Hello again. So every once in a while when I start to feel stagnant or bored I like to switch things up by doing a month long challenge. Most of the time I like to do five challenges because it keeps it interesting.
The challenges I’ve chosen this month are the following:
- Eat total Keto all month long – no cheats and blog my food.
- Exercise both cardio and strength every day (2 rest days possible)
- Spend 10 minutes a day cleaning up.
- Blog each day using the blog list challenge (pic blow)
- Dry brush and hydrate everyday.
(1) It’s important to me to detail my food diary to (1) help others if they are curious what some eat on a keto diet and (2) because I will be able to go back and check my progress using it.
(2) Exercise is one of those things for me that I either go in fully and super charged or just stop doing. I ALWAYS feel better when I do though and I know that so setting goals to do cardio and strength each day will be my reminder to feel good.
(3) I had recently lost 90% of everything that I owned including the home I had lived in for over 15 years due to a hurricane. What I realized most is that I don’t really miss anything. Of course there were a few items that I’ll think about every now and then and a few items that had been repurchased like my Keurig but I also realized that I’d been lazy about cleaning because I’d been there so long and I’d accumulated so much stuff. It has been a cathartic experience knowing that “things” do not control my life any longer. Kind of a crappy way to realize that but sometimes we just need that “extra” push”. Because of all that I am keeping my new place clean daily instead of just before visitors come. Dedicating 10 minutes a day will help this. Especially since I don’t have much stuff anyway. š
(4) I’ve always like the blog challenges especially when you want to write but nothing comes out. It’s like auto-pilot journaling.
(5) Another huge challenge for me is to hydrate myself enough. I have very dry skin and want to lose more weight. I have googled many things that help with hydration, skin and weight loss and came across dry brushing. I purchased a Dry Brush Set from amazon (link provided) and use it when I wake up. There’s some great YouTube videos online to show you how but not only does this help wake you in the morning, helps skins especially if you’re worried about excess skin from weight loss but it feels damn good! After I dry brush I usually use a combination of oil and collagen lotion which also helps dry skin.
So there you have my five things that I’m going to do this month. Now I’ll detail my keto foods for the day.
Breakfast: I call this my AF coffee. It’s basically coffee, MCT Oil (Link Provided here) and sugar-free Coffee Mate creamer or heavy cream and lastly top it off with zero carb whipped cream because, well, I’m fancy. Not only is this an awesome coffee but its a lot cheaper than Starbucks.
Snack: I had a cheese stick and I have two biotin gummies and take a Jarrow Formulas Inositol Pill which I’ll write about in another post but it does wonders for your body especially women by giving you energy and helping with those “monthly issues”. Basically I’ve not had cramps since taking the Inositol but I encourage you to do your own research. It is also shown to help depression.
Lunch: I went to Burger King and asked for a double cheeseburger, no ketchup or tomatoes and took off the bun and had a diet coke with a big bottle water.
Snack: I had pork skins and dipped them in salsa verde mixed with sour cream.
Dinner: Small 6 oz rib-eye with some garlic stuff olives.
Exercise: I did a mix of cardio and strength for 32 minutes then took a nice 30 minute walk in the full moon tonight.
I’m about to start my nightly routine which includes my 10 minutes of cleaning.
I dry brushed this afternoon after a late start this morning.
Lastly, my blogging challenge for today is this:
I’m supposed to introduce myself with a picture. I’m going to cheat on this one because I don’t like photos. But I will tell you a little bit about me: I was born in Exeter, England. I moved to Saudi Arabia as a small child and lived there for a very short time. Finally landing in Texas. I have lived here most of my life.
I have worked for a financial company for almost 20 years, yep the same place. I like what I do, just not always who I do it for. I’m a numbers gal. I could play with numbers all day and kind of do. However, on top of that, I also do legal work, have private clients and like to volunteer.
I am not a fan of standard social media. I don’t use my Facebook account unless it’s for work. I use an Instagram account for my keto profile under princess.keto (if you want to follow. I don’t use twitter.
I am single but it’s complicated. My first love is, was and always will be music. Without fail, you can always find a song to fit your mood. I listen to everything from modern rock to jazz to symphonic melodies.
That’s what I got for you today. I’ll be back tomorrow. Have a great day/night wherever you are!
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