Whole 30 Day 2

Breakfast this morning was on the go, because we were late for CrossFit and had to drive across town to drop the boys off first. This is what a quick breakfast looks like:

It was actually pretty nasty trying to choke down a hard boiled egg and coffee. 

 After CrossFit we met up with H's parents & the boys at Chipotle for lunch. 

Salad with carnitas, chicken, tomato salsa and guacamole. I got double meat because I was STARVING. You better believe I chowed this whole thing (and it had 63g of protein). 

 We also hit up the grocery store yesterday and stocked the fridge for the week. That doesn't look like $300 worth of food does it?!

BERRIES! These are already almost gone, haha. 

 Dinner. Hubby charred the veggies a little, but oh well. Grass fed NY strip steak with yellow squash and zucchini. We love the grill in the summer time! 

Whole30 - Day 1

We decided it was time to fine tune the diet by doing another Whole 30 challenge. Basically, it's paleo with no cheats and no "paleo-fying" junky foods (paleo pancakes, brownies, etc).

The first time I did whole 30, my system was SHOCKED. The 2nd day I had an insane headache, nausea and actually threw up. I couldn't function at all. The whole first week I just felt like I was in a fog. We have been eating mostly paleo for several months now, so I don't expect this whole 30 to affect me like it has previously. 

I thought it would be fun to chronicle my daily foods and feelings as we chug through another whole 30 :) 

Today.... 

Breakfast. We are pretty predictable with breakfast. I'm so grateful my sweet husband wakes up and makes us eggs, to order, every single morning.

Lunch. Leftover of this yumminess found on paleomg.com. Chicken Pesto Pasta!

Dinner. Our standby, throw together bunless burgers with grilled zucchini. I also ate a little sweet potato.

Snacks were a hard boiled egg & banana.

Memorial Day MURPH

Well, we survived "Murph!" 


1 mile run
100 pull ups
200 push ups
300 squats
1 mile run


I broke it up and did the 1 mile run then 20 rounds of 5 pull ups, 10 push ups, 15 squats and 1 mile run. 


The last time I did Murph was 2 years ago and I passed out in the middle of it. This time, I did pull ups without a band (which was insanely hard) and did about 50 man push ups before I switched to my knees. I ran my first mile @ 9:45 (which is a PR for this slow runner)!

I'm proud of myself for doing pull ups without a band, but it was by far the hardest thing. I was doing one pull up, drop, one pull up, drop. Ugh. My hands ripped out halfway in, so gripping the bar was like fire.

Time was 68:17. I was hoping to finish in under an hour, but I'm still proud of myself for finishing without a band. I really REALLY wanted to give up and use one... but some of my fellow CFers wouldn't let me :)

I'm also super proud of my H because he did the run with a 20# weighted vest.

Lt.Murphy must have been a BEAST because apparently he did this WOD regularly. Whew. 

BEFORE (wad up with my funky hair?!)

AFTER!

And, my gnarly hands. It's been 2 days, and I still can't use my right hand to grip anything :/

H and I had a date night last night, and decided to use it as our cheat meal. We went totally crazy. I had pizza, dr. pepper and a brownie sundae. H had chicken fried chicken with fries, mashed potatoes and a apple pie a la mode. Typically, I'm ok with one cheat meal per week. We're strict paleo the rest of the week. However I really didn't think last night's food was worth it. I'm only 5 pounds from pre pregnancy weight with little C and I'm 3 pounds under pre preg weight with big C. My pants feeling baggy, getting compliments and feeling good about myself feels SOOO much better than pizza tastes. I can see myself (slowly) starting to lose a desire to eat most of that stuff. It makes me happy to see us making legit changes in our life. Not a fad, not a "do this to lose weight as fast as possible" but actual lifestyle habits that are GOOD. I woke up today feeling bloated, congested and with a headache. Bleh. Bring on the eggs and veggies this morning! 


Here is some of our food from the weekend...pretty last minute/unplanned foods, but we're starting to get the hang of eating paleo in a pinch. 

Have a great Memorial Day!

Food

Hi friends!













Life has been busy since the arrival of little C. Lots of photography, CrossFit, paleo eating & family time. I'm hoping to blog more often about my journey getting fit (again). Here are some pictures to catch up a little.

This guy is just getting bigger and cuter every single day.

 Apparently he thinks he needs to try and keep up with big bro and walk early. 9 months old and already standing?! Stop it baby C!

 Man, this kid is just cracking me up. He is turning into such a cool kid. I love hearing the funny things he has to say. He just loves his little bro, too.

         

Our fridge is looking a lot like this, these days.

I'm doing a lot of this.... 

And this.... 

Listening to a lot of this.....

And, eating this......

The pancakes are a treat,not a regular thing :) Almost every breakfast looks more like this... 

I'll be posting more of what we are eating and doing soon!

I want to be a millionaire.

If you were to invest $125 a month (in mutual funds averaging 11%) from age 25 to age 65 you would have just over $1,000,000. There is no reason we shouldn't all have $1mil at retirement. Younger than 25? Even better. I started investing at 19, and if I only ever put in $100 I will have $1.6mil at 65.

"But, I don't have an extra $125 a month!" Really? Take a look at last month's bank statement to see what you spent your money on. Pizza? Starbucks? Beer? Are these things more important to you than becoming wealthy? How you spend your money says a lot about the things you value.

"You can't average 11%, the stock market is in the toilet!" Let me just say, I don't claim to be an investing expert. I just take a common sense approach. The S&P 500 has averaged 10.88% since 1980. The Russel 2000 Value Index averaged 12.66% since 1980 (as 2 examples). Call me an optimist, but I believe long term investing in the stock market proves to be a wise choice.  Investing the past 5-10 years has been volatile, but long term investments are still strong!

I am the 99% ;)