whole foods is really expensive

I mistakenly was living under the premise that central market and whole foods were similarly priced. I actually loved the idea of going to whole foods over central market (closer, better selection of grass fed products) until making a quick grocery run tonight and realizing I might as well be lighting money on fire. The vegetables are outrageously priced, sometimes double central market prices ( you can argue things like "organic" for however long you want with me, but you can't assure me that the fruit and vegetables are truly organic and NON-gmo (genetically modified, a common practice in farming) ), which isn't necessarily cheap to begin with. So to all my friends who shop at whole foods, I have only one thing to ask: WHYYYYYYYYYY?

Another thing I've noticed while at whole foods / central market is the number of people who seemingly shop there because they think its healthier, yet have fallen into the trap that is very common of picking out the most unhealthy stuff. I'll leave the gluten thing alone tonight because that's still up for debate, no I'm referring to people who shop at these "healthy" places and load up on the cookies / chips / dips / "healthy ice cream" and so forth. The main point I'm trying to get at in apparently the most round about way is, just because you are shopping at a healthy grocery store doesn't mean it's blank check to everything they offer, there are plenty of unhealthy options. Of course just typing this has made me want ice cream, thankfully laziness is keeping me in bed and not in search of a sweet fix.

So now that I've made everyone reading this feel terrible about themselves and eating habits (yes I'm one of those people that judges people on their shopping carts and prides myself when none of my purchases come prepackaged / in a box), I will share a quick tip to avoid another common dietary pitfall.

KEEP HEALTHY SNACKS ON HAND. I can't say this enough. Tonight at about 9pm I had a fit of hunger come over me (this is because I handled dinner poorly as I didn't have any food on hand and was too lazy (I guess laziness is a running theme tonight) to cook after buying all the groceries, so I essentially hoped my post workout shake would be enough... it wasn't). These hunger pains late at night are common times when the usual response is to grab the nearest food, and in my old days would usually mean killing a bag of doritos or oreos, or about 4 bowls of cereal (I could eat cereal like a CHAMP). Not only was I making poor choices, but I was compounding the issue by eating so close to bedtime. The ONLY thing you should be having within 2 hours of bed is either a protein shake or water. That's it. I try to not eat after 8pm unless I know I'm going to be up till 2am or something absurd like that. Yes that means I'm going to bed hungry tonight, and if millions upon millions of children in impoverished nations can do it, then I can put on my big boy pants and do it too.

That's not a joke, I really do have a heart for them. I'm becoming much more interested in the work of living water, and hope to go on a trip in the fall (BUT ALL THESE WEDDINGS ARE GETTING IN THE WAY).

Oh ya, I also worked out today:

Warmup:

200m Run

10 Squats

15 Situps

20 Box dips

x2

WOD:

25 Dead Hang Pullups

20 HSPU

10 Pistols Per leg (by the way, Pistols is something I'm really hoping to master, being able to do them gives you instant street cred at wedding dance parties)

THEN

10 Minutes

3 Squat cleans (95 lbs) every minute on the minute, for remainder of the minute perform as many double unders as possible.

This workout really challenged me today, not only can I still not do handstand pushups I'm not even comfortable holding myself in a handstand. Also, the prescribed weight for the squat cleans was 135lbs, umm Charlie you serious? Only one guy in my class managed to do the prescribed workout, everyone else had to scale down. The weight was just right for me, I probably could go up in weight next time but I definitely had to fight for the last few reps in the later rounds. I'm finally beginning to understand why people grunt / yell / slam the weight (we use bumpers so I can literally just slam it from chest level ). When you start really challenging yourself, you have to fight through pain, fatigue, and anything else to knock out the workout.