Crunchy Green Health Nut

The Spartan Workout Tour came to Marietta and Three of us from Crossfit Etowah's   On-Ramp to Crossfit Bootcamp decided to give it a shot. If you are thinking on participating but haven't decided yet let me tell ya, stop over thinking and JUST DO IT!  Here's the link to the 2014 Workout Tours. http://www.spartan.com/spartan-workout-tour/ The workout takes 2 hours and you WILL NOT stop moving during those 2 hours. There is no gym equipment involved, all you need is your body, a towel and water!  We did sprints, running in place, squats, jumping squats, jumping jacks, push ups, staggered push-ups, Burpees, planks, great vine steps, skater steps, leg lifts/flutter kicks and a couple more.  A lot of emphasis on Core strengthening exercises. For active recovery between periods of intense workout we did jogging in place, planks and jumping jacks.  The weather was not great, it sprinkled the whole time we were there and the pavement was very wet ...

Hubby made me breakfast this morning, Paleo style, he did good :-) Ingredients: Two eggs Green pepper Red pepper Black Forest ham Bacon Salt & pepper The omelette had ham and the green/red pepper folded into it. So yummy.  

Wow, can't believe we're approaching the end of August already. It's been hectic and I'm still adjusting to new schedules.  My 5 yr old started kindergarten at the beginning of the month, and the 3 yr old is still home with me. It gets hectic with school, homework, taekwondo and On-Ramp to Crossfit Bootcamp time. I earned my July's Get Out and Run metal by participating in the Woodstock Freedom Run on July 4th. That was a 5K in Downtown Woodstock, my chip time was 31:08, I'm striving to improve my running time with every race.  The kids loved watching the parade afterwards. The run was sponsored by Pinacle Orthopaedics, I had my elbow surgery there last year when I was dealing with olecranon Bursitis (that's another blog post). The Run for Wounded Heroes 5K benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project followed on August 2nd. I irritated my patella tendon during Bootcamp two days before the race. Had to get a shot on the knee the day before, iced it really goo...

Here it is, today's yummy supper. The yellow zucchini is from my garden, sautéed with grape seed oil along w/ the asparagus and seasoned with salt and pepper. I browned the stew meat first then added chopped carrots, celery and green pepper from the garden. Then added 2 cans of chicken broth and garlic. Once the meat was tender I added the spuds and some water to cover. Covered and cooked till the taters were done.  Simple and tasty. 

This was dinner last night. Quick and easy. Paleo and whole30 compliant. I cooked sweet potatoes and seasoned them with salt, pepper and ghee. The green beans were seasoned with vinegar, salt and pepper. The beets were served plain. For the protein I used a very thin steak, simply browned first on a skillet with grape seed oil and then I added steak seasonings and some h2o and covered to get it tender.

Google Paleo Mug muffin or bread and you'll get a long list of recipes.  This one is the one I have tried in the past, it has the consistency of cornbread almost, it is dense and I have eaten it with eggs and bacon as a breakfast sandwich. In a mug mix well 1 egg 1 Tablespoon of Full fat canned coconut milk 1 level Tablespoon coconut flour. 1 level Tablespoon almond flour. 1/2 teaspoon baking powder Dash of salt Microwave 2 to 2:30 minutes.

This is a very simple, easy to make and refreshing summer time spritzer. I used 4 oz of ea. La Croix  Berry sparkling water V8 vegetable juice Orange juice. Everything was already cold from the fridge, ready to go after mixing.