Rocktober Results and a New Challenge
Hey, remember that time I made the Rocktober challenge?
Haha…
After being laid out with bronchitis for almost 7 days early in the month, I never fully recovered. I ended up working out about 18 days of the month, which is more than half, but I definitely did NOT make my goal of working out each day of the month.
I did, however, go from 146.6 lbs to 143.6 lbs which means I lost a total of 3 lbs for the month of October. This also means that I have lost a total of 28 lbs!
I was recently made moderator of a National website’s health and fitness board, and I’m pretty excited about out Holiday Challenge that we’re starting there!
The challenge doesn’t require you to be a part of the message board, and anyone can do the challenge… It runs from November 1 to December 31, just long enough to get us through the holiday season!
I’m attaching the excel document on which you can track your progress.
I could explain it all, but frankly, the spreadsheet does a better job than I can write a recap. Basically, you’ll earn points for doing certain healthful things each day, week, or month.
Give it a try! I’ll bet you see a difference!
Here is a link to the google document spreadsheet. You can track them on this form online via your google account, or you may save it to your computer as an excel document, or you may print it out and keep a hard copy.
We made a paper chain last week representing the days until Christmas, people… That isn’t very many days, and is actually quite a lot of pies… Make this holiday season your healthiest yet!
What is your holiday season weakness? Any desire to over come it? 
Good Eats
Hey gang,
It is red ribbon week at school this week, and so we’re all dressing up every day. So far, we’ve had Hat day, Hippie day, and luckily, tomorrow is PAJAMA day!!! (Adult footie PJs anyone?) At the end of the week, I’ll post all of my classic looks, but for now, you’ll just have to wonder… Or go find my flickr… cause they’re totally there. haha.
Anyway, I’ve had some GREAT eats this week, that I wanted to post about! My girl Amber mentioned how TOUGH it is to eat right, and boy do I know it. Just today, I started out great, and had some yogurtoats (made with Liberte yogurt! YUM!) and water…
Lunch came around, and my girls were heading to sonic… you KNOW I ate some sonic.
All that to say, I know how tough it can be to make good choices!!
Anyway, I came up with a quick list of some tips I strive to follow when ever I can!
1. Eat breakfast… Yogurt is EASY and can be really good for you. I love putting rolled oats in my yogurt, it makes me happy. I look for high protein, and a little fat to help me stay full for longer. I think that the whole carbohydrate of the oats makes it last even longer… Gooooood stuff.
2. Get fresh leafy greens in WHENEVER you can… and as much as you can tolerate!
I’ve been known to cram up to 2 cups of fresh leafy greens on my daily sandwich. It is good for you, and it keeps ya “movin” if you know what I mean. Suck it up, and eat your LEAVES!
3. Fight the urge to grab what is easy. I’ve realized that the 20 minutes it takes me to get my keys, get to the taco bell, wait in line, and get home isn’t actually any faster than me just making something at home…
4. Try something new…
Wondering what that orange soup is up there? It is PUMPKIN GINGER SOUP! We gave it a try tonight with toasted pine nut couscous (don’t be fooled, it took 5 minutes to make, and came from a box…) and I have to say, it was one of the most complex things I’ve tried in a long time… But trying new things, at home… healthy things can be a great way to make eating home cooked stuff not feel so monotonous. (any body get in the package of refrigerator tortellini and jar of sauce rotation?? UGH.)
5. Every choice counts… so you had a coke for breakfast. Who cares? Have water for lunch! Did you cave, and have chick-fil-a 3 times last week? Have a salad tonight!
It is so easy to get down about a bad food choice and use that as an excuse to have another bad food choice… We don’t actually have to do that, ya know. 
What do you think of these tips? Any you follow to keep you on track?
See you tomorrow!
when it’s raining…
Man, it has been GLOOMY for many of the last several days! Lots of rain, lots of clouds, lots of BLAH.
I started today with something new, and completely AWESOME.
Liberte 6 grain yogurt.
This is a milk based yogurt from canada that also contains 6 whole grains… if you know me, you know that I have long been in love with my yogurt-oats, and raw oats in my yogurt is one of my favorite things of all time. So today, I had the raspberry flavor, and I have to say… that with no compensation from liberte, this is one of the very best yogurts I have EVER had. The grains are chewy, and provide such a great texture. They are plump, and not crumbs, but are full flavored chunks of grainy goodness. The yogurt itself is not overly sweet, and is not to thick… (sometimes the texture of greek yogurt is too much for me) all in all, with stats like these:
I really like it and I will DEFINITELY buy it again.
My full breakfast consisted of the liberte yogurt, some grapes, and a home brewed coffee from my spanish stash. (love you, lola!) I’ve been sweetening my coffee with a little agave instead of sugar lately, and I have to say that I don’t miss the white stuff a bit…
I had an awesome lunch today, including a turkey, escarole (aka endive), and deli mustard sandwhich which was freaking perfect. So perfect, in fact that it was well in my belly before I managed to take a photograph of it.
Escarole or Endive was on sale at the grocery store, and was exceptionally fluffy and beautiful… I couldn’t say no.
My snacks for the rest of the day ROCKED, including 10 candy corns, a babybell cheddar, and a piece of this glorious concoction:
You’re reading that right. Peanut Butter and GINGER.
Think about your favorite flavors from a perfectly prepared thai peanut sauce. This candy is sweet, but not too sweet, strong, but not too strong, and savory… but not in a way that invades the sweetness. A PERFECT sweet for this ginger girl, and long time Reed’s Ginger products lover.
I’m totally hitting the sack now, because I am EXHAUSTED… sleep well!!
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