March Madness

It's March.  When did that happen? 

I looked at my calendar this morning and realized that the St. Patrick's Day 8K is next Sunday.  Holy crap! I'm so not ready, but I know I'll get through it one way or another.  I did four miles in 50 minutes on the treadmill yesterday, which didn't hurt as badly as I expected (yay).  I'm hoping to do the full five mile distance one evening this week, when I'm feeling extra energetic.  Wish me luck!

A friend was telling me about how she amps up her health/fitness routine a few times a year with what she calls "30 Day Challenges."  It's basically just a month where you set goals at the beginning and do your best to maintain throughout the month.  I'm making March 2010 my first "30 Day Challenge" month, focusing on maintaining my workout routine and finding a better balance when it comes to eating healthy.  My goals for the month are pretty flexible since I'm a believer in baby steps:

• Workout 4+ times a week (mix between cardio and weight training/BodyPump)
• Eat a healthy breakfast everyday.
• Pack my breakfast and/or lunch 3+ days a week.
• Get 7+ hours of sleep a night.

Not so bad, right?  I pretty much follow these points already (minus the sleeping part - I'm awful about getting enough rest), but I want to stick with a formal plan and see how it goes.  Today I packed my breakfast and lunch, and tried to keep it fairly low in fat/calories since I have class until late tonight and won't have a chance to workout.

Here's what I had for breakfast -- a "yogurt mess" of 2% Plain Fage Greek Yogurt; 1/2 cup of Raspberries; 1 cup of Kashi Puffs.  It may sound scary (took me awhile to come around to the idea of so much yogurt for breakfast), but it is actually delish and very filling:

I stayed pretty full until around 1:00 p.m.  For lunch I packed 1/2 of a roast beef sandwich (I will eat the other half around 5:30 p.m. when I'm on my way to class), a bag of sliced red apples, and some green grapes.  Oh, and I had a Diet Coke.  I think I went a bit overboard on the fruit, but I think this should hold me over until the end of the day.  I'm working on wheaning myself off Diet Coke, but for now I'm alright with just having one or two a day.  See, baby steps :)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I made a big batch of Turkey Chili last night, so that will probably be my dinner.  Not to bad, for a Monday. If anyone has good ideas for healthy and easy to make breakfast/lunch items, please do tell.  I need all the help I can get!
 
xoxo,
Olivia