Get on gettin' on.....

So I figured I'd take advantage of the few quiet minutes I have at home right now.  After having my niece and nephew for the night, and waiting on more kids to show up and stomp in the living room while Ukrainian music assaults my ears, I figured I'd try and get a blog post in.

If you can believe it, summer is just around the corner!!!  I'm really happy about this!  I can take Zeus out for more walks, go roller blading and biking, hiking and camping.  Summer also means summer clothes and bathing suits,  which I am less enthused about.

I have managed to maintain a 15 pound weight loss.  But I've been trending water for the last year or so, and I need to lose another 25 to 30 pounds.  It's time to get on getting on.

I've decided to do the Conscious Cleanse again.  I did this last year and felt and looked amazing!!  I'm very excited to be doing it again.  I have found, however, it is much harder to accomplish living with my boyfriend and his son.  They pose additional challenges (both refuse to eat the healthy foods I like to make), and additional responsibilities.  So I'm trying to navigate my way through this without throwing in the towel on my personal goals entirely.

I have attempted the 5 day transition into the cleanse, but I have faltered.  This morning was no exception where I ate something of everything I was supposed to be removing from my diet.  O well. I have meal planned for the week, and will do the majority of my food prep today.  This is what my week, meal wise looks like:

Breakfast:  banana, raspberry and spinach smoothie
Morning snack: chia pudding
Lunch:  red chard and white kidney bean soup with a side of baked tilapia
Afternoon snack:  an apple with some raw trail mix
Dinner:  baked chicken with super 7 salad and Italian dressing
Evening snack:  roasted curry chickpeas

Tomorrow, I also start morning boot camps!!!  I got a great deal on Groupon and I'm very excited (and nervous) to start.  Since I still can't run, I figured it would be a great way to get a morning workout in.

I'll also be focusing on spending much less time watching tv.  I recently purchased the new Miriam Toews book "All My Puny Sorrows" and that will be my May book to read.

So here's to the start of a great week, and I will endeavour to post more!!  Hopefully they will be happy posts, and not me sobbing over my iPad because I can't move any of my muscles without pain lol.