Day 1 Meals

4:00am WAKE UP!  Get to the gym by 4:45, try to kick ass, and burn calories.  Today was tough.  After being out for over a week, I got my ass handed to me.  On the menu this morning were heavy weights and boxing. 

                                                             Calories burned in class.

                                             Calories burned (afterburn) 45 min. after class.

 FOOD

Disclaimers...
1.  My foods are not paleo.
2.  I do eat carbs.
3.  I'm not a particularly good cook.  I just find recipes and make them. Sometimes I even mess THOSE up.
4.  I don't eat 100% "clean". I do eat some canned/packaged foods.
5.  I don't have the whole nutrition thing down.  There are better ways to eat.  I'm just muddling through.
6.  I don't count every calorie.
7.  I cannot eat every 2-3 hours.  My recess and lunch are an hour apart and I cannot grub in my classroom, so staying on a schedule is tough. I try my best though.
8.  I try to drink 80-100oz of water a day.  A GALLON of freaking water is what is recommended.

My goal for this challenge is to start cooking healthy food that my whole family will eat. 

Over the last year, I would prep foods that only my husband and I would eat.  Then I would make the kids something different (and often less healthy).  So the goal is to incorporate more tasty, healthy foods the WHOLE family can enjoy.  This may may/not help me with the challenge.  This is experimental.  I'm trying to make long lasting changes instead of this "severe diet" thing I've been doing.

Breakfast-(I prep this ahead of time and yes, I will eat it ALL WEEK LONG because nobody in my family will touch it!

 6:45
 Eggs and Veggies
1. Spray 8x8 casserole dish.
2. Chop any/all veggies you like (tomatoes, mushrooms, asparagus, green onion, 6 slices turkey bacon, spinach, jalapenos) and layer them on the bottom of your casserole dish.
 Mix together...
3. 8 eggs and 8 egg whites (I use the carton of egg whites)
4. 1/2 cup nonfat milk
5. Pour this mixture over the veggies.
6. Bake at 375 for 40(ish) minutes
Serving size:   1 piece.  I cut the casserole into 6 pieces.  Some people bake this in muffin tins (and then eat 2 muffins) BUT I don't like cleaning my muffin pan AND I can get more veggies in when I use the casserole dish.

Pair with 1/2 cup of berries.

9:45
AM snack- chocolate protein shake.  I buy this at Walmart

11:00
Lunch-Chicken Chili (I prepped this Sunday too)
See these ingredients?  Dump them in your crock pot.  Cook on high.  When done, shred the chicken.  Serve over 1 cup of brown rice!

2:15
PM snack- raw almonds and 1/8 cup dried cranberries (People say....don't eat NUTS!  Too high in fat!  Don't eat dried fruit!  It's too high in sugar!!!  I say, mind your own damn business.  I LIKE IT!  So I'm eating it.  Judge me in silence, and talk about me BEHIND my back.....like a NORMAL person).  However, I do ONLY eat a serving size.  I COUNT my EFFING nuts and I use a measuring cup for the cranberries.

5:30 (ish)
Dinner...I DON'T know yet! Honestly, I'm beat.  I'm lying in bed, while helping my son with his homework and writing this blog.

If I'm still awake at 8:30, I might have another snack of egg whites!  Bahahahaha!   I'll totally be asleep.

So, three meals and two snacks a day for the most part. PORTION size is important when you are trying to lose weight.

I will eat the same snacks and breakfast all week.  I do this because I like routine, because I don't get "tired" of foods, and because it's easy for me to prepare quickly each day.  I will change them up next week.