Your Mind as your Enemy

It's Monday meaning I'm getting ready to get my happy butt to the gym. It's bitter sweet since this is the last week with this gym I have come to adore. They have made me work so hard and gotten me beyond what I thought I could do with crossfit. On Saturday, I went in for open gym (that's where you can practice whatever WOD/movement on your own) and I got some handstands in. I had some assistance, but I was just glad I could get over my mind's fear of doing it. Everyone could be telling me I can do something, but the one thing that can talk me out of things in the past has been my mind. This is why I love crossfit because yes it is great to get in shape and shed some pounds, but it trains my mind to think in different ways than I am comfortable with.

No not me at all hope to one day be this awesome!

  A highlight to this weekend was being able to enjoy a nice glass of red wine and with some dark chocolate. Yummy! It's what I rather indulge in these days then lots of bread and pasta that only make me feeling icky after. Speaking of feeling icky and just not right after gluten filled foods, there is a good book out there that I need to read called Wheat belly written by a cardiologist who under the summary explained how cutting out wheat entirely prevented and stop a lot of health problems that modern day America is facing.

    I need to share with people this recipe I made from Everyday paleo, it's meatloaf! You simply just add some almond flour and tomato paste and get the same type of taste-even better! I didn't manage to take pics, but on her website you can get an idea of what it would look like. I even sided it with Brussel sprouts, which anyone that has grown up with me knows I hated that vegetable for such a long time. My mom would steam them for my dad and I would come home from school to that heinous smell! Now I learned there are other ways to actually cook them-like the oven! I love them now! Funny how tastes can change as we get older and also when eat whole foods and cut the junk out from our diet.

    Another highlight that is weekly is enjoying going to church on Sundays. I am a Christian and enjoy our community and messages I hear every Sunday. Going to miss everyone when we have to leave, but for now enjoying every Sunday with my church family. Anyways, our pastor related the crucification of Jesus to change and how the people that wanted him crucified were all about the rules and their perception of how they saw things happening. Having Jesus come around and shake things up for them in a non-traditional sense really confused and angered them. The message was not by any means defending the people that did this to Jesus, but it is just fact of how things were to be so Jesus could pay the price for us. I never thought of that perspective before of how the Pharisees were stuck to their ways and could not see the messiah in sandals before them, but rather quick to crucify Jesus. They didn't want change to occur in a different way than they were use to. I think that relates to present day (not the crucifying part), but how yes we have rules for a reason, but sometimes rules or traditions are just broken for good reasons. With our unexpected move, I just didn't understand that the hubs could be pulled from what he was doing it and sent to a completely different job within months and let alone the south again! I have nothing against the south..we actually are looking forward to the places we can explore (since last time was hard). I admit change that I can't control is hard for me (yes I realize military spouses should expect this) and especially in the sense when I have no idea what will happen in the next 6 months with a job for myself and housing. I am just praying for some peace and patience for myself so I don't drive my hubby crazy. lol Moving is stressful, but thankfully I am not doing this one alone like I had to do in some of the past ones. 

   If that wasn't an ADD post..I don't know what is. Sorry I must run off to the gym! Have a great Monday!!