Going Green!

So on my visit to see family I found out that my dad has gone GREEN....okay, maybe not the green that you're thinking but he's drinking green! I was so excited when he made me this YUMMY green spinach smoothie. In fact he made me quite a few, but my FAVORITE ones were the green ones I think for no other reason than they are green because they were ALL tasty! This just solidifies Chris and my desire to get a Vitamix.

It was such a beautiful color and I was worried that the picture wouldn't come out as vibrant, but it did. Cheers!

So far I have been moving around quite a bit, I helped my mom with some cleaning at their place and did some run/walking (hurt my foot again...going to the podiatrist next week...yay!) and some hiking. Happy fitness!

workout

3 mile bike ride and an abs workout. Now to clean eating for the day!

Keep it simple

My goals for the day are to drink plenty of water and move...just keep moving. Some days I need to keep my goals as simple as possible and today is one of those days.

Learner's Permit

In my efforts to include my family on my healthy eating venture I made Kitchen Learner's Permits to Cook. The kids got a kick out of them and are VERY excited to be a part of the food preparation in the house. I hope this effort will benefit our family for a long time.

Eating log

How many times can a person commit to a healthy lifestyle? I think I've proven that it's a daily decision, I'm not tooting my own horn, I'm wondering WHEN this will come naturally. My eating is good, I think I've got that down, but I'm lacking in the motivation department. I'm posting my eating plans (focusing on the positive) and hopefully I will get out and pound some pavement today!

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/1tbsp. vanilla protein powder, 1tsp. agave nectar...mmm, good

Snack: 3 carrots with 1/4c. hummus and a protein cookie (that wasn't very good)

Lunch: Home canned tuna (from my brother-in-law...wow, it's REALLY good!) with a little greek yogurt (one of my FAVORITE things) on a pita with lettuce

Snack: Almonds...but I wish I had cottage cheese :(

Dinner: Ginger Chicken...yummy!

I noticed an underlying protein theme today...don't know why. I did end up running today, but not the way I was hoping. I went up to the High School this afternoon to run on the track and instead of taking my car key with me I took the house key...then I locked the car. It really doesn't do much good to lock your keys IN the car...oh well, I got to run home so it was a happy ending :)

Blog from the past

I thought I had deleted my old fitness blog, but I just found it on my dashboard! It's nice to be able to reflect on my past challenges that I was able to overcome. AND I can do it again!

Wow, sweet relief!

If there is ANYONE out there dealing with Plantar Fasciitis you need to check these inserts out, Spenco Full Length Orthotics Arch Support, they are the ONLY thing that has given me relief! I'm a little worried about my triathlon training. I haven't been able to do...well much of it at all and I'm now down to 15 weeks, yikes! I came across a book called The 12-Week Triathlete online and I've been trying to find it locally with not much luck...I'll do a bit more looking around. In the meantime I may just go out and run, since I can now!