Week Eleven

Hi Friends,

Nope, I haven't quit.  Life has just hit me pretty hard this past week and I took a little blogging time off.  The past few days I've been fighting migraines, nausea, body aches, cramping, and knee pain.  Fun stuff.  So far, this morning I feel tentatively ok, which is good because I couldn't take the next three days off even if I wanted to.  This last week has not been great eating-wise.  When left to my own devices, I eat almost straight carbs and dairy- sandwiches, toast, chips, cereal, and cheese.  Eating like that has brought back occasional acid reflux that I used to deal with.  (Ok- side note- the grammarian in me realizes that I've ended two sentences with prepositions, but I just don't want to rewrite them.  I'm laughing at myself for noticing.)

So here's the deal.  These next three days are absolutely jam-packed.  I think that's also what got me in trouble last week- days at work when I literally don't take any time to eat or recharge.  Then I come home so exhausted that I don't want to move off the couch or fix any sort of healthy dinner.  Ok- back to this week.  Here are the goals that I think will help me through, but first- as I've been writing this, my body is starting to not feel so great.  I need to take it a little easy and get myself well again.

1.  Get at least two workouts in- three, if possible.
2.  (This one's thanks to my coach) Stop and rest twice during the work day for at least 5-10 minutes.
3.  I'm going to post my blog daily to Facebook this week.  It will get me back in the habit of blogging daily and keep me more accountable.
4.  Today put together 4 freezer meals for the week.
5.  Instead of focusing on all the ins and outs of the eating guidelines I've been working on, I want to put the focus on eating fruits and vegetables.  I'm setting the goal of eating 2 pieces of fruit and three servings of veggies each day. The other things I will fix next week, but for now, I need to change my focus to something simple and manageable.

Onward and upward!