So I have this friend. He is a very good friend and although we do not see each other much he has been an incredible support for me during my recent life trauma...from moral support to ideas and suggestions to an occasional ass kicking we all need people in our life like this person... We spent some time together Wednesday catching up and sharing the details of our lives and he suggested that we have Sushi for lunch...I have never had sushi...well not real sushi anyway..I have had fake sushi made with things other than seaweed and raw fish...but today I went for it. IT.WAS.AWESOME.
My taste for fish and meat was tarnished by two pregnancies. I could not eat meat or fish wen I was pregnant and my taste for them has been slow to come back...so yeah...a Paleo Diet has taken a long time for me to buy into...but buy into it I have...and as I have gone through the process of giving myself over to it I have realised that chicken and beef are going to get real old real fast...so these lie seaweed rolled fish yummies, along with some fearsome slabs of raw fish have opened up a whole new option for me...and the health benefits are, well, obvious. I was full but not stuffed, I felt nourished for the remainder of the afternoon...the hot tea was a treat that I foolishly don't give myself enough and of course the company was superb...raw fish...me...who knew.
I am not afraid of trying new things...and I love adventure...so many of my little quirks in the gym, in my family life, in my professional life, in my social life, and in my eating life don't always match my fearsome self... I have no trouble jumping off an abandoned railroad trestle into the murky waters of a river but won't eat raw fish...this makes no sense...but it is me...and all I can do is analyse and act....
I had a great workout today...I finally surpassed the 200 pound mark and did 5 reps of the dead lift at 205 pounds....I am really proud of this accomplishment...my lack of flexibility kept me doing Romanian Dead lifts for the first 8 months I was at WMCF, when I went to the traditional style of dead lift I backed my weight down from 185 to 155. I do not want to be hurt..I have taken my time coming up but this was a big PR...20 pounds!!! I have a whole new love for those Planet Fitness commercials now..."I pick things up and put them down" no longer makes me laugh at the big ole neanderthal actor they having uttering these words...I have become that neanderthal...and I have done so happily....so bring on the raw fish, bring on the weight, and bring on all of the life decisions I have awaiting me....I am strong enough to do it all...
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