Week in Review

DIET/NUTRITION: As most of you probably know I'm transitioning from a fairly high animal protein diet to a much more plant-based vegetable protein diet. This has been quite a challenging time for me for that reason. It's so incredibly hard to get that animal protein is the only protein thought out of my head. I keep trying but it's still there. I noticed myself doing it today. I thought about it at lunch when I had my Ezekiel tortilla spread with avocado, some homemade refried beans, salsa, and mixed greens. It was so delicious but I really thought I needed animal protein. But I didn't. But still there's that nagging thought in the back of my head. So weird how we program ourselves to think certain ways and then we have to reprogram ourselves when we receive new information.

The question is how do I feel with workouts? Well, I know I don't have the food thing down yet and I'm still learning because I don't feel fully fueled for a weight workout and tend to lose my mojo about 3/4 of the way through. I know I have a LOT to learn about eating this way so I'm just taking it easy and learning as I go.

PHYSICAL FITNESS: It's been a better week workout wise than last week was but I'm still not up to par. Just not feeling it to be honest. But the light at the end of the tunnel is that I ORDERED NEW INLINE SKATES!!!! Woot woot!!!! K2 Electra Custom Fit X-Training Inline Skates!

Aren't they pretty?

I love getting new skates and I haven't been in so long because I never got new wheels when mine broke. These are bigger wheels which means I'll be going even faster than I usually do. Time for some serious helmet and pad wearing! But I'll be happy getting on my skates at least once a week. Can't WAIT!!!!!

I only made it to yoga once this week. I did go on a really long hike last Sunday (3 1/2 hours is really long to me!). And my calves were sore and the backs of my knees and my feet hurt. But this was all worth it. Look at that view! BEAUTIFUL!!!!

View from the top

View from the lower trail (Los Liones Trail)

I did weights once and will do them again tonight. I also did a lot of prowler pushes on Wednesday. That was good, felt good. I got sick yesterday so I had to lay low for the rest of the day. I still don't know what THAT was about. Just weird. I feel totally normal today though. Odd.

REST/SLEEP: My rest has been more than enough. My sleep is still short though. I need to really get to bed earlier. I'm going to make that my Number One goal next week. It MUST be done so I'm functioning optimally for me.

MENTAL STATE: I need to disconnect from the digital world. Man! How many times have you read that on my blog? A lot I'm guessing! But I really need to. It's just hard for me to stop playing games and stop researching about vegetarian/vegan ways to eat, workout, new recipes, etc. But it must be done. Yesterday I pulled out my new journal and finally got to writing in it. I realized that I really need to write in there frequently. It's good to write stuff that no one's going to read and it's nice to have that quiet time.

WEEKEND PLANS: Hmmm...well, I guess I don't really have any. I just want to go to the farmers market, make a new recipe and hopefully see a movie. It's been a while since I've seen a movie so I think that should happen this weekend. Other than that, just the regular cleaning and relaxing. How about all of you? How did your week go? Any great weekend plans? Make it great!