Creating your Own Spice Mix... Workout...Meal... Creating Your Own Box in Life!

I keep talking about this African - Moroccan Spice mix I put on everything so I figured I would provide some details...

Here's the line-up:

Salt
Pepper

Ras al Hanout (Moroccan Seasoning)
Hot Madras Curry Powder

Garam Masala

Cumin

Curry

Turmeric

I make batches of this stuff because...

I season a lot of food cause...

I eat a lot of food!!

Here's a pound of flounder fillets.

12 oz of Ahi Tuna fillets....

12 oz of Salmon fillets....

After riding my bike to Starbucks and downing a Grande Cafe Americano with an extra shot (that's 4 shots of espresso total), I was ready to go kill something....

Like a workout so I rode the Red Mule to Family Fitness....

Only to find it was closed....

Didn't see that little detail on the website or the Group Exercise Schedule....

Sometimes I think the Family Fitness staff is a little technology challenged....

So I rode home and did my usual stretch and myofascial releases with a hard foam roller and told my daughter....

"How bout we create our or WOD (Workout of the Day)?  Let's Lunge around the block (which is actually more than a block - Poinciana is a big horseshoe)" -

But anyway - you get the picture....

Speaking of which, here's the long legged Amazon lunge-ing it out down the street!!

And here's a knee's eye view of my lunge-ing effort which numbered some 600 lunges - 400 forward 200 backward and took 29 minutes total....

Pretty good workout!!!

Holy Red Whatever - What is that?  HEB Adobo seasoned leg quarters with my own twist - HEB seasoned the outside with their deep red Adobo seasoning.

I took it a step further - I pulled the skin up from the meat and liberally sprinkled my African - Moroccan spice mix UNDER the skin!!!!

And let it marinate overnight.

1st step is Sear it hard in a smoking hot cast iron skillet - this crisps up the skin and seals in the juices basically blackening the outside of the chicken and starting the cooking process on the hard to cook thigh and leg meat...

See what I'm saying and See what I'm seeing - highly spiced blackened goodness!!!

2 down....2 to go...

Meanwhile back at the Veggie farm - 2 Sweet onions already cut up and several hatch chiles, asparagus, zucchini, squash, carrots and kale waiting....

In go the leg quarters....

Into a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes....

Stay tuned.... the meal continues....

But the theme of these activities is something I want to talk about....

In the CrossFit World, the Workout Area, Gym or Fitness Center is called a "Box".

It's part of the jargon of CrossFit...

When you enter the Box, it's kind of like entering your own little Workout World,  Personal Challenge Area....

Warrior Arena....

Gladiator Amphitheater....

Seriously....

The WOD and the individual movements and exercises of the WOD become your opponents....

And it's up to you to OVERCOME Them.... One by One.... with Intensity, Malice and Forethought...

The BOX is Your Own World of Victory and Triumph....

You Create that Environment, that Atmosphere, that Battlefield from Your Own Pain, Sweat and Tears....

From Your Desire to Do Something Different.... to Be Better... to find New Levels...to Stretch Boundaries.

It is a Place Where You Overcome Your Fears, Your Shortcomings, Your Physical, Mental and Emotional Barriers.

In effect, You Enter a Controlled Environment Where You Focus on Yourself.... 

Nobody does the Work for You.... if it gets done.... how it gets done..... the Results.... the Benefit.... the Victory.... the Re-Creation of Who You Are and the Journey to Where You Want to Be....

Is all up to YOU..... 

It is in Your Control!!!

What's the Message here.... the Key Takeaway to this little Philosophical Philandering and Mental Masturbation?

Seek - Plan - Endeavour - DISCOVER.....

How to Create Your Own Box in Life and What that Box Looks Like and Consist of....

Whether it's finding New and Exciting Ways of Cooking and Eating Healthy, Making Up Your Own Workouts, Planning a Weekend Getaway, Creating a Better Work Environment through a Positive Attitude, Enjoying a Concert, Ballet or Opera, Playing or Listening to Music, Viewing the Perfect Sunset, Slurping that Custom Made Cup of Coffee....

You finish the list....

Find Your Place of Peace....

Blaze Your Own Path to a Happy and Fulfilled Life.

Create Your Own Box in Life!!!