The Scoop

I am calling my Monday’s posts Move It Or Lose It (MIOLI) Mondays. I started these Monday posts last week so if you missed it, check it out here.

And now it is time to check in with you and let you know how last week went and share with you this week’s plan.

Wow it was a weird week. It started out with a bang and ended with a wimper. Ha ha. You can see my plan here in last Monday’s post. I’m sharing all this so you can see that it is normal to bounce around a little with your health and fitness plans. I mean, that’s real life!

Diet:

I got off track by Thursday and bought potato chips and french onion dip and a Snickers bar. Oops. But on the good side I got a watermelon to go with them. I was just more hungry than usual due to all my activities.

It was a busy week and thinking about what I ate took a back seat. I even made a strawberry rhubarb crisp because I have rhubarb ready to pick. So I wouldn’t eat it all in one day though, I wrapped it up in individual pieces and froze it. It worked. I have only had one and half pieces since I made it on Wednesday.

I didn’t fast like I planned either. I did however stick to my smoothie for dinners most nights. So up and down, you know how real life is. At the end of the day its the old 80/20 percent rule for me.

Activity:

I like to call it activity rather than exercising. It sounds less structured, more like a lifestyle which is what I strive for. I started the week out all in. I upped my weight lifting sessions by adding sets and reps. Then I added trail running in with my hikes and I also added yoga days. Let’s just say I went a little overboard and by the end of the week I was burning out and a little sore. On the days I did more than one activity I was really tired and tended to over eat. Not my goal. For the week though I managed to get three hike/runs in, two yoga days and two weight lifting days.

This Week’s Plan

As I said at the beginning of this post I have decided to make Monday’s my weekly Move It Or Lose It check in. I can reevaluate the prior week and plan the coming week. This helps me stay on track but also accept that not everyday will be done prefectly. I want to share how it really is for me and I think most people. I would love it if you wanted to join in and make your plans on Monday and let me know how it goes each week. Kind of like a buddy system!

Activity:

I enjoyed the activities I did last week. I love adding in a little bit of trail running into my hike. I just don’t want to over do it again. So just two times this week. Even though my plan last week was to do three days of weight lifting and two days of yoga I ended up doing two days of each and I liked that balance too. So I want to try that this week.

I hadn’t done yoga since we had got back to the mountains in April and I have lost some of my flexibility and balance so I am so glad I decided to add it back. It also is so good for my mental health. I relax and zone out for a while and it feels good.

Diet:

I’m using the term diet as what and how I plan to eat. Not in a restrictive way. I realized waiting until noon to eat just causes me to over eat so I think I will go back to eating around 10 AM. I will have a fun and healthy lunch (maybe skip the potato chips and dip). Ha ha. And I am going to continue with my smoothie for dinner routine. I like it and it works. Plus I feel ok having a little dessert once in a while when I have a light healthy smootie instead of a larger heavy meal.

Family arrives to visit for about a week on July 1st so most of my diet will be altered according to what everyone else is wanting. I am sure we will go out to eat and cook fun foods so that is that. I’m just going to enjoy and do my best with serving sizes.

Mental Health:

I’m still journaling every morning. And I feel like my yoga helps with stress and organzing my thoughts. And even my hikes are a time when I quietly think about what is going on in my life. I make so many plans and come up with solutions to problems during my hikes.

Thanks for stopping by!

Peace!