School started this week. I am a little anxious to see how I do with meshing my new lifestyle with my studies and work. I am determined and I think spending time on this blog will help me stay focused.
I was so enthusiastic when I wrote the segment above at the beginning of the week. I woke up with a cold the next day.. It is now Sunday and I just started on my homework for this week and needless to say the last day I worked out was last Tuesday. I have ate pretty well and my cold seems to be dwindling.
Tuesday night I made Paleo Tortillas http://www.paleonewbie.com/paleo-gluten-free-tortillas-recipe/ and had chicken tacos with tomatoes, avocado, lemon juice, salt and pepper. They were so good! They will definitely be something I have again.
I want to document what I used to try and remedy my cold. I am a firm believer in wheatgrass shots. Every time that I have felt a cold coming and I go get a shot of wheatgrass my cold is significantly shorter! I say this with a disclaimer because taking the shot itself is something I think I phrased to my friend as, "utter hell." It is the most disgusting taste on this planet. I don't know if it is something that could be acquired. It tasted like sweet dirt with an aftertaste of god knows what.. Not only that, there are different kinds of side effects that people report experiencing shortly after taking the shot. Here is what I found when I googled "Wheatgrass shot side effects." Stylecraze.com says "Besides headache and nausea, some of the most common detox symptoms are stomach ache, skin eruptions, coughing, nasal congestion and mild fever." If that doesn't sell it to you.. Haha! I know for myself to expect about 30 min of nausea after taking it, but I also know the good that it does.
A fun little fact, I made sure to ask for an orange juice chaser (because I know how awful the wheatgrass is) and the sweet girl at the drive-thru told me it came with an orange slice. I was horrified. I wanted the chaser I was used to, not only that but I had backup green tea for after the orange juice.
My cold remedy
The week ended on a good note with my closest friends and family. We all came together with our healthy recipes and had a family style feast. It was delicious!
I am definitely going to take this next week to jump back into exercising and eating well. I also need to keep up on my studies and find a balance with everything. I decided not to weight myself this week. I didn't get much exercise in, and even though I don't want to make this blog about the number on the scale. I think a gain or no change at all would be discouraging, so out of sight out of mind and we'll try again this next week.
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