day five, and feeling alive! ... er kind of

(late post from Friday)

So ... I am on day five and my meals for today and day four have not been quite as exciting.  I have been eating a lot of left-overs.

Day 4, June 28th
7:30 am - banana
8:30 am - two eggs (over easy) with sautéed swiss chard (in evoo), and chicken andouille sausage (organic). 16 oz of water
10:30am - 16 oz of water
1:00 pm- chicken andouille sausage. brussel sprouts & beets (left overs), peaches, olives. 16 oz of water
3:30 pm - cashews and almonds. 16 oz of water
5:30 pm (party at work) - grilled chicken skewers, raw veggies (carrots, tomatoes, peppers).  12 oz water
7:30 pm - Yoga at Crossfit Invoke w/ Coach Elizabeth. 12 oz of water
9:00 pm - Salad with green leaf lettuce, albacore tuna, tomato, cucumber, banana peppers, ev olive oil, red wine vinegar. 16 oz of water

Day 5, June 29th
6:00 am - boot camp (5 stations, 1 minute on each, 3 rounds: kettlebell lunges, jump rope, dips, medicine ball snatches, and situps).
8:00 am - 16 oz of water
9:00 am - 2 eggs scrambled wit sautéed swiss chard and salsa. 16 oz of water
10:30 am - banana
12:00 pm - (met a friend for lunch) Salad bar: spinach, mixed greens, tomato, cucumber, olives, hard boiled egg, oil and vinegar. 12 oz of water
2:30 pm - 12 Oz of water
3:30 pm - cherries, chicken (leftover from crockpot), brussel sprouts
4:30 pm - 16 oz of water
7:30 pm - (dinner out) - Seltzer w/ lime, salad (mixed greens, pears, steak, evoo and red wine vinegar).

Today, it was interesting to go out to lunch with my friend and dinner with my husband.

For lunch, we went to Weaver Street Market (a food co-op that is like a Whole Foods). It had a cold and hot bar.  Once I saw there were hardboiled eggs I decided to get a salad.  It was interesting how many items on the salad bar I couldn't eat.  Obvious items being dressings and cheese... but when I reached for my favorite food - beets, I was stopped by a sign listing what the beets were marinated in...SUGAR... erg.  Beets are delicious without sugar and now I couldn't eat them.  Luckily they had a sign listing the ingredients.  After making my salad, I went by the hot bar to see if I could get any more protein. I was so excited when I saw roasted chicken ... that was until I read the ingredients; the chicken had also been marinated in SUGAR.  I kept to my salad and hard-boiled egg and was satisfied.

I feel like I have been eatting a lot of the same things.  I am excited for Collins (my husband) to get back from CA tonight to give me some new ideas.  He is a great cook! Hopefully, we will help me keep with it over the weekend.

I forgot to mention, it is already 106 degrees in Raleigh, NC and supposed to be this hot all weekend.  I don't know yet what my physical activity will consist of, but I do know it will be indoors.

xoxo Sarah