DRYUARY BEGINS.

"Day 2:  Wash the floors."  I said ok.

Day two of Dryuary began with a visit from the plumber.  Yippyskippy.  So now I have hot water in the kitchen which means I can wash my floors...which incidentally is the first challenge in Apartment Therapy's "The January Cure."  That and buy some flowers.  And you know me, I'm always looking for an excuse to buy some flowers.

Next, I replaced the rail mount in my closet that broke on New Years Eve.  For a split second I thought about calling Best the Super to come handle it, but he'd never get here before trash day and I'm the most impatient person in the world.  Plus using the power drill is hilariously empowering. Two dollars, two screws and two seconds later, it was fixed.

My most prized possession:  The DeWalt!

The rest of the day I spent finishing up a few other projects and cooking my first "Zone-friendly" meals...which I still haven't quite figured out.  Something about blocks and weighing your food?  After skimming some sites and making a few random calculations, all I know is I'm am classified as a "small-medium female" and allowed 11 blocks a day which should be split as follows:

3 blocks - Breakfast
1 block - Snack
3 blocks - Lunch
1 block - Snack
3 blocks - Dinner

7 grams of protein = 1 block     21 grams = 3 blocks
9 grams of carbs = 1 block       27 grams = 3 blocks
1.5 grams of fat = 1 block       4.5 grams = 3 blocks

In theory, my favorite breakfast of all time, if weighed correctly, should count as a 3-block meal:

21 grams of breakfast sausage
27 grams of grated sweet potato
4.5 grams of avocado

And the Honey Balsamic Pork Tenderloin I made for dinner should count as a 3-block meal except I'm not sure what kind of fat to include:

21 grams of pork
9 grams of broccoli 
4.5 grams of...?

And a handful of Paleo Trail Mix should count as a 1-block snack except I'm not sure if nuts and seeds and coconut flakes are considered fats or protein:

7 grams of TBD protein?
9 grams of dried pineapple
1.5 grams of seeds/nuts/coconut flakes?

This all seems incredibly dumb to me.  A completely arbitrary and tedious way to eat.  It also re-confirms that CrossFitters are the nerdiest meatheads on the planet.  But I will do it for the sake of this month-long experiment and we shall see what happens.  I have a food scale Amazon priming its way to me on Tuesday, but until then I'll guesstimate as best I can.  Will be interesting to see what 17 grams of trail mix actually looks like...

And finally, tomorrow marks the first day of the "Look, Feel, And Perform Better" challenge at CrossFitSouthBrooklyn.  I hit 7 out of 8 possible points today...though maybe I'll feel like popping in a Tracy Anderson DVD later on this evening and getting all 8.  (Probably not.)

Man.  Dryuary is for squares. 😐
3 - Full Clean Day
1 - Took 3 grams of EPA/DHA in fish oil tabs (6)
1 - Got 10 hours of sleep. Yay :)
1 - Active recovery while I watched TV
1 - Hydration
0 - Worked out

Total:  7/8