Good morning! I hope y'all had a great Easter weekend. I intended to make a Happy Easter post, but slacked on that. Sorry.
Since Friday, I feel like all I've done is eat sugar. But, I have had some pretty good workouts, too. Balance, right?!?
Friday was a holiday at work, so I was able to make it to the 9:30 AM CrossFit class. Our coach had us a special Easter workout full of hopping. It looked like this:
10 frog jumps
20 jumping lunges (knees have to touch the ground)
30 burpee box jumps
40 jumping pull ups
50 double unders (or 200 single unders)
then, run 400 m
50 double unders (or 200 singles)
40 jumping pull ups
30 burpee box jumps
20 jumping lunges
10 frog jumps
The burpees were awful. My calves are still sore from all the hopping 4 days later!
I returned home, showered, and ate a lunch of shrimp etoufee and fried fish at my parents' house for lunch. Then, mom and I went to see Hunger Games. It was good and kept me interested for the whole 2 1/2 hours (which is hard to do). I was only really frustrated with one book to movie difference: they changed how Katniss received the Mockingjay pin, which becomes significant in the second book. I'm Team Gale, BTW.
My night ended after a couple of beers at MacFarlane's. I chose Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, again. Yum.
Saturday was an active recovery day, so I took Lola for a 3 mile walk while listening to This American Life podcast. Most of the rest of the day was spent in the kitchen. I made hummus, sangria, and a strawberry ice box cake. I skipped lunch in lieu of snacking on everything I was whipping up. (Literally, I whipped some coconut milk to make whipped cream for my cake.)
After showering, I drove back to my parents house, where the Easter bunny made an early visit. My basket was full of candy, caramel and chocolate covered apples, and a pair of running shorts. I was starving by 5:00, but we were having guests at 6:30 so I had to wait to eat. I broke into the candy and munched and munched and munched. They finally arrived and we had ham sandwiches on those divine croissants from Sam's and red velvet cupcakes for dessert.
We attended the Easter Vigil at 8:00 and didn't get out of church until after 10:00.
I woke up early Sunday to get in a 5 mile run. It has been a while since I've covered that distance, and I've got a hilly 10k this upcoming weekend. It was hot and tough, but I pushed through. When I returned from my run, I made a ganache topping for my cake. My breakfast consisted of strawberries dipped in the leftover ganache.
For the 3rd day in a row, I drove across the bridge to my parents' house. My entire extended family on my mom's side came into town. I started in on the sangria as soon as possible.
We paqued eggs, ate, and the kids swam. Lunch consisted of brisket (my favorite!), turkey cooked in the infrared oven, rice dressing, baked beans, croissants, salad, pasta salad, and of course deviled eggs. Desserts included red velvet cupcakes, coconut-pineapple cupcakes, cheesecake, strawberry ice box cake, key lime pie, sweet potato pie, and buttermilk pie.
I ate leftovers and candy for dinner. And I had a tummy ache.
On Monday, I was so full that all I had was coffee until 8:30 last night. I went to CrossFit at 5:30, where we did 1 rep max thrusters x10; my max was 85#. After playing with Lola a while and showering, I plopped down on the couch for a leftover brisket sandwich on a croissant followed by lots of candy while watching Bethenny Ever After.
Part of me thinks I should just power through and finish off all this candy so it is gone and not tempting me anymore.
What do you think? Be a glutton and eat all my candy now, or save it and eat a little at a time?
I think I'm going to try to get some veggies in my body today. It's been a while.
PS. I'm an awful blogger because I never take pictures.
1. What I'm Reading: The Mockingjay
I finished The Hunger Games and Girl on Fire. I have yet to see the movie; Mom and I may go today. The first book was very enjoyable, but the further I get into the series, the less interested I become. I feel no real attachment to any of the characters and am much more into the political aspects of the book than the relationships.
Although, I do think it is a great series for young adults because Katniss is a great role model (especially compared to the heroine of another wildly popular, made into movie, science fiction young adult series) and it raises the question of how much government control is too much.
2. What I'm Watching: Shahs of Sunset
Bless you, Bravo, for this wonderful gift. I am in awe of the cast; they are amazing, ridiculous, hilarious, and downright entertaining. Reeza's one-liners kill me!
3. What I'm Eating: Asparagus.
It's no secret I'm obsessed. Since it's in-season and has been on sale, I've been eating absurd quantities.
4. What I'm Listening To: NPR podcast: Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me
It's very entertaining and the perfect length for weekday runs (between 45-50 minutes). A humorous way to fit the news into my week.
5. What I'm Pinning spending countless hours online scouring: cars
It's official that my car is totaled, so I'm currently car shopping. This is the only kind of shopping I don't enjoy. *Sigh.
Bonus: What I'm Contributing to Easter Dinner:
strawberry ice box cake (I'm attempting to make it more Paleo friendly by using full-fat coconut milk in the place of heavy cream and agave instead of confectioners sugar)
white wine sangria with apples, blackberries, and hopefully peaches, if I can find some
hummus (My aunt fell in love with it when she tried it at Zeus, so I'm hoping she likes mine just as much.)
guacamole deviled eggs (A healthier alternative to traditional deviled eggs, which are always made with the broken paquing losers.)
Your turn. What are you reading, eating, watching, listening to, searching the Internet for, and making for Easter? GO.
