Ok here it goes again………………back on the wagon! Yes I mean doing the diet thing. Some of you don’t agree with the dieting life style. Somethings it is only for extreme cases. I’ve been going back and forth with eating healthy then eating fast food a lot. I partly blame the husband for the fast food times which seem to be occurring a lot more then I like. I’m not putting the whole blame on him but he doesn’t help either. So here it goes I’ve started a another new meal plan which is mostly based on speeding up the metabolism. It’s kind of a quick jump start to weight loss. Now this is not a meal plan that you can be on for an extended period of time. It’s more just  an incentive to keep you going. The meal plan is for 3 weeks . You eat the same food every day for a week then the second week it changes adding more protein or complex carbohydrates. Same goes for the third week, increasing the amount of food intake. Now you really have to stick with this diet or your just fooling your self. This diet consist  of vegetables, oatmeal, quinoe, low fat meats ( fish,chicken) apples, nuts and berries. Pretty simple right?? Absolutely no refined foods, flour or sugar. I drink coffee and tea so try drinking it with just some artificial sweetner. Or drink it black.

I know spring break is over for most kids……..my daughters just ended Sunday March 21st.  I was planning to bring her to disneyland for March break but my plans fell through. Well honestly I couldn’t get the time off work but luckily for me I didn’t say a word about it to her. She didn’t know what she was missing. At my daughters school Spring Break is 2 weeks long something new this year depending on what district your child is in. I was planning on putting her in kids klub for the 2 week but fortunately my mom (grandma) was able to watch her for one week. I also took a few days off at the end of the week second week to make it a special March break.

We planned a trip to the Aquarium and stayed in a nice hotel with an indoor pool and waterslide. Isn’t it funny when you plan these kinds of trips, you expect some appreciation from your child. Well I don’t kmow about others but my child is 5 years old and has it so good in life. I sometimes question myself about the parenting that I’m doing. I’m really trying to be a good parent………showing her how things work, read,teach, play, love, care, comfort, everything you can think of I’m doing. But it all comes down to did I give her too much as in treats  (candy, chocolate,ice-cream) new clothes or toys. When is it too much before they have you wrapped around they’re finger. I’m cutting a lot of treats out of the equation now when it comes to her misbehaving. I’m also going to start taking things away that mean something to her.

Ok just had to say all of that because now you know what the trip was like. All in all it was nice to do a family trip before back to the routine of lunches, snacks and after school swimming.

Oh yeah another thing is that we basically could of just as easily have gone to Mexico with the money we spent just going across the water on a ferry to the mainland.

What a great day for a run…..I dropped my daughter off at school and headed over to my dad’s house. We’ve decided to start running together again. We used to run together last year but things change. I hurt my leg he went on vacation and before you know it it’s been like 5 months since we last ran together. It sure feels nice to start back up into running. Running to me is something that forces me to see how far I can take it.

We just got back into the swing of things today was our second run together and there is already improvement. We usually run as far as we can without having to stop. Today we ran a great route with hills and abit of trail. Slowly building up my distance. My main goal is to run the 10k again in April. This time I’m hoping my dad will run in it this year.

Stretching is something that really needs to be done after every run. I’ve managed to be able to have different techniques with all the clinics I’ve been apart of. My favorite muscle to stretch is the gluteus maximus I can’t stretch that enough:)

Another thing to remember is nutrition try eating small about of oatmeal or yogurt with a few nuts. Hydration is key also but if your running in the early morning try drinking enough water the evening before so you don’t get cramps or stitches. My favorite thing to eat after a run is a nice cold smoothie with lots of antioxidant berries like raspberries, blueberries and blackberries mixed with your favorite yogurt. I like to add a banana and 1 tbsp of almond butter. You can add whole nuts as well whatever kind of nuts you like it just gives the smoothie a bit more protein. I add water to blend the smoothie about 1/3 of a cup. Depends on how you like it thicker or thinner. Also add in some ice to give it that nice icy cold texture.  What a great start to my day now I have to clean up my house before the weekend hits it.

Cheers