TJ’s blackberry tea pool-side in January.
The basics of staying healthy seem pretty easy to follow: Eat well, exercise, get enough sleep and you should be on the right track, right? Surprisingly, it can be more complicated than that. Oftentimes the very choices we make to benefit our health can be the same ones that hurt us in the long…
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So…you’ve heard me sprinkle obsessively organic agenda before…but you can read more about dirty dozen & clean fifteen here: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/the-dirty-dozen-and-clean-15-of-produce/616/
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& what about on this beautiful Sunday in January?
WTF, Safeway.
I was excited to make Bean “Meat” Balls - (via Dr. Oz) with these generic kidney beans.
Because they are, you know, kidney beans, I figured the ingredients on the side of the can would be no surprise.
It is just another reminder that you absolutely always have to check your labels at the grocery store…and this Bean “Meat” Balls recipe looks tasty, but I ended up not making it in what will from now on be referred to as the KB-HFCS Scandal.
This is right in line of my “regaining motivation & willpower” theme that you’ll continue to see over the next several weeks. Thanks Huff Post.
- Develop a reasonable goal and a reasonable plan.
- Create a list of reasons why it’s important to you to reach your goal, and read this list (even when you don’t feel like it) every morning and whenever when you’re tempted to deviate from your plan.
- Give yourself credit whenever you engage in behaviors designed to help you reach your goal or avoid behaviors that would steer you away from your goal.
- Set up a plan to be accountable (to yourself or to another person or group).
- Respond to sabotaging thinking.
- Identify obstacles and problem solve in advance.
- Prepare for feelings of discouragement, disappointment and deprivation.
- Decide on how you will reward yourself when you reach sub-goals.
- Focus on the experiences you deem “worth it.”
- Get back to basics when you get off track.
Quick shopping trip at TJs to get groceries to make stuffed tempeh mushrooms. Side note…it’s awkward to take pictures of your grocery basket in the store.
When I was said & done…I picked up 4 huge oranges, 1 onion, EVOO, organic red bell peppers, lentils, tempeh, mushrooms, organic spinach & bananas.
Camelback Mountain Monday.
Today, we conquered Camelback Mountain.
Absolutely gorgeous view, much more challenging hike than the last couple trecks we made and totally worth it.
I got my brother to tag along this time, but can you imagine how much cooler the pictures would be without him in them?
Weekend Menu
My dad’s been making homemade soup from scratch every Sunday for the last several weeks and I’ve enjoyed the new tradition. There’s kind of a longer explanation for this - but in short - my dad was given a scary diagnosis from his doc regarding his health, so he’s been incorporating more homemade & healthy foods into his diet.
I’m also enjoying living closer to home. When I was in college, 200 miles from home, coming home for Sunday dinner would be really inconvenient. My parents are now about a 10-minute drive.
In any case…this week’s soup was basically a salmon minestrone, it sounds so weird but was delicious. Accompanied with a microgreen dense salad and finished with an assortment of fresh cherries, dried fruits, nuts and ginger.
I’ve been really proud of the stuff on my plate this weekend.
Interesting info from Jillian Michaels
What advice do women always ask you for?
They get caught on plateaus. In that case what you need to do is give yourself a couple of days of rest and bump up your calories by 10 percent. When you lose weight quickly, your body often responds by releasing hormones to increase your appetite and store more fat. That’s a survival instinct meant to help us conserve fuel during times of famine. You can outsmart it by eating a little more and resting. That usually helps jump-start your metabolism again.
On my dashboard less than 2 minutes after I posted this. Rightontime, thank you.
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