Being Healthier

We interrupt your normally scheduled posts for :

We’re Engaged!!!!!

More details to come, I am so excited and happy that I don’t even know where to start!

Body

Shred, Level 3
Yoga, on my own 30 minutes. I loved doing a yoga session on my own because I could really flow, follow my own breath with my movements at a pace that feels comfortable. I love the downloads but sometimes I don’t breathe correctly because I focus on what the download is telling me to do.

Mind

Endurance Project
Travelled to Nana’s

Soul
Fishing at the Lake …my new fishing lures to go with my new tackle box…

No catches, very cold, but fun!

Breakfast:
Yogurt with Oatmeal Squares cereal 

and then I added fruit!
Provides:
265 kcal
26 g protein
2 servings of fruit, 1 whole grain

Lunch:
Nana’s Homemade Oxtail Soup

Her homemade Tomato Bacon Quiche

* I have never had oxtail soup but I just learned about its properties regarding collagen. I really did think it made my skin look healthy!

Provides:
really not sure here… ( the quiche slice was about 300, I am overestimating on the soup)

600 kcal
~ 13 g protein ( I assume it was about 2 eggs, a few chunks of meat in the soup.. )
 

Dinner:
Easter Ham with Pineapple, Carrots, and Sweet Potato Casserole
  

What I had from this dish was approximately 1 serving of veggies, 2 servings of meat, and 1/2 serving of fruit.
I used nutrition data to find Ham information and guess my portion of ham alone was about 180 calories, 6 g fat, 1000mg of sodium, 30 g protein.
With all the other fixings total:
530 kcal
way more sodium than usual!

Dessert:

Carrot Spice Cake

It was actually not a huge slice, so I would guess about 320 calories and lots of fat. The healthy fat from the walnuts but the unhealthy from such delicious frosting!

• Overall:
  1715 kcal for the day

  This is a classic example of WAY too much sodium! I am not happy for myself about that but personally, I have very low blood pressure and typically do not consume much salt or sodium rich dishes. 

  Be-Healthier Today :

  The average American consumes 3500mg of sodium each day! Only 1/4 of the sodium we consume comes in our foods naturally, that means 3/4 is from the salt shaker and processed foods

  The AHA recommends a daily sodium limit to 2400 mg. 1 teaspoon of salt equals 2300 mg.

  Today, I showed the example of how sodium really adds up! 

  Tips:
  Try distancing your high-sodium meals from each other, i.e if you want soup for one meal, try to balance your next meals with lower sodium meals.
  If balancing is hard (which can be easy if you are not preparing your own meals), drink plenty of water to counter balance the effect of sodium, KNOW the foods high in sodium and keep your portion of it smaller.   Find out more info on deciphering high sodium foods here:
  http://www.uhs.wisc.edu/docs/uwhealth_sodium_180.pdf

  Eating less sodium will help:

• keep your body from retaining extra water
• help medicine work more effectively
• control blood pressure
• decrease bone mineral loss
• decrease kidney stone risk