Urban Cave Girl

I was actually a little disgruntled I didn't get the SI cover once again that year so I really had to do a little side by side comparison.  PFFTTTT!  What-EVER!

Digressing once again....

Happy to see that the photo loader is working because I have a few pictures to show you of our meatza we made the other night.  It was delicious!  

I mixed one pound ground beef and half a pound of pork sausage together with some egg and random seasoning.  Flattened out the mixture onto a cookie sheet and baked it for 10 minutes. 

After the 10 minutes I topped it with some spaghetti type sauce I found that was as close to homemade as I could get, some bacon, italian sausage, buffalo mozzarella (tiny bit of dairy for me), pineapple, jalapenos, and olives.  Baked it again under the broiler this time for about 10 minutes and then when it came out I topped it with some sliced up avocado.  I definitely recommend this recipe!  You can find the original one I used here.

Today I've been playing catch up on some blog reading.  I can't tell you how ecstatic I am to see so many of my fellow fitness enthusiasts back in the GROOVE!!!  I feel like everyone has their mojo back and things are all right in this world again.  I can just feel the energy! It's a fantastic thing!!

With all that said, I need to be completely negative for a few seconds, then, I promise, I won't say anything about it again. 

 I got my proofs back from the photo shoot for the 24 Hour Fitness campaign and OMG....I HATE HATE HATE those pictures!!  I mean seriously people??!!!  AM I REALLY THAT FAT?  I knew when that stylist was putting me in capri pants that things were about to go downhill. BUT, I wanted to have faith and not be a diva, so I went along with the outfits, but come ON!! 

NEWSFLASH - YOU NEVER PUT A SHORT CURVY WOMAN IN CAPRIS AND PHOTOGRAPH HER!!!  

Yes, I wear carpis to the gym and to run errands etc BUT I'm not getting my picture taken in them and plastering them everywhere for the whole world to see. BIG DIFFERENCE!  Ok that is my one beef.  Second beef, they hated my boobs!  Really they did.  Every time I bent over they were complaining my boobs were hanging out.  Constantly trying to put me in crew necks and always tugging up at my shirts.  UM, I have boobs!! I paid good money for them and they are hard to hide!  I get that they (24 hour) aren't selling "that" but at least put me in something flattering to the neckline.  It doesn't have to be va va va voom cleavage, but it doesn't have to be a frigging mockneck either (not kidding people, a mockneck at the gym....wtf?) AHHHHHH!  I feel much better.  I haven't really been able to share that information yet and it feels good now that I got it out.  I can't post any pics from the shoot till the campaign comes out and my particular part doesn't come out till January.  Really, I shouldn't even be telling people that.  Probably the less noticed I am, the better.

After seeing those pics though, it gave me all the fuel I needed to get this fire under my ass lit once again.  I'll admit, I slacked off a LOT over the summer.  With all the road trips and that constant sitting on my butt I feel like I've gained 20 pounds!  It's been hard to get back to eating 100% primal too.  Now that the coffee addiction is gone though things seem to be getting better.  I've decided that I'm going to do the last round of BFL challenges this year.   Obviously I don't do dairy, grains, and whey.  But I can still eat primally and do BFL workouts.  Which, I really like the structure of.  I've tried and tried again to be like Grok and just go with the workout flow but I'm much better with a structured routine.  I've said it before, I like my workout sheets, my weight logs, and I love to see strength increases each week.  It keeps me motivated. AND I'm gonna need all the motivation I can get because......another drumroll folks....Im going to do a figure comp in March.  I've given it a ton of thought.  I'm going to be 36 next year....gasp!!  and I really want to get a competition under my belt before I get any older.  I researched lots of trainers and decided to go with the GORGEOUS Olesya Novik!