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Spinach goes great with cream sauces, I just like noodly things with my white sauce. 

Nice job on those deadlifts! Could do a Tu-Th-Su and give yourself a Fr-Sat break?

I'd also suggest that maybe you might want to look into the Texas Method a little. Monday - volume, Wednesday - recovery day, Friday - Intensity day.

I'd say Italian turkey sausage would pair well with a cream sauce, some zucchini noodles, red pepper flakes, onion, garlic and some basil. Also 5g of carbs over is like a bite of a banana, I wouldn't sweat it. 

BTW, I feel like I've finally gotten a really good handle on curry cauliflower "rice":

 

 

Two things that make a difference:

1) Hand-cut the cauliflower.  Just dice finely by hand, don't use a food processor.

2) Very high heat.  You want to nearly-burn each "grain".

I usually use riced cauliflower to make crusts for things and I generally use a box grater in a large bowl. I've tried chopping them up finely, but I think I need a larger cutting board or more patience to do little pieces at a time. 

In other updates, instead of working out last night, I went home and took a nap on the couch with a fire blazing. It’s going to take some getting used to, all this single digit weather. I can’t let it leave me so drained. Ate well though, stir fried beef and rice, and went to bed relatively early. Definitely running tonight though, and prepping to make chicken tacos tomorrow!

A nap in my chair next to the fireplace is my idea of a perfect night. As a matter of fact, I want to do that now. 

Food!

I should just quote your thread for my plans for today.  They are identical.  

 

I got a sriracha cookbook for Christmas last year, I kind of forgot about it until recently though, I need to cook something out of it.  

I was thinking about buying one of those books myself.

Week 1 Day 3 : SL 5x5 Reset. 

Squat: 

• 5 x 150 lbs
• 5 x 150 lbs
• 5 x 150 lbs
• 5 x 150 lbs
• 5 x 150 lbs

OHP

• 5 x 65 lbs
• 5 x 65 lbs
• 5 x 65 lbs
• 5 x 65 lbs
• 5 x 65 lbs

DL

• 5 x 205 lbs

Todo: Cook, cleaning, bit of laundry. food pics later. 

haha you guys are so funny. 

 

yesterday and today have been slight eating disasters. but whatever. i'll right this ship. 

Is it a meat ship?

Thirdeded, I can haz recipe?

That fritta looks like something I'm thinking of making tomorrow for my rest/light run day.. looks soo good. Sorry about the ego slap but everyone has to do it at some point just think that you're the smarter one than those bro's that run into the gym, don't warm up, load 300lbs on the bar, do 3 half squats, then leave

 

PS nice pic.. looks like winter makes us miss our bikes a lil lol

Yeah, the problem was I never did much of a deload before and figured I needed a fresh start after some time off from the weights. After the snow yesterday it made me realize that my bike is indeed sitting until late April / May /sadface. The Frittata was yummy too. 

Is that sriracha I spy on the fritatta???

It is indeed, it has unseated Franks as my go to hot sauce for most food now (Don't hit me chicken wings!) 

<3 sriracha!

Me too! 

Plans for today: Work, Lift, cook dinner, do some cleaning. 

Laura thread! 

I had Beef + Eggs + Veggies tonight too! I love those kinda dinners.

Also, I could go for a buffalo chicken wrap post-workout right now!

They were so good.

one step at a time. awesome job yesterday!

Thanks!

Ok, rest day so here is a food pic to make up for it: Beef and Spinach Frittata 

Make me another that slept like crap last night. Kept waking up, got heartburn around 2 am, dog woke me up at least 3 more times. I've been taking ZMA recently, seems to make me feel tired quickly but hasn't been great in keeping me asleep. 

I'm incapable of lifting in the morning, my body refuses. I've tried but even with breakfast I don't have any umpf. I need at least 3-4 hours of ramp up time before I can do anything really physical.

 

I told my mutual friend - she's the one who invited me, "Two things: I mostly care about lifting, so if there's no lifting style stuff, I probably won't go back. And I refuse to vomit." Seems like everyone who starts Crossfit is all, "I threw up my first five workouts." I don't throw up. No thanks. I believe I can get a good workout without throwing up. No offense to avid pukers. 

I've puked twice from workouts in my life, once from overheating during a high school indoor track practice 13 years ago and another when I did p90x plyo for the first time. I hate puking so much that I won't push myself to that limit anymore. If I start to feel nauseous, I'm done. 

What, I'm having my salad for the day

Out of curiosity, why so much creatine? It doesn't do much after a certain amount other than make your pee expensive. I'm not sure how much creatine is in those capsules though but the article smells of broscience. I've used it on and off for years and a 3 month supply of ON creatine monohydrate is like 15 bucks. 

It really takes a jab at the ego restarting SL 5x5 but I know that I need it right now. 

One thing I was always leery about 5/3/1 with the BBB was the 5x10 DL days, just felt like too many chances to do something bad to my back, never did but was always worried I would. 

Sigh, looks like I'm adding another shirt to my nerdy t shirt collection. Seriously I could go a month and not wear the same one twice. 

Week 1 Day 1: SL 5x5 Reset. 

Squat: 

• 5 x 145 lbs
• 5 x 145 lbs
• 5 x 145 lbs
• 5 x 145 lbs
• 5 x 145 lbs

Bench

• 5 x 140 lbs
• 5 x 140 lbs
• 5 x 140 lbs
• 5 x 140 lbs
• 5 x 140 lbs

BB Row

• 5 x 75 lbs
• 5 x 75 lbs
• 5 x 75 lbs
• 5 x 75 lbs
• 5 x 75 lbs

Todo: Make Buffalo chicken wraps for dinner, clean kitchen, read. 

Subbed!

. for now, i need to redeem myself with an easy cold appetizer.

Try these out, I bring these to parties pretty often:

http://www.food.com/recipe/greek-salad-skewers-384740