It flurried all day here but I'm not really sure what the accumulation was. There is already so much snow on the ground, it's hard to tell. I didn't go outside today. One of the fitness interns from Boston told me it was cold outside and that was all I needed to know.
The day started nice and early at 7am with Tai Chi. This was my first real experience with Tai Chi other than the little bit we did yesterday morning with the Morning Momentum class. Tai Chi is connecting your breath through movement. It is very different from yoga in that the movements are fluid and moving. The movements are very slow and deliberate and you have to make sure you are not rushing too much through the moves. The window in the exercise studio overlooks the Okemo Mountain, which is covered in snow, quite beautiful scenery to see while doing Tai Chi.
Waiting to do Tai Chi at 7 am. Thats a smile on my face. At 7am!
Breakfast was a challenge again this morning because I just couldn't find enough protein. The special protein this morning was chocolate hummus. It's mushed up black beans with cocoa powder in it. It sounds good but it just didn't do it for me for breakfast. I had a nice chat with the nutritionist after breakfast to come up with some good strategies for tomorrow morning.
The first class of the day was "Redefining Healthy Eating." One of the great things about Green Mountain is the idea that you cannot deny yourself all the time. Doing that only creates a vicious cycle of denying, restricting, denying, and then finally losing willpower and having what you where denying yourself. Then you have feelings of guilt and shame. That is no way to live! We also discussed healthy ways to pair foods so that you satisfy your hunger and then don't have cravings later.
At 10:30, I did the Cardio Combo class. This was a lot of fun and hard work. It was a combo of floor aerobics and step aerobics. I really worked up a sweat.
Lunch today was taco day. Today we had to make our plates based on the "plate model." The plate model basically divides the plate into half veggies, salad, etc, 1/4 protein, and 1/4 carbohydrates.
After lunch, we had a class called, "Mindful/Intuitive Eating: Identifying your Eating Style." Apparently I am a diet mentality eater. With a diet mentality, we tend to deprive ourselves and have good vs bad foods. Some ways to overcome this mentality is to give yourself the option to have what you want (chips, cake, etc) by adding them to your meal. You intentionally allow yourself access to so called "bad foods" once or twice a week. This way you do not deprive yourself and then overeat or binge on "bad foods." Also, you do not label foods as good or bad.
At 2:30, we had a total body strength circuit class. This involved 12 different strength stations set up around the exercise studio. Every minute, we would switch stations. We made our way around the stations 3 times.
The afternoon snack was a Green Mountain special. It is called the Green Mountain Truffle. It is yummy. I'm not exactly sure of all the ingredients and I have to find the recipe on the Green Mountain website, but it is peanut butter, powdered milk, raisins, and puffed cereal all rolled together and put into a cored out apple. It was so good and very filling.
Green Mountain Truffle
After snack, our last class of the day was called Myths and Realities About Weight. This was a great class. The biggest take home point was that we all have our "set point." This might not be the weight that is "normal" weight for all people 5 feet 8 inches or whatever height you are. We allow that people are going to be different heights and different shoe sizes, etc, why can we not allow that all people have a different "normal" weight also.
Well, friends, I am exhausted tonight and really want to get to bed. I'm going to skip over dinner and snack, just know they were yummy and healthy. Sleep is very important to eating healthy and managing weight also. So goodnight friends!
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