Howdy! I just finished this green smoothie and am feeling refreshed and pretty jazzed about the final day of April: the sun is shining warmly, and the weekend is in near sight… which means fresh strawberries from the farmer’s market and maybe a long run.
Speaking of long runs, I am popping in today to recap how things went with those April Intentions I set at the beginning of the month.
1 // Share more about food on Nutrition Nut via recipes and nutrition topics
Over the years that Nutrition Nut has grown, it feels as though my sharing of recipes and nutrition information is not as abundant. I’d like to create a couple of new recipes this month and/or share more of my daily eats.
Of my four intentions, this is the one I made the least progress with. I am trying not to be so hard on myself for not producing Pinterest-publishable recipes, and focus on what I have managed to accomplish. Follow me on Instagram to see some of my daily eats and treats!
2 // IINteract more with my IIN classmates
School is moving right along. Now that we have dove into the coaching material, it’s important that we practice our coaching skills/techniques with our classmates. I’d like to practice with a fellow student four times this month (ideally, once per week).
Yes! I had five calls with fellow students this month, in addition to my group Coach Call. It’s great connecting with other students and practicing/role playing; although, I will admit, I am feeling slightly anxious about needing to practice what we call “closing the deal.” More IIN updates to come!
3 // Reach out to a friend once a week
Most of my friendships have evolved into long distance relationships as we’ve gone our separate ways for jobs, families, experiences, etc. Whether it’s a phone call, e-mail, or text conversation, I’d like to connect with at least one of my friends each week to keep our connection close albeit miles apart.
I think I had this in the back of my mind most evenings after work, but I didn’t follow through with it as much I would have liked. This intention is certainly rolling over into May as one of my main motives!
4 // Build up to some longer distance runs, 6-8 miles
While I have not been running impressive mileage lately, the running I have done has been mostly pain-free (fingers crossed). I would be thrilled to run a couple of 6-8 mile runs in April. #gothedistance
Done! I started the month off with a bang, unintentionally running 8.5 miles. The following weekend I ran a slower six, and I have been fitting in shorter spurts of running here and there. I am hoping to continue the pain-free running in May.
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Your runs look beautiful! It’s finally starting to get nicer outside here, so I’m starting to build up to longer runs as well. My May goals are to continue working on an intuitive eating/anti-diet program I’m doing locally where I see clients, as well as to turn off my computer at night. Sometimes, it’s hard to turn off the work when most of it’s on my computer.
Love these intentions! Most of my friendships are long distance as well. I honestly used to have a list of friends (weird I know), but I did, and I would make sure I contacted them each, each month, whether it’s just a text to say hello, or an email, etc. It’s tough these days, because people don’t stay close anymore; at the same time, technology should make it easier, right? Long story short, I kind of stopped doing this, and reading this reminded me that I need to get back in the habit of doing it again. Thank you! :)
You’re taking on a lot right now, so don’t be too hard on yourself for not posting as many recipes as you hoped. Posts like that are sooo time consuming.. making the food, taking photos, writing the post. I don’t know how food bloggers do it!
I’m not sure if you’ve talked about your experiences with Integrative Nutrition, but I would love to hear more about it!
Also, if you would be interested, me and few other bloggers host a “Did You Know” link-up the first Friday of every month to share posts on nutrition, health, and fitness topics. Just thought I would share if you might be interested in joining in! (The link-up is in my last post FYI.)
Hi Emily – Yes, I’ve written a couple of posts entirely about IIN so far, and I plan to share more soon. You can find them on the Health Coaching page :)