Crossfit Summer Crush Games 2011

Yesterday were the Summer Crush Games and I'm very proud to say that my box I AM...Crossfit took first place in the team division.  Congrats guys!!

Rob Silver took 4th place in the men's Rx division, Juan Rojas took 3rd place in the men's scaled division, and Team Vida took 2nd place in the team division.   I must say that it was very exciting being there and watching everyone compete.  All of the athletes out there who competed did an amazing job.  My hubby and I will be training extra hard so that hopefully for the next competition we will be in better shape overall to compete!!

Breaking the habit

So we've decided to go paleo so the first thing we do is get rid of all bread, rice, pasta and grains in my kitchen.  But wait hold on, that's almost everything!!  Of course I would never throw away food, therefore I just stopped buying it and waited for it to be all gone. Vegetables are the replacement.  But who would know that eating healthy and the paleo lifestyle would cause a huge commotion at my house.  According to my 15 year old daughter, “there isn’t a thing to eat” at our house.  What about the $168 I spent yesterday buying groceries?  I guess vegetables, nuts, meat and fish aren’t anything!!! Therefore she had her grandmother take her grocery shopping and when they got back guess what she brought?  Yep....bread, pasta and tons of ice cream!! (Now that's food)  Coming from a Latin family where every meal needs to have rice and beans....it's difficult. We're all accustomed to this, therefore breaking the habit will be a tedious job.  But I will do it.  Even if it means having to cook 2 meals, one for the hubby and I and one for my 2 girls. 
I really am trying over here.  But, I will tell you... the most difficult part of all this is breakfast.  My daily morning routine is going to a gas station near my house where they bake fresh bread every morning and getting a wheat panini "tostada" with butter and a cafe con leche.  Rain or shine you can find me there at about 9:30 am.   But I'm sticking to my guns and this entire week no tostada or cafe con leche for me!

New Blog!

I'm starting a blog today, in lieu of writing in an "old school" diary or journal which by the way I've loved doing since I was a little girl.  I've hard many journeys and adventures throughout my 38 years, but I'll focus now on the one that I'm going through now....health, crossfit, and paleo. 

It wasn’t up until about a year and a half ago, April of 2010, that I discovered crossfit.  I was hooked.  Who can resist?  You’re in and out in less than an hour and see results almost immediately.  I know, I know…crossfit is about being healthy, fit and an overall athlete but I can’t deny the side effects are amazing!!!  Immediately, my flabby thighs started getting hard and I actually got a butt which by the way was completely flat.  Although I admit, that crossfit and all, my food intake wasn't the best.  I didn't count calories and I basically ate anything I wanted.  Until now, weather it is luck or genetics, I can say that I'm pretty much healthy and not overweight.  Now, it wasn't up until a few weeks ago that I started reading up on paleo and have decided that I definitely need to change my eating habits.  Therefore, I plan on starting my new paleo lifestyle and sharing here with all of you.   There are a few great blogs (which I'll give credit to a soon as I learn how to work this blog thingie) that I'm constantly reading and plan to follow. 

I won't bore you with a huge introduction,  but I will be posting as much as I can on my  new journey into PALEO!