One full week as a Veggie lover

It's officially one week of not eating any meat and the weight has started to go back down a bit. Not because of eating veggies or anything, but because I was just better about eating in general. I don't expect tomorrow will be as good as we had pizza and ice cream at the church Alpha course tonight, but maybe extra sleep will help. Actually, it seems like it's been more than a week, but it certainly hasn't been as hard to keep doing as I originally thought. Of course, I was also trying to go dairy-free but adding yogurt back into the diet really helped add more protein to the diet, though I pretty much stick to Suggi's flavors. It easy to keep them in the fridge since no one else in the family likes them! Tomorrow, back on the stretching & yoga. I took a couple days off w/ the USSF course all day Saturday & Sunday.

Still going...

It's been almost a week without any meat in my diet. I did have an egg yesterday and I've added some dairy back into my meals to keep my protein up. So far, not much difference except I'm really not using the bathroom as much. That and I'm eating more vegetables. I discovered Kefir which doesn't taste bad, and Suggi's yogurt which is awesome. You have to love a product with the tagline "More protein than sugar".

Garmin Connect - walk

Garmin Connect - Tried to focus on keeping a quick pace & it paid off. Felt nicely winded when I was done. It was a bit breezy which kept me cooler than I would have preferred, but it was probably for the best in the end.

Garmin Connect - yoga

Garmin Connect - RW yoga. I don't really like it - she talks too quickly. But you can't argue w/ burning 200 calories and feeling stretched.

Easy workout

Garmin Connect - very tired this morning but had to walk the dog! ended up doing three sets of lunges and mountain climbers which immediately improved the ankle.

Walk and jog

Garmin connect - a bit sleepy this morning but very happy to get up and moving and even jogging a bit. breathing very hard going uphill felt great. ankle wasn't perfect, but hours late in not feeling any discomfort or pain! I continue to massage it every morning even before getting out of bed and that seems to be working.

Do I want to keep doing this?

I ate no meat today. Veggies to snack on during the day, shake for breakfast, no lunch, and pizza for dinner. How many days can I do it?

Nick Bottoni Tournament

Garmin Connect - My first time at the tourney and it was swell, though I just could NOT stay out of the way sometimes. One girl ran into me and the ball bounced off me twice. It was crazy. Turns out there weren't enough teams for the boys tourney on Saturday so it was jut today. Bath girls won the title over Addison. And one of the semi-finals was Addison1 vs Addison2. All the games were really good. I was struck by the difference in play between the Corning United team vs the others, especially Bath. The CU team seemed to be playing dump-and-chase, sort of like hockey. The other teams were much more adept at looking for someone to receive a pass, and better touch passing as well. At one point they did a really nice pass back-and-forth to get around a defense, and there was some nice triangle play also. How do you teach that to young kids? It was really impressive, considering.

I was the only ref not wearing pants - didn't get the memo! I wore a new pair of NB sneakers I picked up just a couple hours earlier since all I had otherwise was my black outdoor turf shoes. I didn't do much moving so I could have gotten away with the outdoor ones, but I didn't know. At the end of the match we stayed to help clean up and the concession stand let the leftover hot dogs & pizza go for free.

Since this was a fundraiser, I was shocked that there is no website promoting it. Not even a Facebook page! Someone mentioned that there's a tournament listing site, but no one was sure whether or not this tournament was listed. I mentioned via email that I'd be happy to help with that. I also noticed they had fancy trophies - wonder how much they were & where they got them. At any rate, one meeting in the books for SCHSSA (Steuben County High School Soccer Association). They really need to change that name; nothing in it references who we are: referees & officials.

Garmin Connect - Walk / Jog

Garmin Connect: Not too breezy to be outside so I had some fun making up a route w/ belle. I got a burr up my butt and decided to jog a little, too. Just a few minutes but at the end of an uphill climb so definitely got the breathing going. I started the day with a long yoga session and this felt pretty good, too. No issue with the heels today but I'll be cooped up in the car tomorrow, driving to a funeral and back so glad to get this in the books. Officially put 100 miles on a pair of sneakers with this one, too :-)

Garmin Connect - Yoga

Garmin Connect: Runners World --> yoga for runners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqkeH2jMLt0. It was a good one, lots of twists and definitely got the heart rate up. Heels not too troublesome this morning.

Garmin Connect - Dog Walk

First Yoga, then walking. Can't believe how windy it was - made it much colder than the thermometer said. Jogged for just a minute or two for fun. Hoka Clifton's helped cushion things. I also took a few minutes before getting out of bed and massaged my heels using the balls of my feet and opposite heel. I did it for the last few days and I'll try to keep it up.

Garmin Connect

Garmin Connect - Yoga

Daily Yoga: Standing Routine 1. Left thigh & hamstring were really feeling it today. Maybe reverse sides next time - do left first, and then right.

Garmin Connect

Dog Walk

Garmin Connect
Only 27° - I should have worn pants. But I stuck it out and got in a full mile. Need to start putting some pace into these soon.

Yoga

Man, old Garmin Connect doesn't provide much detail when posting. Good to know going forward. Anywho, tough to get out of bed this morning, but glad to get some stretching done. Daily Yoga For Body Toning 1. I did some extra hip stretching as well.