Birthdays...

Birthdays...Everybody has one...My mom's is coming up on Saturday, so I decided I needed to make a treat for her birthday. I don't think I've posted much on my eating habits, but I try my best to eat fairly clean most of the time. I try to keep it to one cheat meal a week, although, while I was on vacation, I cheated more than I'd like to admit. Last week, along with getting my behind back to CrossFit, I also started the 21 Day Sugar Detox. I'm on day 7 and doing well. Well, until I decided to make a treat for my mom...I kinda had to lick the bowl...but, hey, I'm proud of my food choices for the last week, so a little taste testing today isn't too bad.  I will have a brownie with my mom for her birthday as treat, but otherwise, no added sugars/fruit for 14 more days.

Here's a picture of my concoction: 

I'm going to call it Coconut Caramel Brownies. 

The topping is from The Urban Poser's Samoa Donuts and the brownie underneath is paleOMG's Fudgy Brownies. I love this brownie recipe, I use dates instead of figs, and make my own baking chocolate from cocoa powder and coconut oil instead of melting the Enjoy Life chocolate chips.

I suppose while I'm here I'll update on my knee. PT is going well. I made it to CrossFit two days last week and two days so far this week. I have one more PT session this week as well. Since I'm going out of town for the weekend, I may not make a third day at CrossFit, but we'll see. I may decide to drop in somewhere. My knee feels pretty good, as each day goes by, it gets a little better. I had a 5 lb PR on my back squat on Monday, and was able to do full squat cleans today. 

Well, I think that's about it for now. Last night was my last night of work, and I have yet to go to bed, so I think it is time to get some sleep. Back to a regular schedule for my time off. :)