So back on track

My Muscles are Gonna Be Huge

Thank God for the paleo challenge I'm doing again.  And thank God Keysa is doing it with me.  I was just reading through my blog posts from 2011.  I was doing fantastic at the beginning of the year, and stayed on track until about July.  Then I started to really veer off of the healthy eating.  I wonder if it is because Tae Kwon Do was not challenging enough.  Either way I gained weight, and then started eating horribly, starting with the HalloWine at the YMCA.  Then straight through December and the end of 2011.  It's pretty awesome how quickly it happens.  2012 has again been a great start.  Crossfit has been fun, although some of the Group Elements classes have been extraordinarily boring.  I think I've mentioned that before.  It's cool though, because now we know what the hell they're talking about when they set forth the workout and I don't feel like a complete idiot.  The other day we did Cindy, I did 13 rounds.  I had a lot of modifications, but I'm okay with it.  I know that TKD allowed me to get really weak.  It's no excuse, I'm just not the type to keep up with workouts on my own.  If we didn't do pushups or cardio during a class, I certainly wasn't going to do it on my own.  So my Cindy was pretty weak, but I have something to work towards now.  At some point I'd like to be able to do a straight dead hang pullup.  Maybe even a few in a row!  I want to be strong like I used to be.  It would be a lot of fun to be able to pull myself up the pullup cage or up the rings ropes or up the regular old ropes and just fucking climb all around.  That's right, like a freaking monkey.  That's my goal for the next few months.  Sweet abs would be great while I'm at it, but being able to climb like a monkey is a-number-one priority.

Not Like This One

Like This Monkey

Just a Sewing

Ate pretty good and did a lot of sewing today.  Actually, first I did a lot of watching youtube videos about sewing.  I spent an embarrasing 2 hours watching someone else sew.  But, it was so cool.  Fascinating.  She sewed like I want to sew, no measuring, lots of folding in half, free hand drawing and sewing up the sides.  Today I made two dashiki- I made a blue one out of some scratch material first, to test the pattern.  I made some adjustments and made the one on the right.  Apparently I still need to make some adjustments because the neck hole ended up being HUGE.  I am definitely going to make some more shirts like this, cause it's super comfortable.  Once I get the neckline done it will be fashionable too.  I made the obi belt as well, the pattern I copied was here.  I'm going to make a bunch of these too.  I really like the way it lookes.  And the one in the pic is just scrap material.  I'm gonna whip up some pants with the same maroon material in a few cause I have some left that I haven't used in a while.
Right now, before I throw together some comfy pants, I'm waiting for the wings a friend gave us to cook in the oven.  It sounds and smells like it's going to be delicious.  I made some rice for Nathan to go on the side.  I hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween, I was a Samurai on Friday, but sadly I have no pictures.  I don't know how that happened.  If somebody ends up posting a pic they took, I'll share that outfit as well.  I sewed the whole thing.