Hello friends! Wowzers Magee I have been a busy woman these past few weeks. Sincere apologies for a boring blog! But I've wrapped up my first leg of training for the new job in BumFrickNowheresville and now I'll be training at a store much much closer to home until my store opens in July.. hooray for the end of 1-hour-and-30-minute commutes at 5 am! Along the way, I've been learning tons of new tidbits every day about organic and natural foods and about different lifestyles people live when it comes to food.
For example, we just had a big ol' seminar about the Raw revolution.. hmm. I don't know about that one folks. Though it is interesting that a fairly wide-known raw cafe is literally down the street from my apartment. Ed and I scoped it out today on our way back from our daily pilgrimage to Starbucks - unfortunately, and cliche-ily, it was a small,smelly fragrant, pricy smoothie bar.. in kind of a rundown-type area. Bummer! I was willing to give it a whirl, just for the randomness of it, but I can make a $12 smoothie of carrot juice and dates at home for a bout 35 cents. Sorry, pal.
Like this raw business, I keep coming across new topics that I'd love to have a write-up about. For some reason I keep procrastinating my post on the weirdly interesting topic of chia seeds.. I will get to it! But for now, it's time to move on because clearly, I'm not ch-ch-ch chia'ing it just yet. Now, I am still a busy bee this evening, taking a break from studying up for a chemistry final.. (My life is that glamorous. Be jealous.) But I found another great motivational and info-packed website to keep the fire of my clean eating burning and I want to share..
And yes! I'm proud/happy to report that I've maintained the clean eating I started about 5 weeks ago (except for the occasional treat from the adjacent bakery at work.. oops), and I haven't missed a single workout in the M&F Hers Transformation Challenge! I've had to blob together 2 days' worth of workouts occasionally, as I did today, because tomorrow I will literally be at work until 4:30, drive to class, and be in class until 10pm, getting home at 10:45. Wah wah yes I'm whining, but I typically don't feel like manning up for a solid back/abs routine after that kind of day. My ass (and the rest of me) will passed out by 11. So I was proactive and banged out 2 good lifting sessions and a 3 mile run today. Rarr.
Ok, so this new site I discovered.. I came across it on the Eat Clean website - they have a new community forum and meal plan post. You know I love food logs! I was excited to immerse myself in a new and different online community focused on clean eating and healthy living. New perspectives are priceless. I often visit the forum on Livestrong, but this site, cutely called The Kitchen Table, is more specifically-focused on clean eats and Tosca Reno. It is relatively new to the web, and it's neat to get in on the ground floor - it's a smaller, closer comunity full of enthusiastic people. Stories and pictures from members have helped to renew my motivation and refresh and lengthen my goals. The meal planning tool is cool because it's more or a less a fill-in-the-box of your day's clean eats. You list which lean protein, complex starch, healthy fat, supplement, etc. you had at each meal. Therefore, if you failed to include say, a complex starch at one of your meals, you consequently feel like a dumbass and make a mental note to tighten it up the next time around. We can all use some scrutiny when it comes to our meal choices - complacency or plain old forgetfulness easily sneaks in when we are busy accomplishing all the 32 million little things that compose our nonstop days. I hope this site brings you some new ideas! Hang tough with your healthy choices - summer is officially here! Congrats if you are donning that 2-piece bathing suit of which you always dreamed. If you're not where you wanted to be by the time swimsuit season arrived, it's ok! - not only is it just the beginning of summer, but there's always another reason to eat mindfully. It's all worth it and you know it.
For example, we just had a big ol' seminar about the Raw revolution.. hmm. I don't know about that one folks. Though it is interesting that a fairly wide-known raw cafe is literally down the street from my apartment. Ed and I scoped it out today on our way back from our daily pilgrimage to Starbucks - unfortunately, and cliche-ily, it was a small,
Like this raw business, I keep coming across new topics that I'd love to have a write-up about. For some reason I keep procrastinating my post on the weirdly interesting topic of chia seeds.. I will get to it! But for now, it's time to move on because clearly, I'm not ch-ch-ch chia'ing it just yet. Now, I am still a busy bee this evening, taking a break from studying up for a chemistry final.. (My life is that glamorous. Be jealous.) But I found another great motivational and info-packed website to keep the fire of my clean eating burning and I want to share..
And yes! I'm proud/happy to report that I've maintained the clean eating I started about 5 weeks ago (except for the occasional treat from the adjacent bakery at work.. oops), and I haven't missed a single workout in the M&F Hers Transformation Challenge! I've had to blob together 2 days' worth of workouts occasionally, as I did today, because tomorrow I will literally be at work until 4:30, drive to class, and be in class until 10pm, getting home at 10:45. Wah wah yes I'm whining, but I typically don't feel like manning up for a solid back/abs routine after that kind of day. My ass (and the rest of me) will passed out by 11. So I was proactive and banged out 2 good lifting sessions and a 3 mile run today. Rarr.
Ok, so this new site I discovered.. I came across it on the Eat Clean website - they have a new community forum and meal plan post. You know I love food logs! I was excited to immerse myself in a new and different online community focused on clean eating and healthy living. New perspectives are priceless. I often visit the forum on Livestrong, but this site, cutely called The Kitchen Table, is more specifically-focused on clean eats and Tosca Reno. It is relatively new to the web, and it's neat to get in on the ground floor - it's a smaller, closer comunity full of enthusiastic people. Stories and pictures from members have helped to renew my motivation and refresh and lengthen my goals. The meal planning tool is cool because it's more or a less a fill-in-the-box of your day's clean eats. You list which lean protein, complex starch, healthy fat, supplement, etc. you had at each meal. Therefore, if you failed to include say, a complex starch at one of your meals, you consequently feel like a dumbass and make a mental note to tighten it up the next time around. We can all use some scrutiny when it comes to our meal choices - complacency or plain old forgetfulness easily sneaks in when we are busy accomplishing all the 32 million little things that compose our nonstop days. I hope this site brings you some new ideas! Hang tough with your healthy choices - summer is officially here! Congrats if you are donning that 2-piece bathing suit of which you always dreamed. If you're not where you wanted to be by the time swimsuit season arrived, it's ok! - not only is it just the beginning of summer, but there's always another reason to eat mindfully. It's all worth it and you know it.
