Hello Love and welcome back to my space! Yesterday I completed day 8 of the 75 hard challenge although it’s getting more manageable, it’s still a challenge, lol. As I shared in the blog post below, this challenge has opened my eyes to how unbalanced my diet has been! I wanted to encourage you to download the Daily Dozen app and see where you may be lacking nutrients!
As always, yesterday started with a meditation. Daily meditation has been a game changer in keeping my mental health manageable! I started two years ago and cannot imagine my life without it. After I finish my practice and a quick blog session, I walk Roxy and Chloe. When I drop them off at home, I take off for a run clocking my first 45 minute movement session.
When I get home from my run, I get the kids ready for school! After drop off, I head to Target! Do you remember those Good Humor Strawberry Shorcake Bars? I haven’t had one since I was a kid and I have a hankerin for one, so I went to grab frozen strawberries and freeze dried strawberries, to see what I can come up with! I will share soon!
I headed home and got the laundry started and chilled with my husband for a bit. He went to work next door at his moms house and I cranked up the music and started cleaning! One of the biggest blessings having my mother in law next door is that I have my stay at home mama groove back, lol. I didn’t realize how much I needed that space to be my loud music loving self! After I cleaned the kitchen and living room, I headed upstairs to fold the first load of laundry.
After the laundry was folded, I finished the blog post for day 7, cleaned my bedroom, showered and read a bit. I should mention that, throughout this time I ate entirely too many cashews, so I wasn’t super hungry. I made a delicious smoothie and slowly drank that while folding the next load of laundry.
One thing this challenge is showing me is that I have not been meeting my dietary needs AT all. Sure, I have a smoothie nearly every day but some days, I would have a smoothie, snack on entirely too many cashews and be too full for actual meals. The Daily Dozen app has been a game changer when it comes to tracking my nutritional needs. It’s been a challenge to not simply “eat whole foods plant based” but instead actually making sure I’m properly nourished, which is an entirely different thing!
After I was done with my smoothie, I was willing myself to be hungry so that I could make myself lunch, not happening! Too many damn cashews, lol. My husband and I went to pick up the kids, went to Academy for some last minute festival gear and headed to the grocery store to get hot dogs for dinner. One thing I like about Fridays is we have a rotating hot dog/pizza schedule so I don’t have to think about what’s for dinner!
When we get home I make them hot dogs and myself a big ole salad and we head over to my mother-in-law and have to share a meal with her. After we’re done eating, we go for a walk but my family was done after 15 minutes, lol. I walk for another 30 minutes to clock my second 45 minute movement session for the day! I gotta say, I’ve been loving these after dinner walks!
When I get home, I clean the kitchen and we watch a movie. While watching the movie, I get a hankerin for something sweet, so I made myself some apple peanut butter toast with cinnamon and candied pecans to get the last few boxes off in the daily dozens app. The toast was so good, I made one for my husband and another for me!
After we finished the movie, we all headed upstairs and got ready for bed. I did my last little challenge duty(lol) of journaling and went to sleep!
Day 8 Meal Deets:
Snack:
- Cashews-always cashews, lol
Breakfast Smoothie:
- Frozen Banana
- Frozen Peaches
- Frozen Blueberries
- Vanilla Protien Powder
- Cashew Milk
- Flaxseed
Lunch/Dinner Salad Bowl:
- Mixed Grees Massaged with lemon juice, salt, pepper, garlic oil
- Baked Chipeas with Mediterranean seasoning
- Cucumber
- Bell Pepper
- Kalamata Olives
- Sun Dried Tomatoes
- Red Onion
- Hummus
Snacky Snack, lol:
- Daves Killer Bread
- Apples
- Peanut Butter
- Agave
- Candied Nuts
- Cinnamon
The thing that I love about the daily dozen app is that it’s NOT a calorie counter, it just allows you to check if you are getting your proper nutrition! All in all, the day was great! As always, if you have any comments, questions or suggestions, lemme know! Thanks for reading!
