This week I had three wellness goals, bike an average of ten miles per day, give up coffee and diet soda (essentially most/all caffeine), and give up dairy and wheat. I must say I was pretty kranky at times, but I made it and now I'm about to watch the Oscars (my guilty pleasure of the year). So where did I succeed and where did I fail miserably?
I was able to stay off Caffeine all week, and plan to stay away from it, it wasn't too bad and I'm now headache free.
I biked an average of 9.25 miles per day, not bad considering it rained most of the day Thursday and while on my ride today. I also hiked ~3.5 miles at Moore's Springs Trails with Shannon, Sarah and some of their friends, so I'm counting this a very near miss. I did not bike at all Thursday and Friday, so I was able to make up almost all my mileage. Most of my biking was on the Salem Creek trail, but I did do an hour of spin class for variety.
As for the dairy and wheat, I did well until Friday, when we had a diner guest, but I was pretty restrained, considering we had Italian cuisine (I even made dairy & wheat free Eggplant Parmesan). Something bad happened on Saturday, I was exhausted after teaching all day and then riding 18+ miles so when I got home I had about 1000 calories in cheese and crackers (my weakness). This was unfortunate because the lab I taught on Saturday was all about enzymes and we used lactase and lactose intolerance to help us learn the concepts. I was able to get back on track today and hope to continue to make improvements on my commitment to keep away from the yummy things that hurt me when I eat them.
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