Motivation Challenge Day 13

Holy crap! The last day already???

Monday's Food:

• Breakfast was 2 waffles with 1tbsp of syrup. Later had a big smoothie with 1/2c almond milk, 1/2c fat free yogurt, and 1c of mango and strawberries. Used 6 Points, got 1 Dairy and 1 Fruit/Veggie GHG
• Lunch was 1/2c of pad thai Used 4 Points
  
• Dinner was at my parent's BBQ! I had a cup of fruit chunks, a turkey burger on a bun with about a 1/2c worth of veggies piled on top (tomatoes, onions, pickles, etc), plus a 1/2c of whole wheat pasta salad (made with whole wheat twisty pasta, chopped veggies, a sprinkle of feta cheese, and olive oil with lemon juice vinaigrette). Also had a beer, and my dad made iced lattes. Used 14 Points, got 1 Lean Protein, 1 Dairy, 1 Whole Grain, 1 Oil, 1 Fruit/Veggie GHG
• Snacks were a banana and a cup of chopped zucchini and peppers. Used 2 Points, got 3 Fruit/Veggies

I apologize that my GHGs aren't coloured. I'm using my boyfriend's itsy bitsy Netbook to write this, and it's just way too irritating to try to colour it all in O_o...

Used 26 Points (+3 Weekly Points)

I also drank 1L of water and a cup of coffee

GHGs!

• Liquids: 6/6
• Oils: 1/2
• Dairy: 2/2
• Fruit/Veggies: 5/5
• Lean Protein: 1/2
• Whole Grain: 1/1

Darn it, those oils continue to escape me!!!!

Monday's Activity

Before going to the BBQ, Ed and I went to a hot yoga class. And let me tell you, it was a HOT yoga class!!! It was like, a million degrees outside, therefore a million and one degrees in the studio plus incredible humidity. It was sweaty enough that I'm pretty sure that my neighbour's sweat somehow ended up on my mat. But, it was a great class!!!

In conclusion:

• Tracked food: Yes!
• Got GHGs: Almost
• Got moving: Yes!

So um, motivation challenge may not have been the most motivating thing in the world. I didn't achieve all of the goals that I set out (meeting all GHGs each day, moving as often as I would have liked including running). But the good news is that by forcing myself to blog it every single day, even when I wanted to lie about it to make me look better (but didn't), I can see the areas where I need improvement. I've also started to make changes to help me get in those GHGs in a creative way and incorporating new foods (e.g. making smoothies to help me get in dairy and oil, including new kinds of protein like chickpeas, and grains like quinoa and couscous). I hope to keep these lessons going and start to learn about new foods and new ways to get all the nutrients that I need, especially with my upcoming yoga teacher training and dietetic school!!!

I'll start a new post to talk about tomorrow's challenge!!!