Out with the Old, in with the New

So guess what I got to do a couple of weeks ago? CLEAN out my closet! It was full of clothes that didn't fit me, and it was really irritating me. I didn't want to ever be that size again, so the clothes had to GO! I pulled out all of the size 10,11,12,13,14 items. I pulled out of the the EXTRA LARGE and LARGE shirts (and even some MEDIUM!) My closet was pretty much empty, save for a few workout items. I could have just donated everything, but packed some up for my sister (who is also getting smaller!) so that she wouldn't have to buy new clothes when she got to that point in her journey. I needed a new dress for my mom's party, so my mom took me shopping and bought me THREE dresses! ( I seriously have the best mom on the planet.) The best part?! The dresses were all size 6 or a size small!!! I know it totally sounds like I am bragging .......and I guess I kind of am...... but I have worked so hard to get to this point and could not be more excited!

 I also loaded up on small target shirts because lets face it... Target rocks, before our trip to San Francisco. More on THAT trip next :)

Why I need my meals prepped AHEAD of time

So, many of you out there may be wondering why I am so crazy about having my meals prepped ahead of time. EVERYTHING needs to have zero work that needs to be done in order for me to eat it. It is not because I am so lazy (well laziness may have something to do with it). It is mostly because I pretty much have no willpower and work in someone else's home. As you will see in the photos in this post, I am surrounded by this food daily.

That is frozen HOMEMADE cookie dough in that bag!

 Working in someone else's home is so great for most things, but for eating healthy not so much. While I can make sure that I throw out all of the crappy food at my house, I then walk into a house full of crappy food for a minimum of ten hours a day. This is food that I am allowed to eat. Food like bread, bagels, mac and cheese, Oreos, pasta, ice cream, cookies, cheese, peanut butter, jelly, and lunchmeat.

Ice cream and MORE cookie dough!

Food that I have to make into meals or snacks  for four children four or five times a day. When the kids eat, I have about two minutes to get my food on the table, or my willpower is gone and I eat what they eat. So I prep it ahead of time.

It is so much easier to pop my food into the microwave, or toss some dressing on it and eat it then to have to work for my food. Because I won't do it. Not that I don't WANT to, just that I WON'T. What do you all do to help keep yourself on tack throughout the week?

My Daily Diet.

I have not posted in awhile, but have been crazy busy! I have decided to give this business a real go and have spent most of my free time running challenge groups, and getting new coaches set up :) I never thought that this would turn into something so fun and something that I look forward to doing during my "downtime." I have gotten quite a few questions about what my "daily diet" looks like, so here is an example of my typical day:

Progress pic in work attire :)

6:00AM: wakeup, check emails, and get ready for the day. 

Lunchtime Salad

7:00AM: SHAKEOLOGY- I love mine with coconut milk and frozen banana

7:30AM: arrive at work

10:00AM: SNACKTIME- I usually have one cup of raw veggies (sugar snap peas today), and 1-2 slices of Ezekiel bread toasted with almond butter.

12:30PM (ish?): LUNCHTIME- I usually do a salad with 6oz of protein (today was chicken), 2 cups leafy greens, and 1-1.5 cups of other veggies, 3oz avocado, and some aged balsamic vinegar. 

3:30PM: SNACKTIME- I usually do hardboiled egg whites (4-6 eggs with most of the yolks removed) with 1 cup of baked veggies. Maybe some hummus here if I have any. 

6:00: Home from work

6:30PM- DINNERTIME- 6oz protein (grilled chicken, bison burgers, turkey taco meat etc.), 1-2 cups veggies, and 1 cup quinoa or wild rice. 

7:30PM- WORKOUT- while I would LOVE to workout early in the AM, I just can't seem to make myself do it, so 7:30PM it is! I have discovered that if I am not in the gym by 8:30PM

ish- my motivation is GONE (also so are the other people, I tend to do better with others in the gym, maybe some sort of weird competitive thing I have-please tell me I am not the only person like this!)

9:00PM- Work on business

10:00PM- shower then BED. 

Salad at panera- on a "social" night

Now you may have all noticed that this leaves little to no time for me to have a social life. You are right. I work about 50-55 hours a week. On the rare day that I do have something to do after work (besides a Target or grocery run) I try to make sure I eat before I get home, and just tough out a later workout. Will the workout be as good at 9:00PM-10:00PM as it would have been from 7:30PM- 8:30PM? NO. But it is better than nothing, and I sacrifice working on the business. My weekends are typically work free and I have time to socialize, meal plan, shop, work the business then :)