33 Days until we've been Paleo/Crossfit for 1 year PLUS our garden update!

I went to bed on time last night! I didn't have too much trouble falling asleep however I didn't get up on time. Have I mentioned how much I love to sleep?!? Seriously, I haven't slept that much in a long time but I had 11 hours under my belt. My plan for the morning is to wake up during my normal Crossfit time in the morning and head out for a run AND I will be headed to bed again tonight at 10 p.m. with hopes to be asleep by 10:30 p.m.

I have no pictures of my food from today. Breakfast was eggs and avocado. Lunch was leftover grilled chicken thigh and tomato watermelon salad. Snack was carrots with 1/2 avocado and a handful of blueberries and grapes. Dinner was at my mom's and was taco salad, guacamole and peppers, Paleo style doritos, and Mexican cake (fabulous!!!).

Remember when we planted this garden?

We've recently been able to harvest a few things. A couple of cucumbers and a tomato so far. We are really close to harvesting sugar snap peas, squash and zucchini and bush beans. This is what she looks like now.

I think I am most excited to be growing spaghetti squash as I haven't ever grown it before. But it's doing well (picture above on the right). and flowering like this:

Spaghetti Squash

This morning we had an active day. We headed to Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge and walked and ran a couple of trails with the boys. I didn't take a ton of pictures as I was focused on swatting away mosquitoes :D But I did capture one of the boys before we jogged a trail. It was a great morning getting out and stretching our legs and getting fresh air!

Tomorrow is grocery store day and we're headed out of town for half of the week....so it's going to take some planning....UGH! Food is a Drug #Paleo!

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Food Is A Drug #Paleo

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