Healthy Holidays Experiment Week 1 (plus a few extra days)
For this experiment, I will be working out 6 days per week or 6 workouts per week. I will eat my version of gluten-free, dairy-free, and sugar-free every day for specific weeks. Then, on a holiday week, I will have a few days where I can eat anything. After that, I will do a 3-day vegetable juice cleanse before continuing with my regular nutrition plan.
Friday, November 1st
Workout of the Day: 4.95 miles of walking + 10 minutes full-body stretching on the Power Plate.
Healthy Food of the Day: Greek Yogurt with Blueberries, Raspberries, and Red Grapes
Day 1 complete. I had a lovely evening with Tom, watching a movie!
Saturday, November 2nd
Workout of the Day: Rest day for working out for this past week.
Healthy Food of the Day: Greek Salad from Sammy’s Woodfire Pizza with no feta cheese.
Day 2 complete. Welcome to the world, niece Zoey! My brother, Will, and sister-in-law, Chea, had Zoey today at 4:31am!
Sunday, November 3rd
Workout of the Day: 1-hour full-body weights workout of my creation + 10 minutes full-body stretching on the Power Plate.
Healthy Food of the Day: Homemade whey protein smoothie with peanut butter, chia seeds, almond milk, one scoop whey protein, and a banana.
Day 3 complete. My strength workout made my body feel great!
Monday, November 4th
Workout of the Day: 5.29 miles of walking + 10 minutes full-body stretching on the Power Plate.
Healthy Food of the Day: Brown rice pasta, mixed vegetables, and goats cheese.
Day 4 complete. I had a productive day with my businesses!
Tuesday, November 5th
Workout of the Day: 20 minutes cardio + 3 miles walking.
Healthy Food of the Day: Homemade whey protein fruit smoothie.
Day 5 complete. It was a super- relaxing day off with Tom!
Wednesday, November 6th
Workout of the Day: 1-hour full-body weights workout of my creation+ 10 minutes full-body stretching on the Power Plate.
Healthy Food of the Day: Homemade vegetable juice.
Day 6 complete. I’m having a great week so far!
Thursday, November 7th
Workout of the Day: 3 miles of walking.
Healthy Food of the Day: Greek yogurt with organic cherries and blueberries.
Day 7 complete. It was lovely to spend time with family!
Friday, November 8th
Workout of the Day: 5 miles of walking + full-body stretching.
Healthy Food of the Day: Brown rice, vegetables, and tofu stir-fry from Veg-n-out.
Day 8 complete. We watched a fun Redbox movie at home!
Saturday, November 9th
Workout of the Day: Matwork Pilates workout + 5 miles of walking + 10 minutes full-body stretching on the Power Plate.
Healthy Food of the Day: Tofu lettuce cups at Cinépolis.
Day 9 complete. We enjoyed Ender’s Game at Cinépolis, the luxury cinema!
Week 1 complete. I’m so excited to have a new addition to the family – baby Zoey!
Overview of the week: This week was full of excitement as well as being very busy. With my niece arriving on Saturday, I spent most of the day at the hospital from about 2am with her, Will, and Chea. I’ve then kept up my normal work schedule along with spending time with Tom, Zoey, and the rest of my family. I did lighter workouts this week, as it was difficult to fit in certain workouts. It also felt right for me this week. Next week, I plan on doing more intense workouts! Even though it was difficult at times to stick with my nutrition plan, I’m happy to have stuck with it.
Highlights of the Week: My niece, Zoey, being born on November 2nd!
Workout Motivation of the week: Do 1-minute planks when commercials come on. It can be front planks, side planks, planks with leg raises, or rotation.
Gluten-Free Food of the Week: Greek yogurt
Dairy-Free Food of the Week: Fresh vegetable juice
Sugar-Free Food of the Week: Organic Cherries
What you can learn from my experiences:
Find healthy alternatives for your temptations! Change can make sticking with your health goals difficult. Baby Zoey being born and eating out made it tempting to indulge. I’ve tried to find healthy alternatives that I could enjoy and still stick with my goals this week. It helped!
My own variation of a sugar-free, dairy-free, and gluten-free vegetarian diet:
Sugar-free consists of no sugar, sugar substitutes, honey, or other equivalent except for a small amount of preferably natural sweetener that is already in a product such as bread or whey protein.
Dairy-free includes a few exceptions. I’m including whey protein. I also have times of experimenting with Greek yogurt and regular yogurt to see if they are beneficial to me. In addition, I include eggs in my diet, which is a variation from a vegan diet.
Gluten-free also includes a few exceptions. I include Ezekiel Bread or sprouted bread, which is close to gluten-free in how it’s digested but not actually gluten-free. Some gluten-free plans say oats are fine and some do not. I include oats in my plan.
Photo at the top of this post is of me in my “Santa Baby” costume from a Christmas ice show my ice dance partner and I were headliners for in England.