Weekly Healthy Habits Challenge

 

Hi Y’all lets kick off this Sunday afternoon post with this weeks healthy habits challenge.  This weeks post is a really good example of how we can be so good at some things in our lives at certain points, but then kind of fall out of the habit.  When I first started dieting back in college I was a Diet Coke fanatic.  I discovered caffeine for zero calories and I was hooked.  I stayed hooked until about half way through graduate school when I learned about the possible effects of phosphoric acid on bone health.  Recently I’ve been craving soda and not just for the caffeine in addition to diet coke, I’ve had a lot of diet root bear and diet ginger ale.  I’m okay with this on the occasion but not to the one/day frequency as of lately.  Therefore this week I’m going to go back to avoiding soda and drinking more water, would love for you to join in!  We will recap how it goes next Monday!

Past Healthy Habits Challenges

• Week 6:  Spend 15 Minutes Playing and Cuddling with Missy Daily (my cat)
• Week 5:  Throughly wash all produce
• Week 4:  Meditate Daily (at least 10 minutes)
• Week 3:  Get enough good quality sleep (at least 7-8 hours)
• Week 2:  Limit tasting during cooking and food preparation 
• Week 1:  Wait one hour between dinner and dessert 

Grocery Shopping

Trader Joe’s

Sprouts

Menu Options

Breakfast Options

Green Chile and Cheese Frozen Breakfast Burritos

Make Ahead Chia Seed Parfaits Maple Almond Quinoa Granola

Pancake Overnight Oats

 

Sun Butter Lover Green Smoothies

 

 

Lunch

Salads or leftovers-

• Buffalo Chicken with Goat Cheese

• Asian Chopped Chicken Salad

• BBQ Chicken and Peppered Turkey Bacon 

Dinner

Sunday:  Cauliflower Pizza Casserole (recipe coming soon!)

Monday:  Shrimp Paleo Pad Thai (recipe coming soon!)

Tuesday:  Leftovers

Wednesday: Salmon and Green Beans 

Thursday:  Broccoli Cheddar Quesadilla/Omelet for me, Corn Dogs for Paul

Friday:  Grilled Cheese Gourmet Food Truck at our apartments

Saturday:  Wing it

Snacks/Desserts

• Pistachios
• Local White Cheddar Cheese
• Fruit
• Dark chocolate
• Larabar Bites
• Peanut Butter M&M’s

Fitness/Injury Update

I got my MRI results back and they were essentially negative!  Definitely the great news I was hoping for!!!!!!  Despite the hyper flexibility in my hip (as I’ve said before I can kind of pop it out of place) it hasn’t been injured at all.  Instead, it looks like a severe strain in my lower back/SI joint/glutes (like we suspected originally).  Since I totally stopped walking irritating it, the pain has gone down to a dull soreness manageable without anti-inflammatory meds or ice hot.  Typically that would mean that I could begin light exercise, but since I’ve caused a re-flare so many times with this injury I’m going to baby it instead. Still taking ice baths as needed, icing, foam rolling, stretching, and my newest thing is trying to sleep on my back not on my sides (so hard).  I still do my upper body workouts on the power tower and with weights, but if I feel any strain I stop.  I think I’m going to give it one more week of loving tender care before starting a walking/light cardio schedule.