thursday thoughts and dinner

I'm getting really frustrated with my knee injury. It was like a month ago that I tripped on that stupid bump in the road! Every time I drive by that bump, I curse it. My knee doesn't hurt all that bad, but its definitely not 100%, or even 80% for that matter, and because of this I really have to be taking care of it... icing, stretching, extending, etc. I am doing these things, but probably not as much as I could be. There are also several things that I have to be careful with or avoid in my workouts... running, jumping, heavy squatting... and this is frustrating because I like to be able to do what everyone else is doing. I'm not trying to whine... I know the reasons. I'm just mad that I had to go and fall and get myself into this whole mess! My shoulder was also bothering me today... which it has before, but these two things combined made me feel just a little discouraged today. My thoughts right now, as much as I don't like to say it, are that I need to take care of myself. I need to learn how to recover and rest and be patient :(

On another note, the Primal Challenge is going well so far. In all honesty, I haven't really changed anything. My thoughts at the beginning were that I would try to be a little more strict... to me this means, less fruit, less salt, no coconut ice cream for the 30 days. But... I still have a little carton of ice cream in my freezer and its SO good... especially with fruit on top. I'm telling myself that once its all gone, I won't buy any more for the rest of the month... we'll see.

Tonight, Sheena came over for dinner and I made meatloaf, spaghetti squash, and roasted brussel sprouts. It was all quite delicious if I do say so myself. The meatloaf recipe I got from Everyday Paleo, and the brussel sprouts... I cut in half, boiled for 3 minutes, strained, then roasted in the oven with olive oil, salt and pepper at 400 degrees for 15-20min. For the spaghetti squash... cut in half length wise, scoop out the seeds, and drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, and put flat side down on baking sheet. Bake for about 40min or until soft at 350-400 degrees. Scrape the inside with a fork to make it "spaghetti". I also heated up some Puttanesca sauce from Trader Joe's to put on top of everything. Thats it!

photo: glad I can use that frozen corn for something!