Lilah's first day of preschool.
Lilah's first day of Ballet.
Annnnnnd the first day of the Fit Girl 28 day Jump start Meal plan!
I had these awesome dreams that I would get to sleep while I was on maternity leave... at least until the baby comes. Wrong. It's day one- Husband's alarm goes off at 5:00- I finally fall back asleep and it feels like seconds later I hear the dog prancing down the hallway.... not good- the dog should be gated in the kitchen. Nope, she's escaped. Its 6:00. So I get up and get her- put her in her crate next to my bed... hoping for a little more sleep before my own 7:00 am alarm goes off. Just as I close my eyes I hear the latch on her crate pop, she has freed herself again. I gave up at this point. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
Lilah and I headed out to school this morning bright and early to ensure we'd have time for her Birthday drink at Dutch Bros! Made her day, she was so excited to tell them that she is now 3! Then we headed off to the Y. I thought I was doing ok- we went and met one of her teachers and saw her classroom- it was outside time so I asked her is she was ready to go play on the playground- she was a bit clingy, but decided she would go with Miss Lindsay and check it out. I watched her explore- with a tight handed grip on Miss Lindsay- for a few minutes, and decided she was going to be fine and I could go. I told her I was leaving, and thankfully she ran over and asked for hugs and kisses first (she does love me!) then went right back to the play ground. I was holding it together quite nicely as I walked away, proud of myself for being strong,... as I walked through the gate they called all the kids to the flag, so I thought I would stop and watch. When I saw her lined up there like big girl with her class, the dam broke and the tears started flowing. THEN they called her up to sing happy birthday to her. She was so nervous, it broke my heart, I wanted to go up there and get her- but I refrained and instead I just stood back there and cried for her. My sweet, beautiful, sassy, funny, determined little baby- is growing into a big girl. I love it, and hate it, all at the same time.
As they dismissed them back to the playground I snuck out, and cried most of the way to the gym. I can't believe what an emotional basket case I was! I suppose being 9 months pregnant doesn't help.
Once I pulled it together I hit the gym. Normally I would go to UJam tonight, but we will be celebrating Miss Red this evening so I got it out of the way early. I did three miles on the elliptical, 10 minutes of "sprints" on the treadmill (Sprints is a complete exaggeration.... I can barely jog without concern of peeing my pants- lets be real), then I did a quick shoulder set and called it quits.
SO, lets talk about this Fit Girl meal plan, shall we? I followed them on Instagram quite some time ago- their page is inspiring and the result are real physical, noticeable, results. Katie decided to take the plunge and give the jump start plan a whirl- I've been eating like C-R-A-P, so I decided I would join her! It's all real food, no gimmicks, no pills, no meal replacements. It's about portion control and healthy choices.... DUH. Right? Really, it's obvious, it's common sense, so why is it so hard??? I KNOW how to do all this- lately it's just be laziness! I don't plan and I don't prep, so then I have all the excuses I need to eat whatever is convenient. But anyway- back to the plan.....
I am hoping to do better than this ^ ..... but I am no stranger to having good intentions and lacking follow through lately.
Week 1:
Breakfast is Overnight oats- they list Cherry Pie, I don't like Cherries particularly so I did orange overnight oats, and a blueberry one.
Lunch is a "Power Bowl" - Brown rice, protein, veggies, black beans and hummus. I don't like Hummus so I omitted that. They also provide substitute meals- one being Pasta Primavera Bowl- I will be alternating that through out the week simply because it sounded really good.
Dinner is Street tacos, and Pita pizza's , one every other night.
So yesterday, we prepped. I say we because Kate is doing this with me, yay Kate! I did my Grocery shopping as I said I would so we were ready to go last night, and get this done. I won't lie- it was a lot of work- BUT it's worth it. And it's done.
Overnight oats- Oatmeal, Greek yogurt ( I use Dannon Light and Fit Greek), fruit, and almond milk.
All the makings of the power bowls and the primavera bowl. Rice, pasta, veggies, chicken, beans, salsa, marinara.
Completed Power Bowl- mine have brown rice, chicken, black beans, roasted zucchini broccoli and asparagus. Kate subbed carrots for asparagus in hers.
This is a primavera bowl - There is pasta under all those yummy veggies! It's whole wheat rotini, marinara, mozzarella, zucchini, broccoli and asparagus. I didn't cook enough chicken so we didn't add it to these bowls- we will have a hard boiled egg with lunch instead for our protein.
Yummy backyard fresh boiled eggs!
I also marinated the shrimp for tonight's street tacos, and chopped up some of the veggies for tomorrow's pita pizzas!
Oh! And Kate made these little delights-
They are peanut butter, oats, dark chocolate, honey and vanilla extract. They look and sound delicious, but I haven't tried one yet.
You also get a 200 calorie snack, a square of dark chocolate with lunch, and some fruit/salad with dinner. I haven't hard my snack yet.... and I don't care for just a plain square od dark chocolate. So i'll be honest, I may have a bite of birthday cake later.... maybe. I also am adding a second 200 calorie snack to my plan since I am pregnant.
So there ya have it, that's the plan for this week. Wish us luck!
While I may not have done well eating wise this weekend (Lets just say we had Vince's Saturday- and I may have eaten more than my fair share of Ben and Jerry's throughout the weekend - see Dad, I'm honest) I did kill it on my activity!
That's Saturday and Sunday- green club both days- and far beyond! I love a good weekend warrior challenge it makes me work harder.
Tonight we have our first ballet class- not to worry you know I'll take a bazillion pictures and tell you all about it ;)
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