As a part of my walk the walk decision I have also decided to publish my daily routine, the good the bad and the ugly of it so I can see where I'm at every day, and if I happen fall off the wagon perhaps I will be able to see what caused it and it will make it easier to jump back on? we'll see, for now I feel good
If I'm completely honest I actually had a bit of emotional upheaval this weekend, some old emotional issues came up hard, some really painful stuff that sent me reeling, I did have a freak out that my husband felt the brunt of, I need to apologize for that; but instead of pushing down my feelings and crawling into bed crying, I had my sister in law come over with my niece, I threw myself into cooking up a storm for them, I love to cook especially for those I love; I made boiled potatoes slathered in dijon tarragon dressing, grilled flank steak with chimichurri sauce, grilled redicchio with balsamic drizzle and grilled white asparagus with olive oil, I also helped my sister in law put together her resume.
One thing I have learned in life when you are feeling crappy it is best to help someone else who is also having a hard time, I prefer to help those I love for selfish reasons, because then I get a two fold benefit of spending time with people I love and like but I also get the benefit of giving myself in service which gets me out of my own head and into an action state of mind. This is a healthy thing to do for anyone who suffers from depression and anxiety, stop thinking about your own problems and help someone else feel better about themselves, it really is a miraculous thing.
By the end of my sisters visit I felt light and cheerful and full of love, and food and she did too.
On to my regimen from today
I started reading a book called the Paleo diet
I like the sentiment in this book that eating healthy isn't hard we just need to keep it simple and natural, I am a pretty regimented person and I am also all or nothing person, part of my new balanced routine is to not get obsessive, I don't have to be perfect and I don't have to do everything all at once, so instead of following this book to the T I am taking it in stride, by slowly incorporating elements that fit into my life and that make me happy to do, not stressed out. What I am taking from this book right now is eat more vegetables and fruit and eat less heavily processed foods, I decided to incorporate vegetables and fruit into every meal.
Here is a break down of my breakfast
1 cup of espresso based coffee made from freshly ground coffee beans half a tsp of raw unprocessed sugar and a splash of cream ( I know coffee, sugar and cream are bad but as I said everything in time not all at once)
Scrambled eggs with grilled red and yellow peppers, light feta cheese, dill and salt and pepper to taste ( I know the Paleo diet is against salt and dairy in any way but I am not going to cut that out just yet, besides I already have extremely low blood pressure) this breakfast is tasty and super quick, I like to grill a few peppers on the BBQ then skin slice and store in the fridge for various uses.
I just measure all ingredients to eye and taste.
I also made a fruit smoothie with frozen mixed berries, one banana, almond milk, pure mango nectar (not from concentrate) flax oil, juice of one lime and a dash of pure vanilla extract, BLEND. when my daughter is home thats her favourite part.
I just eye ball all of the ingredients. I ran out of it today but I also like to add lecithin granuals to my smoothies it makes them creamy and ice cream like and is a very important for fat soluble vitamin absorption, and also for your nerve and neural transmitter coatings. Tasty and good for you
I also did my work out today for this used my iPad
I did
Iyoga
Belly, legs, and buttocks level 2 workout
which you can find on youtube but I can't post here for some reason look up
The Ultimate Abs and cardio Real time workout - ZWOW 69
All in all a good productive morning after a wonderful and fun weekend.
Lots of Love
xo
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