Tomorrow the group spring cleanse officially starts and I am pretty excited. I started on my own April 1 and did pretty well. Until Easter weekend I had no coffee or sugar or alcohol. I allowed myself a few exceptions for the holiday. It`s hard to celebrate with others and completely avoid those three things. Yeast breads were actually the hardest thing for me to do without and the thing I`ll need the most support with. I didn`t think I ate a lot of bread but when I realized pita bread and pretzels fall into this category, it became harder than I thought. Also BBQ season is upon us and a veggie burger is just such a nice thing. I am only going to do the yeast part of the cleanse for two weeks. The rest I will try to do until May 1.
As part of the cleanse I am really going to try to get back on some sort of fitness schedule. I am always over-ambitious with this which means I always fail. I do need to run three times a week in order to get back on my half marathon training schedule. And I would like to do yoga 2-3 times a week. Plus, now that it is Spring, there are few reasons for me not to bike every single day (thunderstorm and illness are the only good reasons). One of the library branches I work at is a somewhat scary bike ride but I think I just have to overcome that fear. And also start wearing a bike helmet just in case.
So, here is the Spring Cleanse as I will do it:
* No sugar (in any form other than what exists in whole foods), no alcohol, no yeast breads, no coffee
* Eat brassica veggies, flax or chia seeds and parsley every day
* Run three times a week (one has to be 12 km or longer)
* Do yoga 2-3 times a week
* Bike as much as possible
* Blog about it everyday :)
And then on May 1 when it is finished, I am going to start a weight training program based on the book The New Rules of Lifting for Women. Exciting!
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