Enjoying The Healthy Life

Fitness

This is my second day working toward running. I am doing good and feeling good. The hardest part is starting. All you have to do it wake up one morning and start! You don't have to go hard core on something for it to count. Doing something is better than doing nothing. I will be working toward this 4 days a week and doing other exercises the other three days of the week. Since I have small little ones I am limited but that won't be my excuse. 

What I Consumed Today

Breakfast: A toasted 100% whole wheat English muffin with peanut butter and strawberries.

Lunch: This is probably the best salad I have ever eaten. It's romaine lettuce, spinach, almonds, walnuts, strawberries, raisins and avocado. For dressing I used 1 Tbs of ranch that I made from plain low-fat greek yogurt. Mouth watering delicious!!

Dinner: Quinoa, chicken and garlic sautéed spinach. 

in the quinoa I cooked it with a small onion, bell pepper, garlic and onion powder, and Mrs Dash salt free chicken seasoning. 

Snack: Vanilla bean low fat greek yogurt with almonds, organic cherry and vanilla granola, and raisins. 

Snack: 1/2 banana cut into slices with peanut butter on top. 

Note: I am a nursing mom and require 300-500 more calories a day than a non nursing mom. 

Tips

While surfing the internet (something I do everyday) I ran across a web sit that breaks down food groups to help you with your shopping list for healthy foods. Figuring out what to get can be a challenge. Check out the link below. 

Make a Healthy Grocery List in Minutes

Working on Getting Fit

Today marks a week I have been eating a well balanced diet and since I fit that in my schedule I am now working on fitting exercise in. I have been practically pregnant the last two years so I am in major need of getting fit. I have been dying to get moving. My goal is to become a runner. This app will be helping me. 

This is what I completed today. As you can see in the picture managing these two sweet angels keep me busy, along with work. 

What I consumed today! 

Breakfast: 100% whole wheat English muffin, turkey sausage, egg and spinach. Cantaloupe on the side. 

Lunch: A smoothie, veggies and homemade hummus. The smoothie included a banana, peanut butter, spinach, vanilla bean low fat Greek yogurt and cocoa. While I was drinking my amazing smoothie I was thinking the whole time it would be amazing on some pancakes. I will he trying it. 

Dinner: chicken and vegetable lo mein. Underneath all that goodness is 1/2 cup of 100% whole wheat pasta cooked al dente. I used very little teriyaki and oyster sauce. Since you don't need much anyway it tasted amazing. 

Snack: For a snack I had a small portion of low fat vanilla bean low fat Greek yogurt with raisins, cherry and vanilla granola, and almonds.

Motivation

This is the number one thing you should keep on mind while working on a life style change. You don't have to go all in to start. Little, gradual changes tend to stick. Change is not easy, especially when food is involved. It takes practice. Try to do a little better than you did the day before and before you know it, you will be there! 

If you eat the right foods, you can eat more than you did before, while you were unhealthy.