Today it REALLY begins and what a rotten week for it to begin. Thanksgiving. Food, food, food and a short week at the gym. Yikes! Today my coach says to me, "It's a big week. We have to lose one pound!" Coach B is "going against the grain" with me and losing weight this holiday season instead of gaining. It is so great to have somebody to be accountable to. Posting my intentions and my progess here for all to read is also great motivation. If I can do this during the holidays it should be a piece of cake to stay on track when it comes to nutrition the other eleven months of the year.
So, I checked my calendar to take a peek at the week and see what I have to work around and when I will fit my cheats in. My plan was 2-3 cheats/week, but this week is going to be a little different considering Turkey Day. I think it is obvious that my cheat is going to be on Thursday and I am laying off the lattes and saving up to have one Friday morning when my sister and I brave the craziness of Black Friday. Tangent . . . yes, I am one of those crazy people that gets up in the middle of the night to brave the cold and the stupid crowds of people. But, I really don't go for the deals, I don't arrive at stores an hour before they open, I don't turn my shopping trips into a CrossFit sprint workout with a steel cart, leaping over small children and narrowly missing elderly women in the waffle iron aisle. I go because my sisters and I have been doing it almost every year since I moved back to Montana and it is fun, silly time with my sisters. (The best part about the following pic is the lady sprouting out of my sister's head.)
- Black Friday 2009 . . . the alarm went off at 3:20 a.m.
Anyhoo, I digress! So, back to what I was saying, my cheat is mostly reserved for Thanksgiving Day and I'm going to have a latte Friday morning. Now even though Thanksgiving is considered my cheat I'm going to be trying some Paleo recipes to go along with Thanksgiving dinner. I don't think my dad will buy into it so I will still be doing most of the traditional stuff, too, but I am pretty excited about this. I am going to make some mock mashed potatoes from cauliflower (we do this occasionally and they are YU-MMY!), green beans sauteed with garlic and bacon in leu of green bean casserole and I'm trying a Paleo stuffing recipe (this is a leap for me because it has bacon and sausage in it & pork mostly gives me the heebie-jeebies) I recently found on a blog. Don't worry I will be sharing these recipes in a future post as well as the recipes for the two things I am not even going to try to find a Paleo replacement for. My Dad's recipe for Sweet Potato Balls and French Silk Pie. Sometimes you just have to go with the bad stuff.
Enough with my plan for the week and onto my lunch for today. I am going to confess that I DO NOT like to cook, I am a baker at heart. My husband does most of the cooking and has been pretty much feeding me since we joined CrossFit Flathead about 18 months ago. But, in my effort to eat better, more consistently I am making an effort to do my share of the cooking. So today in between my workout and picking up at pre-school I made a mad dash to the grocery store to pick up some veggies. I didn't have much time, but grabbed some yellow squash, zuchinni, bok choy, baby bok choy (simply because they were so cute) and mushrooms. After I fed my son and his friend a less friendly heart-healthy lunch (you gotta do that when they have a friend over!) I got to work on my lunch and below is what I came up with.
Lunch ala Trina
(I'm guessing this may be the name of many of my lunches.)
Simple really and not even worthy of being called a recipe. I sauteed and then slightly steamed broccoli in some olive oil and chicken broth. Next, I added red peppers and garlic, tossed in the crispy parts of the baby bok choy (really, so cute!) and the mushrooms, added a splash of low-sodium soy sauce (Gasp! Soy sauce?! Get over it. I'm more primal than paleo. That's in my 20%) and then add the bok choy leaves. I slid all that yumminess onto my plate and cooked up my chicken in some olive oil and the goodies in the bottom of the pan from the veggies. I then weighed out 3 oz. of chicken and put it on top of my veggies, sliced up an apple (because I can't seem to eat a garden of veggies in one meal to get all my Zone blocks in so sometimes I have to add some fruit earlier in the day) and presto! I made my own lunch! I'm such a big girl.
So, that's what I've done so far today. Planned my week, actually cooked a meal and stayed mostly warm (it is 8 degrees). I hope all your goals are moving forward how you would like them to. Only you can make them move in that direction! Have fun preparing for Thanksgiving!
Progress report: Diet is going pretty well today and I had a great workout this morning. Cleans . . . I really want to work on my technique in this lift so today was perfect. 95# Cleans and Chest-to-Bar pullups, 15-12-9. I stayed pretty steady, the weight didn't feel terribly heavy and I could feel when the lift was decent. Learning to recognize when something is right in my own lifts has been a long, ongoing process for me. I'm learning to pay closer attention and that makes my effort in the gym more productive. Now if I could quit being so hard on myself the rest of the time. ;) Quiet in the peanut gallery! :D
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