Who am I kidding???

I must be crazy. Seriously.
I have the attention span of a gnat.  I am serious about that, too.

So, I am still using Tribesports.  Haven't got bored with it. :) Haven't logged a workout because I am not certain how to log the workouts I am doing.

I NEVER thought that I would "get into" Beach Body. I checked it out, once, and decided that it wasn't for me. Apparently, someone had other plans, however.

I met this really awesome lady who is a BB coach.  She started a fitness group here locally, and I jumped on the opportunity to workout with other people and maybe make some friends. It has been truly awesome.  And she is going to run Tough Mudder next year!! :D

She introduced me to a couple of programs by using them to workout on Tuesdays and Thursdays with the group.  I am absolutely HOOKED on Les Mills Combat!  The intensity is right up my alley, and the trainers in the videos are awesome. They really keep you pumped during the workout.  There are three levels; three programs.  It is at the post office right now and I can't get it....UGH!!!

So I haven't started the first level yet, but will as soon as it gets here.  I am so excited and can't wait!

My New Thing

OK, so it has become even more apparent that I get bored, and I get discouraged when I devote so much time to something and see zero results. However, I am not to be deterred.  And now I have found my new niche. :)

It is called Tribe Sports ( tribesports.com ) and it is amazing.  There are thousands of people who participate everyday, and I would even go so far as to call it the "Facebook" of the fitness world.  I have seen other sites that say they offer this sort of experience, but this one is on top. You create your profile like you would for any other social network, with a fitness bio.  You follow people, people follow you, and there are leader boards, and medals to earn (and you start earning them immediately, which really keeps you motivated).  You join tribes, and complete challenges. You log your fitness ( I haven't yet seen anywhere to log food.  I don't think that is something you do on this site, but I personally only ever logged food to keep track of what I was eating, not for calories or any other reason so that doesn't bother me at all), and logging your fitness is easy.  I usually hate logging ANYTHING because of the redundancy of it.  Tribe Sports seems to make it easy.

And yes, there is a mobile app.  However, I am finding that I use the mobile web rather than the app.  The app is really good for logging workouts on the go, or keeping track of your run or cycling, but other than that, I haven't found much else it is useful for.

I didn't think I would get bored with my last "thing" but I did.  I am not going to say that I wont get bored with Tribe Sports, because anything is possible.  I really hope that I don't though.  There are literally thousands of people, challenges, and workouts to connect with. If you start to get bored, find a new challenge.  Find something different there are literally THOUSANDS of possibilities.

This is it.  This is what I have been looking for all along.  This is going to get me ready for Tough Mudder. 

Tribe Sports is absolutely amazing and I wish I would have found it 10 months ago. :)

Paleo (or not) Spaghetti With Photos!

This recipe is exactly what we used.  You can substitute things you would rather use.  Two items we used are Italian Sausages, and canned tomato paste, neither of which are Paleo, but were what we had on hand to make this dish with.  For the meat, substitute lean, grass-fed beef, or other grass-fed red meat, and for the tomato paste Trader Joe's sells organic tomato paste that has two ingredients: tomatoes and naturally derived citric acid.  The Paleo community seems to be pretty up in the air about using canned products, so it is entirely up to you to decide if you want to. =)

THE RECIPE

What you will need:

• A Bowl of Cherry or Grape Tomatoes
• (For two people) One Large Spaghetti Squash
• Olive Oil
• One Organic Onion (Yellow)
• Two Stalks of Organic Celery
• 4-5 Organic Mini (Bell) Peppers
• (optional) Small Can of Tomato Paste (Preferably Organic) 

Herbs:

• Fresh Basil
• Fresh Parsley
• 2 TBSP Organic Garlic (we like the minced stuff that comes in a jar)

Directions:

Cut the tomatoes in half, and put them in a saucepan.  Cover the tomatoes with water, and allow them to simmer.  They will need to cook for at least a couple hours. Every so often, mash them with a hand-held potato masher, if one is on hand. You will need to add water to it as it simmers down. 

In the meantime, while the tomatoes are cooking, you will need to gather your herbs.  For this recipe, we cut fresh parsley and fresh basil from our garden.


<------Basil

<------Parsley

When the tomatoes are near finished, you will need to get your squash ready.

Cut it in half, like shown in the picture. -------->

Scoop out the seeds, like shown in the next picture.
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Next, you are going to rub the insides with olive oil.

Then, you will need to salt each side, put them on a baking sheet, and throw them in the oven.  Set the oven to 385*

Next, while the squash is cooking, you will need to prepare the rest of the sauce. Chop the:

• Onion-mince it
• Peppers- mince them
• Herbs-mince them
• Sausage-split the skin and take the meat out
• Garlic-have it on hand

 You are going to begin by cooking the onion, peppers, and garlic in one pan, with a bit of olive oil.
Cook the veggies until they are just getting soft. You will want them to still be a bit crisp. When they are finished, add them to the tomatoes, as shown in
the picture to the right.    --------------->
At this time, you will also add the tomato paste, if you use it. :)

Your sauce should look something like this ----->

Go ahead and add your herbs now. :)  ---------->

It is at this time, that you will also add your meat. In our case, the sausage.--------------------->

Had we prepared for this meal and not thrown it together hastily, we most likely would have used the grass-fed Angus meat we usually get. :) 

Simmer the sauce, while stirring, for about 5-7 minutes, bringing all the ingredients together. :)







This time, we served the sauce in the hollowed-out squash.  We usually pull the squash, with a fork, creating the "spaghetti noodles". This way looked nice, and it was OK, but I found it awkward to pull the sides of the squash.  I will say this though, clean up was really easy! and storing leftovers was also.  We just wrapped the squash and made sure they didn't spill.


I hope everyone enjoyed this recipe. :)

Until next time, love yourself, because I love you too. XOXO