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Health and fitness for July
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This hasn't been posted for a while so I thought it might be nice to do a monthly one.
Just a reminder you don't have to be actively ttc to participate, I know that came up in May.
What are your current goals? How have you been working on reaching your goals?
What have you been eating, and drinking? Share your recipes!
Do you have anything else you want to share with us?
Do you have any comments or suggestions to add to the thread?
Just a reminder you don't have to be actively ttc to participate, I know that came up in May.
What are your current goals? How have you been working on reaching your goals?
What have you been eating, and drinking? Share your recipes!
Do you have anything else you want to share with us?
Do you have any comments or suggestions to add to the thread?
Re: Health and fitness for July
I would love to lose a few extra pounds I put on after the miscarriage.
I love summer because of all of the fresh fruit. I have been eating fresh peaches and watermelon and more raw vegetables. I have been trying to cut back on my caffeine intake and shoot for once a day. Most days that will do it.
I love mountain biking and normally go about 3 -4 times a week but since my MC I've been pretty slack. Went for a nice long slow solo ride today and it felt awesome.
I swear no matter what I eat I can't lose weight. I'm pretty healthy but just can't shake those extra pounds. I'd love to lose 20 lbs. I have been drinking a lot more water lately.
I'm happy with my diet, and think I've got a pretty great supplement routine down, so no real goals there at this point. I'd describe my diet as about 90% primal (like paleo but with full-fat dairy, haha)...I'm celiac so my "junk" food can't get too junky simply because most fast food, etc is full o' gluten (I'm looking at you, McDonald's fries) and I overall feel so much better without eating any grains at all. I tend to go a little overboard with sugar during the summer (I'm also looking at you, ice cream), so sometimes I think I should tone that down a bit. Like @rklinge0 mentioned, I also *love* all the fresh fruit and raw veggies that are so prevalent and yummy in the summer, so big plates of those make up a lot of my diet in the warm months.
I make a lot of kick-as herbal infusions that I drink throughout the day, mostly iced in the summer. I do a general woman's wellness/fertility blend that has RRL, nettles, lemon balm, and lavender...and then an anxiety blend with passionflower and skullcap (along with more lemon balm and lavender, with some peppermint for taste because I learned the hard way that skullcap tastes like hell). I've had a lot of anxiety since my loss, and it helps a lot. I also do a hawthorne infusion or tincture daily because I have struggled with mild and mysterious hypertension since a teen. No doctor has ever been able to understand why I have it, so we just call it "genetics" and I treat it naturally *shrug*.
I totally get it about the heat and the humidity; it's hindering me from upping my mileage right now.
Sometimes I struggle with my bp but I think some of it is white coat syndrome. I assume you check it at home, too?
@allowachick how did the tournament go? I am amazed you can do contact sports! Definitely not my forte nor do I have the upper body strength.
Glad to see another lover of full-fat dairy! I've loved watching it become a more mainstream recommendation again!
My goals are more with yoga poses. Last week I was trying to figure out the transition between chin stand and crow - super hard. Also worked on the transition from crow to baby crow. This week I'll only be able to go once so I went 3 times last week with a 30 minute practice at home added in.
Also hoping you didn't mind that I stole your questions @vlagrl29