The Whole 28 and a Half: Day One....DONE!
Easy, Right?!
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| Rachel and Scott's Meal Prep |
Starting Day One off with a bang!! Okay, actually this morning started off a little slow and sloppy, as it looks I am beginning this challenge with some form of head cold/allergy-festival affliction. But, I'm not letting that stop me. No, Sir. Before giving the low down on my Day One, I think I should first share the details of Pre-Challenge Eve...
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| This dude was my #1 Fan. |
Yesterday began as all Saturdays begin for me: at work. As noted in the last post, the refrigerator was still bereft of cooked and packed food, so I went with a big bag of veggies and a little dip to get me through the day. I stress the fact that I needed to quickly get through the day, because Pre-Challenge Eve fell on the same date as an Oktoberfest singing gig. Woof. But this was the plan! Get through the gig and give ourselves one last cheat meal. Not the most scientific or helpful choice, but we did it.
Now, since the Challenge is finally in action I won't go into the dirty details of this particular meal, but at the gym this morning, I surely did repent the sinful nature of crab Mac'n'Cheese, a glorious Cheese Burger, an impressive amount of "Liquid Bread" (oh hey, beer), and it's possible there was ice cream. It has been a VERY long time since we've done that kind of damage, and of course it will be a very, very long time until it happens again!
Phew! Thanks for letting me get that off my chest. ;)
Anywho, this Day One should hopefully be motivating and easier than we all expect (fingers crossed). The excitement of trying something new, the "fun" of picking out recipes--I particularly enjoyed getting to spend the day with Scott cooking up a storm and strategizing our meals for the next few days. Since we are eaters and workout hard, we eat...A lot. Thus our meal planning and cooking gets us to Wednesday before we have to do it all over again! Let's have a little preview of what went down here today, shall we?
Oooooooh, la la!!
This week, we're starting with chicken thighs & broccoli, turkey meatballs and grilled eggplant (with homemade sauce!), cucumber salad and taco-style chicken, some ground turkey chili to freeze, and of course, Scott's "Egg Cups" for breakfast. And we mustn't forget big-ol-bags of cut of veggies to snack on...possible with some homemade dip if we want to use up our Sour cream/Greek yogurt allowance for the day!
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And now it's "Sleepy Time Tea and A Movie" time so that I can knock whatever this respiratory nonsense is right out of me. I just want to say that if you're coming with me on this journey, you're already doing a really good job! Making healthy commitments to others can be easy, but really: when was the last time you made a healthy commitment to yourself?
So remember: we have a trusty notebook, so we better use it!
Write down what you eat and--hey--even your exercise. Why not? Learn your own patterns, what works and what doesn't. You might find out a neat trick or new idea that we can share. Any help is always welcome here.
If you have any questions, concerns, stories to tell, PLEASE feel free to share! You can comment here on the blog, send me a message on Facebook, or email me at Rachel@RachelPinkstone.com
- Be cool, Soda Pop -
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