Week 4 - Day 1

Starting off strong

As much as I love vacation (and I truly love being down in Disney), I was ready to get back into my routine. I like being consistent in my day-to-day life and starting it off with a workout is becoming second nature to me.

Today, like all Day 1’s, was a full body workout. There really wasn’t anything too crazy about the workout, nothing out of the ordinary or unique for this week. We’re still doing squats, dumbbell bench presses, lat pulldowns, lunges, and planks. Really, I think these are the best workouts to do for all muscle groups. At least, that’s what I’m being led to believe since my AI Life Coach keeps recommending them.

I will say, I started off today very sore. My legs still hurt from all the walking I did last week so those lunges were a rough way to start.

Not sure if I’ve mentioned this either, but I have stopped doing the pre-workout stretches. The AI has been recommending warm-ups for the past few weeks anyways and it makes more sense to me to do those instead. The pre-workout stretches were just to get your body and muscles warmed up anyways which is what the warm-ups are doing now. I don’t see a reason to do both…

Mealtime

Breakfast

I did not go shopping on Day 0 like I have been. We were just getting back from vacation and I didn’t have time. We got in late the day before and then spent most of Day 0 getting the camper unpacked and set up. Shopping was the last thing on my mind. So, for all the meals this week, we’re going to be working with what we’ve got in the pantry.

Saves money, cleans out my cabinets. It’s a win-win!

Therefore, breakfast consisted of an egg and turkey sausage veggie bowl. That bag of frozen peppers and onions that I bought back in Week 1 is almost gone, so I may as well finish it off. We had made this recipe before and loved it. Go check out the recipe if you want to see what we did.

Morning Snack

No morning snack can beat a good rice cake. Still working on the ones I bought in Week 1, so I’m trying to get them finished up before they get stale. Luckily, that hasn’t happened yet because they are still good.

Lunch

For lunch we did a turkey wrap with Greek yogurt. While I had bought more tortilla shells in Week 2, we still have the Greek yogurt we purchased in Week 1. While it won’t go bad until December (at least, according to the label), I am going to try and use it up. It looks like we’ve got half of a container left, so that shouldn’t be too hard.

Evening Snack

Another Week 1 purchase was a can of mixed nuts. The evening snack is the one meal I miss the most due to my time management skills. When I do remember it, I usually eat a piece of fruit or something else that’s easy to grab. I had placed this can of nuts on my desk late Week 2 to try and help me remember to eat them, but it hasn’t worked out too well.

Going to change that this time around hopefully.

Dinner

Ah dinner. The one meal where I have well made plans and somehow they always go poorly. I had planned to make one of the recommended meals for dinner this evening. Unfortunately, members of my household had other plans.

While I was working, they had gone out to eat with some friends and had brought back a leftover steak. It was only about a 6oz ribeye, so nothing crazy. They offered it to me and I’m not one to turn down a good steak. I did cut it up and make it into a salad though.

I figured I better try to eat some greens for dinner.