Goodbye June...

{ clouds over Tampa Bay on June 18 ~ photo by me }

I'm baaaack! This month has been the lowest number of blog posts I've had in a looong time. Today was a good day! I got a massage with Margie first thing this morning. Picked up some of my healthy habits again. Ate pretty much all whole foods and I feel like I'm on the way back up. I did a few Basic Workouts, many a sets of Hoe Downs and applied some T-Tapp techniques throughout the day (shoulder rolls, curling my core, sitting and walking in alignment, etc, etc). I've been really needing more consistency with exercise this past month, but have been so busy. Anyway, I decided to do a 4-day boot camp using Tempo 2 (8 Reps). Today is day 2! A bit sore, but the massage helped a bunch.


Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing - check!
Oil Pulling - check! (Oil pulled while brushing this morning... multitasking!)
Salt Bath and Sauna - I miss you! We'll meet again soon.
Workout/Exercise - Tempo 2 (8 Reps)... Boot Camp Day 2!

Nourishment
Fruits - check! 2 servings today.
Veggies - check! 5 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
Emergen-C: 1 packet
Natural Calm - Raspberry Lemon: 2 tsp
Vitamin D3: 4 sprays


Eats

Brekkie

Yummy Purple Monster.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup frozen wild blueberries
• 1 frozen banana
• 2 cups fresh spinach
  
• 1 1/4 cup original Almond Breeze
• 1/4 cup Chobani 0% plain Greek yogurt

Boiled Egg with sea salt.

Lunch

Crispers Spinach Salad.

A bit too much cheese and bacon for me, plus I'm not really down with the crispy Ramen topper. The Light Ranch dressing was delish! I ate about 1 Tbsp.


Dinner

Black Beans and Brown Rice with fresh spinach, onion and garlic.

Yesterday...

Healthy Habits

Body Care
Body Brushing - check!
Oil Pulling - check!
Workout/Exercise - Tempo 2 (8 Reps)... Boot Camp Day 1!

Nourishment
Fruits - check! 1.5 servings today.
Veggies - check! 5 servings today.
Water - check!

Supplements
Alfalfa: 6 caps
Emergen-C: 1 packet


Eats

Brekkie

Yummy Purple Monster. (Same recipe as today's with less banana and milk.)

Hot organic green tea... and a Starbucks Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte.

Lunch

Boiled Eggs and Salad... plus a few bites of that Ezekiel wrap.

Post-workout "snack"???

(Let's just call it that!)

I just had to try these... Chocolate Lucky Charms with original Almond Breeze.

They were good, but not enough marshmallows and I prefer the regular ones anyway.

And this one too... gosh, guess I was hungry!

Can you tell that cheap-o cereals were BOGO @ the store?

Dinner

1/2 of this Stuffed Pepper with Cabot 50% Reduced Fat Cheddar.

Au revoir!

Oh, Healthy Habits

Well, during the past two weeks my posts and healthy habits have sort of gone out the window. My life has been absolutely slammed packed with other things needing my attention. I have been drinking my water, but really that's the only thing I've been able to keep up with in this chaos. I started the T-Tapp 60-Day Challenge on Friday, May 7th and have yet to squeeze in a workout AND I haven't had a green smoothie since April 28th!

I'm thinking that once I get settled down a bit more this week I can resume most of these. Believe me, my body is missing out!


Healthy Habits I'm still working on:

• Avoiding Alcohol/Coffee/Sweets + Clean Eating: Aiming for eating more organic minimally processed foods
• Exercise: Aiming for 3 full workouts per week
• Sleep: Aiming for 8 hours of sleep per day: bed by 10pm, wake by 6am
• Salt Soaks: Aiming for 2 times per week
  

Mastered Healthy Habits:

• Body & Face Brushing (daily)
• Far Infrared Sauna (once a week)
• Oil Pulling (daily)
• Water (2 liters a day)

Healthy Habits Weekly Reviews:
Week of March 14-20
Week of March 21-27
Week of March 28-April 3
Week of April 4-10
Week of April 11-17
Week of April 18-24

Au revoir!

April 18-24 Weekly Review: Healthy Habits

Week of Sunday, April 18 - Saturday, April 24

Previous Reviews:
Week of March 14-20
Week of March 21-27
Week of March 28-April 3
Week of April 4-10
Week of April 11-17



Avoiding Alcohol/Coffee/Sweets + Clean Eating: Aiming for eating more organic minimally processed foods

• SUN: 3 Organic OJ Mimosas, Ben & Jerry's Imagine Whirled Peace Ice Cream
• MON:
• TUE: Starbucks Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte
  
• WED: Starbucks Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte, processed bread
  
• THU:
• FRI: Beer, Fried Shrimp
  
• SAT: Beer, Chocolate Covered Almonds, Popcorn, Ice Cream
  

Doing a bit better. I almost always splurge on weekends! I'm going to try really hard to stay away from sweets this coming week and also only do a Starbucks Monday like Diana @ The Chic Life.


Body & Face Brushing: Aiming to brush once per day

• SUN: skipped!
  
• MON:
• TUE:
• WED:
• THU:
• FRI:
• SAT: skipped!

I think I'm pretty safe to say that this habit is set. I brush almost daily... and love it!


Exercise: Aiming for 3 full workouts per week

• SUN: off
  
• MON: off
• TUE: Workout with Kayla
  
• WED: 2 Workouts with Teresa Tapp
  
• THU: Ladybug Standing
  
• FRI: off
  
• SAT: off

Got in a surprise 4-day Boot Camp this week! And lost 3 more inches. Yay!


Far Infrared Sauna: Aiming for 1-2 sweat sessions per week

• WED:

Safe to say that this habit is set as well. It's my Wednesday routine.


Sleep: Aiming for 8 hours of sleep per day: bed by 10pm, wake by 6am

• MON: sleeping before 10pm!
  

All those other nights I was in bed after 11pm. I am horrible at this healthy habit. Just horrible. Average 7 hours of sleep per night.


Oil Pulling: Aiming for 15-20 minutes per day first thing upon waking

• SUN: skipped!
• MON:
• TUE:
• WED:
• THU:
• FRI:
• SAT: skipped!

This habit is set as well. Time to purchase more oil to swish with!


Salt Soaks: Aiming for 2 times per week

How did I do? Well, I completely skipped out on this. Might be able to squeeze in a soak or two this upcoming week, but then I have to say goodbye to my garden tub.


Water: Aiming for 2+ liters per day

• SUN:
• MON:
• TUE:
• WED:
• THU:
• FRI:
• SAT:

This habit is set as well.

Au revoir!

April 11-17 Weekly Review: Healthy Habits

Week of Sunday, April 11 - Saturday, April 17

Previous Reviews:
Week of March 14-20
Week of March 21-27
Week of March 28-April 3
Week of April 4-10

Avoiding Alcohol/Coffee/Sweets + Clean Eating: Aiming for eating more organic minimally processed foods

• SUN: Starbucks Tall Nonfat Vanilla Latte, Blue Moon, Pizza
  
• MON:
• TUE: Surf Sweets Sour Berry Bears, Woodbridge Pinot Noir
• WED: Starbucks Grande Nonfat Vanilla Latte
• THU: Chick-fil-a Spicy Chicken Sandwich and fries, Popcorn, Shock Top, Pizza, Rainbow Cake
  
• FRI: Starbucks Grande 2% Vanilla Latte and a Perfect Oatmeal, Ben & Jerry's Imagine Whirled Peace Ice Cream
• SAT: Bacon, Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles, Blue Moon, Caramel Apple Martini, Blow Pop, Amy's Mac & Cheese

How did I do? Horrible! One is just not good enough. Thursday was a complete diet disaster.


Body & Face Brushing: Aiming to brush once per day

• SUN: skipped!
  
• MON:
• TUE:
• WED:
• THU:
• FRI:
• SAT:

Yay!


Exercise: Aiming for 3 full workouts per week

• SUN: off
  
• MON: Maxi Max #1
• TUE: off
• WED: off
  
• THU: Maxi Max #1 Standing
  
• FRI: off
  
• SAT: off
  

Well, 2 out of 3 is okay. My body really misses the workout after a day or two off.


Far Infrared Sauna: Aiming for 1-2 sweat sessions per week

• SUN: no sauna
  
• MON: no sauna
• TUE: no sauna
• WED: no sauna
• THU: no sauna
• FRI:
• SAT: no sauna

Well, got one in!


Sleep: Aiming for 8 hours of sleep per day: bed by 10pm, wake by 6am

• SUN: after 11pm
  
• MON: after 11pm
  
• TUE: after 11pm
  
• WED: after 11pm
• THU: after 11pm
• FRI: after 11pm
• SAT: after 11pm

THIS is going to take some serious effort on my part!


Oil Pulling: Aiming for 15-20 minutes per day first thing upon waking

• SUN:
• MON:
• TUE:
• WED:
• THU:
• FRI:
• SAT:

Got this healthy habit down!


Salt Soaks: Aiming for 2 times per week

• SUN: nope
  
• MON: nope
• TUE: nope
• WED: nope
• THU: nope
• FRI: nope
• SAT: nope

Now that I have a nice stock of dead sea salts I need to get myself in the tub!


Water: Aiming for 2+ liters per day

• SUN:
• MON:
• TUE:
• WED:
• THU:
• FRI:
• SAT:

This coming week I need to focus on being consistent in keeping up with these healthy habits. I feel like I let myself run free this past week.

Au revoir!