Well friends, the first day is in the books! Here’s how it
went…
DAY 1 WORKOUT: CARDIO FIX
Hardest 30 minutes of my life. Guess that’s expected on Day
1. But, despite being out of breath and throwing up afterward (gross- think I
overdid it a bit), I really liked the workout. It was broken down into 60
second rounds, with 20 seconds rest/water break in between. Much better than
p90x which hardly gives you any time to get water unless you hit pause. Although,
I did have to pause it once for a bathroom break, because post-baby bladder + 40
ounces of water + jumping jacks = well, you can do the math J
Also, Autumn, the instructor was awesome. She clearly
explained and demonstrated each move with 2 variations based on ability. She
was also very encouraging, continually motivating you to push through it and if
you feel like quitting, to remind yourself of your goals and why you ordered
this program in the first place... The only person you hurt by quitting is yourself.
DAY 1: FOOD REVIEW
Coffee Drama.
I knew this would be a problem. I’m very particular about my coffee.
Trying to get the right taste. Don’t like adding nonfat milk to it (waters it
down in my opinion) and the stevia I put it in today gave it a funny artificial
taste- not a fan. I need to get this coffee thing figured out. I know you can
add coffee to shakeology to make a mocha of sorts so that might be a viable
option for me…
Charting.
As I said before, I love charts.
I’m a visual person, so I wanted to come up with a way to visually depict what
I need to consume every day. The book provides “tally charts” that you can make
copies of and fill in each day as you go. But, me being the planner that I am,
I wanted a way to map everything out in advance. I would rather know ahead of
time what I can eat at a given moment versus just eating whatever throughout
the day, then getting to the end of the day and not being able to put together
a meal because I don’t have certain colors left.
So after a trip to Dollar Tree, I
created a giant, custom chart (well two charts-one for me and one for Josh since we have different portion amounts based on target calorie needs). Each colored square represents a food from the
corresponding color container that I can eat each day. Even Anniston was excited to help- she has recently
learned almost all her colors so she was so excited about the colored squares
on the chart.
Anyways, I started by planning our
dinners for the week, considering that’s the meal that our family shares
together. After breaking-down what goes into each dinner, I then could visually
see what food options I had left for the other times of the day, and build my
meals/snacks around that. This is particularly helpful preparing for special
events as well. For instance, this Thursday, Anniston has a birthday party at a Fro-Yo
place. I was planning to get some plain tart yogurt with fruit and nuts, so I
filled in those colors in the “snack” category.
What I Ate
The container portions are more
filling than expected. Along with some egg whites and hot sauce, I ate a purple
container of strawberries with my breakfast. And, despite my daughter eating
some too (which she calls “straw puppies”), I still felt full.
The breakfast kept me full through
the duration of my workout and then I had shakeology afterward for lunch. For
the first taste, I wanted to try it plain, just mixed with water and
unsweetened almond milk (which counts as a sub for one of my yellow containers)
instead of a fancy recipe, to get an idea of its basic flavor. It was better
than I expected. Very sweet and chocolaty. The texture was a little gritty and
I think it would have been better if the water was super cold. Many of the
recipes suggest using a blender and combining with ice (I just used the
provided shaker this time), and I think that would resolve both the texture and
temperature issue. But, if in a hurry or on the go (or at work, like Josh), the
scoop with water in the shaker is still very pleasant. It didn’t look like a
lot to drink, but I felt full after it.
But then, between the shakeology
and dinner, I was super hungry. Given what I had planned for dinner, all I could
eat was 1 purple. I chose ½ a banana because that seemed most sustainable of
all fruits I had at home. Still was starving until dinner.
For dinner, I made chicken breasts
with a chipotle-garlic dry rub (no salt), black beans, roasted Mexican tomatoes,
and arugula salad with ¼ an avocado and homemade pico. Best ¼ avocado I’ve ever
had lol. And everything was very flavorful. But this was a lot of food. I was
stuffed afterward.
Going forward, I think I should
disperse my food differently. On Day 1, I saved the majority of my food for
dinner which caused me to be hungry all day long then stuff myself with food
for dinner. I think its better to eat a bigger breakfast and more balanced
meals/snacks throughout the day. Tomorrow’s (Tuesday) dinner plan looks like it
will yield a more even distribution of food throughout the day, so I will see
how I feel comparatively then and determine whether I need to make any
additional adjustments to my plan as the week progresses.
Also, I am very proud of myself
because last night at the Bachelor Finale viewing party I attended, everyone
was eating Oreo Chocolate Cake, and I successfully stuck to my guns and said
no! If you know how much I like oreos and chocolate and cake, you will know how
big of a deal that is.
All in all, I was happy with Day 1 and definitely not
dreading the next 20 days- still excited and hopeful! I can do this!
Thanks so much for sharing your journey in this blog. I am on Day 2 and am looking forward to some results! These posts have really helped motivate me to stick with the program :)
ReplyDeleteHang in there! If you do what the program tells you to do, it will work! I always recommend hiding your scale until the end of the 21 days- because if you become obsessed with checking the numbers on the scale too often, that can influence how you feel and how likely you are to stick with it all 3 weeks. Plus, then its more exciting to take measurements at the end and recognize your progress! Good luck!
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