Day 1 – 21 Days of Prepared Food

Day 1 has happened.

If you read my blog past couple of days I am embarking on a 21 day plan with prepared food and a food plan – coupled with exercise.

Macros calculated for me – coffee factored in – designed for my body weight and my goals by my coach – and PS he doesn’t even mind that I talk about him or post his picture (well he is kinda cute).

I normally do periodic workouts although I’m not a daily maniac about it. The food plan is meant to work without added exercise. I am fully trusting here.

Not gonna lie – I had to buy a mini freezer. I downsized from my house and garage freezer a couple of years ago when I got divorced. My son and I have struggled with the very small bottom of the fridge freezer in the house I bought. When I tried to put the food in (see other blog for the volume that is 21 days), even though we tetrised it, there was more food in the fridge than I wanted to see in there (being as the meals are already cooked).

So Amazon it is .. and here it is. I live in a very small place now so it was a combination of what I really needed and where could I put the thing. This one is small 1.2 cubic feet – but it fits where I wanted it and fits about 5 days of meals so that’s what I needed. Plus overflow from the other times in the past when we needed more space. I do have a small utility room but it’s full of everything else that has nowhere to be LOL – yay downsizing.

Here’s breakfast: Oatmeal with vanilla and coconut in it with some non sugar chocolate to melt in, and the coffee. I’m allowed 2 coffees a day and this HAS been factored in. I was so surprised to find chocolate honestly. Part of my fear of what is he going to make me eat LOL. I used to not eat breakfast – almost 30 years – and so I still don’t really want it even now but I ate it slowly and it was fine. Normally I eat a yogurt b/c hey like 100 calories right?

Here’s lunch: WHAT? Penne pasta with chicken, and sauce. Again I’m like WTF .. because I’ve avoided pastas because of the carbs. Learning = begin. Now I know he’s hidden a lot of protein in it – in the chicken in the sauces etc but it was delicious. Normally I would eat a sandwich, some frozen veg with rice, or whatever my kid made from leftovers. This felt elevated 🙂

And this was dinner: Rotini, veg and pork. SO yummy. No sauce though which I thought was odd but it didn’t really need it. Pasta you say? Yes – it’s chick pea pasta and again I’m sure there is more hidden proteins in it somewhere. I’ve not had chick pea pasta before but it was pretty good. Normally I cover my pasta in sauces and cheese. Coach says this dish is mega protein.

So this may be my rotation and menu for a while. There aren’t different foods for every day but there is a variety to see what I feel like eating.

Rules:

1. Eat when you are hungry – I normally try to eat at routine times so maybe I’m not really hungry then.
2. Eat a protein shake or oatmeal for breakfast – alternating mornings
3. If hungry on protein shake day and got to have a snack, eat one of the soups he’s sent – chicken noodle yum
4. Doesn’t matter which meal you have when – other than breakfast. there are 3 different meals I think because I don’t eat fish.
5. Don’t eat anything else. For 21 days.

Yesterday was also workout at the gym day – we did different exercises than normal as he’s starting to push me to do a bit more – all weighted working the shoulders and top area. Shoulder press – side raises – hammers – front raises .. goblet squats ..something to untighten the shoulders (around the worlds)

Good times.

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