Good food! Karate too!

Food:

My last post may have been slightly misleading... Just because I ate junk all week last week doesn't mean that's ALL I'm gonna eat. The cool thing is, I got that out of my system last week and by the end of last night I was ready for some salad and healthy stuff. So after karate, my girl and I hit up the salad bar at the grocery store. It was awesome. Then today, we split a really fresh, nicely done turkey focaccia and a small pear salad.

Now I'm on a cooking kick. I had my fill last week of fast stuff. So tonight I went "recipe hunting" online at allrecipes.com and printed out this weeks "menu." I think what I may do is look up stuff online at the end of each week, and then go get the stuff I need to make a few things. That way I have stuff to take with me to work. Less expensive! And also a bit more satisfying than food court. More variety as well. And it helps me improve my skills!

Tonight I made a chicken and broccoli casserole. I work tomorrow, so I'll be having that again tomorrow for lunch. Sunday I have big plans! Candied kielbasa and bacon/pear/blue cheese ciabattas. Mmmmmmm :) Also I found this great recipe for coconut, banana and black bean soup which I plan to serve with couscous. Later in the week... ginger/lime grilled salmon.

Karate:

I have not been blogging enough about this. It's been an on/off summer. I can really only make it once a week because of work, but I did audit the rank test!! It was the first test I had been too in like 11-12 years. I knew it would be hard physically, but I forgot about all the mental confusion and frustration that goes with it. I wasn't even officially testing and I think about 2/3 through it I thought "Omg. I am an embarrassment. I suck." I wanted to cry. But I didn't and I made it through. It was good for me. Really pointed out the stuff I need to work on.

The unfortunate thing was that I had to go lobstering on little sleep the morning before the test. So by the time I got to the test I was already ridiculously tired and worn out. Which I am sure lead to some of my screw-ups. The last fall I had to take in the test, I did not do it properly and I hit the ground HARD. Jostled some stuff in my torso. Bothered me for the last two weeks. Now I'm pretty sure I bruised/cracked a rib. Because last night after class (and we didn't even do take-downs) it felt like someone was periodically stabbing me. It hurt to sit, to lay down, to breath... No fun. Couldn't sleep on that side AT ALL. My poor fiance has had to listen to me moan all day.

There is another test in a couple weeks, and I may or may not be ready. We'll see...

I've been going to the beginner class with my girl a little too much. Partly it's because it is convenient for us to go and leave together and be able to have dinner together after and only take one car and all that. But I think part of it is because there's someone in the advanced class that I get bad vibes from. I need to just get over that and deal.

Tomorrow I am going to open mat before work. Time for me to go put some Tiger Balm on my ribs and get to sleep at a decent hour!

Onward...