Week One: A Log

A refresher on the rules for this week:

Water - 50 oz /day
Exercise - 15 minutes and/or 10k steps /day
Stretching - 5-10 min /day
Food - 7 meals can be eaten out.
     No: deep fried food; bacon; artificial sweeteners; super-processed food; white bread, rice, pasta (if there is an alternative)
     Yes: 1 fruit and 1 veggie per day, honey
Lifestyle - meditate 10 min /day
Reflection - write one daily
Track stuff.


May 2nd

• Water: Success
• Exercise: 6 mile hike! ~ 17,500 steps for the day
• Stretching: 5 minutes
• Food: fruit and veggie accomplished! No meals out. Pad thai for dinner, but it was made for me, so I decided not to try to request whole grain noodles or anything crazy. While I did nothing that was technically wrong, I feel like I should dock myself points for moderation. I'll let it slide since it is day one.  Starting next week no sweets!
• Lifestyle: calm.com meditation
• Reflection: It was excellent to spend the day with friends! Small hike followed by homemade dinner and a craft night. I bought pan dulce, because this week marks the end of desserts for the next two months. Not sure if it is productive if I overindulge in the face of future restrictions. Ah well. Not a bad first day. 
• Tracked? Yessir

Total: neutral

May 3rd

• Water: Success
• Exercise: 5K plus 20 minutes of FitStar. Short hike behind the apartment complex. 14,687 steps.
• Stretching: Sat on the floor while reading and stretched out some.  
• Food: Some iffiness with the free food post-race, but I'm giving myself the benefit of the doubt here. 1.5 bananas, carrots. Finished up the chocolate, so at least that won't tempt :/
• Lifestyle: Found a tree fort and set up a 10-minute "self compassion' meditation video.
• Reflection: It was good to have an excuse to go out running on a nice day. Took way more out of me than I'd have liked. 
• Tracked? Yeah. 

Total neutral. Ran and did a structured exercise, so that's 1 and 1 for the week. 2 more of each for my bonus point.

May 4th

• Water: I think I actually passed this one. 
• Exercise: Abject failure. Less than 5,000 steps (4,969). 
• Stretching: Nope
• Food: I'm giving myself a pass on this one, because it was a birthday dinner that ruined my eating for the day. I still didn't have any fruit though, other than a maraschino cherry. :(
• Lifestyle: Did not practice any mindfulness
• Reflection: Well, I fell off the wagon in a big way. Rushed off to a birthday dinner after work and didn't get home until 12:30. Boys are always my downfall. I should have woken up early to take care of stuff. Oh well, I can still earn some bonus points and get back to even again, so long as I don't mess up again. 
• Tracked? Belatedly...

Total: -3, and that's being generous. Heck, let's just go ahead and give me -4. First time eating out this week. I think I'll need to make that clause tougher, but for this week I'm spending two days on the road, guaranteeing I will hit the max if I eat three meals a day...

May 5th

• Water: Mhmm
• Exercise: 40 minutes on a treadmill :) 10,306 steps for the day.
• Stretching: 5 minutes, bare minimum..
• Food: Eh. Fruit and veggies happened. Also limited intake to one tequila shot and one jello shot, which is pretty decent for a party. 
• Lifestyle: I went with corpse pose in bed at 11:45. Barely snuck in with meditation, and feeling like I need to work harder on this. 
• Reflection: Managed a full workday, a trip to the gym, and a party. Didn't make awful eating choices, considering the whole Cinco de Mayo thing. If I only got more sleep, I'd be good! 
• Tracked? Got a bit iffy on the party food, but otherwise yep.

I'm going neutral points here. Second time running this week, so that's on track. Still need one more running session and two more strengthy things to get my points back! 

May 6th

Water: It made my 4 hour drive a little more difficult, but I stuck with the water requirement.
Exercise: 6 AM spin class was remarkably enjoyable! (For 4 bucks a pop, I should do this weekly. Every Wednesday?) I also spent 20 minutes on the treadmill. (10,062 steps)
Stretching: There was some stretching in the last 5 minutes of spin class :)
Food: Ate stuff that was pretty healthy, albeit too much of it (I blame the early wake up and exercise?)
Lifestyle: I listened to a short guide on car mindfulness, and attempted it on my drive. It was actually pretty neat. Three anchors keep you in the present: the sound of the car on the road, the feel of the ride (bumps, vibrations), and your hands on the steering wheel. I'd like to try this again some time when it isn't late, because being tired makes it difficult to be present without some sort of distraction (music, book on tape) to ground you and keep you alert.
Reflection: I made it by on all counts, but only barely. Getting in at 12:30 was not great, and it interfered with my plans. I need to get more sleep. This week has been abysmal.  

Tracked? Yes'm.
Total, neutral. Ran as much as I need to. I may count Spin as my structured exercise, which means I only need one more this week!


May 7th

Water: Yup.
Exercise: Hiked around Hat Rock and got my steps (13,837).
Stretching: Nope :(
Food: Coconut latte for breakfast, surprisingly home-made sandwiches and salad for lunch. My friend made me a very healthy dinner! Success on all counts and I don't know if any of those count as meals eaten out, really.
Lifestyle: Nope :(
Reflection: Hat Rock is not worth it. Don't drive 30 minutes out of your way for it.

Tracked: Yes.
-2 :(

May 8th

Water: Yep
Exercise: So much hiking! Also did a tiny little FitStar, so there.
Stretching: While watching TV tonight
Food: Snacks all day then a pretty balanced dinner.
Lifestyle: I'm counting the massage I got today as mindful. Very peaceful.
Reflection: I am so tired. I hiked 13 miles. So that's pretty neat. 

Neutral


Weekly Bonus/Indulgence Count: Will calculate soon

+, -, neutral

-6 :/

Water was always successful
Exercise point!
Didn't stretch every day
Didn't eat out a lot, so there's a point.
Didn't meditate every day.
Tracked my food intake/exercise!!

+4

Overall: -2

I did a great job exercising this week but otherwise was still slacking. Need to buckle down on my eating habits and commit to taking time each day to stretch out, organize myelf, and keep my priorities despite distractions.

Next week I cut out red meat and alcohol and candy/dessert, so that should be a little more difficult.