In The Zone

Last night, I went to Cassie's for dinner with Ross, Jen and Jon. It was really fun to just hang out, and I love that I can be around people who are so well-versed in Crossfit and healthy eating. We had salmon patties (surprisingly delicious), these whole wheat bagel buns, avacados, strawberries, and tomatoes. I used to be so intimidated by the Crossfit crew (except for Cassie...you can't be intimidated by someone who laughs constantly!) but I really am starting to feel at home around these people. Which is great. ;)

The Zone is easy, despite my attempts to f&*% things up left and right. This morning, for instance, I was having a hard time getting the shake to blend. Obviously, the best idea would be to put a wooden spoon into the (blending) blender, right? I pull the spoon out and a chunk of it is missing. I stood there for like 3 minutes thinking, "Will I just find the chunk when I'm eating this and throw it out?" but I realized splinters in the throat aren't that exciting. I was beyond late so I threw a scoop of protein powder, a tsp and a half of pb in a plastic bag, and grabbed a cup measuring cup. Why? Because I was out of fruit! So I ran to Tropical Smoothie and was like, "Charge me whatever you want, but I need two cups of berries, some water, some ice, and throw this powder and peanut butter in". The lady (ok, 12 year old) behind the counter was really nice and only charged me 4 dollars. I should of specified only a bit of ice, because the smoothie ended up tasting like strawberry water. But whatever, the important part is that I didn't go off of the zone.

Snack one:
2 oz turkey jerky
6 almonds
an apple

Lunch:
6 hard boiled egg whites (edit: this is way too many egg whites, I know that now after trying to eat. I was just trying to avoid eating chicken. Must do something else, I'm about to die.)
hummos
9 almonds

Snack two:
Zone bar

Dinner:
Sushi...have to figure out exactly how to Zone it, but I know Kellie will help.

I'm really sore from whatever WODs I've been doing lately. I'm also DREADING running this weekend, but I know I have to. It is just not something that I'm good at, but I really want to get better. I'm really pumped to watch everyone compete this weekend, though, so maybe I can get excited off of that and get into the running spirit.