Exercise? No
Under calories? No
Tracked meals? No

Long day, 16 hr fast went well, letting my body re-adjust to all the changes. Starting fresh tomorrow.

Thanks for such an interesting opening post today @StayFITTer I have never seen this chart before and it is really interesting! I recently completed a mini-course that had us tally for how many plant based foods we ate in a week. They said to aim for a minimum of 25. I felt proud that my number was 35. This included nuts, grains, fruits, and vegetables. I like the idea of the rainbow and will give that a try this week. Thanks for this!

@Mrs_Hoffer Amazing news about your son!! Enjoy the wedding

4/26

Exercise: 100 minutes
Tracking: yes
Calories: over, pass day (son's birthday)
Pass days used: 3

Tues April 26
Exercise: 15 minutes MommaStrong (so good to get back to it!)
Tracking: Planned the day, adjusted plan as needed
Calories: Under, with estimation for leftover birthday cake that I am unsure about

I'm going to count it as not a pass day, because I really need a win. It's been all pass days since Fri April 15.

@StayFITTer I love that rainbow! I have a veggies at every meal rule (even breakfast). And I eat a fruit for lunch "dessert" and for afternoon snack (and morning snack as well if I have one).

This time of year, though, I am really in a veggie/food rut. I love to eat local food and it's still a while before anything grows. I eat a lot of frozen veg and then we do get some non-local fresh but it's all not as good. I am eagerly awaiting asparagus ... at which point I probably won't be eating a rainbow, just asparagus for every meal until its short season is done.

But I am thinking that maybe part of the inspiration I need is to try to eat more good food, rather than trying to eat less bad food. So I am going to really think about eating a rainbow for the next week - starting tomorrow, since I already have today planned. Though, let's see, what do I have planned today...

Breakfast omelet:spinach or broccoli (green)
Lunch: Lentil soup (with tomatoes and onions in it) over cauliflower (red, white) and cantaloupe (orange)
Snack: Mango and cottage cheese (more orange)
Dinner: Salmon with butternut squash, mushrooms, broccoli, sugar snap peas, asparagus, fermented ginger carrots (orange, white, green)

A lot of orange today, huh?

3 x yes

4/26
Exersised yes -I cleaned some and did wash
Caleries yes
Logged yes

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? yes

Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? yes

Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? yes

26/04/2022
Exercise – yes, lovely long bike ride and cardio.
Tracking – yes
Calories – yes
1 pass day taken

I don’t know what happened to Tuesday? I’m writing this on Thursday morning. I obviously forgot to post Tuesday evening, then on Wednesday morning I was busy getting ready to go out for the day.

Great opener @StayFITTer. I do get lots of freggies every day and strangely, yesterday I listened to a short radio program (while in the car) about the benefits of beetroot. But in order to really see these benefits it was suggesting eating 2 or 3 beets every day! You would be buying them by the sackful.

Mrs_Hoffer wrote: »

I love this chart as well! Thanks @StayFITTer !! This is definitely worth printing off and keeping! I can't say that I do a very good job of eating the "rainbow", but I do try to get a wide variety of freggies! (Who came up with that word "freggies" are few months ago here in this group - does anyone remember?)

Anyways, terrific opener!!!

@Mts_Hoffer yep, I introduced group to “freggies” because I got tired of pecking out “fruits & vegetables” on my phone! 🤣😂

Three days ago, I prepped all veggies so we have a salad bar in the fridge. I had forgotten that I used to do this. Makes eating a delicious salad so easy!

Then I remembered that I used an app to give me a real time calorie surplus or deficit & used that to help me figure out if I was really hungry or not.

Step by step, piecing together my habits again - new & improved version (hopefully)