32 Years

On April 24th I celebrated my 32nd year outside of the womb. Whooohoo!

Here is this year's birthday workout!

Back when my Dad owned a Crossfit he would create Birthday workouts for me and my sister. Now I carry on the tradition and create my own birthday workout every year. A gift I can share with my fitfam ;-)

If you were wondering if I ate cake on my birthday, the answer is yes! But, not just cake, a bacon caramel doughnut cake from Revolution Doughnuts.

Yes, it was as amazing as it sounds! If you don't think it sounds awesome you'd be WRONG. Revolution makes some of the best specialty doughnuts I have ever tasted. They are not on my side of town, but totally worth the drive and the calories when you're in the city.

Later that night Anthony made us a delicious dinner. He even bought a cast iron skillet to try a new method of cooking the steak. He cooked it to perfection. Brown on the outside, pink and juicy on the inside, and perfectly season. He went the extra mile and made his first attempts at baked sweet potatoes and sautéed asparagus. 

Clearly my husband has learned the way to my heart is doughnuts and a perfectly prepared steak.

My sister cam over Saturday for DVR and bad movies. This weekend's random pick was Paranormal Activity 4, they should have stopped at 2. She also came baring gifts! 

We both love Mindy and her book will be a nice change from all the research based reading I usually do. Super excited to use my whole food gift card there are bags of 365 quinoa and  bacon waiting for me. 

Then we wrapped up the weekend with brunch out at West Egg in the city. My mom and sister have been frequenting this spot without me. For my birthday I was able to convince them to include me. I love breakfast food so I always say yes to an invite to Sunday brunch.

So much good food. 

I ordered the Peachtree Plate and it was so good. The the tart fried green tomatoes paired well with the creamy cheesy pimento grits. The maple bacon was the highlight of my meal not too salty, not too sweet, perfectly balanced. Mmmmm drooling just thinking about it.

I had a great weekend with the fam and I appreciated all of the messages from everyone.

Cheers to another year of health and happiness!

Larissa

Year 30 ... Bring It!

It was a fantastic birthday week!

The weekend before my birthday we took a trip to Chateau Elan in Brasleton, GA.  The largest winery in Georgia. My husband booked us the "Winemaker Wannabe" package.

First we toured the winery. MMMmmm it smelled so sweet in the processing area.  Then we sampled the Chateau's Vigonier, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, and their sweet Muscadine Wine Duncan Creek.  Mmmm the Duncan Creek was my favorite, I love a sweet white wine.

After lots of sampling we got to try our hand at mixing. Anthony prefers a dry red, I enjoy a sweet white, so we blended the 2. It actually cam out very tasty! Good job hubs, putting that techie ingenuity to good use ;-)

Great weekend!

Then came my actual birthday :-)
Mom wins for 1st mssg of the day!
And dad  followed with a super sweet morning message.

Then I got to share my birthday with my clients. My buddy clients and my group class were able to experience the 13 minute birthday workout on the KB, they all loved the 30 burpees or jumping jacks.  Then my dad whipped up his own version of my birthday workout, Crossfit style, and everyone appreciated that!

My lil Sis Alicia, Me, and Husband Anthony killed that birthday workout! I had to wear my Flag nor Fail "I kill because I want cake" . Then we treated ourselves to some yummy treats at Whole Foods ponce.I had to get my favorite chicken fried tofu and OMG the strawberry cupcake was soooo tasty.

By the end of the week I acquired quite the birthday loot.

When I am ready to take on Paleo again I'll be ready thanks to the new books from mom and sis. Then my mom put the icing on the fitgeek cake and got me the TPTherapy total body package with learning guide and video!

It was a great birthday week! I had so much fun. Thank you everyone for all the birthday love, and playing along with the intense workouts. I see big things on the horizon for this year!


Health and Happiness

L