Drink your veggies!

Hi friends! Happy Hump Day! Is it seriously already Wednesday?! My business trips make time FLY!

While I haven’t been able to eat perfectly during my trip, I have tried to keep some things sacred. Vegetable juicing is at the top of my list! I feel like it’s my nutritional insurance policy. Even if I can’t eat perfectly the rest of the day, at least I started it off with a hefty dose of vitamins, minerals and enzymes!

I stuffed a cucumber, 1/2 bunch of kale, 4 carrots, 1 beet and 1 lemon into that glass!

I’ve also been eating lunch at home, which helps keep me on track:

I feel like photos just don’t do the size of my salads justice. I used an entire 6-oz. bag of lettuce in that bowl! My new favorite salad EVER is mixed greens topped with crunchy red peppers, shredded raw goat cheddar, and my new dressing love. This is like heaven in a bowl.

Once I have breakfast and lunch under control, I feel like any decision I make at dinner will be okay. I wind up eating out a LOT during my business trips, so my choices aren’t exactly as healthy as they would be at home. But I try to keep it in perspective– I’m only here for a week! I’ll be back on track in no time, and I should enjoy myself while I’m here! Some of my FAVORITE restaurants are in Kansas City, and I’m not going to deny myself the enjoyment of eating at them! And let me tell you, so far I have really enjoyed eating at them this week!

To try and prevent some of the “damage” eating many meals out can do, I’ve also pulled this out from my travel-arsenal:

See my KU glass? Rock Chalk!!!! (There’s a BIG GAME TONIGHT!!)

Here’s a bit about Natural Calm from its website:

Natural Calm is the solution to both restoring a healthy magnesium level and balancing your calcium intake—the result of which is natural stress relief. Natural Calm is the best-selling magnesium supplement on the market for over three years in a row according to health food supermarket scanner reports. It features a proprietary formula developed by nutritional researcher Peter Gillham that provides a highly absorbable, water-soluble magnesium in ionic form (having molecular charge that allows the element to easily bond with water), so it is ready to go to work right away.

Natural Calm can gradually reduce accumulated calcium, giving fast relief to many symptoms of magnesium depletion.

My colon hydrotherapist recommended this as a supplement for when I’m traveling or feeling “backed-up.” (A common symptom of travel and dehydration!) When I’m eating less-than-stellar foods, I find that taking Natural Calm helps my body manage a bit better. About 1-2 teaspoons a night with some water does the trick.

I’ve only got a few days left of traveling, then I’m looking forward to going back to Southern California’s abundance of fresh, cheap produce, and WARM weather!! I can’t believe how COLD it still is here!! Brrrr….

Hope you all enjoy your night! I’m going to be cheering on my alma matter from the top of my lungs.