Because throwing something heavy up over your head and then throwing it back on the ground is satisfying.

For the entire month of June, post Le Cray-Cray, I was packing up all my belongings and living with my ex at the same time. Sometimes when I say things out loud, they sound INSANE, and I feel like I had one of those moments right now. Anyway. Because I was in a veritable shit storm of change, I gave away a ton of stuff. Tons. Some of it out of anger (most of that ended in shards on the floor, not on the shelf in Goodwill), some of it because if I'm ever a size 12 again and not pregnant, please someone help me, and mostly because I just didn't have the emotional capacity to pack more than what was absolutely necessary. Packing that house was a sad mixture of sobbing, yelling, laughing and tequila.

And now I have no workout pants.

What's a girl to do when it's 5:30am, 45 degrees, and she has no warm pants? Improvise with capris and knee socks of course.

The workout involved my absolutenewfuckingfavoritemoveEVAR, PLATE BURPEES. These puppies combined with my awesome ensemble of skin tight capris and knee socks made me feel like an over grown child. Crossfit WODs + feeling like a kid is the best combination for success.

These are plate burpees, fist pumping totally optional, and don't feel like you have to watch the entire 3:44; all they do is get up and get down:



Fun! That was paired with some single arm snatches (snicker) with a 25# db (pr!), which were accompanied by many an f-bomb. Does the single arm snatch come without an f-bomb? Gosh, that's like bacon without awesome.

I was a bit more into throwing that plate down than the cavemen in the video and I did not use a 50# plate. 25# was the weight, and I think this picture of Anna from the women's challenge sums up how fun it felt. But I was laughing a lot more.

The secret to living well is making sure you laugh as much as possible. Don't ever forget that one.