Breakfast of Champions

I just love smoothies. You can pack so many nutrients into them and mask the taste of vegetables. The smoothie pictured contains blueberries, peaches, pineapple, spinach, fruit and vegetable boosters, almond milk and a tiny bit of orange juice. The boosters meet the daily intake required of fruits and vegetables. Granted I try to eat more fruit and vegetables throughout the day for snacks. Most of the time I have non-fat greek yogurt on hand and that adds lots of protein to the mix.

This week's workouts have been going well. I have added weight and doing lots more stairs. Every other day I do my runs and today I did 2.6 miles. I can't wait to run some races this fall. There is such a rush as you run with a large group of people.

I feel that over the past few months, I have become in touch with my body and it's needs. I'm an emotional eater, so whenever things start getting crazy in my life, I comfort myself with food. I did that on Monday and boy did I feel terrible. I recognized it and was able to stop the bad behavior. I didn't even beat myself up about it! That's definitely a first.  I'm learning how to cope with my stresses and channel that energy into other parts of my life. I am so thankful for these little benchmarks that I'm experiencing and hope that they continue throughout my life.