About the food:
I started off my morning with a bowl of oatmeal with raisins and a little bit of brown sugar cooked in almond milk. SO good! Last night we went to T's mom's place for dinner and she surprised us with a sandwich maker/grill! We were both super excited so we each made a sandwich today for lunch. Mine was grilled ham, avocado and ketchup and it was delicious! I also paired it with a mandarine and a glass of iced green tea and citrus. We got back from grocery shopping a bit later than we expected. I didn't want to ruin my dinner so I ate a banana for snack. T cooked some kind of yellow curry with chicken and yellow peppers and onion for dinner. For dessert I ate a slice of tompouce. An hour later I got really hungry again...so I ate some Cool Ranch Doritos. In the NL they are called "Cool American." I thought that was interesting. I realize that tompouce and Doritos are not healthy whatsoever, but I never said I was going to go all in and be 100% healthy and cut out all my unhealthy treats! It's a transformation and takes lots of time.
My seriously delicious lunch!
And now for the fitness:
I've previously shared how much I love my new running shoes and how much I want to get back into the sport. Like my healthy eating is a slow change, so it the fitness side of things. As much as I would love to just start running 5Ks in under 30 minutes again, it's been a while. And by a while I mean well over a year. I've made the mistake of pushing myself too hard and too soon physically several times before and it just doesn't work very well for my body. Plus, with a baby, it's hard to have the time alone to go for a run. So today I strapped E in her carrier and we took a walk for just under 30 minutes. I wasn't a slacker and walked slowly or anything. It was a hot sunny day and I walked fast enough where I was increasing my heart rate. It felt good. We walked up to the campground I live by, less than a mile away. I made it there in 10 minutes. I stopped and talked to some of the horses. One in particular seemed to need a friend. He (or she...I know nothing about horses and I'm actually afraid of them) got really close to the fence as I walked by and followed me a bit, so I stopped to chat. E was asleep, but the horse I think I'll call Stanley, said she looked beautiful. What a sweet talker! Stan and I exchanged pleasantries and there was a real connection. I think we'll be good friends. I had to head back because I knew we needed to head out for groceries soon so I told Stan I'd be back another time. I made it back in another 10 minutes. We also walked to and from the grocery store. On the way there I followed T as he pushed E in the stroller. We were going at a pretty good pace, for me anyway. T has much longer legs than I do and he likes to speed up since it makes me lag behind and I end up having to jog to catch up with him. On the way back E got super fussy and refused to be in the stroller so T ended up carrying her in his arms as I pushed the stroller full of groceries and the diaper bag all the way home.
Stanley posing for a picture. I'm not even kidding, he really did pose. He wanted me to get his "good side."
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