Mamavation Monday - August 23, 2010

Another Monday already!? Where does the time go? So how did this last week go? Well let's start with exercise. Monday I did my c25k run, Wednesday was supposed to be my 2nd run of the week, but I woke up with horrible sciatic nerve pain; so skipped that run. Friday I did my run and screwed up my knee. I was supposed to go for xrays today but I didn't make it up there. Will attempt to do that tomorrow. When I went to the doctor on Friday he didn't say I couldn't run. Just told me to let pain be my guide. Okay, yay! I thought. Here it is Monday, and I still can't walk much without a lot of pain. So no running in my near future. This is a bit disappointing. And now I need to figure out what I want to do for exercise, since even going for a walk at this point is out.
Now let's talk food. Oh food how I love thee. :D For the most part I made pretty good self-honoring choices. I am pms'ing so of course there is some hormone driven food searching going on, but at least I was aware of what was happening (mostly) and tried to stay aware most of the time. This morning as I was driving home from town I was thinking how bloated I feel and I started to think about the last week...Just about every single night I was having a little "snack" well after 8pm. I didn't even realize I was doing this. I am aware now and will try to make some better choices - If I'm truly hungry then I will try to make a good healthy choice and not just what I think I want.

Goals for this week:


Food - I feel like I am doing a lot better with my food plan. This week I'm going to concentrate on staying conscious with my eating during the evening hours. Also still want to work on increasing my h2o intake. I am considering the HydraCoach bottle. 


    Food plan for this week: My basic meal plan is as follows and suppers can be found on my Menu Plan Monday post. {Supper will be around 6pm or so}

	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1	Snack: 4	Snack: 8
Sun	yogurt & homemade granola or	Green or Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg) & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea
	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1	Snack: 4	Snack: 8
Mon	yogurt & homemade granola	Green or  Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg) & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea
	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1	Snack: 4	Snack: 8
Tues	yogurt & homemade granola	Green or  Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg) & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea
	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1	Snack: 4	Snack: 8
Wed	yogurt & homemade granola	Green or  Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg) & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea
	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1	Snack: 4	Snack: 8
Thurs	yogurt & homemade granola	Green or  Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg) & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea
	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1 pm	Snack: 4	Snack: 8 pm
Fri	yogurt & homemade granola	Green or  Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg) & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea
	Breakfast: 7	Snack: 10	Lunch: 1	Snack: 4	Snack: 8
Sat	yogurt & homemade granola	Green or  Hot Pink  Smoothie	Large salad w/lean protein (meat, legumes or egg)  & Bowl of fresh fruit	1 cup fresh raw veggies & 2 Tb hummus	apple slices (or other fresh fruit) OR homemade energy bar & Hot tea

Exercise - I have no idea! Any suggestions?

Self-Care Practices - Baths! Meditation each day. Also this week I want to try adding in some creative time - maybe not every day but a couple of times this week would be nice.

Hope you had a great week last week and that this week is an even better week!

P.S. Also check out my huge ($195 value) Weight-Release Giveaway!! It ends this week!

☮peace.♥love.☺joy