What is a fast go-to meal that you love? A simple one I like is tuna mixed with homemade mayo and some dill weed- and then thrown over a bowl of baby spinach. I can't do this everyday because I get tired of tuna pretty quickly- but you can substitute the tuna for shredded cooked chicken turkey, or other meat. If I do chicken I like to add some pecans and sometimes cranberries or raisins (just a few.)
I live for homemade mayo! I basically use the recipe from Everyday Paleo's stuffed avocado recipe- with my own little tweaks. It is runny, not thick like regular mayo- so I really should call it a "dressing:
Add one fresh egg, 2-3 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (you can adjust this to liking), salt to taste (I have been using pink Himalayan salt lately- so yummy), 1 tsp of mustard (prepared yellow mustard like French's), a pinch of cayenne and whatever other herbs or spices you want (garlic powder, dill, etc)- to your food processor. Blend for a count of five. Then add one cup of EXTRA-LIGHT olive oil (must be extra-light- try the regular or extra-virgin and you will know why you need extra light- yuck!)- pouring slowly while the processor is mixing. Once the oil is all poured in- mix for another 5 seconds.
You can also use avocado oil for a different taste- I like it! The mayo is good as long as the egg you used is good. So if the cart on eggs say they expire in Nov 12th- that is when you throw out the mayo. Usually the mayo doesn't last that long for me because I eat it it pretty quickly.
In other news- I fought the box jump and the box jump won. It took me a good 9 months after starting CrossFit to finally gather the courage to jump on the box. I could do it with a tire but I was terrified of the wooden boxes we used. I would literally approach the box with every intention of jumping up, and then chicken out. And the one day I just did it. If anything has held me back in CrossFit- it has been me. Yes, I have back problems and that makes me slow down from time to time and then there are family commitments, etc etc. But I know I would be a lot further along in my training if I didn't psyche myself out so much. Self-doubt and fear and my biggest enemies. I should throw a little self-sabotage in there for good measure.
Little by little, I am working through all of this. I have to remind myself not to compare myself to others but to look back and appreciate how much I HAVE accomplished. For example the box jump- I can do those pretty well- most of the time! I have only fallen twice so far. This last time I was in the final 30 seconds of an AMRAP trying to finish my 5th round with 15 box jumps. I got to number 12 and then all of the sudden the room was tilting and I was landing on my side. I got right back up and got two more in before the buzzer went off- so I was one short of completing the round. But I still RX'd that shit! Coach Dave said I shouldn't count the one where I fell because I didn't achieve full hip extension. But I called BS on that and said he can't prove it because there are no replay cameras and then accused him of being a "replacement ref." Haha, it was all in god humor of course. I was a little embarrassed to fall- one cannot do that gracefully. But I am secretly proud of my "war wound."
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