Happy Monday

Usually my day would start at 4:50 am, waking to my alarm, crawling out of bed, throwing on some workout clothes and heading out to the door to be at Boot Camp ready to work out for 5:30 am.  Boot Camp doesn’t fit in my budget this week so I slept in … well sort of … alarm went off at 5:00 am.  I threw on some workout clothes got to work on a home workout.  A good warm up followed by:

AMRAP = As Many Rep/Rounds As Possible (in 20 minutes)

(Please note: I am not an exercise professional, you should always consult your healthcare provider before undertaking a physical activity program).

I am a firm believer that physical activity doesn’t have to cost a whole lot, or anything for that matter …  Walking, running, body weight movement, use water bottles or soup cans, just getting “up off your butt time”.  Below are some FREE ways be active in our community:

- Kenora’s beautiful trails http://tourism.kenora.ca/attractions/beaches-parks-and-trails/trails/

- Kenora Rec Centre walking track http://kenora.ca/getting-active/kenora-recreation-centre/amenities/

- The Neechee Friendship Centre offers a variety of activities for free, including Boga Fit, Ballroom Dancing & Yoga www.facebook.com/necheefriendshipcentre/

- Do you know of more?  I’d love to hear!

Shortly after my workout I opened my challenge card for the day:

“Lost your hairbrush.”

Luckily I’ve been avoiding washing my hair too often during the challenge and didn’t need to today – running my fingers through my hair did an ok job for this morning.  I’ll have to see if I can get my hands on a new one somewhere throughout my day.

Today was my first day of work since the challenge has started.  I work at the Paterson Medical Centre and had a personal appointment to attend at the rec centre late morning.  I would rather not spend the $2.50 each way on a ride, I have clients booked all day and the bus times won’t work, so I put on my warm walking clothes (for which I am more and more thankful for) and made my way over and back.  

The walk gave me some perspective into what people do to do get to appointments here at the Paterson Medical Centre.  It is not an easy place to get to.  It is a long / cold / snow covered walk, the bus schedule isn’t great, a taxi wouldn’t be cheap because it is kind of out of the way.   I needed an extra hour in my day to make the walk – this extra time is something I often do not have at work, it is something that many people may not have.

While walking to and from my appointment I did swing into a grocery store for a bag of iceberg lettuce salad ($1.97) which perked up my lunch and picked up a new hairbrush ($1.13).  Thankful I had room in my budget for both.

Meals so far today: 

Breakfast: oatmeal with peanut butter and a fruit cup

Snack: apple + hard boiled egg

Lunch: salad + quinoa + chickpeas

Snack: banana + rice cake with peanut butter

Supper: to be determined

I feel my nutrition has been fairly good to this point, but I have to admit … I’m missing meat (and I’m not a big meat eater to start), finding lean protein sources on a budget is TOUGH, I’m getting sick of carrots already, I might actually get tired of hard boiled eggs by the end of this.  I’m learning tons about what it is actually like to stick to a food budget this strict and this is only 5 days, I'm feeling a bit like I can’t even begin to understand what it would be like to do it day in and day out …

Budget update: $15.63 remaining

Nutrition & Physical Activity update:

Fruit & Veggie servings today = 6 (not including supper)

Extra Walking (walking as a result of the challenge) = 5 km