A mom and a WARRIOR!: Sunday night!!!! Yay-ah!

Here's my day...

Sunday, 2 1/2 hour workout. My FAVORITE day of the week. I get TIME to do me. AND I DO NOT FEEL GUILTY! 1 hour bootcamp, 1 1/2 (ish) hours yoga.

Annie the cute, sweet looking, girl is my yoga instructor. She's AMAZING and HARD and so positive. So effing young too. It WOULD be annoying IF I didn't like her so much. The other dude is Brother Jones. I can only take his classes when I'm on break. THE DUDE IS FUN, BUT EVIL! He walks around, during class and beats everyone with a pool noodle, in the middle of a kick ASS workout. For reals. This is my gym.

Note ****** It NEVER ceases to amaze me. People have judgments about my lifestyle and my workout schedule. People <read WOMEN> often TRY to make me feel guilty...that's "family" time, I can't believe you do that? Aren't your kids sad? Is your husband babysitting?*****

#1 Husbands CANNOT babysit. It's their FUCKING kid. It's called being a dad. BOOM!
#2 No. My kids aren't sad. It's routine. Mommy is at the gym.
#3 Message to my daughter: It's OK to take time for yourself. Just because you are a mom and a wife doesn't mean you give everything up. You are WORTH it.

This is what I did while my husband "babysat" his own kids.

I ate like SHIT today. I knew it was coming. So I worked out accordingly and tried to moderate portions.

I went to my students' softball game to see them. BUT......mostly because I have craved chili cheese fries for OVER TWO years. Since I am dunking this week to start a challenge, I thought...why NOT??? Chili cheese fries + supporting students = 1 happy teacher!

Holy fuckballs of deliciousness! I ate ALMOST half. My family dove in to finish it. Like vultures. -_-

After that, I knew we were having dinner at Buca di Beppo with my in laws. This visit, as lovely as it is, requires WINE. Quite a bit of wine. :P I will not even pretend that this wasn't on the menu/agenda. It TOTALLY was. (No pic. I was drinking wine, silly.)

Now I'm in the middle of food prep. Matt is getting back on the "good food" wagon. So we are prepping food together for lunches. I only prep for 4 days of lunches because I know that ONE day out of the week, I need to peel out of that parking lot to enjoy 40 min. alone! Matt too. Teaching requires breaks. You feel me?

So, here I am, at 6:45 waiting for the rest of my chicken to cook. Matt is folding the rest of the laundry and I am finishing cooking. I'm hitting the sack in an hour, hoping to be asleep by 8:15. When you wake up at 4:00 to work out, it's a must.

FYI, I just thanked Matt for folding the PILE/MOUNTAIN of laundry on the couch. His reply? "We are just like Troy and Gabrielle." I could NOT stop laughing. If you don't now High School Musical, then you don't know nothin'!

We're all in this together.......

I'm excited for our new challenge to start but I'm also enjoying being "off challenge". In 4 days, it's ON!

I want to remind you all. I am NOT writing this blog as a "paleo". I'm not writing it as a "clean eating" mom. I'm writing it as an "average, full-time working woman" on a budget who is trying to make better choices for herself and her family. I'm not an expert. I'm not a dietician. I've done LOADS of research. Here is the recap. EAT WHAT YOU WANT. EVERYTHING IS BAD FOR YOU. THE FOODS YOU THINK ARE GOOD FOR YOU TODAY, WILL BE BAD TOMORROW (i.e. SOY). EATING ORGANIC FOOD IS EXPENSIVE, AND FOR MOST AMERICANS, UNREASONABLE. If you can shop at Whole Foods consistently, then be grateful. You have a lot of $$$. That's great! It's not me.

Point: Eat TONS of veggies, eat lean meat (and bacon), eat good carbs. Exercise. Treat your body well. Love yourself. Life is too short to sweat the small stuff.

daily snack

Lunches for me and Matt

Brussel Sprouts-500 degree oven. EVOO, sea salt, Everyday Seasoning by Trader Joe's

Green Beans-EVOO, sea salt

Pulled Pork-for dinner tomorrow and extras. Pork Loin. Slow Cooker Packets. Add extra ingredients on the packet. Cook in the crock pot for 4 hours. Don't forget your condoms.