Regular Crossfitter

I officially passed my Crossfitter foundations classes and am now free to go to any class I choose, yay!!!! I have loved all of the classes so far and can't wait to continue to improve my strength and endurance. I'll post the WODs as I attend the classes just as a reference point. Anyone else new to the Crossfit scene?

First Crossfit class

Last night I took my first Crossfit class and I loved it. I had been looking for something to shake up my routine for a while and I have a feeling that this it it. The only downside is that I have to take the class at the 7 pm time slot, which is a little late for me. When I was younger, I loved working out at 9 or 10 pm, now around that time I like to be in my pajamas plopped on the couch.

** Anyway, the 1st day was a lot of fun and I look forward to my 2nd class this evening.

I decided that I'm going to give it a try for a few months to see what I think. We will only be living in NY for another 14 months, so I won't be at this box forever anyway.

Wish me luck with it!!!

Have any of you ever tried Crossfit? If so, what did you think?

Blackberry Coffee Cake

I woke up craving something sweet this morning. I was surfing the Internet last night and stumbled upon these recipes for healthier coffee cake on health.com.
http://www.health.com/health/gallery/0,,20392855_4,00.html
 I made a few changes to the recipes by decreasing the butter by 2 Tbs. and replacing it with 1/4 c. no-sugar added applesauce. I also used 3/4 c. whole wheat pastry flour and 3/4 c. all-purpose flour as opposed to all white flour. We didn't have any blueberries in the house, so I used a carton of blackberries instead. 


The cake turned out moist and delicious and my craving was perfectly satisfied.


Do you have a go-to sweet breakfast treat?

Hot and Spicy Nachos

I have been on a Mexican kick this week and since we are very far from my hometown of San Antonio that has tons of delicious Mexican restaurants, I have been making the dishes here at the house.

Wednesday: low fat chicken enchiladas
Thursday: chicken taco soup (the high here was in the low 60s)

Tonight: chicken nachos

Here's what happened tonight with the nachos.

can of chunk chicken
Lettuce
Tomatoes
Corn tortillas(10, cut up)
Mexican cheese
Refried beans
Tomatoes
Marinated jalapeños

I didn't have any actual
chips on hand, so I made my own by cutting the corn tortillas into eighths and baking them on a baking sheet for 10 minutes at 350 degrees. I drizzled a little olive oil and put some sea salt on top before popping them into the oven.

Once those were baked, I topped them with refried beans, a dash of cheese, some lettuce, tomatoes, jalapeños, and the chunk chicken. I also topped it our homemade salsa which I talked about in my last post.

There is no precise measurement for the amount of ingredients, it just depends on how much topping you like.

Here is the final result: