I’m getting skinny.

Doing Crossfit in a 100+ degree warehouse 5-6x per week is making me shrink.

I guess it’s not a bad thing, because I am definitely starting to feel more “fit”. And the discipline that the workouts demand helps me to focus less on the complicated details of life and more on the extreme pain and discomfort of each pride-swallowing WOD.

My routine after going to Crossfit usually includes a stop at my favorite place to go grocery shopping in Dallas, Central Market. If you’ve never been there, let me just say that it pays to be organized. The layout of the place is like a maze in an English garden. If you forget to pick up the eggs, you’re hosed unless you want to fight the flow of traffic and backtrack like an idiot.

And if you like to target aisles strategically and avoid the offerings that are not on your list, Central Market is not for you. Once you start on the path at Central Market, you kinda have to ride it on through to the end as it serpentines through produce, meats, dairy, wines, cheeses, etc.

While this format requires a bit of patience, it also allows you to bump into new grocery items that you’ve never really paid attention to before.

For example, last night I had only intended to pick up a salad from the Central Market deli, but wandered by the beverage aisle. Since I had just finished dehydrating myself at Crossfit, walking by the aisle without stopping would have felt like bypassing an oasis in the desert. I picked up a bottle of “Moroccan Mint Green Tea” (Honest Tea).

When I got home and poured it over ice, I expected a Snapple-like watery sugar explosion. Oh no, this is real tea, with just a hint of adult-like sweetness. Gotta go back for some more of this stuff tonight.