Healing Is A Journey - Not Always A Linear One

Major life events have happened over a period of three years. As one would expect with such events a few things took a back seat - one of them being my health.

I wouldn't say that I'm a fitness guru but I've always had an affinity toward living a healthy lifestyle (believe that's a trait that runs in my family). Now I'm moving towards getting back on track and expecting my entries to keep me (or is it make me or is it hold me) accountable.

This week has been a roller coaster. With exactly one green drink in my week I can't say I excelled at keeping on track with my new eating habits. A quick snapshot of actual meals this week: Breakfast - either muesli or green juice (had a bagel one day this week). Lunch - home cooked meals - soups, veggie based meals (hungryroot) and today pasta (like flour pasta) with chick peas and broccoli. Dinners-primarily veggies (next week will have better daily food diary). T

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This doesn't sound bad right except I left out the snacks. Popcorn of all flavors are in the office and with the holidays even more deliciousness will flow into the office's kitchen - the temptation is real (grazing like a cow that's what I'm doing)!

In terms of exercise. Yoga practice has been pretty consistent even if I'm only able to squeeze in 15 minutes in the morning (thanks Yoga with Adriene). I did this ten minute abs workout by OFFICIALTHENX and thought I died (abs are still recovering - that's how you know it works). Another really helpful exercise has been indoor walking with Leslie Sansone. When I first saw the video I thought it was a joke. 15 minutes in I was warm, 30 minutes in I was burning hot, 45 minutes came around I thanked God it was over. The next day I was sore - but a good sore.

So there you have it - pretty much a summary of my week. Looking forward to sharing how my journey with you next week.

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