6 cookies, 2 walks, 2 monsters, 5 great friends, 1 workout, and 1 healthy apple

Well, it's another weekend. Today when Mike and I were walking to Trader Joe's and I had my sad 'Sunday Face' on he made a great analogy. I get upset that the weekend is over every.single.Sunday and there is really no point to it. Here is a snapshot of our convo:

Him: Why are you all upset?
Me: Because tomorrow is Monday
Him: Think of it this way- imagine that you are in a fight and somebody is about to punch you in the stomach. Now press 'Pause.' You know that somebody will hit you inevitably, so you can either focus on the moment of anticipation, or just go with it, get it over with, and deal with the pain.
Me: Fine. I'll stop moping

So here I am. I had a great weekend and Monday will happen either way, so let's just go with it.
Now back to the title.

• This weekend, I consumed 6 cookies and they were frieken fantabulous.
  
• We also went on a couple of walks this weekend and enjoyed the early spring weather. Check out the geese I shared my walk with.
  
• I also tried my first green monster smoothies (not one, but two!). I can't say I am in love with them, but they are pretty awesome. I am running out of almond milk, so I'll improvise, but they do the trick and I'll keep having them.
• We went out to a local bar on Saturday night. I kept it sober, which is not hard at all and hung out with some close friends.
• On Friday night, Mike and I had a great workout. First I ran 2.8 miles and then we lifted chest and tris 'boy style' while we pondered the probability of Friday the 13th. It's complicated stuff.

Green Monster



Cookie Monster



Me and my New Friends



Some Best Friends



One Healthy Apple
I think last week I decided to quit multiple desserts, caffeine, and a few other things. I have learned a few things since then:

• I don't need coffee every day to make me happy or awake. I had my weekly coffee at Starbucks this weekend and it was glorious! I will continue to drink tea instead of coffee during the week.
  
• I tried a Green Monster and LIKED it. I'm crazy like that and actually thought it tasted good, so I will continue to incorporate them as carrot sticks can get really boring.
• Dessert- I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE sugar. This weekend I ate a couple of cookies a day and didn't regret it at all. It is what it is- I didn't have a Big Mac, I had a few cookies. I also walked and ran around and used that energy. Most of all, I enjoyed them. I don't think I am meant to live a life without sugar, but I will be mindful of eating sweets instead of meals. I have been guilty of doing this is the past and it's not healthy. I will continue to have a dessert every day on the weekdays and what feels right on the weekends.
  

What all of this means is that I don't do well with restrictions. I do well with options and good habits. Just like I can't work out every single day, I can't restrict the things I love. Moving forward, I will make the above modifications and do my own Drab to Fab Challenge because that's what makes me healthy physically and mentally.

Right now the TV is showing some fighting, meaning that I have lost power of the remote. I shall intervene. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

One Healthy Apple

Drab to Fab Challenge!

Hi Kids,

It's been a couple more exhausting days (or maybe just one?!). Anyhoo, I ate yesterday (yay for me!) but my forgetful butt left the camera at home. Nothing to write home about...but dinner was at 10 since I didn't pack properly. I finished my wrap on the way upstairs to bed.


With work and school, and wedding planning, and breathing, I have realized that I am getting a little run down. In fact, I have had a cold for nearly a month now (WHO does that?). I was digging around and reading some blogs and a lot of you fabulous ladies have been participating in some challenges like Crap Free Week, Green Monster Challenges, Yoga Challenge. I'm not sure I could fully do any of them, but I did see one that looks right up my ally!


Leah of Simply Fabulous is doing the Drab to Fab Challenge!

Now of course, I will make my own modifications since I can't do the same exact thing. Here they are:

• Substitute tea instead of coffee during the week
• Split one coffee per week with Mike on Saturdays (our tradition)
• Quit all diet sodas
• Eliminate artificial sweetener use
• Drink at least 3 glasses of water in addition to tea
• Try a green smoothie! (I'm a little scared of them)
• Limit dessert to one per day to cut down on the sugar

This challenge will run from today (even though I started yesterday) until April 9 (4 weeks). I didn't mention alcohol in there because I barely drink (except for my weekend escapade last week, which was a fluke!). If I do have a drink, then I will confess.

The purpose of this challenge is to hydrate myself, eliminate some of the junk in my diet, and perk up my skin. Perhaps I might get rid of my marathon cold? Like Leah said, this is not a way to restrict or limit myself, just a way to be aware of how much 'other' stuff goes into my body. I hope you will support me and join along if you want.

I'm sipping on my tea, missing the coffee, and have visions of spiking some coffee with Bailey's. Off to a good start!

Happy Thursday!