Are you ready for the longest post ever?
If you are new to my blog, and want to get caught up on all my 40 day Challenge posts click here to read my story, and if you haven't seen my before pictures yet, maybe you can go give me some words of encouragement on this post. I appreciate all the help and support I can get, thanks soooo much!!
I am linking this post over to one of my fav food blogs ever. Jen is a rockstar, for bringing all kinds of amazing ladies together, sharing healthy food every week. I am so happy to finally have something to share. Every Wednesday these ladies get together and share an entire day's worth of meals. SO MUCH FUN!!
If you are new to my blog, and want to get caught up on all my 40 day Challenge posts click here to read my story, and if you haven't seen my before pictures yet, maybe you can go give me some words of encouragement on this post. I appreciate all the help and support I can get, thanks soooo much!!
I am linking this post over to one of my fav food blogs ever. Jen is a rockstar, for bringing all kinds of amazing ladies together, sharing healthy food every week. I am so happy to finally have something to share. Every Wednesday these ladies get together and share an entire day's worth of meals. SO MUCH FUN!!
I was thinking I would post daily what I ate, and how the day went. However by the end of the day I am so worn out, and tired, I can't wait to go to bed.
Plus I've really tried to wake up EARLY everyday, so I need to go to bed early.
I think doing a weekly update would be easier for me, and even for you. Rather than looking through 40 posts, you can look through 4 and see every meal I've eaten throughout this challenge.
I hope you enjoy, and get an idea of how my week has gone so far :)
- Day 1/40
- Up at 5:15 - lemon water
- Yesterday I forgot to get a couple things from the store, so I had to wake up early to go get it. BTW need to remember nothing is open that early, so after going to both stores next to my house, I ended up going to Wal-mart, and picked up a few things.
- Needed to eat something so grabbed some almonds.
- Took a quick morning picture. Lovely right? Puffy eyes, and messy hair! I really want to make it a point to TRY to look more presentable every day. If you look at my GOALS,,, you will see that doing my hair, and wearing lip gloss is on there. Reality is this is what I look like every morning, and I will continue to take a pic every morning to see if I can start working on that goal. In the mean time, I'm being honest here, and trying to show you the real me. This challenge is all about being honest and truthful to myself. I need to be accountable, and if this is how I look then I need to accept it or change it, right? I want to look better, and I know I can!
- Breakfast 7:28 am - 2 hours after waking up. My plan was to eat within 30 minutes.
- 1 chicken sausage
- 3 scrambled eggs
- onions/ spinach/ mushrooms
- black beans
- 1/2 avocado
- hot sauce
- green tea
- This breakfast was so heavy, I barely ate it all. My goal is to eat 30 grams of protein within 30 minutes of waking up. It was tough to finish, but I ate it.
- Snack 12:08 pm - not hungry, but time to eat again.
- Yogurt
- Almond milk
- Strawberries
- Spinach
- Banana
- Raw agave
- Very tasty shake, and full of protein. Much easier to "eat" than breakfast :)
- Lunch 3:08 - Trying to eat every 3-4 hours. This was a delicious salad!!
- Leftover chicken 65
- Romaine lettuce
- Avocado
- Tomato
- Cucumber
- Oil and vinegar, salt and pepper
- Dinner 8:37pm - Late but tasty. Just have to figure the timing out, hope it gets easier.
- Turkey Chilli
- Beans
- Ground Turkey
- Onions
- Chilli seasoning
- Onions and a sprinkle of cheese
- Day 2/40
- Up at 5:11 - Lemon Water
- Good Morning!
- Breakfast 6:25am - Still an hour late.
- 3 boiled eggs
- mushrooms, spinach, garlic, onions
- black beans
- avocado
- tomato
- cucumber
- Keep those almonds handy. These saved me for real. I can't believe just a few almonds can hold you over so well.
- Snack 9:11
- Snack 10:29 - Raining and cold, didn't feel like a shake, wanted something hot.
- leftover chilli
- cucumber, tomato
- green tea
- Lunch 1:18pm - Shake
- Yogurt
- Almond milk
- Strawberries
- Spinach
- Banana
- Raw agave
- Snack 3:27 - This is why you don't keep tempting foods around. Banana chips, yummy.
- 2 slices of canadian bacon
- Just "HAD" to have some banana chips, so it took a lot to limit myself. I ate them slowly, and had some protein with it. I ate a couple almonds as well, just to keep munching on something until my craving went away. Must admit I think I ate a couple more in addition to this, but did pretty well considering how tasty and addictive they are.
- Dinner 4:38 - Trying not to eat a late dinner anymore. This was early, but better than late.
- chicken breast
- bell peppers, onions
- pinto beans
- Totally yummy, I loved it!
- Snack 7:45 - light snack before bed.
- Day 3/40
- Up at 5:56am - lemon water
- Good morning!
- Breakfast 6:32am - Totally awesome, at it within 30 minutes of waking up :)
- 3 scrambled eggs
- black beans
- 4 pieces canadian bacon
- bell peppers, onion
- Made it to the gym, YAY!!
- Got my official starting weight, wish I had taken it on Monday, oh well.
- If you'd like to read more about my starting weight, and the rest of my numbers check out this post : MY Starting Weight - SCARY NUMBERS
- Snack 11:08 - almonds and dark chocolate after yoga class.
- Snack 12:38 - another snack after relaxing in the sauna, and hot tub. Ready for lunch.
- Snack 1:33pm - 4 slices of turkey breast.
- Went to my moms and this was the only thing I could quickly eat to get some protein in.
- Lunch 2:20pm - FINALLY, I was seriously hungry for some real food.
- Turkey soup
- Carrots
- Cabbage
- Dinner 7:30 - I was looking forward to this dinner. YUMMY!
- Rajma (indian spiced beans)
- Spinach
- Salmon
- Tomato/onion salad
- Buttermilk for the beans
- Day 4/40
- Up at 4:52am - lemon water
- Had to wake up early today to help my youngest with a project for school. I thought it was due on Friday, and was wrong.
- Good Morning!
- Breakfast 6:10 - leftovers
- Chicken and bell peppers
- beans
- 2 eggs
- avocado
- Starbucks 8:30 - Green tea. Getting ready to go to the kids school to help.
- Snack 10:45 - Heading to the gym after volunteering at school.
- Lunch 2:04pm - totally starving after hot yoga, and sauna.
- MY FAVORITE asian tuna salad.
- Picking up kiddos for swim class, and heading right back to the gym.
- Snack 3:35 - Had to eat again before heading home. Long night tonight.
- Egg Salad
- Dinner 10:00pm - Tired, hungry, and exhausted after 4 hours of TKD testing.
- Good news, we all passed and got a new belt.
Day four over. What a day, I was so tired, couldn't wait to go to sleep. Luckily everything was closed by the time our testing for TKD was done otherwise I would have probably eaten something I should not have. It's getting easier to eat often, and my almonds are awesome. I have been drinking lots of water, green tea, and peeing a lot, lol.
- Day 5/40
- Up at 6:33am - lemon water
- Naturally didn't want to wake up this morning. SO tired, and sore!!
- Good Morning!
- Breakfast 7:29am - No veggies, or beans, lots of protein. Kind of rushing this morning.
- 3 scrambled eggs
- 3 pieces canadian bacon
- After yoga class. Feeling good, getting ready for sauna, and hot tub!
- Snack 10:34am- after yoga, quick snack.
- Lunch 12:31pm- First time eating bread this week. Gluten Free UDI bread, very tasty!!
- Turkey Avocado sandwich
- Spinach carrot salad
- Oil Vinegar dressing
- Snack 4:30pm
- Organic edammame (shared the bowl with everyone)
- 1 slice oh canadian bacon, my kid took one
- Snack 5:00pm- My kid opened a yogurt, and didn't eat it. It looked so yummy so I ate it :)
- Dinner 7:00pm- I actually took a pic of my food with my waitresses phone, but for some reason it never went through. My phone was dead. :(
- We went out to eat, my first time at a restaurant this week. THAI / CHINESE
- I usually love some fried rice, and have some low mein, and some soup, and those crispy noodle things they bring you before your meal comes out.
- I did good!!
- I ate 1/2 of a chicken lettuce wraps appetizer.
- Took 3 or 4 or 5 bites of mongolian beef, ate all the scallions, and one bite of orange chicken. The kids enjoyed themselves, and I felt full, but not too much. I drank my green tea, and was so happy with myself.
So my friends, if you've made it this far, WOW!!! I know that was a lot to take in, but I am really trying to be accountable for everything I eat. I need to track it, so I know what I'm doing.
I hope it's given you some idea of what to eat should you choose to join the challenge with me.
I know if you look at my PLAN this week, I didn't quite stick to it. I didn't actually get a chance "cook" this week. It was busy, and hectic, and I'm surprised I managed to eat ok despite that.
With the exception of the GF UDI bread on Friday for lunch, I have not gone near any bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, milk. I have been eating yogurt, and buttermilk.
I have not felt the need to eat any "carbs" and so I won't next week either. I will take it one week at a time and if needed even one day at a time.
I have not felt hungry to the point where I wanted to eat things I'm not supposed to. If I got hungry I grabbed some almonds and drank my water or green tea and I felt just fine.
If any of you are thinking of giving this a try, I urge you to go for it. I was kind of scared on Monday, thinking it was going to be REALLY hard, but each day it did get easier.
I know you all are super curious about the numbers. Did I lose anything?
I am going to write another post on all that later tomorrow after I go to the gym again.
So far, in the past 3 days I have dropped something. So I hope to see that continue. :) Most importantly I feel GOOD, and I proved it to myself that I CAN DO IT.
If you have any questions, PLEASE ask, I'm here to help you :)
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