Workin' On Our Fitness

If you know us in any capacity you know we like to stay active. The past four years we have been fortunate enough to have had the equipment to work out in our garage. When we made the decision to move into an apartment for a bit we knew we couldn't bring our equipment with us, so with heavy hearts we sold our "gym".

On a scouting trip for a place to live we were driving down the road when I spotted a HUGE outdoor pool and slide. David quickly turned into the parking lot and we headed in for a tour. Turns out we had discovered the local Lifetime Fitness. Upon our official arrival in Raleigh we became members!

It's definitely not the same as being able to walk into your garage and do whatever kind of workout you want, but it does have a few benefits of its own. . .

The kid's watch is awesome! Lots to offer for kiddos of all ages.

The stellar outdoor pool I already mentioned, plus a great indoor pool as well.

Tons of group fitness classes including yoga (which I am totally addicted to now!).

Lots of functional fitness equipment so we are able to still do Crossfit style workouts.

ROWERS! David has always wanted one and I thought it was unnecessary, but I am a convert now!

A spa on site. I could get a pedicure and drop Amelia Grace off in the child watch. Score!

It's not as great as having a gym in your house, but it certainly will do for now;-)

Cilantro Lime Chicken Skillet

Part of Crossfit's mantra is clean eating through the Paleo lifestyle. It took some time for David to convince me of this, partly because I just didn't want to give up certain things! Here is a great infographic to help break it down:

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No, we're not completely paleo, but we try to eat the best we can!

Ingredients

2-3 Chicken Breasts, cut up

2 Tbls (or as much as you like) fresh cilantro

lime juice

1 1/2 Tbls. Olive Oil

sea salt and pepper

 Directions

Mix all the ingredients together and let marinate for a few hours.

When ready to cook, dump mixture into a pan and cook over medium heat until done.

Part II:

Ingredients

 1-2 avocados, cut up

cilantro

1 onion, chopped

1 tomato, chopped

lime juice

sea salt and pepper

garlic salt

Directions

Mix it all together and add whatever spices taste yummy to you.

This dish was easy to put together and perfect for a hot summer night!

Friday's Letters [06.21]

Happy Friday, folks!!

Dear Suzy Subaru, You sure are giving us some grey hairs this week! Between the pulling on the interstate to the tire tumor, you are giving us a run for our money. If I didn't know better I'd think you were trying to end up in car heaven. . .

Dear summer vacay, I am LOVING this sleeping in, running errands, cleaning our house for the first time in eons, napping, so on and so forth. I could get used to this. . .

Dear Davido, Sorry about the onslaught of house chores. The good news is our house is going to look like it popped out of a magazine by the end of summer-yay house projects!

Dear Crossfit, Whoooeeee you have made me sore in places I didn't know could be sore. I love the workout but would really appreciate being able to get out of bed and get dressed in the morning. Appreciate it.

Friday's Letters [03.08]

Happy Friday, folks!!

Dear papers, Please be gentle. I'm not exactly sure what we were thinking when we assigned you and had a 120 of you due on the same day. I will get to all of you, eventually, I promise.

Dear David, I am SO stinkin' proud of how well you did at the first workout for the Open! As the picture below shows, you are a champ!

Dear students, There is not a full moon, there was no snow, and there is not a holiday in the near future. Please explain to me why y'all have been off your rockers this week?? Y'all are wearing me out!

Dear spring, Where are you??? This 29 degree morning thing has got to go. I'm ready for sundresses and flip flops again!

We Play for Keeps!

Have you ever heard of CrossFit? I hadn't either until this past April when it invaded David's workout regimen, and thus our lives as well. The concept (at least what I understand it to be, though I'm sure my husband will correct me!) is in order to become the best you have to constantly vary your workout and challenge yourself to do different things. There is a Workout Of the Day (WOD) every day with different exercises. You try to do as many repetitions of those exercises in a certain amount of time. It is very competitive, which is one of the reasons David loves it so much.

He was introduced to this phenom by a friend of his at work, and has since got into incredible shape. It does all of this from our garage since it is pretty costly to frequent a "box", or gym. Before I go any further I must tell you that this is SO not my cup of tea. His grunts and shouts during the workout, and extreme exhaustion following it, are not my idea of a good time. He loves it though, so CrossFit will continue to be a part of the Mobley vocabulary.

All of that mumbo jumbo leads me to our Saturday morning-his first competition! The local minor league hockey tea was hosting it as a benefit for the Wounded Warriors Project. He had to see how many calories he could burn rowing for a minute, then he would see how many shoulder presses he could get in a minute (with 75 pounds), then take a 30-second rest, then do as many ball slams he could get in a minute (weighing 30 pounds), then do as many kettle bell swings (weighing 35 pounds) as he could in a minute. That was one round. He did this three times for time. It was intense to watch. Here are some pictures from our adventure:

He checked out the competition by counting for another competitor. 

Assessing the ball slam challenge.

Swing that kettle bell!

Last round of shoulder presses

Absolutely exhausted.

And my favorite picture of the day. . . 

Believe it or not this guy started off fully clothed and ended up in just his underroos by the end of it! The best part? His Mulan-looking ponytail on top.

Will I ever do this? Never say never, but it's not likely. I like to be in shape, but I'm not a big fan of my thighs crushing others to death as many of the women at the competition looked like. I may be singing a different tune after Peanut is born, but for now I'll leaving the intensity to David!