weekly challenge #9

So, I am still plugging along, trying desperately to be motivated to exercise.  But I am still moving forward toward health (I am especially excited about this course) and haven't given up so woohoo!

This week Kris is challenging us to get more sleep and add a fruit or veggie at every meal.  Well, first, I have a nursing toddler and she does nurse at night.  I try not to stay up past 10pm most nights, but sometimes if hubby and I want some extra alone time we will watch a movie til late.  But, I am awake a lot during the night while I nurse.  I am a big fan of letting kids wean themselves in their own time, so I won't stop this.  I will say that it is getting better, she is sleeping longer these days (though usually still in our bed) but it does affect my sleep.  I am sure that I could feel better if I was more consistently getting full nights sleep.  But for now this will have to do.

I have been drinking green smoothies some mornings, not every morning, to get some extra veggies and fruits in my days.  They are so good and I just made this heavenly one (I used milk instead of rice milk, and honey instead of agave) this morning.... it was that kind of morning :) the kids love this one and I didn't make enough...I may need to make more later :)

I am not a huge fan of salads, though I do eat them.  I had wanted to do a salad for lunch every day when I started this but it hasn't been working.  I was too hungry too soon after.  I won't eat commercially marketed salad dressings as they are too high in artificial things I can't even pronounce.  I need to learn to make my own but the things I have tried haven't turned out so well.  So salads end up being tasteless and boring.

The kids and I do enjoy orange, yellow and red bell peppers.  I can't find them organic this time of year around here, but I do buy some non organic since it's one of the only things we buy non organic ( along with the clementines I like to snack on).  I try to have a frozen veggie my kids like at dinner every night.  I can't wait til summer and farmers markets and our garden ....  but for now we work in what we can.

Fruit is easier because it is sweet.  This time of year we eat a lot of clementines and apples.  I use a lot of frozen fruit in those smoothies I mentioned and if there is a sale on grapes like we had last week we stock up (though they were still gone in a few days) but is was a nice treat in this boring time of the food year.

So... good things happening in our food life.