The newest 30 day challenge, met. I wore a black sweater and some comfy leggings. I showed off a blue agate necklace and a clunky sapphire and silver bracelet I hadn’t worn in a while. I looked the proper put-together wife. Basically, I have done some work on all challenges! *pat on the back*
What are the differences between the DASH, MIND and Mediterranean diets? The primary foods are similar, recommending consumption of fruits, vegetables, healthy grains and reducing consumption of saturated fats.
As my health is a major focus of this blog, I thought it might be helpful to provide you insight to what I do for my physical health and why I do it. Diet, nutrition, exercise and general physical health topics are covered. An overview, so if you don’t want to dig through the site looking for gold nuggets, you can harvest the information here, directly from the mine.
I have been noticing my cravings hit 3 hours after I eat. Every time. If I can power through a few minutes every few hours, I’ve got this.
I love learning new words! Frisson. Definition: a sudden strong feeling of excitement or fear; a thrill. Word is used to describe a feeling when experiencing an audio or visual event that causes a physical response, i.e. chills. I also love reddit, because I learn new words. Some of them very bad. Last night when …
I challenged myself to menu plan and follow through with eating vegetarian for a few days in a row, instead of scattering a vegetarian day between meat, pork and poultry days. Per the diet we loosely follow, a frankenstein DASH/Mediterranean/MIND plan, we have already cut red meat down to one-two days a week and we …
Read more “Series – Future Self Journal – 3B – Not a Vegetarian BUT”
I finished up my web journaling here, inspiring a mad scribble of many occurrences I am grateful for in the grateful section (item number two) of the FSJ. Then completely forgot to complete the rest of it. Figures, I remember to do the section I find easiest and more rewarding. I am grateful for: Only …
Read more “Series – Future Self Journal – 19 – Just a lot of Gratefuls”
I tried transitioning to a filling carb, oatmeal, to eat before bed and nothing. Still wanted saltines and milk around midnight. Although perhaps with more consistency and trying a few more weeks it’ll finally become a habit? If I can point to a single factor that sabotages my efforts to live healthier, late night unhealthy …
Read more “Series – Future Self Journal – 12 – Carbs Help Me Sleep”