all the veggies Tag

I've been so busy teaching and with hockey games, I haven't been very social these past few months. So now that hockey season is over for my team (boo, but also kinda glad because...) I have so much more free time! Last weekend I ran the Pat Tillman Memorial Run (more about that later), hit up a burger and beer tasting at the ball park, stayed for the baseball game, and then hit up a pool side yoga class on Sunday morning, ended up staying and hanging with some friends (old and new) and enjoying a few mimosas. I was so chilled out.

I am a cold weather girl: the boots, the sweaters, the layers, the warm-you-up-from-the-inside food, all of it (or should I say FALL of it?!? LOL) Here in Arizona, fall is slow to show up and it's over so quickly, I try to savor the moments. Our overnight low temps are finally dropping into the 60's, and day time highs are just under 100, so I guess fall is close!

Since my back surgery in December, I have managed to maintain my pre-surgery weight (wasn't as successful the first time), and with January being a fairly hectic month in my house, I really needed to clean up and reset my nutrition. I hear a lot of people talking about the latest "cleanse" to start the new year off "on the right food", so I made sure to track everything I ate over 7 days and kept my diet as free from processed foods and added sugar as I possibly could. Let me explain my approach.