September Reset

I do not think its coincidental that Day 1 of my de-clutter challenge starts with my fridge. It aligns perfectly with my Whole 30 plans for September.

I tried Whole 30 in July of 2013 and I was incredibly successful for 10 days. I felt great, I wasn't hungry, I wasn't snacking, I felt strong and I lost some weight. So, I can only imagine how good 30 days will feel. My lovely husband has agreed to do this with me.

Whole 30 is clean eating at its most basic. No dairy, legumes, sugar, grains, etc. Lots of veggies, fruits, meat. Sort of like Paleo, but the Whole 30 is designed to be a temporary reset, its not meant to be maintainable. The premise behind 30 days is to eliminate all the potentially harmful things from your diet and then slowly add things back in to see how your body handles those groups of food.

So, I found a meal plan online specifically for Whole 30. It is even includes a shopping list. So, off I go to the store. With time to prepare and chop vegetables all weekend, I should be good to go. I'm looking forward to some of the meals.

September DeClutter Challenge

I've never been a clean freak. I've never cared too much for cleaning. A lived in house is a happy house. My house isn't dirty, it just isn't clean. Know what I mean?

Anyway, clutter drives me insane. We've been in this house for almost two years now, and I am feeling the need to pare down and de-clutter. So I found a 30 day de-clutter schedule. I figure 15-30 minutes a day on each of these days will be easy enough to do. And by the end of the month, I'll have less clutter. I hope.

Here is the printable I'm using, if you want to follow along.

I'm starting on September 1, with my fridge. Stay tuned for some updates as I clear out the stuff in my house.

Catching Up

I'm embarrassed I haven't blogged/posted since March. I've been busy, I promise! Not busy enough with running and lifting, but busy.

Since the end of March I've logged 115 miles of running. (That doesn't look too bad, actually.) And some of them at very, very early hours of the morning.

I'm working on hitting 100 miles from June 1 to Sept 1 and I have 5 races scheduled for the fall. I haven't been lifting much at all, as I'm still nursing a hurt shoulder, but I plan to get back into that as well. I am using September as a big reset month for me, which I will tell you about once I figure it all out.

Until then.... I'll just Run. Lift. Rest. and Repeat.