WODing it up with no time!

Haaaay! I've had kind of a busy week.  Its been tough to start my 4 week challenge with.  I started out well... cooking for myself and busting my ass at the box, but the busiest part of the week always catches up to me.  I know I should try to cook as much as I can but when I say I'm never home... I'm truly NEVER home.  That been an issue with trying to lead a paleo lifestyle.  Unlike most I have a job which usually starts around 11am and I don't get home most of the time til after 9.  Its tough just trying to get to a supermarket and even harder to get 8 hours of sleep.  Our challenge also includes trying not to watch as much TV and trying not to be on the computer soo much.  TV isn't a problem for me since I don't even have time to watch anything nor does anything really interest me.  Seriously though, I need my Internet time.... I've gotten so used to having the world at my fingertips that I don't hesitate to use it and often.  I will come home and check facebook which is how some people try to contact me through my job, and I like to keep up with the news and sports that way (as well as my challenge group) since i don't really watch TV.  Of course I try to have fun with it as post silly things to make my friends laugh so it really is a tool to unwind for me.  I also like to read blogs about things I'm into at the moment typically hair stuff, crossfit, and paleo eating.  Celebrity blogs used to be a guilty pleasure but I cut that out.  Either way I'm finding my challenge this time a lil more difficult with having enough food to eat.

I'm supposed to be trying to make my own meals but I was off today and was only home for a total of 2.5 hours from when I woke up til now.  I ran out of food soo I had to go to the store but that wasn't til late.  When I was home I showered, did some laundry, cleaned up my house.... later showered again(after my game) more laundry, and now I'm home again fed my cats put my food away and did more dishes.  I sat down to facetime my nephew and now I'm spent.  If i wasn't home I was running around... because my days off are split so relaxing is not really an option.  I did get to go play ball today though and it was a good game even though we lost.  My brother came out and played with us today which was awesome cuz hes good and hes a lefty.  I felt confident with him out there and he did make some great diving catches.  He should be good he did have me as an older sister! haha!  We always practiced together as kids our father would take us and shoot balls from the plate at us in the field with a pitching machine.  My dad knew that I was always going to be an infielder because i was always quick with my head totally in the game especially with having no fear of the ball.  So he shot bouncing line drives at me for years as a kid.  I'm still til this day an infielder and I still love to play.

This whole week I was able to WOD Mon-Thur early morning too.  I was trying to beat the heat but I realized waking up that early cuts into my sleep and makes it a little harder with trying to get home cook and get to work.  I even got up to WOD at 730 when I had a phils 1pm game which I spent the day at then went to practice later.  Somehow I cooked all my own food that day and ate like a saint, but summer shandys were a must and this game was planned from Feb when I took off for it so I enjoyed myself.   I had a good week at the gym, I didn't really make any significant PRs with lifting but my metcons were fast and felt good.  LOVING the romaleos!  They felt sooo good and gave me some extra stability, definitely a difference.  I'm not putting all my wods and times up cuz I don't feel like sitting on the computer sorry lol.  I definitely had a great crossfit week though and its probably from eating like a cavewoman.

 ughhhhh!  Then i was cooking at 1030 while trying to do some laundry and making lunch for Friday and taking a shower going to bed at 12pm not good.  I live a non-stop life... I'm always going somewhere or having to do something... but I'm never bored lol.
So I had a game Thursday night with the gals and played 3rd.  LOVED IT.  It was nice to not play short for once and take all the shitty hops and the pressure when everyone gets mad.  I was having fun running like crazy for foul balls.  Rob had family come in for the night so I had to run as soon as I was done to see them and then it was 9 and I hadn't eaten and there was no decent food either so I waited til i got home.

Friday I had to get up early for work and it was a monsoon.  I got to work late from traffic ughh!  So already behind from when I walked in, but all I wanted to do was make sure I got to eat something at some point.  I made sauteed zucchini and spinach with tomato sauce and poured it over grass fed ground beef i had made the night before.  SOOOOO GOOD... even if i only had enough time to heat some of it.  Reason being for forcing food in between clients was because I was leaving work and going straight to Dark Sparrow Tattoo to get my old shitty foot tattoo covered up.  Its awful that I walked around with it for so long while people would have to ask what it was.  When I had it done back around 2002 I just remember I didn't like it then but it hurt soo bad that I didn't even care what it looked like.  I decided to start a sleeve and I cant do it with this horrible travesty of ink on the top of my foot.  So i decided to cover this mess up first.

before and after

It hurt like a bitch... like a BITCH.  I was crawling out of my skin for 3 hours.  Lots of shading and dragging on the bone.   I'm just glad its over and I love it!!!  Sooo detailed and pretty I don't even know what it is but its beautiful!  My guy Alex is the man... he was soo funny and entertaining.  As always my amazing friend Karen also made the night easier to deal with.  Karen started playing crazy music over the whole studio and it definitely helped ease the pain.  At one point we were all jamming to Toto's Africa! YES!!!  We didn't leave til 10pm and I had to still go get dial soap and there was no food in my house so the closest thing to home (the wick) made me a burger on lettuce and I didn't even get a beer. I just wanted to go home and get my foot up and SLEEP the pain away.

After barely sleeping I had a great breakfast in the car on the way to work from Panera Breads hidden menu which I just learned about.... why after working next door for 6 years did I just learn about this!  I had a steak, 2 eggs, tomatoes, and avocado bowl!! YESS AMAZING!!!  Everything was organic although the steak was great I'm not sure it was grassfed, but at the time all I was worried about was my humongous swollen foot which didn't fit in any of my shoes!!!! It was killing me... so ill take that togo breakfast and eat it at every red light and not feel guilty about it.  Later after not eating all day and my foot hurting worse and even more swollen, I was starving and met my boyfriend at a new gourmet burger place close to home.  I got sweet potato fries and an amazing burger as well as 2 angry orchard beers.  It was a sad moment to cheat but I forgot to special order my burger and I really was in some pain so I had the beers but at least they were gluten free and you know what... it made me feel soo much better.  I swear the beers helped me relax and my foot wasn't throbbing as bad.  Whatever... day blown... and then we sat around all night and watched TV and relaxed to make it even worse but I had to rest.  Whatever... Sunday is a new day and I behaved all day.  As well as ran around and played ball with no beers after like normal.  I'm not making excuses but I was in pain and had a moment of weakness... anything to feel better. PS today my tattoo isn't as swollen and didn't even bother me playing ball.  Oh and my new bat came in... its ok I'm not sure I like it or not I guess I have to just get used to it. They sent me a B2.0 ehh... I'm not impressed but everyone else liked it. Til next time.... give me strength!

the last hurrah.. pre-challenge weekend

Hey everyone! I hope you guys were alot cooler than me! Works been crazy awesome but exhausting at the same time. Ill bet that has something to do with me eating like shit to get all my snacks and beer in before the 4 week challenge.  I'm actually very excited for this paleo challenge.  Paleo has worked well for me and my body loved it.  I started to stray off with life getting so busy which is a poor excuse.  The hardest thing about paleo is just having all the food and having it easily accessible.  I'm going to try to be as strict as possible.  Sooo we went out for dinner 5 nights straight including out to breakfast twice. What can I say it's a very busy time of year for us and we make plans for every night, especially on the weekend. Playing softball twice a week always ends with beer and its a great time. I'm truly going to struggle most with not having a few beers here and there. It's pretty much how I relax with my boyfriend friends and family. I don't get drunk but it's refreshing this time of year and it def helps me relax.

We ate at one of my favorite restaurants last night, La Esperanza, and had some beers. It was AWESOME! Later I went and talked to my tattoo guy about covering up my terrible foot tattoo that I've been hating for over 10 years. It's soo bad I've had to tell people what it is when they ask, and it's soo bad people actually had to ask. I'm thrilled and can't wait for it to be done Friday.

Pancake fries... soo good but soo bad

Sunday morning we went to the pop shop for a glutinous breakfast. They actually had PANCAKE FRIES ...ridiculous and u know we got them! They were sooo good with cinnamon cream cheese dip... But it was at that time I realized all this last hurrah food was absolutely making me sick. I felt awful and even worse I was sooo sluggish. I felt lazy and didn't even want to play softball. The heat isn't helping but I swear its from eating soo shitty. I needed to get this out of my system but then it caught up to me and I had no desire to eat anything all day after that massive breakfast which I could barely finish.  In fact after softball Rob wanted to go around the corner to crapplebees and all I got was a margarita.  I had no appetite what so ever and still don't.  I think I was poisoned with terrible fake food, lots of dairy and grease.  At least now I know that I don't want any of that crap and even after 4 weeks all I'll remember is how sick and gross I felt.  I cant wait to start my 4 weeks of clean paleo eating!  I cant wait for my face to not look all gross and broken out!  My body definitely craving a change.

Anyway we won our game and I realized both games were very dull and quiet.  I think its this crazy heat we've been having.  I love to play the game... but I'm a very emotional player... you could say?  I get into it and I don't hesitate to open my mouth back at the other team... especially with the coed team.  When someone has something to say or something is wrong (as in bad sportsmanship) I'm the first one to open my big mouth.  Its going to get me in trouble one day but I'm not afraid of dumb people and I'm going to stick up for my team.  Either way it was very quiet and no one was carrying on.  We won and just walked off the field like nothing happened.  I'm dying to get my new bat in... hopefully it will come this week.  I'm not hitting as good as I was with my bat... so hopefully this one will be a good replacement.  I just cant wait for Monday... new way of eating and I get back to crossfit.  Here's to a tough WOD to start off this challenge right... I cant wait to see whats waiting for me in the box tomorrow!