I overslept....and lingered over my coffee...and had to work with Miss Robyn at Flipz at 8:30...so a milk and protein powder shake was it....for a four hour stretch it would have to suffice as I can no longer drive through the Dunkn Donuts that is on my way there...until I arrived at the gym and Robyn's special paleo chicken was sending it's heavenly smell my way...yup...at 8:30 in the morning I was eating chicken and salsa....So yummy.... why...you ask...did Robyn have a crock pot full of chicken at Flipz at 8:30am on a Saturday???? Well there are one hundred awesome answers to this question but the real one is that it was for the "Paleo Potluck" that our fellow Mountaineer Jill Albee was hosting later that day. See... this is what I love about my Crossfit Gym....we be family.... dysfunctional and scary at times...but family none the less.
After teaching incredibly adorable three year olds, then some pretty awesome 4-10 year olds, and watching an 11 year old do gymnastics to raise money for Making Strides (read my blog on www.patch.com) Robyn, Molly and I went to the potluck. I have to be honest...after eating three plates of food I think I was full for the first time in ten days...there were so many choices, and I just ate and ate and ate...what is even better is that Molly led the way with HER three plates of food. Molly is nine...she would do Crossfit NOW if she could. She rolls out, she checks in with me as to how my WODs are going, she wants me to teach her things like kettlebell swings and devil lunges (she is her mother's daughter after all)...she can also polish off junk food like a mouse in a twinkie factory...(she is her mother's daughter after all)... and apparently loves eating Paleo! I can not for the life of me remember what all of the fantastic food was called, and we all know cooking is not a strength or personal favorite of mine, but I can make my way around a crock pot and lots of recipes in this handy dandy Paleo Cookbook that was prominently displayed involve cutting up food, putting it into a crock pot and well...leaving it there all day while you do other things...(my kinda cooking!!) Had it not been my allergic reaction to the cats, (which did NOT interfere with my appetite this time around) I would have had plate number four... as it was I didn't feel hungry for the rest of the day...it was AWEsome!! Totally...awesome...
The potluck also illustrated how wonderful it is to get together and "break bread" with people...(of course we broke meat not bread) but this eating we do also feeds our social and emotional hunger... our need to be together with people who relate to us. It is personal and intimate, at least the potluck was... I can't speak for Hooters on a Sunday afternoon during football season, but again...social and emotional needs being met with food and friends...(ok and football). Dinner was a "snack plate" of veggies, cheese, and fruit...it was yummy...and my yogurt and frozen blueberry and veggie juice protein smoothie was the perfect dessert.... yup...Day Ten...was perfect...a perfect 10!!!
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