Day 16 of 90

Happy MLK Day! I got to enjoy a day off from rotation. So I spent most of my late morning, early afternoon with my friend Liz and her wonderful twins :) Gotta love cuddles with the babies!!!

Before I headed to CF, I made Chicken and Shrimp Veggie Lo-Mein. Sooo yummy, I was so excited to get home from the gym to eat it haha

Here's the recipe:

~3/4 lb chicken

~3/4 lb shrimp

1/2 head cabbage sliced

1/2 red onion sliced

6 mushrooms sliced

1 green onion bunch chopped

3 celery chopped

2 carrots shredded

almonds

water chestnuts

bamboo shoots

broccoli

minced garlic

ginger powder

coconut aminos

sesame oil

1. Heat sesame oil in large pot (like what you would make pasta in)

2. Add chicken that was cut into pieces and shrimp and cook until mostly done

3. Add broccoli, carrots, celery, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and red onions into pot and cook for 5 minutes

4. Add cabbage, green onions, almonds, garlic, ginger, and about 2-4 tablespoons of coconut aminos.

5. Let cook down until cabbage is soft.

6. I let it simmer on low for a little bit until I was content with how it all mixed together and the almonds were crunchy but not too hard :)

Let's see food for the day was awful though:

Breakfast - I had left over pizza from Football Sunday. My friends didn't finish their 3/4's of the pizza, and I didn't want the $11 almond flour to go to waste, so I brought the left overs home. Their side had mozz cheese on it. It wasn't a lot. But it was cheese :(

No Snacks

Lunch - another slice of pizza cause I hadn't cooked for the day/week yet :(

No Snack

Dinner - Veggie Lo-Mein

Snack - probably an apple with some almond butter in a little bit

Total crap day...and I could tell I didn't have enough water today when I was working out.

Workout:
I. Group dynamic - running, high knees, butt kicker,s crab walks, etc

II. Hanging Squat Cleans 5x3

-65lbs, 75, 85, 95, 105 (probably shoulda pushed this a little more)

III. 12 Minute AMRAP

-10 wall balls (14lbs)

-5 toes to bars (knees to chest)

I completed 10 rounds +2 wall balls in the 12 minutes.

I also found rounds of Fran and Grace that I completed in November. Since I took the month of December off, I am using those 2 as my baseline scores for the 90 day challenge.

Fran: Thrusters and Ringrows -55lbs, I guess I didn't write down a time...crap.

Grace: 30 Clean and Jerks - 75lbs in 3:17

Day 15 of 90

Today was Football Sunday. The Texans played the Ravens and the Giants are currently playing the Packers. Both games have been pretty good so far.

I decided I would try Paleo Pizza, Wings and Sweat Potato Fries for my friends and I that I was hanging out with. So here are the pictures, recipes and my thoughts...

Wings...

2.5lbs (1 frozen bag) of wings

1 cup almond flour

cayenne pepper

nutmeg

garlic powder

onion powder

lemon pepper

ground pepper

Italian seasoning

Coconut oil spray

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

2. Mix all the dry powders together in a large bowl. Spray wings with coconut oil, a put them all in the bowl and mix til all covered. (this was pretty difficult, the powder wasn't sticking)

3. Place in baking pan, and spray again with coconut oil, place in oven. I did this for about 20 minutes cause my wings were frozen.

4. Flips wings, and spray again, and bake for another 10-15 minutes (until the wings are cooked).

This is what they looked like baking, and they had okay flavor. I was disappointed though. I guess it really just wasn't not what I was hoping for.

The Sweat Potatoes were too easy to mess up :)

3 sweat potatoes

coconut oil spray

salt and pepper

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees

2. Cut and slice into fry size pieces

3. Place on baking sheet, spray with coconut oil and season with salt and pepper

4. Bake for a total of 25-30 minutes, but flip and re-spray about halfway through.

These had great taste and were really good. Not too crispy, but that's okay.

Finally, the Pizza. Which looks amazing. And I enjoyed the 1st piece, it was the 2nd piece I was a little overwhelmed with.

Crust:

3 cups almond flour

3 eggs

garlic powder

baking soda

olive oil

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees

2. Mix all ingredients together. Make a dough.

3. Spread dough on to baking sheet that was sprayed with coconut oil.

4. Bake for 10 minutes.

Toppings: I used hot italian sausage, pepperonis, red bell peppers, red onion (and put cheese on the part for my friends)

5. Cook toppings that need to be (ie: sausage)

6. Spread pizza/spaghetti sauce on crust

7. Add toppings

8. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Watching closely, the crust can burn easily.

Like I said, I enjoyed the first piece. The crust was nutty and almost a little too sweet for me. When I had a bite of crust with the onion though, it was a good bite. The 2nd piece I had to force myself to finish. But it was still good. We'll see if I make it again.

Overall, I was a little bummed by what I made. I know it wasn't the best for what I was showing my friends of the Paleo diet. Even more, it didn't satisfy my wanting of pizza and wings while being on the paleo diet. I followed what I could eat (no preservates, no cheese, no sugars), and tried. We'll see if I make it again, or if I can find something else to try.

Didn't hit CF today, been having a lot of muscle cramping...which is weird, but I started my multivitamin today to get a bit of potassium to deal. We'll see how it goes. CF tomorrow at 6pm, and a day off. Thank goodness :)

Day 14 of 90

Well today shoulda been more successful, but it wasn't. Mostly in part because I slept til 130pm and didn't get out of bed til after 2pm. I went to bed at 11 last night. I guess the week finally caught up to me.

I had goals of getting to CF to make up Fran and Grace today...didn't happen. Had a plan of cleaning the house today...didn't happen. (It still might, the night it young) I did make it to the grocery store and I did make dinner. I spent a little more than I had planned on for the week's food (after last weeks shopping, I have most everything I need aside from veggies), but tomorrow is Football Sunday with Jeff and Collin. We are gonna watch the Giants game, play Wii, just spend good quality time together :) So I told the boys I would make pizza and wings the way I could eat them, so I had to buy the ingredients for that. I will post both recipes and pictures tomorrow!!!

Tonight for dinner, I made ol faithful...spaghetti squash with a meat sauce. I made this the first week of the challenge, and loved it. This time I added a mild Italian chicken sausage I found at Hannaford. It was one of their "All Natural" items, so it was just meat and seasonings. It tasted pretty good with my ground turkey and sauce :) Win. And I topped dinner off with pineapple. Even after I sliced my thumb. Don't tell my dad but thank goodness I went out and bought butterfly bandaids after I stepped on that piece of glass. I was being stupid with the butcher knife this time, and hit the top of my thumb near my nail perpendicularly with the knife. Don't ask. But for a deep as it was, the butterfly bandaid saved the day. haha

Back to the football games...Praying the Saints get their act together for this 2nd half, and I have no idea who to root for in the next game. Probably the Pats, cause they are the go to, but Tebow just has so much funny stuff being made about him, I just have to laugh and enjoy that and kinda want him to win cause everybody does make fun of him. I have no alligance to either team. I want the Saints to win and the Giants tomorrow cause that's who the boys love.

Watch this if you need some laughs about Tebow :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHB0o9lCizQ

Day 13 of 90

It's Friday the 13th! What a weird day. Nothing too crazy happened, but you could feel a weird something in the air.

Same ol type of day...work and crossfit. I know...marvelous life that I lead. Haha

CF workout today was:

I. Group dynamic/joint mobility

II. Tall cleans

5-5-5-5-5

-I finished 4 rounds with 35lbs, 55, 65 and 75. I attempted 85, but didn't finish the round.

III. 3 rounds of:

-50 front squats (I used 25lbs)

-20 pull ups (I did ring rows)

-20 ring dips (I did ring push ups)

I finished this is 16:55 out of a 20 minute time limit.

Food:

Breakfast - 2 eggs, 3 strips of bacon

Snack - a few cashews (I forgot my apple today :( )

Lunch - Salad (with buffalo chicken...totally had an awesome kick to it)

Snack - cashews (had to build energy before CF)

Dinner - Rosemary and Balsamic Chicken on a bed of Herb Salad, and brussel sprouts (I LOVE!)

Snack - I am planning...if I don't go to bed before 9:30 to have my apple with some almond butter.

Sorry Friday the 13th was so boring all. This weekend should be a little better with the blogging...Plus tomorrow marks 2 weeks into the challenge! Day 14!!

Day 12 of 90

Happy Thursday!! One more day til the weekend, and I am needing the weekend already...and it's a 3 day weekend!!!!

Work was the same as usual, slow though because of the weather. Although, in Averill Park, they are in a valley (which I didn't realize), so it barely looked like they got any snow last night, but they definitely had a ton of fog and gloomy-ness.

I spent a lot of my day trying to find a recipe for Paleo Chicken Wings because this weekend is FOOTBALL SUNDAY! (Don't worry, I know there are games on Saturday, but Sunday I am hanging out with the boys and watching the Giants) I think I have found a recipe and I will let you know on Sunday night how it turns out :)

Today CF was INSANE. Like these are the workouts the re-solidify the crazy that Caleb (one of our coaches) has talked about since literally DAY 1 of On Ramp. CRAZY. We did a work out called "Century"...and yes... the number 100 did come in to play...more than once. Here was the total work out:

I. Turkish Get-ups - 18lb kettlebell, we did 2 as a group (holy hard!!!), then worked on Pistols (1 legged squats)

II. "Century" - 30 minute time cap

100 kettlebell swings (American) - 26lb

5 minutes rest

100 burpees (I did 80)

5 minutes rest

100 Ab-mat situps

I finished at 28:30. Holy crap. Crazy. I thought I would do 60 burpees just to keep within the time cap, but when I got to 60, realized I had a few more minutes in the "burpee time frame", and Ari (another coach) helped push me to the decision to finish another 20. I'll probably hate her tomorrow for 5 seconds :)

Food for the day (it was left overs day!!)

Breakfast - Asian Shrimp Stir-Fry...finally gone!

Snack - Odwalla Berry Juice (10 oz around 830 am on my drive), pistachios (around 1130am)

Lunch - Wenda's Salad

Snack - Apple

Post-Workout Protein Shake

Dinner - Chicken Curry with Cauliflower "rice"

Tonight, I made chicken for tomorrow. Balsamic and Rosemary Chicken

3-4 chicken cutlets

olive oil

minced garlic

rosemary

salt

pepper

balsamic vinegar

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees

2. Line baking pan with foil, and line chicken on it.

3. Drizzle a small amount of olive oil on each piece of chicken and rub it in.

4. I use the jar of minced garlic, and put a spoonful of what I think I will like on each piece, then take my spoon and spread the garlic all over each piece.

5. Sprinkle salt and pepper on each piece of chicken

6. Sprinkle rosemary on chicken in an amount you find appropriate

7. Bake chicken for 25 minutes (well that's what my oven needs at 400 degrees)

8. If you are eating it that night, pour balsamic vinegar over chicken after it comes out of the over and you are about to serve it. If not, I plan to reheat my chicken, then pour the balsamic on.

Yum :) - sorry no pictures today, I rushed through making the chicken cause I wanted to eat dinner while it was baking haha, next time I make it...there will be pictures.

Day 11 of 90

Well, day 11...not much to say...it's Wednesday haha

As per usual, in my glamorous life as a pharmacy intern finishing rotations....I went to rotation from 9-5. I did not work out today (Wednesday = rest day). So I hit the mall in search of work pants. I discovered a tear in my pants yesterday at the gym, so since I don't sew (eventually one day I will...I will be a good house wife hahahaha)...I had to go buy new pants. I figured I would just "look" at New York and Co. They are my favorite store to find work clothing, but their pants never fit me right. I was walking in, and the first thing I see $10 pants!! For the first time in my life, I was glad I wear the size dress pants I do! Those were the only size they had, plus a size bigger. I'll try on both sizes for shits just to see. I normally find 1 pair of pants, try them on, hate them, leave pissed, and have no pants. I tried on 6 pairs this time, and walked out with 3 pairs of pants!!

Now is this just me or ladies with shorter legs...when you try on "petite" pants, does it seem like the pant size goes down 1 size?! So frustrating, but I found a pair of "petite" pants, a size bigger, but they fit. No alterations needed. Now I am going to have to alter the other 2 pairs, but hey...3 pants...36 bucks after tax? I'll take it.

So for the food:

Breakfast -2 eggs, Naked Mighty Mango (10 oz)

Lunch - Wenda's salad

Snack - orange

Dinner - leftover Chicken Curry

Snack - celery w/ almond butter (yum!)

Today was the first day that I was still feeling like I wanted something else, something sweet, or cheese. Its been a tough day, but I'm pushing through and staying strong. Hopefully I will have a new chicken dish tomorrow, or maybe I'll make bacon wrapped scallops since I have all the ingredients :)

Day 10 of 90

Another successful day! Work was great, I'm really enjoying this rotation that I am on, and hope to learn so much. I forgot how much I do actually miss being in a retail pharmacy, and I love the small community pharmacy setting. Sigh. If only it was this easy to decide what job I want in real life in the next 4 months. Haha

Hit CF after work like normal...great work-out.

I. Heavy weight deadlift x 7 - ended up doing my heaviest at 185lbs

II. 3 rounds of ARMAP in 1 minute

-Kettlebell swings (26lbs)

-Box jumps (20 inch)

-Toes to bar (I did knees to chest)

-Jumping lunges (I did regular lunges)

-Rest 1 minute and repeat

Round counts: 77, 74, 77

III. Tabata push ups - I completed 42 pushups in the 4 minutes. Ouch.

I made dinner tonight, Chicken Curry with Cauliflower rice. Due to my lack of a food processor/ blender/ magic bullet /any thing like that, my "rice" did not come out, but I softened it and sauteed it on the stove a little, so I could still eat it underneath my curry. Recipe below after my day of eating. Cauliflower "rice" recipe will come out another day, when i figure out how to do it and have a product I am more proud of :)

Breakfast - Leftover Asian Shrimp Stir-fry (gotta finish it up! Its hard cooking for 1...so I just try to have leftovers for the week. It works with my busy schedule, so I don't have to cook as often)

Snack - Blueberries

Lunch - Wenda's Salad (turkey, tomatoes, onions, bacon)

Snack - Apple, pistachios...then at 5pm I was hungry as I was heading to the gym and grabbed some green bell peppers and a few almonds

Post-work out protein shake

Dinner - Chicken Curry with Cauliflower "rice"

Chicken Curry (Remember I estimate a lot of my measurements)

1 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 Tbs ground ginger

1 Tbs garlic powder

1 Tbs ground cumin

1 Tsp ground coriander

1/2 Tsp cayenne pepper

1 Tbs curry powder

1/2 Tsp ground cloves

1/2 Tsp ground black pepper

1 Tsp sea salt

6 mushrooms

2 carrots

1/2 red bell pepper

1/2 green bell pepper

4-5 green onions chopped

2 Tbs coconut oil

1 (403ml) can unsweetened coconut milk

1/2 red onion diced

1. Mix the ginger, garlic, cumin, coriander, cayenne, curry powder, cloves, sea salt, and black pepper in a large bowl.

2. Chop the chicken breast into 1" pieces and put in the bowl with the spices to coat the chicken. Set aside

3. Wash and prepare the mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, carrots...all the veggies. Set Aside.

4. Over medium heat, add the 2 Tbs coconut oil to large pot. When hot, add chicken, mushrooms, bell peppers, and coconut milk. Simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes.

5. Add remaining veggies, and cook til chicken is done (about 5-10 minutes).

6. Serve over cauliflower "rice" and enjoy!!

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