Wandering Fit: April 2015

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week 6 days

1 year, 5 months, 1 week, 6 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Toast & coffee

2. Turkey

3. Road snack crap galore!

4. Don't ask.

Day 4 - if I were a video game, I would only have 30% health..... :-O

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week 5 days

1 year, 5 months, 1 week, 5 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Half egg sandwich & coffee

2. Vanilla shakeology with my leftover coffee. We were running late! But, it was sooooo good.

3. Carrots, peanut butter, turkey salad (not picture string cheese)

4. Plain yogurt with blueberries, maple syrup & chocolate chips

5. Fried potatoes & sausage

Day 3 = I'm overwhelmed with prepping from for our trip & failing to plan my meals! There, I said it.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week 4 days

1 year, 5 months, 1 week, 4 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Toast & coffee

2. Cereal

3. Banana

4. Cucumber & turkey

5. Wine & today's project. #kitchenremodel

6. Yogurt with chocolate chips

7. Steak, asparagus & artichoke. #bacongreasemakeseverythingbetter

Day 2 = 6AM wakeup call f'ed me up today. Lots of snacking.

Monday, April 27, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week 3 days

1 year, 5 months, 1 week, 3 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Broccoli (double serving), chicken sausage (withOUT casing!), eggs & coffee

2. Veggie burger, couscous, green beans, sliced tomatoes & vegan chocolate shakeology with banana, spinach, & pumpkin seeds

3. Smore! Me & O while the little fellas napped. :)

4. Baked chicken with a baked potato & sour cream

5. Wine & my babies

Day 1 = pretty damn good day! I used the containers for every meal & nailed increasing my veggies! :)

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week 2 days

1 year, 5 months, 1 week, 2 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Cold pizza & coffee (yes, really)

2. 1/2 Kind bar that Ev dropped & ran

3. Coconut rum & pineapple juice

4. BLT

5. Popcorn

The day = wtf.

Day 7 = trying again tomorrow!

Saturday, April 25, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week 1 day

1 year, 5 months, 1 week, 1 day!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Eggs on toast & coffee

2. Kind bar while out shopping

3. Asian pear mojito while out with friends

Where did my picture of dinner go!? I have no idea. But, we had #PFChangs - coconut curry vegetables with tofu & chicken

The day = I'm starting to feel better but I have a nagging cough! And, Rob has it now, too. :-O

Day 6 = i quit! Not really. But, I'm doing awful at getting back on track! I need to make a plan.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months 1 week

1 year, 5 months, 1 week!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Egg sandwich & coffee

2. Plain yogurt with maple syrup, blueberries & chocolate chips

Not pictured because the boys were facetiming with far, far away grandma: vanilla shakeology with banana & spinach

3. Leftovers

The day = I'm still sick.

Day 5 = rest day.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 5 months

1 year, 5 months!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Egg sandwich with turkey bacon & coffee

2. Plain yogurt with maple syrup & chocolate chips (why did I buy those!? so good)

3. Pasta salad! So much mayo.

The day = I'm going to be hungry in the morning! I haven't felt well all day so didn't eat much. It's funny when I don't realize it till I put this together. Eye opening, for sure!

Day 4 = rest day. See above.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks 6 days

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks, 6 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Half an egg sandwich & coffee (forgot the picture of my vegan tropical strawberry shakeology with banana & spinach)

2. Lunch out: PBJ, carrots with peanut butter, & an apple

3. Emergency pitstop! A 3 year old had to pee while on the road so I had to buy something. The 3 donuts for the boys weren't enough. What!? Ok, I wanted the coffee! LOL

4. Baked chicken, couscous & broccoli

The day = not a bad day.

Day 3 = rest day. Longest day of my week & my throat is suddenly sore. No shame in my game!

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks 5 days

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks, 5 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Eggs on toast with sautéed broccoli & coffee

2. Turkey sandwich with shakeology (tropical strawberry, banana & kale)

3. GRAVY! I forgot about GRAVY! Yeah, yeah there are vegetarian options, but...... GRAVY!

4. Plain yogurt with maple syrup & blueberries (I may have snuck in a few chocolate chips, too!)

The day = slow & steady.

Day 2 = Piyo! Define: lower. Another short one but it counts. ;)

Monday, April 20, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks 4 days

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Coffee & then a turkey sandwich

2. Leftovers!

3. Nachos!

The day = lets do this thang.

Day 1 = Piyo! Define: upper. Short but got me moving! :)

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks 3 days

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks, 3 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Toast & coffee

2. Cheese & crackers - I went grocery shopping & forgot to eat before we left!

3. Oh yeah, THAT happened!

4. Leftovers!

5. Popcorn

The day = I'm making small changes that aren't visible here. But, they're happening. :)

Day 26 = lots of yard work!

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks 2 days

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks, 2 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Egg sandwich & coffee

2. Mexican & a GIANT margarita

3. Ice cream!!!!

The day = my head hurts.

Day 25 = still nothing. but I had a good lecture today that helped!

Friday, April 17, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks 1 day

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks, 1 day!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Breakfast = #SUGAR

2. Second breakfast = much improved choices! Sort of.

3. Vegan tropical strawberry, banana, kale, ice, & water

4. Chicken

5. Cheese & crackers

The day = hello funky town! Need to crawl out of this hole.

Day 24 = still nothing.

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 3 weeks

1 year, 4 months, 3 weeks!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Coffee & toast

2. Popcorn

3. Spaghetti with green beans

And, beer.

The day = so. much. butter.

Day 23 = painted today.

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks 6 days

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks, 6 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: life.

1. Coffee as we ran around like maniacs trying to get out of the house. Plain yogurt with maple syrup & cherries, ham & cheese sandwich, vegan chocolate shakeology, cherries, pumpkin seeds, pink Himalayan salt, kale, ice, & water.

2. Mac & cheese with chicken nuggets (they weren't done yet when I took the picture) - not even going to pretend dinner was my best choice.

The day = Whoa, what a light day! I'm going to be starving in the morning.

Day 22 = I'm now in the habit of doing nothing. My ankle is better for the most part, now I need to tackle a workout!

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks 5 days

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks, 5 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Eggs, broccoli, turkey scramble & coffee

2. Plain yogurt with maple syrup & cherries

3. Leftovers: black beans, corn, beef with brown rice

4. Green beans in tomato sauce

5. Toast! #random

The day = i failed to plan but I'm still plugging along. :)

Day 21 = I thought my ankle was better & I've just been lazy to restart my workouts. But, I'm really feeling that weighted walk from yesterday!

Monday, April 13, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks 4 days

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Eggs, broccoli, turkey scramble & coffee

2. Turkey burger (with tomato, sprouts, avocado & cheese) with fries from BRGR & half a beer at #pncpark #openingday #gotigers

Not pictured: 2 graham crackers while dinner cooked

3. Black beans, corn, beef with brown rice

The day = we unexpectedly went to opening day so that made starting day 1 of the #21DF a little tricky! Overall, if I had more veggies, my day really wasn't that bad!

Day 21 = a ton of walking with a 40 pound weight on it back! #toddlerwearing

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks 3 days

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks, 3 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Toast & coffee

2. Turkey & cheese sandwich with mayo & romaine lettuce

3. Pizza

4. Plain yogurt with maple syrup & cherries

5. Cereal

The day = new round of #21DF starting tomorrow!

Day 20 = tons of yard work today.

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks 2 days

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks, 2 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Eggs with toast & coffee

2. Turkey & cheese sandwich with mayo & romaine lettuce

3. Nachos -- these are way better with just beans! I tried chicken sausage & I'm not a fan in this recipe.

4. Cereal

The day = in case you missed the change I've recently made, you can read about it here. http://wanderingfit.blogspot.com/2015/04/i-quitter.html

Day 19 = I'm ready to get back to it!

I'm a quitter.

I've been vegetarian for just shy of 3 years. When I decided to give up meat, it wasn't really a conscious choice. I had started to become more aware of what we were eating - I found local farms & markets, I made sure I knew where our meat came from!

One day, I shopped at a local amish market & saw a sign proudly displayed about the farm their chicken came from. After I made our purchase, I googled the farm. THEY 'proudly' fed their chickens GMO corn. *sigh* I was SO aggravated at that point! I didn't feel like anywhere was safe to shop.

Father's Day of 2012, I made Rob thick cut bacon for breakfast & then I ordered meatless meals for the rest of the day. The next day I realized that I hadn't had meat in 24 hours! So, that's when I decided to see how long I could go without. Apparently, just shy of 3 years was the magic number. lol

This week I've decided to add meat back to my diet. Why? I'm not really sure there's one solid reason to answer why. I've been considering it for a while, it probably has a lot to do with having meat in the house lately for the fellas.

It's also surprisingly difficult for a vegetarian to eat in restaurants. Recently, we went to the same place twice -- first time I had the rice, second time the waitress was like, that's made with chicken stock. Gggrrrr.

Another restaurant, I ordered a chicken salad minus the chicken. They added extra bacon.

Human errors & I should have asked more questions but, so annoying!

That & I feel like I'm in a major rut. If I don't purposely plan my meals, I could survive on carbs & cheese alone! I need more options so I'm ready to be a quitter. That was really, really, REALLY hard for me to accept, admit & announce. But, there you have it. I'll still be heavy on the plants & light on the meat but, I'm ready to give it a whirl again.

How will I wrap my mind around eating an animal? I have no idea! I buy meat for the boys now -- grass fed, pastured, blah, blah, blah. The best I can buy. But, is there such a thing as a 'humane death'? I don't think so. That's something that I'll have to think on & figure out as I go.

Anyhow, I told 3 people when I made my decision.

Husband = 'WHY?????' lol, he's been incredibly supportive of my decision. He was even veg for apprx the first year. He couldn't handle it for long though, he admittedly missed his animal protein.

Brother = secretly jealous. He's been vegan or vegetarian for, wow, nearly 20 years now. We discussed my choice in depth & he said he's too far gone to go back but he could completely understand my decision. He's a little bit jealous though because of the variety having poultry will add to my days.

Best friend = 'I'm surprised you made it this long' LOL, gotta love the honesty!!! lol

So, there you have it! I'm writing this so that people aren't surprised or offended or shocked when you see meat appear in my daily collage pictures. I promise not to post any slaughter or bloody animal pictures (like I said, I still can't really process that part!). Can you promise not to give me a hard time about my choice? I would really appreciate that as I make these changes.

And no, this isn't a matter of 'where does a vegetarian get their protein!?' because honestly, that question is just idiotic. It's simply a matter of, a bored vegetarian.

Friday, April 10, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks 1 day

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks, 1 day!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Sautéed broccoli, eggs & cheese with coffee -- again! Hence the 'copy', I didn't feel like taking another picture of the same friggin' meal, lol

2. Sammich

3. Homemade alfredo

The day = rough one.

Day 18 = I did more painting today. Using my time wisely! :)

#vegan #vegetarian #twinmom #homeschoolmom #momofthree #momofboys #pittsburgh #detroit #me #food #foodporn #nogmo #wanderingfit #family #notcleaneating #cleaneating #breastfeeding #momlife #fitfamily #travelingfool #love

Thursday, April 9, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 2 weeks

1 year, 4 months, 2 weeks!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Sautéed broccoli, eggs & cheese with coffee

2. Oops, out of order. This should be #3 = beer!

3. Vegan chocolate shakeology, pumpkin seeds, pink himalayan salt, peanut butter, banana, kale, ice, & water. Plain yogurt with cherries & maple syrup

The day = I put this together & thought I MUST be missing something! Oh yeah, the fist fills of m&m's I secretly devoured because this meme is hella right on! #becausedrugsareillegal #legalizemarijuana #keepitreal #forrealz

Day 17 = planning to be back at it Sunday! Still a bit sore but much improved.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 1 week 6 days

1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 6 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Sautéed broccoli, eggs & cheese with coffee

2. Beer break while working today. #keepitreal

3. Cheese & romaine lettuce sandwich

4. Popcorn

The day = I was crazy busy all day today. It shows.

Day 16 = I'm going to hurt so good when I'm finally back to it!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 1 week 5 days

1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 5 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Sautéed broccoli with an egg wrap & coffee

2. Plain yogurt with cherries & maple syrup

3. Vegan chocolate shakeology, banana, pumpkin seeds, pink himalayan salt, kale, ice, & water. Veggie burger, cheese, peppers, tomatoes on a pita.

Plus another bowl of yogurt but I didn't think a second picture was necessary.

The day = not bad!

Day 15 = still on pause in the working out department.

Monday, April 6, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 1 week 4 days

1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 4 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Sautéed broccoli with an egg wrap & coffee

2. Vegan chocolate shakeology, banana, pumpkin seeds, pink himalayan salt, kale, ice, & water in da #jeepwrangler

3. Failure fo plan = snacking on these!

4. Plain yogurt with cherries & maple syrup

5. Popcorn with butter & beer -- #nongmo

6. Chips with cheese

The day = attempt to get back at it! My goal for now is clean eating (5 ingredients or less on packaged foods). I need way more veggies. And protein!

Day 14 = I was going to try & workout today but the ankle was angry. :/ Going to continue to not rush into anything!

Sunday, April 5, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 1 week 3 days

1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 3 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Toast with coffee - someone was hurtin' this morning. :-O

2. Nectarine

3. Lunch out: salad

4. Lunch out: eggplant parm with baked potato

5. Wine on the deck

6. Grilled cheese

The day = back on track tomorrow! I'm so ready to pull my head out of the cheese drawer.

Day 13 = my ankle was feeling better today. I think I'm going to attempt a workout tomorrow! :)

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 1 week 2 days

1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 2 days!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Eggs on toast with coffee

2. Vegan tropical strawberry, banana, pumpkin seeds, kale, ice, & water

3. Pistachios

4. Grilled cheese & beer

5. Raisin bran

The day = I grocery shopped today! Prep & planning tomorrow.

Day 12 = never-ending recovery.

Friday, April 3, 2015

Photo food journal 1 year 4 months 1 week 1 day

1 year, 4 months, 1 week, 1 day!! of changing my life!

Current fitness program: nada.

1. Eggs on toast with coffee

2. Mac & cheese with peas

3. Popcorn

4. Tortilla chips with cheese

The day = i drank wine most of today. Waterrrrrrrr......

Day 11 = recovery. I'll be calling the dr tomorrow, I think I need an X-ray.