Told you I'm bad at keeping up with this!

Well, I've been pretty busy since school started but I'm loving it already. I have kept up with Crossfit and making healthy changes to our everyday diet, but I haven't found time to get on here and update my blog!
I have been going to a bunch of body pump and body combat classes on top of Crossfitting, but nothing makes you sore in a good way like a hard workout from CF! I can definitely feel my body changing and see that my legs are really firming up and my arm muscles are FINALLY getting back to where they were- I can't wait until they're cut up again and looking awesome!

But besides my own personal improvements....

I know it's pretty typical for men to see improvements faster than women, so I'll let it slide that Dallas is looking amazing!!  He works so hard at the gym and really pushes his limits and it is definitely paying off... If we weren't against posting half naked pictures of ourselves on the internet then I'd take a picture and show you- but too bad for you- no pictures!
I'll post some of my workouts and times. I have kept track of them, but haven't put them on my blog.
Here is a recipe that I made for dinner last night- it was scrumptious!

  Pesto-y brussel sprout pasta chicken delight.

So, I cut a pound of brussel sprouts in half, added a little olive oil, salt and pepper and coated them. Baked them for about 30 minutes at 400 degrees. 

(the outer layer of them will be brown and a little crispy)

Then I cut up some boneless skinless chicken breasts and added a tad bit of olive oil, italian seasoning, salt and pepper...coated that and cooked it up.

I made a delicious broccoli pesto... kind of eyeballed it- sorry I don't have exact measurements. I steamed some broccoli and put it in a food processor. I added walnuts on top of that, about 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese, 2 cloves of garlic and olive oil. I processed that until it was "pesto-y". I salted and peppered to taste. 

After that I cooked up some whole wheat bowtie pasta! Yumm-o pasta!

When that was finished cooking I kept about 1/2 cup of the water in the pot with the pasta. Then I tossed it all in together and made a happy little pasta, chicken, brussel sprout, pesto dish! I topped it with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese to make it pretty. I love pretty things. :)

It was heavenly and there was plenty to spare even after feeding myself and 2 grown men. :)

Here are a couple of CF workouts I've done since my last post-

3 sets of :

5 pull ups

10 air squats

10 dips

10 sit ups

10 back extensions

Then after the warm-up I did

"15-9-7"

15- 75 lb squats

15- burpees

9- 75 squats

9- burpees

7- 75 lb squats

7- burpees

Finished it in 5:20!!! Felt gooooood!

Another workout-

"The 13th"

4 rounds of -

400 meters run
3 65lb power cleans
6 95lb Squats (front squats won't work with my jacked up wrist)
9 burpees
Rest 2 minutes

Did it in 19:57. Rests included in time.

 "Barbara"
5 rounds for time:
15 assisted pull-ups
20 push ups
40 sit ups
50 squats
3 minute rest between sets
-30:38 with rests included

 

"Daniel"
25 pull-ups (assisted)
200m run
12 thrusters 35lb
400m run
12 thrusters 35lb
20om run
25 pull-ups (assisted)

10:40 was my time!

‎"Hager"
21 overhead squats-45 lb
42 assisted pull ups
18 overhead squats
30 assisted pull ups
9 overhead squats
15 assisted pull ups

12 minutes. :)