Happy New Year!

It has been a while since I posted a blog but let me tell you, my life has been crazy!! But in a good way. So last quarter closed out my first year back in college and now I am on my second year. This quarter I am taking Nutrition, Biology and Math. I don’t see math disappearing any time, as a matter of fact not at all. I have so many more math classes I have to take to complete my major that I might as well be prepared to be scatter brained for the next few years.  My daughter just began her second semester as a college freshman and I am so very proud of her. It has been a blessing for both of us to be in school together even though she is 1500 miles away. She is also 2^nd in the nation right now for wrestling and headed to nationals. If we are lucky she will get to try out for the Olympics. My son is in his 5th-grade year and will be a middle school student next year “yikes”. He joins me on my runs from time-to-time however, he rather ride his bike while I do all the running.

Since I started back to school last year my eating habits have been total crap as well as my workout schedule. However, last summer I made it a point to start running in the mornings; that has been my savior. Once the first of the year rolled around and all of the holiday lunches, dinners and treats faded away I decided I would cleanse my system and get myself back on track and now I have more energy than ever. For four days I started my morning with a protein vegetable and fruit smoothie for breakfast, green juice all day until dinner and tomato soup for dinner. Currently, upon waking I have my “tonic” 2 tablespoons ACV, fresh Lemon Juice from ½ Lemon, Turmeric, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Cayenne Pepper, ½ cup warm Water, then I go for my run. After my run I have a simple smoothie with Power Greens (spinach, Chard, Kale), 1 Frozen Banana, 1 scoop of Protein and 1 cup of Unsweetened Vanilla Coconut Almond Milk, which I drink during my two, morning classes (3^rd class, Biology is online). The rest of the day looks like this: One cup of Tomato soup for snack, Lentils, Chicken Patty for lunch, protein and Vegetables for dinner; this is just an example. If I want anything to snack on after dinner, I will eat some seaweed, dried veggies or dried fruit. I end my evening with my “tonic” right before bed. If you want to know if I lost any weight since I cleansed my system the answer is yes, seven pounds (about 1 lb a day).  

Well, folks, that’s all for now. I will make it a point to be more diligent on my blog, with all of the essays I have to type, sometimes it’s hard to even think about typing up a blog post.

And…It Is What It Is!