Bacon wrapped dates, stuffed with almonds. Fellow Crossfitter George made those, and brought them in for everyone at the Saturday a.m. team WOD class to enjoy. I did my part, and ate more than 5, but less than 25. I am buying dates today, and recreating the awesomeness with my fresh, local, organic bacon. Homework assignment: make those, and eat them. Only share them if the person is really important to you.
If you are on Facebook, you've heard all about my new Jeep by now. If you're not, I got a Jeep this week, and I love it. I also got the car payment to go with it, but it doesn't matter, because after years of driving something functional and Mommish, I have something that's still functional but FUN. I quickly drew a comparison between the Crossfit and Jeep communities, and all you Crossfitters will understand.
When a Jeep driver (only the Wranglers - Liberty and Cherokee people are not included for some reason) passes another Jeep driver, there's a nod, or a wave, or a peace sign. It's a Jeep thing, yes, and apparently a Harley Davidson thing too, but you won't catch me on one of those. It's just a simple acknowledgement of being in a made-up club, a group, kind of "in on the secret." Now, when I drive, it's impossible to be irritated or annoyed, because every couple of minutes someone waves at you. It's a good energy, and I'm always happy to introduce new, good energy into my life. The more good energy you have, the less room for the negative, self-destructive stuff.
Crossfit does the same thing for people. It's a club, a group, a cult of sorts, and, like the Jeep, it's people that are "in on the secret." I had a 30 minute conversation with a stranger in the Tampa airport because he was wearing a Crossfit sweatshirt. We talked about Tough Mudder, favorite hero WODs, strengths, weaknesses, Paleo, and on and on. When we just traveled to Fort Lauderdale, we went to a Crossfit gym, which is completely different than hitting the local health club. Again, people talk, compare, we bought their shirts, and we learned new things, some good, some bad. Overall, it made me really appreciate even more the Crossfit gym we go to, and props to the people that run ours and train there.
Many Americans go to the gym on Saturday mornings. But do they get high-fived, hugged, or shout outs when they walk in? Everyone is genuinely happy to see the others that come to our Saturday classes. And, Saturday classes are Team WODs, designed to be a supportive, collective, goal-type workout. The better you work with your team mate or mates, the more you can accomplish. For the record, my team got two more rounds than my husband's team today. Go Girl Power! People bring food, sometimes beer, snacks, their protein shakes, or whatever, and there's usually a mini social/happy hour following the workout. So, the fact that George brought the bacon-wrapped dates and set them out for all isn't the slightest bit unusual. I'm thinking I will bring the Sweet Potato Brownies with me next Saturday.
Either way, I'm happy to be in both "clubs." Again, take your positive energy where you can get it. It's even better if you pass it along and make someone else's day.
3 comments:
Your husband's partner was bringing him down. You can't blame your hubby for that!
It's only because you were "Team Half as Sexy"
Just got the OMG. That's Paleo? cookbook today. I like it. It is a much easier to navigate compilation of her blog's recipe posts, plus some new ones. I really like the organization of the book, with sections for beef, pork, seafood, slow cooker, breakfasts, baked goods, 5-ingredient meals, side dishes, snacks, and desserts.
Each recipe has a small color photo with it and some notes from Juli about how to make it like she does. Plus, the book is full of her goofy style of humor.
Some of the recipes that jump out at me on first glance are Open faced shrimp burgers over charred plantains, Chocolate banana breakfast bars, Cilantro chicken nuggets, and Honey ginger apple shredded pork.
There are also some short sections about what Paleo is, what you tools and ingredients you need to have in your kitchen, some of Juli's perspective on Paleo, and some interesting commentary on each of the food chapters.
A lot of the recipes are not 100% Zone-compliant, (i.e. include coconut milk/flour, or honey or other "no" ingredients), but there are plenty that do comply and those that don't can certainly be used in moderation.
I'm looking forward to trying out many of these new recipes. With 165 pages of food in there, it should provide some good variety for quite a while.--Geoff
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