Starting out

So yesterday somewhat started off my "new routine". I say somewhat because we've been eating pretty healthy in this household for a while now so now its just the addition of exercise and paying attention to snacking.

I have a scheduled-out 4 week menu plan that I found at coachcalorie.com and grocery lists all ready to go so eating healthy at home is pretty easy. I make sure to substitute out anything I dont like (brussel sprouts) with something equally healthy (cauliflower) and dont follow it to the T. If I dont wanna put all that stuff in my pita pocket, I dont. But I never add to it. As far as the grocery list goes, I think I need to pay attention to the recipes more so I make sure I have the essentials I need (onions, garlic, tomato sauce, that kinda stuff). So I will eventually post grocery list once I have it finalized. It also has stuff that I know Mark eats at work every week, like yogurt. That man loves him some yogurt. But anyways: heres what we'll be eating for the next month.

4-Week menu plan
http://www.coachcalorie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/CoachCalorie-4-Week-Meal-Plan.pdf


In addition to eatin' right, yesterday I went back to my cheerleading roots and did a dance routine-type workout. I found it on hulu- not sure if this link will work for anyone but here it is:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/228811#i0,p17,d0

If not- its the Wake Up Workout- Dancer's body exercise. I really liked it because it felt like I was in cheer practice learning a routine. So I made sure to go all out and be sharp and all that teenage fun. Im not super feeling sore today so I dont think it was THAT much of a workout but hey, at least I got up and moved.

This morning Holden and I started on our very first morning walk! Ive decided, and even put it in the baby's daily schedule that we will walk every morning after we are up and at 'em and Ive had my coffee *a must*. Today we walked to the CVS and back because A)I needed socks since my sister stole all mine and B)it was a good 2.4 mile distance. Lil man slept on the walk back so that doubled up for his morning nap anyway! Yay!

So, so far (2 days) so good. Ill try and keep this going and if I can, throw in a few recipes and pics every now and then.

-Susannah