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I've kind of adopted a once a week update schedule for the last couple weeks, hoping to make more time for updates this week now that I'm done sewing my Valentine's Day stocking. Summary of last week here in the battle log.

I haven't fallen off the wagon, promise! I've just been so incredibly busy. I am literally always working, between my corporate job, my shop, and Jamberry. Summary of last week: Ate clean all week (breakfast casserole for breakfast, leftovers or custom fit meals for lunch, cooked dinner) and had Thai food as a treat on Sunday. Made it to the box 2 days (Tuesday midday and Wednesday evening), as well as an hour long Zumba class Thursday which was awesome and I will be doing every week going forward. Sewing was in the bag by Thursday, but I also made 8 things this weekend. For the mini I meditated 5 minutes either in a quiet room or area at the office, or once I was finished sewing for the night and before I went up for bed. Can't wait to hit it hard this week and finish the challenge strong!

I didn't get too specific since it's been so long since I updated my battle log, but I stuck to my goals this week. Only had pizza and buffalo chicken cheese dip at a super bowl party (other things too like celery and guacamole but those were Paleo compliant), and some meatballs with what I think was BBQ sauce on them. I got my 3 workouts in, 1 day at the box, 100 donkey kicks (all in one sitting, ouch) and ample sewing done. I also started a new business (hence why I've been so busy) so I now have three jobs but I still make time for fitness and healthy eating. I just need to keep that up! This coming week Nate (my trainer) is pushing me to ramp it up and come in to the box 2-3 days. He thinks I'm ready and I agree. I aim to be there at least 2 days, and maybe go to an indoor play area or something fun and physically engaging while I have mommy daughter time this weekend.

Woooooooooooooow this week has been busy, I thought I had updated until this point! I won't go into explicit detail for each day but I did stick to Paleo every day except the last 24 hours in which I've had pizza, buffalo chicken cheese dip, and meatballs with BBQ sauce. For sewing, I've made 2 dresses and a couple pairs of paints this week. Exercise wise I went to the box on Friday, danced for an hour plus on Saturday and did a workout Sunday that included the 100 donkey kicks for the mini (note to self - it's a painful idea to do them all at once two days after deadlifts).

2015-01-26: Breakfast - eggs and half a banana Lunch - Leftover spicy tuna cake (just one) and bacon butternut squash soup Dinner - flank steak and sweet potato/parsnip noodles with chimichurri sauce. Faaaaaantastic Snacks - Pecans Exercise - 10 minutes of HIIT in the form of toddler monster game. We have long used this is a quick burst of exercise and fun. One parent has baby on his/her shoulders, the other is the monster. Chasing and silliness ensues. Giggles are had. It's super fun! I did some squats when I was the carrier parent as well.

All caught up on my battle log. I finished this week strong, and completed the mini!

2015-01-23: Breakfast - bacon, eggs with spinach Lunch - Leftover perfect burger, peas Dinner - Leftover chicken taco wrap with avocado Snacks - Pecans & dates Water - 2 extra glasses, one before both lunch and dinner Sewing - threw together a tee for the shop 2015-01-24: Breakfast - Bacon and eggs Lunch - Beef diavolo Custom Fit Meal Dinner - Chicken caesar salad Snacks - Enjoy Life chocolate chunks Water - 3 extra glasses, 2 after Zumba and one before dinner Exercise - 45 minutes of Zumba! Our Kinect was acting up so I had some random unscheduled pauses when it would cut out, but definitely had a good workout Sewing - Two pairs of squishaloones! 2015-01-25: Breakfast - eggs Lunch - Breakfast kinda ran into lunch... I ended up eating what my daughter wouldn't of her peas, chicken and applesauce from lunch not too long after the eggs Dinner - Thai green curry Water - definitely and additional 2 glasses, I drank a lot of water throughout the day Exercise - Had a good core workout in the morning. 6 minutes of rowing to warm up, 30 seconds of mountain climbers, 3 sets of 10 each side diagonal getups and side crunches with 20 second planks after each set. Followed that up with some sun salutations and warrior stances, overhead squat form practice using a mop handle (don't have a bar at home anymore), and decline pushups.

Sweet! It's a decent bit of work to get set up if you're making stuff for children, but it isn't awful and maintenance is pretty easy. I fiiiiiiiinally got back into the box. Holy cow that felt good. I love that I could feel the difference in myself from consistently working out over the past couple of weeks. The last time or two I tried to get back into going, I pushed myself too hard to do what I used to be able to, when I was going 3+ days a week. Since I wasn't working out at all for the most part, I ended up hurting myself or just not having good form and getting discouraged. This time I've been retraining myself on movements for a couple weeks and actually doing workouts, so my form was MUCH better. I was breaking parallel on every squat, getting nods from the trainers on cleans, and was able to do my burpees all the right way/unmodded. It's a good feeling ETA - Battle log link for the last couple days

2015-01-21: Breakfast - Porky eggs (we're almost out of kalua pig finally!) Lunch - Bison beef and pork chili Custom Fit Meal Dinner - perfect Paleo burgers (recipe courtesy of The Paleo Kitchen, George Bryant and Juli Bauer) and salad. These burgers are amazeballs. Snacks - dates and pecans, and a few bits of Enjoy Life chocolate Sewing - fixed up the headband I made so it was better Water (Week 3 mini) - I made sure I had 3 extra glasses of water throughout the day. I forgot my Nalgene so I had to refill a standard water bottle, which equated to more trips to the kitchen and more steps! XD 2015-01-22: Breakfast - eggs and sausage Lunch - leftover bacon butternut squash soup and spicy tuna cakes Dinner - Chicken tacos (lettuce wraps) and roasted cauliflower and broccoli. I must say I'm impressed with myself on the chicken, I tossed together spices as I was dashing out the door, and the chicken ended up being perfect and flavorful! Snacks - Pecans and dates post workout Water - probably closer to 4 extra glasses, I had a lot of water after my workout Exercise - finally made it back to the box and it felt great. I was there for an hour, practicing movements for the WOD for a good 20-30 and the WOD itself took me 18:22. 13 squat clean & jerks @ 35# 18 burpees 10 squat clean & jerks @ 35# 18 burpees 7 squat clean & jerks @ 35# 18 burpees RX was 125... having not been to the box in months, my trainers scaled me back to my early crossfit/prego weight levels. I don't think I've ever done a C&J with more than 95# anyways! Our instructions were to focus on form and go slow through the lifts, and push intensity through the burpees. I am proud of not modding my burpees at all!

Hehe thanks I wish it was my idea, though I do tend to think "Hmm, would this be better with bacon? Yes." The recipe came from Civilized Caveman Cooking, one of my favorite Paleo food bloggers/recipe creators!

1-20 Battle Log I mailed out a whole set of clothing that I made today. It feels really good

2015-01-20: Breakfast - Eggs and bacon Lunch - Pork stir fry Custom Fit Meal Dinner - Spicy tuna cakes and bacon butternut squash soup. Yuuuuuum. Sewing - finished a fleece lined hoodie, which completed the set I've been working on It's soooooo cozy

Yeah, the type of system where a little err is total failure doesn't work well for me. I beat myself up too much for that. Here's yesterday's battle log. I'm proud of myself for being consistent and sticking with it this time around

2015-01-19: Breakfast - porky eggs Lunch - leftover pork fried cauli rice and salads Dinner - Lemon pepper garlic pork chops, sweet potatoes, roasted asparagus Exercise - Rowed for 6 mins, stretched, did a 1-10 and back down pyramid of pushups and tricep dips, 25 crossfit situps with a 10 lb med ball held overhead. That took about 35-40 minutes, and some of my pushups were weighted thanks to my daughter Sewing - I made a headband to go with an outfit!

Battle Logs for 16/17/18 I ended up having two treat/cheat things last week (beer on Friday, pizza on Sunday), but I'm not sure if I want to make it a pass/fail sort of thing or graded. Like sticking with 1 = A, 2-3 = C, 4+ = F. I feel like having 5 letter grades takes away from the incentive to stick to it, but I don't want to fail my whole week for one small failure. Also, I knew about the holiday party going into this challenge and probably should have made an exception for it. Lesson learned, think ahead. I overachieved on my sewing goal for last week, pretty excited about that Exercise goals for last week were met. I went hardcore with last week's mini. Our basement has been totally transformed, and I now have a designated workspace for sewing that isn't our kitchen table. My husband also has a designated space for painting miniatures that's right by my sewing space, so we can hang out and chat while we work if we want to I'm so excited that all that junk has been cleared out and we have a real basement again! This week I intend to make time for 3 or more legitimate workouts, might even get back into the box, and shoot for Zumba as my fun activity.