30 Day Paleo Challenge - Day 10

I'm a little late posting today, because CrossFit almost killed me this morning.

Seriously. I thought I was going to die halfway into set #1.

WOD:
Back squat 3×3 @ 85%

Front squat 2×10 @ 55%, 1 minute rest

3 x 3 wall walks  (Demo Video) - I can actually do this!! Yay me!! 

3 sets, each for time of -
500m row
20 burpees
10 Toes to bar

It wasn't the rowing. It wasn't the toes to bar (though mine are more like just-get-your-knees-up-as-high-as-you-can-and-hope-no-one-is-watching-and-call-it-a-day).

It was the $#^&@%! burpees.

Burpees and 5am do not go together...especially when you end up doing a total of 60 of the stupid things.

I almost threw up during the burpees, then again on my way home.

Then again on the way to work.

Here's some burpee awesomeness just to get you feeling sick to your stomach, too. This is just ridiculous.

Note the girl doing wallballs at about 0:34 into the video, then they have to go and show off doing muscle-ups to finish it off. 

This is the insane madness that I am addicted to. 

It's like a cult, without the creepy leader. 

I'm also frantically trying to get home from work every day this week to get things ready for the 4th of July Extravaganza in Northern Alabama, a.k.a. the Crazy Walters Crazy Family Reunion of Craziness.

It's a little challenging coming up with four days worth of packable paleo breakfasts, lunches and snacks to bring with us on a 12-hour drive. Those are the things we're on our own for this weekend...dinner is several nights worth of BBQ, tacos, salad bar, etc. My sweet, sweet Mom-In-Law is making me some seasoning-free ground beef for Taco Night, so I can build my own little paleo taco salad. Bring on the salsa!!

Tonight I'm pre-making a sausage/bacon/egg bake for my breakfast and splitting it into individual travel-size portions. I've also frozen the rest of my pineapple chili and some of the roast from last night for my lunches, and snacks are cut veggies and fruit, macadamia nuts, almond butter...

...Plus my Zinc and Vitamin C tablets.

Cause you never know. We like to spread colds and the flu around like the second coming of the plague.

That's how we roll in the South, y'all.

So I'm sorry if this post seems a little rushed, but I have so much to do!! Dishes, packing, cutting veggies and fruit, vacuuming dog hair from every surface of the house so the pet sitter doesn't think we're that nasty...

Plus, it's almost 8:00pm.

Bedtime.

CrossFit alarm is set for 4am.

Today:

Breakfast: A little more than usual because I was starving after CF. I had two scrambled eggs with salsa, six slices of bacon and a sliced Fuji. Lots of water. Lots.

Lunch: Baked chicken, baby tomatoes, watermelon, pumpkin cake cookie

Dinner: Leftover roast

Crossfite Website of the Day: Six Common Misconceptions About CrossFit - excellent article.

Paleo Website of the Day: Well Fed - Love this site! I have the cookbook, love the blog!

Today I love: Justin's Maple Almond Butter and not dying during the Burpees of Evilness and Death.

30 Day Paleo Challenge - Day 9

Are you kidding me?

My OCD-ness loves today.

The first day of a new month that just happens to fall on a Monday?

Plus it was kettlebell day at Crossfit this morning.

Be still my heart.

Yep. Went to CF at 4:30 this morning.

Don't I look thrilled?

Here's the deal. Florida is crazy hot right now, and I'm sorry, but after spending all day feeling like I'm sweating through my scrubs, it's been a little challenging to make myself excited about going to Crossfit when it's 92 degrees outside after work.

So this week, especially since I have things I need to do to prepare to leave for the family reunion Wednesday night, I'm going to CF at ungodly hours of the day.

As hard as it is to hear the alarm go off at 4am, it's so much sweeter to be heading home from work knowing I'm done with my commitments for the day.

This morning's WOD was:

5×1 hang snatch (full squat)
5×1 snatch, any style from floor (power or full)

AMRAP (as many reps as possible) in 8 minutes -
6 KBS (kettlebell swings) 70/55
12 pull-ups
24 double-unders (72 singles)

My result of the AMRAP: Three complete rounds and part of a 4th - got the 6 KBS and only 6 pull-ups. Longest eight minutes of my life. 

I am bouncing off the walls already this morning, which means around 11:30 I'll be ready to crash. 

Maybe I'm just excited about my scale results this morning!! I know. No weighing. Matt already reminded me.

But it's MONDAY!! Monday has been my weigh-in day for forever, so I can't break the cycle.

Results so far? On this Day 9 of my Paleo Challenge, I'm officially down 5.6 lbs! Not too bad. I'll take it.

I'm throwing a roast in the crockpot for dinner. I love one-pot meals...meat and veggies all in one stop without having to make side dishes. Yay!

I always prep my veggies the night before so I can just toss it all in on my way out the door in the morning.

I'm a simple roast girl: Rump roast, liberally season with salt and pepper, toss in carrots and onions. That's it. No fuss, nothing fancy. Filling and Paleo.

Today: 

Breakfast: Black coffee (using the rest of my Honduras coffee from my dear friend Kara Jumper!!), pumpkin pancakes, bacon

Lunch: Leftover baked paprika chicken, watermelon, black olives, baby tomatoes

Snack: Apple and almond butter

Dinner: Roast!!

Crossfit Website of the Day: Signs You're Obsessed with CrossFit. SO TRUE!!

Paleo Website of the Day: Paleo Parents - Very easy and kid-friendly paleo recipes, authors of Eat Like a Dinosaur.

Today I love: Getting workouts done before work and coffee from Honduras.