Sundays for the most part will always be off days for me, they are meant for sleeping in, eating brunch (my favorite meal), getting groceries (which today I was very european and walked to the grocery store, and walked back bags in tow), playing ultimate frisbee (that can be considered my exercise) and occasionally playing bass for the greatest worship band on 14th street, the Grace Bible Church worship band (5 and 6:30 services).
I think I'll spend Sunday posts as a week in review and try to set goals for the upcoming week. If I had to give advice to anyone wanting to being a workout plan (and this will probably be its own post in the coming days) it's to set manageable tangible goals. Also, I'm going to start posting more about foods I eat and things I've been cooking. This will serve two purposes, one to provide examples of ways to eat healthy (or at least my idea of healthy) without breaking the bank, and two (and most importantly), to score points with the ladiezzz that read this. So it's your lucky day if you're reading this at work and trying to kill time, because I'm giving you both of those things in this one.
Today I made some paleo trail mix to help me with healthy snacking. Making your own trail mix (not near as hard as it sounds, if it even sounds hard at all, which now that I think about it, it doesn't) is great because it is much cheaper than the pre-made stuff, and has the added bonus of being able to pick and choose everything you like without having to dodge the items you don't. I got this idea from a book I purchased, Everyday Paleo (www.everydaypaleo.com) which has fantastic recipes and ideas from someone who did what I'm doing. She blogged about her and her family's foray in paleo living and fitness, only she did it after that fact and I'm doing it concurrently.
To make this trail mix I bought the following items:
-Almonds
-Pecans
-Cashews
-dried blueberries
-dried cranberries
mixed them together (use more nuts and less of the berries for sugar reasons) and voila, two whole containers of deliciousness. The main problem I encountered was that the only dried cranberries offered at Randalls had sugar added, some I'm biting the bullet on that. This trailmix is great for you because the nuts are a source of good fats, and blueberries are just an amazing superfood. Now one thing I need to add, if you're anything like me and there's an open container (nuts, cheeze itz (esp white cheddar), oreos, whatever) of food near me, I'll sit and mindlessly nibble all day. This trail mix won't give you much benefit if you pound a whole container (I made 2 pint sized containers) in one sitting. It's meant for curbing hunger cravings imbetween meals at work, or right when you get home so you avoid killing a bag of chips or something, or worse ending up in the drive through at mcdonalds like half of houston apparently does. So just remember to practice moderation when eating this.
Week in Review:
I felt like my workouts are definitely improving, and hope to build upon saturdays success, though I take that victory with a grain of salt because I am definitely bottom of the barrel in my regular classes.
I ate very well this week, my only cheats were 4 drinks throughout the week, and at Ruggles Green I ordered the spicy shrimp tacos which had cheese on them, and I didn't bother getting them without the cheese. They were sooo good that I don't feel bad at all, life's too short to not eat cheese at all. Also I completely messed up by snacking on teriyaki beef jerky throughout the week. Beef Jerky is actually a great paleo snack, just not the teriyaki kind because soy (the main component of teriyaki sauce) has gluten in it, so I still can't claim to be gluten free because of 5 oz of teriyaki soaked beef jerky.
My goals for this week including dropping 1.5 lbs of actual fat (2 lbs of fat is about the healthiest speed one can expect to drop weight after the initial surge), to attend and complete every workout, and to make one recipe from the everyday paleo book and document it (I already have all the ingredients, should be a piece of cake).
Also from here on out, I'll start weighing myself every sunday night right before my week in review post, because that makes the most sense.
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