Day 27

Happy Monday friends! I'm really starting to enjoy Mondays because its my day to hang around the house and get things ready for the rest of the week. Technically its my on-call day for my doula group, but until we start getting busy with clients, I'm free to do as I please, which is a beautiful way to kick off the week. Today I plan to finish cleaning up from last night's party, and hopefully do some cooking for the week. I'll also need to go grocery shopping at some point because we're a little low on veggies and cashew butter.

After all the excitement last night, Chad and I didn't get to bed til around 11:30 so getting up at 6:30 for CrossFit was brutal. Additionally, we both stuffed ourselves at the party, so we were a bit sluggish. Here is today's WOD:

STRENGTH:
OVERHEAD SQUATS 5.5.5.5.5
OH SQUAT SHOULDER PRESS 8.8.8
WOD: WILL START ONE AT A TIME WITH SLED PUSH
SLED PUSH: 75 YARDS
3ROUNDS FOR TIME:
BATTLE ROPES: 6 CYCLE TABATTA
30 WALL BALL
10 RENEGADE ROWS
FINISH UP WITH:
SLED PULL: 30 YARDS
STRETCH/COOL DOWN

I'm happy to report that my overhead squats are finally improving and I can tell that I'm getting stronger. I think my shoulders are getting bigger and I'm just going to have to accept it.

I've been in the kitchen the majority of the day, both cleaning and cooking. I decided to make up another batch of paleo granola bars, and this time I actually measured everything. Here's the recipe:

1 cup sunflower seeds
*11/2 cups almond butter
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/4 chia seeds
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
3 tbsp honey
1/3 egg whites
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp cardamom

 *I used my homemade almond butter which consisted of raw almonds and coconut oil. You could sub 1 cup almond flour and a 1/3 cup coconut oil.

I mixed all the ingredients and pressed them into a parchment lined baking dish. I baked the bars at 350 for about 20 minutes until golden brown. I then removed the pan from the oven and allowed the bars to cool before cutting. In my 10X10 dish I got 10 bars. I'll wrap these individually, and they'll be a great snack for Chad to take to work.

For lunch I wanted to finish up the rest of the sweet potatoes, and peppers and onions I had last night. I only used half of the remaining sweet potato, to cut the carbs, and gave the rest to my pups. I quickly cooked up a boneless skinless chicken thigh, and some spinach, and had that as well. A perfect, filling lunch in under 10 minutes!

On Saturday, while shopping for party food, I picked up 2 lbs of grassfed ground bison on sale at Kroger. Score! I know I could try to do something creative with it, but why mess with a good thing? Chad and I both love bison burgers, medium rare, so I think that sounds like a perfect dinner. I'm planning to roast some brussels, and I'll probably make Chad a side salad.

So... I never made it to the store today because I only have one patient scheduled for tomorrow, and figured I could shop after. Instead I did a lot of cleaning and lounging :) I snacked on a carrot and some cashew butter and drank a ton of water and hot tea. Dinner turned out super yummy. Nothing like a little bacon wrapped bison and garlic brussel sprouts! Total carbs for today was 96g.