After reviewing my pathetic sleep data from the Motion X 24/7 App, I have decided this week I am going to have to focus on getting enough good quality sleep. Usually I get to bed with 6 to 6.5 hours of sleep available and call it 7. I usually don’t fall asleep right away, so 20ish minutes of that is just laying in bed not actual sleep… I still call it 7. Tracking my sleep habits with the app really opened my eyes because it didn’t allow me to round off and pretend that I am getting enough sleep when I’m not. I know that sleep is important to help reduce snackiness (sleep less snack more, the studies are pretty clear on that one) and my overall caffeine intake, and also important for injury recovery. I do KNOW all those things, but sometimes its hard to tear myself away from the computer at night. After a long day of work I have so many things that I want to get done for this little blog and other stuff that I end up staying up super late. So this week I’m aiming for crawling into bed with 8 hours of available sleep, in hopes I get 7.5 hours of good quality sleep. We will recap this challenge next Monday, let me know if you’ll be joining in I think it is gonna be a tough one.

Previous Challenges:

Wait one hour between dinner and dessert (Recap)

Limit snacking when cooking/prepping food (Recap tomorrow)

Groceries

Since I have the day off tomorrow, I’m planning on doing most of my grocery shopping then. We did “swing by” Costco though.

Meal Options

Breakfast

– English Muffin Sandwiches (egg/cheese or Chocolate Almond Spread/Banana)

– Greek Yogurt & Quinoa Granola

– Smoothies– usually green 🙂

– DIY Frozen Breakfast Burritos

Lunch

– Spaghetti Squash with Homemade Goat Cheese Marinara & Chicken Meatballs for me—> Recipe Coming Soon!

– Chicken Salads for Paul

Dinner

Sunday- Leftovers

Monday- Personal Pita Pizzas

Tuesday- Chicken Apple Sausage Saute

Wednesday- Fish & Veggies

Thursday- Mu Shu Shrimp Wraps

Friday- Wing it

Saturday- Wing it

Snacks/Dessert

– Creamy Hummus Yogurt Dip & Carrots –> planning on making a roasted red pepper version for something different

– Dark Chocolate

– Pistachios

Injury Update

I’m feeling TONS AND TONS AND TONS BETTER! The soreness has subsided I’m able to go on long walks without pain, I feel almost back to normal. However, that been said I don’t want to be dealing with flare ups from this or anything like that so I’ll be taking it easy one more week. Lot’s of walking, yoga, foam rolling, ice/heat, and repeat. Hopefully I’ll be back at it next week.

Meal Plans from Recent Weeks

January 12th, 2014- January 18th, 2014

January 5th, 2014- January 11th, 2014

December 29th, 2013- January 4th, 2014

December 22nd, 2013 – December 28th, 2013

December 15th, 2013- December 21st, 2013