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happychomp: Paleo Granola Bars It’s pretty hard to find sweet...

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:38:30 -0700

Paleo Granola Bars

It’s pretty hard to find sweet snacks while on Paleo, so this granola bar recipe is such an amazing discovery. These are for SURE going to disappear pretty quickly, and your kitchen will smell AMAZING. They taste just like other granola bars, but healthier and you can take them on-the-go :)

Ingredients:

3/4 cup of raw pumpkin seeds

3/4 cup of raw sunflower seeds

1 1/2 cups of almond meal

1 1/2 cups of shredded unsweetened coconut

3 cups of raw slivered, chopped, or sliced almonds

3-4 tsp of pumpkin pie spice

1 cup of raw honey

3 tbsp of pure vanilla

3/4 cup of melted coconut oil

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

Mix all the dry ingredients in a large bowl

Stir in the wet ingredients

Pour the mixture into a baking pan that is lined with foil or parchment paper

Spread the granola flat throughout the sheet

Bake for 15 minutes and stir the mixture

Bake for another 5 minutes

Let cool and cut into granola bars

Inspiration: ourfullplate

Must make these!!

All packed

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:39:10 -0700

Well it’s only a couple of days so it was pretty quick and fits in a normal backpack - I love packing light!

Leave for SFO tomorrow - should be a fun weekend.

On a side note - Old Navy commercial with the oh white jeans they look so nice - yeah sure for like five minutes until you walk out of the house and sit in something or just walk somewhere and then they get all dirty and gross.

Running

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:24:28 -0700

Woot! Went for a run - didn’t want to, but wanted to see my friend so I guess it all worked out. It was a short quick one probably about 2 miles. I did it though and it was pretty easy and we chatted the whole time.

WHEN THE POLICE COME TO YOUR BONFIRE AT GOLDEN GARDENS

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:08:47 -0700

WHEN THE POLICE COME TO YOUR BONFIRE AT GOLDEN GARDENS:

whenyouliveinseattle:

For those in Seattle…this happened with the Scottish at golden gardens two weeks ago.

"Stop hiding from it and let the joy you wait for catch up with you now."

Thu, 16 May 2013 10:11:45 -0700

“Stop hiding from it
and let the joy you wait for
catch up with you now.”

- Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson (via tylerknott)

In home mini-WOD

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:01:08 -0700

Just cause I haven’t been to my box - doesn’t mean I can’t pretend in my apartment. Since I’ve found the 2sq foot area in my place I can jump rope - I just did the following

4 rounds
100 singles
10 air squats
10 push ups
10 full sit ups

I keep trying to do double unders but the space is a wee bit tiny and I keep hitting something (oh like the ceiling) so I’m sticking to singles inside the apartment.

I am now sweating like a pig and I think my laundry may be done soon. Going to do some mobility for my squats and then fold and go to bed.

haven't cheated yet...

Tue, 14 May 2013 09:21:52 -0700

so i haven’t cheated yet on my crossfit box - i haven’t gone to my crossfit box either in about two weeks now. i put my membership on hold and am going to try out the place near me after memorial day. i will also know before or after memorial day if the most wonderful amazingly brilliant work trip is going to happen and if that happens i may just save some bucks and hold off on the crossfit until afterwards. i’m not holding my breath on the work trip though, but it would be amazing!

i did however find out that i can jump rope inside my apartment this morning and i worked a bunch of singles - there is this one spot i can stand where i don’t hit anything and fortunately i don’t have any downstairs neighbors so no one to bug with the jumping aspect of it. i had a hard time hitting any double unders though, but i’m going to keep working on it. so i did a whole bunch of singles for about 20minutes and then did 2 x 10 pushups. yeah it wasn’t much, but i’m going to run tonight.

so dark

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:28:24 -0700

all of the sudden it is super crazy dark outside! like i thought it was nearing on 8pm, but nope it’s 1:30pm. the clouds and rain have come back to seattle it appears. i think they will be here all week - good thing i get to go to SF on saturday. i kinda don’t mine actually right now, which is odd - but really most of my sunny happy clothes are in the laundry and i already stained my new favorite simple black v-neck so there is that.

i hope the rain stops though before i get home as i am feeling better and kinda wanted to do a hill work out tonight.

Photo

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:07:14 -0700

Meh

Sun, 12 May 2013 09:30:46 -0700

I really want to go for a run - but lets just say my tummy is not exactly on board with that - going to meet up with a friend in a bit and try to eat something more than just a banana today and perhaps go for a run later this afternoon/evening.

De-hy-fucking-drated

Sat, 11 May 2013 13:18:02 -0700

Went for a run - was running stupid fast (for me) decided to do the 3miles as intervals - averaged 9:18min pace - looked down at one point and it said 8:20min - almost fell over - really really dehydrated today - going to drink water and shower now…

This Trendy "Strong is the New Skinny" Thing (and what it could mean for the next generation of girls)

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:50:13 -0700

This Trendy "Strong is the New Skinny" Thing (and what it could mean for the next generation of girls):

This is a good read and something i hope more girls and women figure out - strong is better than skinny.

"None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm."

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:58:00 -0700

“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”

- Thoreau

i’ve been accused of having the enthusiasm of a child - i take that as a compliment.

I'm going to admit it

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:26:29 -0700

I’ve been lazy! I haven’t worked out consistently in about three-four months. The thing is I haven’t been sitting around doing nothing - I’ve had one trip to NYC, one trip to LA, one week of Scotland in Seattle, I’ve seen friends, I’ve made new ones - I’ve kept my food fairly consistent (ok not last week - again Scotland in Seattle…). I’ve been so set on one particular thing and now I am not sure i want it or it is the right thing for me - to be honest I think I would be bored and not challenged at all.

Through all of this I have manage to maintain my weight (woohoo!) and actually feel good about my body - sure I’d like to be stronger and fitter but that will happen as soon as I get my ass back in gear - I’ve felt so good in fact I stripped down to my bra and panties and went running into the Puget sound this past Saturday - ok fine it was 12midnight and dark, but still it was not something I would of ever done before in my entire life.

cheater!

Thu, 09 May 2013 09:46:51 -0700

i am about to cheat on my crossfit box…i love it there - it is just that there aren’t that many classes i can make. i can make the 5:30am class, which means i have to get up at like 4:40am (ugh) and i can at times make the 7pm class, but i have to leave work early take a bus home (in the opposite direction of the box) get my car and then drive back past where i just was to get there (usually in traffic) and the 9am saturday class is normally possible. there are a number of other places near where i live and i’m going to try one out and then make the decision. i feel bad cheating on my crossfit, but i am just not really making the effort of going and in order to do the 5:30am class i have to keep saying no to doing other things.

i just clicked purchase

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:01:00 -0700

fuck - i think i’ve lost my mind - who am i right now? i think i am actually who i used to be. a long time ago (flashback like 7 years) i was a girl who would just do things that i wanted to - not worrying about the judgement of others or anything like that. i would fly out to see friends on a whim, drive to the desert or the beach late at night because i felt like being there, go over a friends house at 10pm just because they asked me to. it was who i was and who i have been trying to be for the last few years. i am happy that she is finally back in my life and that i get to be her again!

so i just bought a ticket to san francisco to hang out with a bunch of scottish guys, who i have pretty much just met - but feel like i’ve know for a while. i would like to adopt all of them as my brothers….then i would not only have siblings, but other brothers and younger brothers and once around my age - it would be awesome!!

And the Scottish trap continues...

Wed, 08 May 2013 08:25:11 -0700

They kept inviting me down to SF while they were here and I think I am going to go. A few of them kept inviting me and I looked at flights and can get one for about $50 using my miles. My feeling is as to why this is not stalker-ish: I wouldn’t invite someone (multiple times) tell them to stay with me if I didn’t actually want them to come. So later today I think I’m going to do it - book a ticket and fall back into the Scottish trap for one more weekend. Should be interesting to say the least and San Francisco is pretty awesome city anyway.

Life is awesome

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:56:45 -0700

There are special times in your life that you are reminded about how wonderful life is. When you meet people that remind you how much fun you actually are. People that remind you to be yourself and let go and say yes and when you do amazing things happen.

This last week I spent a lot of time with a lot of Scottish fellas. I have had what are some of the most fun and memorable moments of my life and done things I wanted to do for a while and never did. Yesterday we went to the beach, built a fire, they all ran into the water, we drank beer and whiskey, were covered in sand, laid on the ground staring up at stars, listened to music, sang some. I just let go and let the evening happen as it happened and even ended up stripping down to my undies and running into the water around midnight.
As it tends to happen all too quickly with wonderful moments - the scottish week has now come to a close. They leave tomorrow for San Francisco (they tried to convince me to come visit) and then back to Scotland - it’s sad but memories last a lifetime and this week really reminded me how when you let go and just be 100% yourself, when you have nothing to prove and you just say yes that life is truly spectacular!

Also, so much sand and in so many places.

To make up for the Scottish trap and do something nice for my...

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:45:38 -0700

To make up for the Scottish trap and do something nice for my body rebel and I are going on a ride!!

10am

Sat, 04 May 2013 11:20:51 -0700

That is what time I woke up this morning. It was lovely!!

I fell deep into the Scottish trap on Thursday night and ended up in their hotel lobby with a bottle of scotch, two guitars and 6 or 7 of the Scottish. I got home close to 4am and had to get up at 7am to go retrieve my car - came back home went back to sleep for two more hours and then to work for the day. I went to bed around 10pm last night (you do the math) apparently I needed some sleep.