Quiz from happiness project

What part of the newspaper do you read first?
front page headlines, comics,

2. What are three books you’ve read in the past year?
Sookie Stackhouse series, Lord of the Flies, Gernsey Literary & Sweet Potato Pie Society

3. As a child, what did you do in your free time? read, made mud pies, wrote, dreamed, mainly activities to entertain myself

4. What’s a goal that has been on your list for a few years? write a book, learn HTML

5. What do you actually do with your free time? [This is perhaps the most helpful question. I finally switched careers from law to writing when it dawned on me that I was always writing books in my free time.] write blogs, read facebook, watch tv (a lot less than I used to), exercise

6. What types of activities energize you? sleep, blogging, hanging out with friends

7. What famous people intrigue you? spiritual leaders who aren't mainstream, quirky people like Steve Jobs, theatrical people like John Malcovich, people who are passionate about their marriage, family etc

Day 21

breakfast: not listing it, let's just say I went to Cardinal Glennon and leave it at that.
Lunch: grilled turkey with cheese, no bread, grapes
snack: jerkey
dinner: piece of cheese
WOD: 15 burpees; 25 kettle bells; 800 meters farmers walk; 15 burpees; 25 kettle bells
COLLAPSE!

I've been getting veggies/fruit in but have had an occasional bad meal this week. Generally it's two good meals and one not so good. It's a long way from what I used to eat.

We may go to Springfield tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it but will be ok if plans change.
Too tired to write more. signign offnow.

Keep Up the Pace

Last night was Cross Fit and we had an excellent night.
WOD - 3 rounds of
300 meter row
10 burpees
200 meter run

I ate great yesterday and today.
Today's breakfast:
grapes, bacon, sausage
lunch: vegetable napolean with tomato roulade, small amount of polenta
dinner: 1/2 a buffalo burger, 1/2 a chicken patty, a few green beans, a little spinach
couple squares of chocolate

My legs hurt but I can't help but feel that I'm improving.

Tuesday -- Day 4 of the Challenge

Today marks the fourth day of the Primal Way.
Breakfast: salmon, grapes
lunch: tuna on lettuce (I was very hungry later)
dinner: mongolian bbq (shrimp, pork, beef, salmon, veggies ... all yummy goodness)
carrot/orange juice
smoked salmon snack
That's really all I can think of that I ate. maybe two macadamia nuts

AND, I walked quite a bit around my neighborhood.

I felt full after dinner. Finally.

that's all folks.

Monday tired

Kelley and I scrapbooked today. I finished 2 pages. Not a record but I was pleased with the pages.

breakfast: salmon, frozen grapes
lunch: french onion soup, ahi tuna in a salad, dressing on the side
snack when arrived home: pork, mixed veg
Cross fit
WOD: 5 dead lifts, 200 meters, rest 1 minute
four rounds
Home: pork, zucchini and shaved carrots with orange squeezed over and light seasoning

I'm worn out.

Let the Triumph Begin

We've finished two months of Cross Fit now and this month, the month of August, we're starting a month of primal eating. The weekend I did great.

Here's what I had yesterday:
salmon, grapes, nuts
shrimp, pineapple, roasted red peppers
hamburger with special spices (I added a very small piece of wee brie to mine... I haven't given up dairy entirely)
snack: more salmon

Throughout the day I had approx 3 juice glasses of carrot/orange juice. I need to measure today to see how many ounces are in that cup.

Today will be interesting. I'm going with Kelley to scrap, go to the movies and scrap more.

Here's to feeling great in 2010.

The Best Decade is Yet to Come

A milestone was achieved today. Not just that I turned to a new decade, but a new level of cross fit.

Tonight the WOD was:
25 kettle bell swings
flip a tractor tire 100 meters, Nate let me not do it maybe four flips less there and 2 less at the end
run up and down a hill, twice, while carrying a fire hose (granted I had a smaller one than the guys)
flip the tractor tire 100 meters back
you guessed it, 25 more kettle bells

It's difficult to type and I never should have had the coffee drink but it was lots of fun.
Food intake today:
breakfast: salmon, avacado
lunch: celebration of amici salad, tortellini in butter/olive oil with mushrooms and peppers
1/2 a slice of tiramisu (although I did not eat 1/2 of it, there is some left over)
dinner:
left over tortellini, not certain what else I'll eat. Maybe my birthday cupcake. At least it's not an entire cake!
This was a celebration day so my intake is not like what I've been eating.