Week 1 - Day Four

Today was another good day - I was preparing to go visit my Mom (a couple hours away from my place) and was planning to stay with her for 5 days, so I wanted to make sure I had everything ready to go.  I woke up and had my shower then drank my protein drink then I went to the gym before leaving town.  It feels surprisingly good to get my workout in near the beginning of my day.  There is no way I would ever want to wake up at an awful hour like 5am, but working out around 10am works nicely for me.  The system at the gym read that I burned more calories than I have in any other workout prior - that felt pretty empowering!

Before leaving I made sure to eat my lunch which was amazingly good (and is now my new favorite lunch).  It was a salad with tomatoes and tuna with a bit of low fat mozzarella cheese.  I also had a little bit of cottage cheese and a few strawberries.  Easy and healthy (and not a microwave meal is a bonus)!  I grabbed a Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte from Starbucks before hitting the road and that lasted me almost the whole drive.  A little while after getting to my Mom's place I had my handful of almonds to hold me over until dinner.

We planned to go grocery shopping tomorrow morning after my workout, but that meant I would need to find an alternate dinner to what was on my meal plan.  I didn't want to mess everything up, so I knew that I would have to make a choice in eating something at a restaurant that I wouldn't feel guilty about.  Mom suggested heading to the Japanese restaurant nearby for dinner and I knew I could find something there that would work.  I ended up ordering a tofu teriyaki meal that had bean sprouts, cabbage, mushrooms and green peppers - the meal came with rice and a green salad.  I ate the salad but only had a couple tablespoons of the rice.  I also had a tuna roll, with no soy sauce, just lemon on it.  I felt good after leaving and I know in the future I can eat out without going overboard.

I managed to get 6,670 steps in for the day, more than any day I've had yet -yay!  Again, the recommended water intake is still pretty easy to get in during the day.

I feel really happy that things are going smooth on this plan for me.  It all seems very simple and easy.  I really enjoy having a meal plan set out for me to work off of.  It makes sure that I get enough protein and vegetables, and that's something I was lacking before starting the program.  My body is thanking me and I'm feeling good - I know I'm not even a week into my 90 days, but I know I can manage this.