I realise it's been a couple of days, but I gotta tell you, in my house it's either blog or exercise. So I chose to exercise, otherwise I wouldn't have anything to blog about. Tonight I'm writing a little update on the week so far. Body is super sore, which is an awesome indication that I've beaten it up and broken it in just a touch. It's a start, which is always the hardest part.
Changes - the ones that I've made are pretty drastic and they happened quite abruptly. However, the reaction from my mind and body is very positive. My friend Jennie dropped in for a visit and as we're chatting/chasing after kids she says "You look like you have more energy!" And it just hit me.....I've only had one cup of coffee today and yet I'm feeling perky and refreshed. What??
Changes - sugar became virtually non-existent in my diet. Weird thing....I don't miss it! Well....I don't miss it much. I'll always have a sweet tooth. Another thing I've said "so long" to is refined carbs. This was a tricky one. I had to dig deep into my cupboards and deeper still into my creative reserves figuring out what to add as a side to my grilled chicken. Choices so far (yummy choices at that): quinoa, red split lentils, salad, mixed steamed veggies and an awesome potato/cauliflower/broccoli/carrot mash (courtesy of Hassan). Side note - he was making baby food! It was delicious! Tonight was a special treat of take out Thai food, so I had rice.....worth it!
Changes - I've finally jumped on the smoothie bandwagon. I know I'm super late to the party, but hey, at least I showed up and catching up on the ongoing fun. Made this super delicious berry breakfast smoothie (recipe coming very soon). It kept me going all morning. Had another helping as the kids were playing at the park and that got me right through to my afternoon snack. I'm not going to make skipping meals a habit, however, it's nice to know that on days like today (completely hectic in a wonderful "warm summer day" way) I can rely on this magic potion. What I will make a habit is making those quick easy amazing mixes to drink in the car on the way to work. Who knows, caffeine may just become a distant memory (HA! yeah ok easy there).
My photographer (Hassan Zaki) is finally getting his priorities straight and actually doing what he was hired to do! I should demand my deposit back though, such delay is unacceptable ;) Look out for more off the hook photo plugs throughout, but alas, as always, there that "notice" but I digress...
Changes - in my life, every spare second is a precious second. So we've learnt to be pretty darn efficient with what little time we get. As Kiara was kicking butt in karate class I jotted down next week's meal plan. It's a meal plan, grocery list and exercise schedule in one memo (see? efficient!).
Changes - regarding moving my ass....not literally. In addition to what I've mentioned in my previous post I've added a 20 min run. I had to break it down into 10 min run 5 min walk 10 min run chunks. It resulted in extremely sore obliques. As well as a strength training session. So with two more days till the end of the week I've got the exercise part of the plan covered. Giving the body a small break tonight from the shock.
And so, as this week expires, I am thinking "Dammit, that scale had better move come Monday morning!"