Recover Is Over Baby! (recipe and WOD!)

I decided, after a few failed attempts at working out, to take a 2 week recovery period after The Spartan Beast. Today (Monday) begins a new cycle of training and I couldn't be more excited.
My body was so broke down I couldn't even do 50 push ups, when before I could bust out 50 at a time and get a couple hundred in, in one workout....OVER TRAINING SUCKS! What have we learned from this lesson? LISTEN TO YOUR BODY! Holy moley, PLEASE listen to what it's telling you! Mine was screaming at me to slow it down a little and I didn't listen...I've admitted my mistake and now it's time to move it right along to the next race...The Tough Mudder :) It's pretty much the same as the Spartan but I think they have a few more "interesting" obstacles. Annnnd maybe a triathlon somewhere in there, we will see what the hubs has to say about it.
Back to the game plan...this time around I will be including in my workouts: running, swimming, biking, weight lifting, body weight exercises and of course plyos, in an attempt to mix it up enough that I don't get worn out! This should be fun! I will include the WOD at the end of this post :)

So on to more important things like food. Brooke and I and some friends are in the middle of a sugar cleanse because some of us were getting a little out of hand with our sugar intake, don't know who that could have been (me, me, me!) but we decided to do it all together so we would have someone to report to if we cheated. This is our third round of a 21 day cleanse and this one seems to be much easier than the first and second....well considering the second was a complete bust about 5 days into it, I'm honestly not even sure if we officially finished that one.
Well today I come home from swimming lessons and the boys want a chocolate chip cookie and piece drops onto the counter..I'm talking like the size of the end of my pinky finger...so what do I do? I just pick it up and put it in my mouth without even thinking! What the crap! I was doing so darn good, but at least I didn't go crazy on the ice cream bar at Sizzler...*cough* Brooke *cough* HAHAHA! So I had a slip up..it happens and I've lost 3 pound since starting it just over a week ago....sugar is the devil!

Dinner for tonight is going to be Paleo Lasagna and I am supper excited to try out this recipe from Every Day Paleo. I will post pictures after it's done but here is the recipe I'm going to try...and again I call myself Paleo-ISH because I like my peanut butter and I can't afford to spend all our grocery money on grass fed meats...that stuff will kick your budgets butt, so when a recipe calls for grass-fed meat just do what you can!

3 zucchini squash sliced thin length wise (you could use butternut squash also if you don't like zucchini)
3 yellow squash sliced thin length wise (same...just sub butternut if you don't like)
1-2 pounds grass fed beef (just depending on how meaty you want it!)
1 pound spicy italian sausage
1 red onion, diced
4 cloves crushed garlic
2 tbsp dried oregano
2 tbsp dried basil
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp sea salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 28 ounce can of diced tomatoes, drained well
1 small can of tomato paste
1cup organic black olives sliced

 In a large soup pot saute onions and garlic in the olive oil for about 3 minutes.  Add ground beef and sausage and brown.  Season meat mixture with all dry ingredients and add drained diced tomatoes and tomato paste and mix well.  In a big lasagna baking dish place a layer of sliced zucchini and then ladle on a thick layer of the meat mixture and top with the sliced black olives.  Top meat and olive layer with another layer of sliced zucchini and top with a final layer of the remaining meat mixture.  Cover tightly with aluminum foil and back at 350 for 30 min.  Let sit for 10 min before serving.


WOD for today (or last night like I did)
30 Burpees
30 Bicycle kicks
30 Push up (boy or girl)
30 Jumping Lunges
100 Jump rope
10 Pull ups
30-50 Mason twists

Run 3-4 miles
cool down by stretching

We got attacked by a dog last night on our run...that was a nice little reminder that we all need to carry pepper spray on our runs!!!

Have fun everyone and as always if you have any questions ask in the comments section. OH AND IF YOU WANT TO BE ADDED TO THE WORKOUT OF THE DAY EMAIL LIST GIVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!!!!!