Life Style Challenge: Week 3

Week 2 was successful.  Challenge review:

(1)  No bread, no pasta, no rice
(2)  Exercise for 15 20 minutes, 3 days a week (T, Th, Sat)-- 10 15 min cardio, 5 min strength
(3)  Get new doctor and dentist arranged in Coldville

For number 3, I selected the new location (both doctors and dentists are conveniently located at one medical center location) over the weekend but I have not yet booked the appointments.  I realized I need to do this at work where I have access to my calendar so I have moved the second half of this process to Week 3. 

My neck/shoulder were hurting on Saturday so I switched the strength training for an extra 5 minutes of cardio--I had decided at the beginning of this that I could substitute cardio and strength time as necessary in case of sore muscles, bum knee acting up, etc.  Robert I watched Doctor Who and Game of Thrones this week during our exercise time.  We actually split the one Doctor Who episode (a longer holiday special) into two sessions; I really enjoy the show in small doses but 60 minutes is definitely too much at one go.   

GOT, on the other hand, we watched both episodes on the DVD back to back on Saturday night, and I at least was feeling all waaaah I want more!  At the end of the second episode, I was like, Whoa, I didn't see that coming--did that happen in the book?  Robert's like, Um, yeah.  But seriously, I had no memory of it at all.  Of course, we are talking about the person who was completely surprised by the ending of The Sixth Sense BOTH TIMES she watched it.  So...yeah. 

I can relate to this YA author who believed the Internet when it said this super-popular quote came from his book only to find out, Fuck, I stole that from a 13 year old girl.  (I liked the fact that he reports being surprised during the filming of a movie based on his book that a scene they were shooting was directly from his own book.  I did not like the fact that he never actually apologized in this video.)

I selected this tassel necklace from Kohls as my prize for the week.  I don't usually wear long necklaces but I liked the look of this one a lot.

Now on to Week 3, a Super Challenge Week.

(1)  No bread, no pasta, no rice
(2)  Exercise for 20 25 minutes, 3 days a week (T, Th, Sat)-- 15 20 min cardio, 5 min strength
(3)  Make doctor and dentist appointments
(4)  Make new paleo main dish and veg recipes
(5)  Max of 4 Triscuits per day

I'm doing really well on number 1 for the last two weeks, but have been compensating with a bit more Triscuit than is probably good for me.  4 is a magic number, and though it's going to be a bit hard to cut back, I can do it.  For this week's meals, I have more veg than usual available to me, and I'm thinking I might benefit (in terms of managing hunger in the evening) by upping my meat/protein intake a bit.  It was an eye-opener to see the meat serving sizes recommended in the paleo cookbook from which I selected this week's new recipes.