I don't exactly know what to fill it with..hmm. Maybe this is where I can put all my New cooking TOYS!!! Because, well, the rest of the food is perishable!!! so much so that the fridge is full..(sorry, no pictures).
I 'm excited…I think i'm doing well. I had a terrible headache on day one, but since then have just had intermittent periods of being hungry…
The thing is…its very hard to get away from the "weight loss", must "cut calories" perspective and deprivation. Its kind of freeing to know that you can eat what you want, when you want it, if you eat the right foods.
Total plusses that I see so far:
1. my FARTS are almost non existent - thank you NO gluten
2. My GI tract is loving me.
3. My joints in my hands are loving me
4. I feel stronger and more in control
5. At this point, its new and exciting and still fun
6. I have increased my cook book (simple meals) by 3 just this week
7. I have new kitchen toys
Here is a picture of my first venture into making a whole chicken (Ok, I lied, I made these in Rome, but I have never made one for myself).
Ok, so I don't have picture of the final product..its around..I just can't find it. this turned out really good.
THEN, I made this..ok..well I don't have a picture of the mayo either..but super easy..and tasty.
And then tonight I made this..in one of my new toys..a pan with a cover that I can put in the oven and use on the stove top.
I need to learn my oven better. It took way longer to heat up than the oven would have liked me to believe. It was set for 325, but dinged "ready" at about 250. Then, I'm pretty sure I cooked it too long because I wasn't sure. I tasted it and it is tasty..just al title more done than I would like, but I will be using it on a salad anyway…so its all good.
AND my favorite part…Kettle Bell class is kicking up and we are going hard and I did 12 assisted pull ups the other day. I've added a third day to my week for the next 2 1/2 months and hope this will really kick my metabolism into gear (apparently i'm "pre diabetic" even with all the exercise etc). I'm not as much concerned about weight loss as about getting stronger, fitter and faster…which I'm hoping will include weight loss, but we'll see how it goes. If I want to do IM Chattanooga, I gotta get my butt in gear.
This is what a KB workout looks like. Ha ha..I sometimes spend half the class trying to figure it out. Its like its own language. I thought I would post just one because all my Crossfit friends post theirs and its like total GREEK. So, this is just for fun. But we did it. Not four times, but three. We ran out of time, but I'll tell you that my arms are shaking and I'm gonna be sore tomorrow! A good sore, of course.
Which brings me to Tri season. I'm not entirely excited about it this year. Its is very hard to fit in the workouts (actually, I can go to pretty much zero of the team workouts) and I'm unmotivated to get in the pool or to get on my bike. But as part of my "be nice to me" year and working on my eating habits and strength, I'm trying to be ok with all of this and just take the 3 races (2 sprints and 1 Olympic) as FUN. NO stress. That can come next year!
Night night.
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