Back to the mat

I had a great yoga class. 

It was restorative yoga so there was no sweating involved but it felt great to stretch and get all the kinks out.

I did spend the first part of the class wishing I had these socks:

The socks that remind me of the movie Flash Dance and could be (in a really, really retro way) be considered slightly stylish.

Instead of these:

The full foot sock version which makes me feel like a 200 year-old-grandmother with cold feet.

One of the things I love most about yoga is that even after a vigorous class  I always leave feeling very relaxed.

For lunch I decided I wanted something fast so I put together a simple salad.

This salad was a super easy mix of baby lettuce, a shredded carrot, chopped green onion, chopped fresh parsley and some leftover chicken.

I tossed everything with a little bit of the raspberry vinaigrette dressing. 

It did occur to me this afternoon that I need to include more healthy fats in the form of nuts into my diet.

And I also need to rotate in a greater variety of vegetables into my meals.


Does anyone else find themselves falling back into a dietary rut if you don't make a conscious effort to pick up new and different foods?


 

Distractions

I was distracted this morning. I spent too much time organizing, deleting and re-organizing my photos.

But on the positive side - My camera's memory card is almost empty.

I ended up having lunch before heading out to do errands.

I simmered 1/4 cup of quinoa with 3/4 cup of water until tender. I mixed 1 small can of tuna with mustard, powdered garlic and pepper.

I dressed some salad greens with raspberry vinaigrette (with a 1/2 Tbsp. of Udo's oil).

The quinoa and tuna got mixed together and placed on top of the lettuce with a few cherry tomatoes on top.

Oh, and one orange.

My thoughts on weight loss? I know that the conventional method of counting calories and strictly controlling my food intake will not work for me.

I am too contrary in nature and the hyper focus on what you CAN'T have on most diets would drive me crazy.

So, I decided that I will approach it from a nutrition perspective. I have certain things I want to include in my diet - suffiecient amounts of Omega 3's, more trace minerals, lots of antioxidants, etc. - so I am just going to keep track of what I want to INCLUDE in my diet.

I figure after I fill in all the things I want - there will be little room left for the other stuff. 

And I believe that when you provide your body with great nutrition - all the other stuff will just fall into line naturally.

I will find out soon enough if this approach works :-)