New Season, New Goals.

Spring has sprung! March 21st marked the official start of Spring.  Things have been going non stop. The 24th of March was my birthday, then the Spring Fling Picnic in the park, this past weekend was the city's annual Springtime Tallahassee and this weekend coming up, I am attending another spring  birthday party for an awesome 6 yr old.  As I transition into this new season with all these events and activities, it is easy to forget things. I almost forgot to refresh my healthy lifestyle journey.  I thought about what I want to revamp and work or focus on.  I came up with two things; one for daily diet and the other for physical health.  The two things are no flour/ gluten-free and stronger core. I decided to try flour/ gluten free because I want to cut out processed foods. Flour and gluten are  major player when it comes to processed foods. I chose to work on my core because core engages the most muscles. Engaging the most muscle at time burns more calories, so it makes sense to me to work the core.  I have already revised my plan of eating, focusing on high protein. My biggest obstacle was going to be bread, you know sandwich bread.  It did not take long to switch to turkey bacon or whole wheat.  Bread was going to be a lot more challenging.  At the picnic in the park, a friend brought bread, which was flour free.  I took this as a great opportunity to try some of the breads out there. These are the two I have tried.
The Ezekiel 4:9 bread was the one I saw at the Picnic, this comes frozen in the frozen food section.  Of course, it takes getting used to.  The bread is made up of mostly grains so the texture is different. I will say I toasted it the first time and seem to like it better toasted.  The bread is more filling than regular white bread or whole wheat bread.

The second bread it Fitness Bread.  Less expensive than the Ezekiel bread, but even more dense. One thing different about this is that it comes as one long slice, which I kind of like. This bread has a taste like Rye bread, with a thick nutty texture.  I like to toast for breakfast.  

For my core, I went onto Pintrest, to look for more core engaging exercises.  To be honest, I go to Pintrest  for all kinds of ideas.  I have designed my dream walk-in closet, planned my wedding and handbag stalk.  I still have not gotten the Smith Florentine bag in natural by Dooney and Bourke. 

I am not going to lie, I have been cyber stalking this bag for years now.  I just can't see myself paying three to four hundred dollars for a bag. 

On Pintrest, I found some core workout, exercises and challenges. I have not done any yet, I want to develop a good rotation of core exercises to keep from getting bored.  I did make sure I worked on my core last time I went to the gym.  Today, I will do some sets on the stability ball.

I would like to focus on these new goals, but underneath it all, I am creating a diversion or distraction. From what? From thinking about this guy.  If I keep my focus on the goals at hand, I wont keep finding myself day dreaming about this guy.  To be honest, it isn't working; it is helping, but not keeping my mind from wondering, from dreaming.  What if? I find myself talking to God about it.



I heard this song while I was in Tampa, when I back I heard again and fell in love.