Just need to keep pushing forward....and food matters! it really does!

ALWAYS HAVE TO OPEN WITH A PICTURE OF SWEET SCARLET!!! 
She is growing up so fast. 

Such a happy baby!!!

Ever have one of those weeks where no matter what you do...you somehow manage to leave your workout a little disappointed?? THAT WAS ME LAST WEEK!!

I have about 100 theories about what is wrong with me or what is NOT wrong with me. 

1. I am working wayyyyyy too much
2. I am getting old...body takes longer to recover
3. I have peaked/plateaued 

ETC...ETC...ETC...

Excuses...that's all they really are. There is nothing WRONG with me. I am working too much but its not forever..just for now...age is just a number...and if I work at it hard enough I will get those PR's I am dying to get. I know it takes time and persistence. Time? eh...don't have alot of it right now...persistence? have plenty of it. So..this week- starting with a fresh mind- a new perspective..instead of beating myself up so badly I will find ONE thing- that may have gone right! That's it.....my Sunday rant! 


LETS TALK FOOD PEOPLE! 
Loved the soup recipe from last week-quickly learned it was too much starch for me. Which bummed me out alot! Starch is one thing I have to really watch. But if you can tolerate it that recipe is so good!

This week I decided to go kind of simple. I wanted to badly to try the cauliflower tortilla shell recipe so I kind of planned my menu around that. 
These are delicious. I made them way TOO thick but I will know for next time. I grabbed a lb of ground chicken and cooked it with lots of spice. I grabbed some greens - I will end of eating this kind of as a chicken tostada salad.
http://slimpalate.com/cauliflower-tortillas-paleo-grain-free-gluten-free/ 

I have also been wanting to try to do a brisket. I know there are so many ways to cook this and I really wanted to try a dry rub but I have to be honest- no idea what I was doing so I just googled a Paleo recipe. I found this one and I love how simple it is and it's still cooking- so I can't really tell you how this is quite yet. But look at it!!! ( I do not eat much red meat so this should be interesting!) You kind of make your own clean bbq sauce!
http://fedandfit.com/2013/04/13/crockpot-paleo-bbq-pulled-beef

I also have been craving salmon. Strange I know so I grabbed some salmon-drenched it in lemon- seasoned it with sea salt, pepper and threw some dill on there. AND YES I GRILLED IT OUTSIDE ....I tried to get a pic of how it was snowing while I had this on the grill but it didn't really turn out. I grabbed a huge bag of broccoli. I was able to get 4 good size pieces of out of this slab. Again- with broccoli and or salad. This will make a great lunch!

And breakfast. Again- frittata. This one is mushroom-kale, zucchini, a little red onion and I added olives..not sure why, just sounded good. I love this- it's SO easy to make and pack- and I of course add avocado. Smiths has their avocados 10 for 10.00 and they are good ones- all good sized!

I did a little cost analysis on this frittata.
Kale- .98  I buy this and just tear it and chop it- you can buy it already chopped up but its alot more.
zucchini - 1.50 (estimated I bought 3 small ones and used 2)
6 eggs- 1.34 I buy the Omega 3 eggs..2.69 for a dozen 
mushrooms-1.69 these were already sliced
onion .32 I used less than a 1/4 
olives .33 I used about 10 olive and sliced them myself so I used about 1/3 of the can the can was .99 
So TOTAL-6.16  I get 8 slices so this breakfast ends up being .77- add 1/2 and avocado .50 and total breakfast cost is 1.27. 
That is my frugal breakfast share. I guess if you got something off the dollar menu at McDonalds it could be cheaper but this is actually real food and so good for you!

My last share is a treat share- for those of you doing challenges you could still make these just double check all of your ingredients. This is my second try at these and Kat suggested just omitting the coconut sugar. I did and they are still delicious! They freeze great they are soft even after being frozen.

http://paleomg.com/soft-chewy-molasses-spice-cookies/ 

Well we are heading into week 3 of good eating. I am finally starting to feel better. Its insane to me how poor food effects you. And not just how it impacts your wod performance but how some foods can make you just feel so sluggish and tired amongst 100 other things! Stay on track peeps. If you have failed already - get the hell back on. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR????

REGISTRATION FOR THE CROSSFIT GAMES OPEN IS THIS WEEK!!! SO EXCITED. I won't be chasing anyone down this year begging them to sign up. It's not for everyone. Me? I have a goal..I am putting it out there right now. I am pushing to finish in the top 200 women in my age group. I don't know if its realistic or possible. Last year I finished 232. And honestly I feel like I have been going backward. Don't care...if I am going to do it I have to have something to push for and this is it!
Saw this on the Games FB page and loved it!! Not to mention she is a complete bad ass!!!

1. "I can't control the outcome, but I can control the effort I put in."
   
   - Elisabeth Akinwale, 7th - CrossFit Games

 













That's all I have! Have a great week everyone! Croni- out!