Weekly Food Menu - 1.4.21 to 1.10.21 (Vegetarian/Vegan/Plant-Based)

Monday

Meal 1: Sweet Potato Skillet (Beginners Plant Based Cookbook)

Meal 2: Buffalo Cauliflower Pita Pockets (Forks Over Knives)

Meal 3: Chickpea Curry Stew with Kale (Forks Over Knives)

Snacks: Whole-Wheat Blueberry Muffins and fresh fruit 

Tuesday:

Meal 1: Sweet Potato Skillet (Beginners Plant Based Cookbook)

Meal 2: Buffalo Cauliflower Pita Pockets (Forks Over Knives)

Meal 3: Orange Glazed Tofu Bowls with steamed broccoli (Forks Over Knives)

Snacks: Maple Pecan Granola with vanilla soy milk 

Wednesday:

Meal 1: Sweet Potato Skillet (Beginners Plant Based Cookbook)

Meal 2: Dinner Leftovers 

Meal 3: Thai Vegetable Noodle Soup (Forks Over Knives)

Snacks: White Bean and Chickpea Hummus with raw veggies

Thursday:

Meal 1: Sweet Potato Skillet (Beginners Plant Based Cookbook)

Meal 2: Dinner Leftovers 

Meal 3: Italian Bean Balls with Vegan Marinara Sauce and Spaghetti Squash

Snacks: Whole-Wheat Blueberry Muffins and fresh fruit 

Friday:

Meal 1: Vegan Overnight Oats or Hot Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal 

Meal 2: Dinner Leftovers 

Meal 3: Easy Enchilada Bake (Beginners Plant Based Cookbook)

Snacks: Maple Pecan Granola with vanilla soy milk 

Saturday:

Meal 1: Vegan Overnight Oats or Hot Cinnamon Raisin Oatmeal 

Meal 2: Dinner Leftovers 

Meal 3: Leftovers or homemade Margarita Pizza's or Order In 

Snacks: White Bean and Chickpea Hummus with raw veggies

Sunday:

Meal 1: Plant-Powder Pancakes (Beginners Plant Based Cookbooks)

Meal 2: Dinner Leftovers 

Meal 3: White Bean and Red Lentil Burgers with Homemade Fries (Thug Kitchen Cookbook)

Snacks: Any leftover snacks from the week 

It's time to get our health back under control, too many holiday sweets and unhealthy eating has been fun but it's time to get back to business and back on the healthy eating path. As we begin 2021 we have decided to adjust our healthy lifestyle by eating more meatless meals and more vegetarian, vegan and plant based meals.  It does not mean that we are giving up all meat but just reducing the amount as we would much rather have more plant-based foods in our diets. This will make cooking for me much easier with my older daughter being vegetarian, plus I'm okay with cooking less meat myself.  This weeks meal plan is more focused on plant based meals which I was able to find recipes on from the Forks Over Knives website, my new Beginners Plant Based cookbook and my favorite vegan Thug Kitchen cookbook.  I will post my pictures in our Facebook group along with our reviews of how everything turned out and if we would eat it again. Looking forward to lots of healthy veggies, grains, legumes and healthy fats. Hope everyone has a safe and healthy week. Enjoy and happy cooking!!!

Run The Year 2021 Challenge - Sole Sisters Team

 

Happy New Year, we finally made it to 2021.  I'm not sure about you but I'm sure glad 2020 is over, what a horrible year it was for all of us on many different levels mentally, physically and emotionally, it was just tough all around.  I'm sad to say I did not complete last years challenge like I wanted, I just could not focus or get myself in a good place to want to run and that is very sad as I love to run even in the dead heat of summer.  Now that last year is over it's time to move forward and focus on the new year of 2021 and I could not be more excited to get moving again, it's been way too long for me and my body can feel it.  I'm also very excited for our Sole Sisters team who will be competing again in the Run the Year Challenge to run a total of 2021 miles in 2021, we have a great group of ladies who are always so motivating and supportive of this journey.  This year we have added a new team member who is a friend of my so we are at a full team with 5 ladies and we all enjoy running and walking even if we can't do it together. Our Facebook group is going strong, so it will be fun to share our post runs and walk selfies along with running/walking articles or just overall get moving motivational quotes and pictures.  It's easy to get motivated in the beginning of every year but it's not always easy to stay motivated throughout the whole year, it's nice to have others who can provide support for when we need it the most.  

My goal this year is to just keep moving, I would love to get my running back up to where it use to be when I was actually training for a race, I know I can get back there just need to take one day at a time.  I need to get myself back on a running schedule and then put it in motion, always easier said then done.  I'm also going to change my eating habits for this year since my daughter is vegetarian we have decided as a family to all jump on board with this by really focusing on eating healthy plant based foods and less meat and dairy.  I'm not going to be 100% perfect but I want to be able to enjoy healthy cooking and not add so much stress to my life with cooking so many different meals for the family.  Nutrition is just as important as working out, I remember going vegetarian after my oldest was born back in 2012 when I wanted to lose the baby weight I had gained during my pregnancy.  I began with going vegetarian as my lifestyle of choice and created a training plan for a half marathon that I was going to run later in the year and it was the best decision I made.  I loved seeing my transformation not just in my body but mentally too, I know I can get back to that place it just takes hard work and dedication which I have.  

As we move through the new year I will be logging my individual stats each months below to see how I'm doing as it will be a good accountability for me.  I will also share our teams monthly stats to see how we are doing overall and make sure we are staying on track to reach our goal.  Lets make this the best year yet for our Sole Sisters Team!!!

June 2021 Total = 93.07 Miles

Running Miles: 10.34

Walking Miles: 14.28

Total Steps (miles): 68.43

Sole Sisters Team Total Miles = 281.13

May 2021 Total = 81.80 Miles

Running Miles: 3.17

Walking Miles: 1.30

Total Steps (miles): 77.33

Sole Sisters Team Total Miles = 304.29

April 2021 Total = 125.64 Miles

Running Miles: 22.09

Walking Miles: 17.86

Total Steps (miles): 87.67

Sole Sisters Team Total Miles = 329.82

March 2021 Total = 161.13 Miles

Running Miles: 51.24

Walking Miles: 25.74

Total Steps (miles): 84.15

Sole Sisters Team Total Miles = 358.61

February 2021 Total = 27.89 Miles

Running Miles: 3.59

Walking Miles: 0

Total Steps (miles): 24.31

Sole Sisters Team Total Miles = 210.11

January 2021 Total = 44.23 Miles

Running Miles: 18.49

Walking Miles: 0

Total Steps (miles): 25.74

Sole Sisters Team Total Miles = 184.78