! I had paleo chili for breakfast... yum! Mom hated the chili, bc it has bell peppers in it. I worked HARD today!! tabatas- squats, sit-ups, push ups, and skull crushers (10lbs). I get to go dress shopping with my Aunt today!!! VERY excited!!!! And tonight I will post my fitness goals. Up above is one of my favorite Glee songs. I love it!!!

finishing up day one!!

Lunch!!!

Well today was interesting... I ate yummy food I got to eat lots of meat!!! YUM I set up the timer for tabata for tomorrow! I did lots of fun workouts today. Along with the 3sets of fun. I did 10 handstands, 10 attempted pull ups, 50 kettle ball swings, and 50 single arm swings. I ate all the breakfast stuff, and tuna with carrots, spinach, and kale chips, along with some balsamic, I had paleo chicken Alfredo for dinner, and 1/4 cup of almonds and raisins. YUMMY day!!! I can't wait until tomorrow!!!

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REALLY?! REALLY?!

I love to hate burpees!!! and this little guy is so cute!!!

First off FINALLY my ovaries gave into NOT killing me!!! So I fixed my pb situation and if you are on my fb you read what happened!!! I called Kroger near my house and asked if they had Almond Butter, first I had to be transferred and then she asked if it was a spice!!!! UMMMM NO! I was like, "like peanut butter, but with Almonds..." needless to say they didn't have it. Ha. But I now have the chili in the crockpot and cooked up some more burger and chopped broccoli. YUM!!! feeling 100% better from this morning. Woo that was rough. I can't wait for the end of the month to see how all that changes. My mood swings and pain!!! :D

ooopsss!!!!

9:10!!! I'm proud I got through the burpees!!!

a small coffee, chicken, celery, raisins, water

first day!!!! I took my fish oil... really liquid EW. I shoved my chicken in my mouth after that. I realized that some how I bought pb (just really natural... oy.) instead of Almond butter... soooo I'm going before work to get Almond butter... oy. hahaha. I am using this site for my spring break workout I did day one in 9:10. woooo that was hard and awesome I loved it. I was listening to some rocking Glee while doing it. I feel pretty good so far today considering also I started today usually I feel awful today just not as wonderful Oh well!!!

SUNDAY FUNDAY (and a happy birthday to Lauren!)

Starting out

Slow cooker pork loin

SQUASH um this thing is hard to cut!!

SO MUCH cabbage

I did it I did it!!! and it was YUMMY!!!

crazy amount of chicken!!

Finished paleo chicken alfredo

finished slow cooker pork loin!

Last day non paleo! YEA I'm so excited. I cooked sooo much. But I LOVED it!!!! The Alfredo taste test was AMAZING. Also so was the loin!!!! and I cut tons of veggies up. wow! Tomorrow I will cook the chili and I'm going to see if I can cook the chicken Fajita salad! Oh and the Kale is drying for chips!  YUM!! Also A very happy Birthday to Lauren!!! Thanks for helping me so much!!!

last saturday pre-paleo

My fav cross fit video!!!

The store was a success!!! Amazingly it only cost around 130$ I had to get some basics, coconut oil and coconut flour... also mag and fish oil. Aldis had some AWESOME prices, lots of veggies and the frozen food. Whole foods had a lot of things I needed... Mom hated the small lanes and the people who stand directly in front of you like its there home. It was quite entertaining!!! We got a lot of BEAUTIFUL meat. We then went to Kroger and got the last things that were cheaper there and still as good a quality... for surprise we found the Kroger had some of the things I didn't think it would, and oddly a little more, but since it is closer then we save on gas. Next time we go to Whole Foods we will make sure it is mainly to see my Aunt, the trip wasn't worth it with out seeing her!! (I MISSSSS YOU!!!) I had my last dinner out. It was with one of my favorite people. Tori, she made it possible to survive the first few years back in Atlanta. I'm so happy I got to see her and had a YUMMY dinner with her!!! Next time I'm cooking some awesome Paleo!!! I know she'll Love it!! So tomorrow is cooking day. I'm starting in the morning with the Slow cooker pork loin. Then when I get home from work I'm cooking the rest. Tonight I'm finishing up my inspiration board!!! Ok, I think that is everything. Remember to get your 8hrs of sleep with NO LIGHTS!!! Photos will come tomorrow with the board and food!!! 

List for the store!

ok Last post of the day... gotta go to work. And I'm being a internet queen today!!

This is my list for the store... its long. I need a lot of basics. If there is anything more I need for the different Paleo items PLEASE let me know!!!

chicken

onions (2)

cumin

bell peppers (2) 

red leaf lettuce

tomatoes

avocado

ground beef (1 lb for patties, 1.5 for chili)

3-4 cups shredded cabbage

balsamic vinegar 

broccoli 

3lbs pork loin

zucchini

cauliflower

sausage no nitrates

spinach

eggs (2 dozen)

ham

apple sauce (unsweetened)

almond butter

celery

raisins

coconut oil

garlic

kelp

spaghetti squash

or kelp noodles

tarragon

cashews

(other nuts too)

sea salt

paprika

carrots

medium bag of green beans

medium bag or pepper strips

28oz crushed tomatoes

28oz tomato puree

chili pepper

apple cider vinegar

fish oil pills

bananas 

apples

and this is my meal plan for the week

Dinner

1. Chicken fajita salad

2. burger patties w/ salad

3. slow cooker pork loin 

4. tuna cabbage sald

5.paleo chicken alfredo

6. chili

7. leftover of chili

breakfast

1. western omelets

2. paleo pancakes (Julie will love this!)

3. sausage stirfry

4-7 leftovers

lunch

1. tuna and eggs combo

2. chicken broccoli, apples (picnic with Julie)

3. salad

4. chicken

5-7 leftovers 

I am not a girl that could ever be defined!

Some inspiration from Glee (My favorite show!!!)

Fooooood...

I love this photo!!!

Hello!!! I'm prepping for my shopping trip on saturday! I wanted to show you the food matrix from Robb Wolf's site It is what I'm basing my list off of. My mom and I are going to Aldi's and Whole Foods. The nice thing about these two places is they don't have the taco chips my mom is OBSESSED with!!! Even nicer thing... they are right down the street from my Aunt's house!!! I did work out today, 3 30sec planks, 3 set of 8 skull crushers, 3 sets of 15 squats, 3 sets of 15 walking lunges, 3 sets of 15 push ups, and lots of jumping jacks thrown in between. Also I was learning fun things to do with the kettle balls from Jillian Michaels!! (I LOVEEE her!!!) Now off to my coffee and breakfast!!! YUM!

Photos!!!

My starting photos... Rough, but It is going to be so much better soon!!! I can't wait!!! My weight is 205. My waist to hip ratio is .74...

Other scores... My cholesterol is 130, my glucose is 91.vo2 max is 71.4mkm. And max leg press is 315lbs... I hold on to the rest, because it is slightly boring!!! Can't wait to keep showing the results!!!

New Starts

Hi Everyone... I start Paleo monday... I'm really excited. It will be spring break. Right I know in the middle of Winter. Mom and I are shopping saturday and I'm cooking Sunday!!! Mom is not so excited, bc of the no grains and no dairy thing. I know she will only see a slight difference because I'm sure she'll revolt when I don't cook. But I'm throwing out that 1070mg of sodium pasta crap she has in the freezer!!! I will post my beginning measurements and photos this weekend. I will also post what my meal plan is for the week!!! I'm really excited for this and plan on being that annoying Paleo obessed person that Robb talks about in "The Paleo Solution." Now time for a killer work out... Still sore from yesterday so this Should be AWESOME!!!! Love, SM!