1. Nutritional Fitness: Eat 5 Vegetable or fruits daily
Here’s what a 40:30:30 (Protein:Carb:Fat) lunch looks like.
(recipe at the end of post)
I’m finding that it’s pretty easy to keep my meals in the 40:30:30 ratio. Snacks are easy too, but by the time I’ve got it all balanced out, it’s more of a meal then a snack. That makes my food intake very high for the day putting my calories way above the fat burning zone.
My solution is too break my snacks up. One carb heavy snack, and one protein heavy snack, and the third snack can be used to balance out my ratio at the end of my day.
Because I’m not waiting to get hungry to eat, I’m not having any cravings, and I’m not burning up any muscle. Yay, for eating every 2-3 hours. I’ve been setting my timer on my phone, just in case I forget.
Protein:Carb:Fat ratio: Goal 40:30:30 yesterday ended up being 42:28:30
Daily Calories: 1865 which was just over the fat burning zone.
I figured out my personal fat burning calorie zone at FreeDieting. I entered my height, weight, age, activity level, and even my current fat %. 1397-1862 is my current fat burning zone.
2. Physical Fitness: Exercise 5 days a week
I slept in today. I knew in the back of my mind that It would be easier to just do my cardio at home. When, in reality, it will just take up more time in my day. Tomorrow, I’ll do 4:30 again and work the lower body. Cardio days could be a struggle…(if I let them), but even if I get up at 4:30 and bike here at home, that will work, and make it easier to get the full 60min. I need to be mixing up my cardio so I don’t plateau. I’ll figure it out.
3. Mental Fitness: Set and complete 5 daily goals every day
Today
- GYM @ 4:30 (not even close, but i did do a 60min cardio at home)
- read 5 min
- make turkey hands with kids done
- prep for thanksgiving
- be grateful
4. Financial Fitness: Set aside or come up with $500 for San Diego done
I’m working on the rest of the finances, and if I only use $500 of the $750 for San Diego for now. I can take the extra $250 and put it directly towards a debt, then I can insure that it will be paid off before interest is applied.
I’m learning that it’s better to earn interest then to pay it. So, I’ll take the extra $250 (from extra school money) and put it towards debt.
5. Social Fitness: 5 Connect with five people daily…baby steps
I met a lady at the store juggling three kids, and she apologized for being in the way. I told her I totally understood and that I was just glad dad was home with the kids tonight.
We ended up laughing about taking a long time to shop just to have a nice break. “Sorry Honey, I just can’t find those pie shells.“ Which was even funnier when we went inside and there was a huge kiosk with anything you would ever need for thanksgiving.
I didn’t take a long time to shop, but I did enjoy a good laugh.
Tuna Salad
2 C Spinach & Lettuce chopped
1 C Cucumber chopped
1 Tomato chopped
1 6oz can Tuna drained
1 T of Olive Oil
1 t Mustard
1 t Balsamic
1t Garlic Salt
Toss it all together and enjoy = )
(Because it’s so low in carbs, I added a banana on the side to balance things out.)
