Week 1 - Day Two & Three

The last two days went well - on Tuesday I managed to eat all the food on the menu and it's still filling me up quite well!  I bought a bottle that is made for protein shakes that has a ball whisk inside and it makes the shakes MUCH better.  I actually enjoy the drink in the morning - yay!  The protein mix I have is pretty chocolatey and isn't chalky at all.  Tuesday's morning snack was a string cheese and cucumbers, lunch was a frozen meal plus half a chicken breast and green beans.
 

Lean Cuisine Steak Tips with Broccoli and Half a chicken breast

 I wasn't hungry for my afternoon snack, so I left that for after dinner.  Dinner was another frozen meal plus broccoli and shrimp (yum!). 

Lean Cuisine - Tortilla Encrusted Fish. Doesn't look nice, but tastes really good!

Broccoli and Shrimp

I was feeling like something sweet after dinner, so I had about half an ounce of mint dark chocolate (by Theo).  Later I had what was supposed to be my afternoon snack, which consisted of cream cheese, smoked salmon and cucumbers.  These snacks are definitely not things I would have thought of having before, and I enjoy them.  I was only able to get about 3,000 steps in, and my goal this week is 5,000.

Wednesday was a little bit worse, not mentally, just getting my food and steps in.  I completely missed my morning snack, which was supposed to be carrots and laughing cow wedges.  I had a frozen meal for lunch with half a chicken breast and green beans. 

Lean Cuisine Beef with Broccoli (pretty good) plus half chicken breast

I'm not loving the green beans, so I might try to find another vegetable to replace those for next week - maybe snap peas or edamame.  My afternoon snack was a handful of almonds, which is nice and easy.  Dinner was the best thus far - I made turkey bacon wrapped shrimp with brown rice and bell peppers.  I normally don't like bell peppers, but I put up with them this time.  The turkey bacon wrapped shrimp was amazing, felt like a restaurant meal - I can't wait to have that one again!! 

Turkey Bacon Wrapped Shrimp with Brown Rice and Bell Peppers

 Again, my steps were a bit of a problem, I only got about 2,000 in for the day.  Must try harder!  Drinking 64 ounces of water hasn't been a problem - I have a big water bottle that holds 32 ounces, so as long as I drink two of those, I'm good.

I'm heading off to my Mom's for about 5 days, so I'm packing up all my goodies and bottles, etc.  I'm excited to show her all the stuff I've been doing for this plan and I'm determined to not go off track.  I've got a travel pass from my gym, so no excuses on not working out!!