Scrambled eggs and fish oil

Thank god I actually went to the store yesterday and followed through with the fish oil promise.
Because this morning Justin wrote an impassioned rant about why we all should be taking it. And I'm relieved I can count myself among those who have already manned up.
The bottle up here isn't from Costco. Von's was having a deal -- 2 for 1 -- and these pills have 360 mg of omega 3 instead of 300, so I don't have to take as many.
I started with 10 at breakfast this morning. My breath tastes a little fishy, but other than that, no big deal...
And P.S. -- this breakfast was freaking amazing. Whole Foods sells a mix of chopped up garlic, onions and shallots for us lazy people who don't have the time or forethought to do it ourselves. So, we cut up some bacon, when it was ready, added the breath busting concoction to the mix with a bunch of mushrooms and cilantro. Added some eggs, and it became the best-yet morning scramble.

Done with days: Fishy breakfast, busted body

I slept in my own bed in my own house for the first time in two weeks last night. Felt great.
What did not feel great was coming home from CrossFit this morning and realizing that I also hadn't been grocery shopping in two weeks. I'm going to take care of that after work today. But that was no help this morning when the only paleo food I could scrounge up was a warm can of Whole Foods tuna and a plum.
I don't know if it was "Elizabeth" or the breakfast that made me want to puke more.
On another note: I've been nursing a couple injuries for about a month now. The first happened when I fucked up a hang clean. The second is a knee injury. I didn't really know the cause of that one until Saturday night when I asked my brother to take a look.
Some background: My brother is the head athletic trainer at a local college and has been on staff for several college and professional athletic teams. So he knows what he's talking about.
I asked him to take a look at my wrist and explained how I thought I injured it. Turns out, my injury isn't in my wrist at all. Apparently I strained some really small muscles in my forearm while incorrectly trying to heft up a lot of weight with them. That caused caused the tendons to swell. It was most painful in the wrist because the tendons run through a smallish tunnel on the way to my hand. When they're swollen, they've got a lot less space to run through, which amplifies the pain. (If I've got terminology for tendons and muscles wrong, forgive me. You get the gist.)
Anyway, in the process of rehabbing that injury, my brother asked to see some of the other movements we are doing in CrossFit. Generally, he's stoked on the work outs, loves Olympic lifting and the other basic exercises we do. He does have some concerns about the body's natural tendency to sacrifice form for speed in a competitive atmosphere.
And his example of that was my squatting. He could immediately tell I my left knee is injured because I was favoring my right one every time I squatted. And he said that injury likely occurred because I was squatting incorrectly in the first place.
That's no surprise to me. Every time I squat heavy weight, my knees tend to buckle in. My trainers have pointed that out and told me to stop it, but I guess I never understood the consequences of not being extra careful while following that advice. In addition, I guess the alignment of my knees (and being a woman with wide-ish hips) make me predisposed to this sort of problem. The solution is to be extra conscious of pushing out my knees (ie, pointing in the same direction as my feet) when I swat and narrowing my stance.
So usually I wouldn't write about my aches and pains -- I'm not a pansy or anything. But I guess I just realized that we have to take a higher level of personal responsibility doing these intense workouts. If something hurts, it's important to ask for help figuring out what might be the cause. The trainers at CrossFit are awesome and really knowledgeable, but they can't be everywhere and see everything all the time.
I'm really looking forward to building momentum at the box this week. How's everyone else doing on Paleo?

Day 7: Carnivorous cravings

So today ends the first week of paleo challenge. I'm feeling great. And just now noticed, that instead of craving frozen yogurt or nachos, all I really want to eat is meat.
Anyway, I like lists. So I'm going to list some of the paleo foods I'm really loving so far.

• Sparkling water: It cured my cravings for diet coke quick. And it's so much more refreshing. Squeeze in some oranges and it's like a virgin paleo mimosa.
  
• Almond butter: So good on fresh apples.
• Paleo smoothie: Frozen blueberries, strawberries, a small splash of fresh squeezed orange juice with no sugar added and heavy whipping cream. Blended. Forrest's CrossFit trainer told him the heavy cream is ok because it's not pasteurized and processed the way regular milk is. Let me know if you hear differently.
  
• Turkey slices with avocado.

And here are some things I'm still missing.

• Hummus
• Cheese
  

Day 4: Going nuts

I haven't been sleeping well this week. Not sure if it's because of eating paleo, or because it's hot in Fountain Valley or because I've been sore lately from the workouts.
Regardless, my restlessness at least has one benefit: I can remember what I dream. And last night's was nuts.
Even though today is a rest day for me, sometimes I'll dream about what the workout will be at CrossFit. It's like my subconscious is anxious about what grueling workout awaits when I wake up.
Today, I dreamed that our WOD wasn't a workout at all and that instead, we had to make paleo food for old people. Justin had brought in these old 1950s grimy ovens, and we were supposed to be baking meat. But some people added beans and sour cream -- like they were making a cassarole -- and the food blew up in the oven. I woke up so confused, not because we were asked to bake at the gym, but because I thought for a minute that I might be allowed to eat bean burritos after all.
I definitely didn't eat burritos yesterday:
Wasn't feeling good in the morning, so I didn't eat until lunch. Had a shrimp salad during a work meeting with tomatos and almonds.
Then at 4, before crossfit, I was starving again so I went to this sandwich shop by my office and asked them to scoop some tuna in a cup and throw in half an avocado and tomato slices. I thought I might throw that up during the second round of lunges yesterday.
Then I met some girlfriends for day-after-birthday dinner and had a chicken salad with avocado and almonds on top.
Here's the lunchtime salad:

Day 2: Dejavu

Today has been ridiculously busy so far. Usually, that's pretty standard when I squeeze in CrossFit before early meetings.
But what I learned today, is that without pre planning, this diet could get really boring, really fast. Here's why: This morning, I wanted a hard boiled egg before working out, but I didn't have time to make a batch last night. So instead, I grabbed a handful of walnuts.
When I got back, I ate half an avocado, some slices of turkey and some fruit -- which is exactly what I threw into a bag for lunch before bolting out the door this morning. (That's a photo of the lunch spread, plus some more walnuts. The dollar is to buy water since I forgot my bottle.)
Anyway, I love avocados. And turkey. And pineapples and kiwi. So for today, the lack of variety is no big deal. But next week I'm going to try to make a batch of lunches at the beginning of the week so I have at least SOME eating diversity. Any ideas?
In terms of workouts: Lindsay and I both felt a little weak this morning. I'm glad Justin -- all around awesome guy who owns Orange Coast CrossFit -- blogged today about the adjustment period for this diet. Made me feel slightly less like an ass when I couldn't front squat more than 90 pounds because I thought I might pass out.
On another note, today is my birthday. And I'm especially happy that one of my all-time favorite guilty pleasures is not prohibited on this diet (or at least I think it's not). Korean. Bar. B. Q.
I'm going to look up some of the side dishes to see what's legal and what's not (e.g. can I eat bean sprouts or the thinly-sliced daikon radish that you use to wrap up the meat).