I have not consumed a sweet all day, what's wrong with me!

It’s here! It’s official! Today marks Day 1 of P90X. I’ve spent days charting out exactly how much food we’ll need as well as shopping then prepping for this coming week. One thing I like so far about the program is the variety in their meal plan option. I opted to stick with the meal plan because it told me exactly what to eat opposed to having to decide portions and choices of proteins, vegetables, ect. They also offered easy to follow recipes for all the sauces and meals; this allows me to eat fresh tasty food and sub out things I may not like (like hearts of palm, yuck!). The food is a mix of veggies, meat, protein, and some starch.
Not only is this program going to help me get in shape but it’s also expanded my normal daily cooking. We are actually enjoying complete home cooked meals all week long. This weekend I made lemon-dill sauce, butternut squash soup, vegetable soup, roasted red pepper soup, and gazpacho. Tonight we are eating salmon (chicken for me) with lemon-dill sauce, wild rice, asparagus, and red pepper soup. The recipes were large enough that I individually froze each item by portion and will last us the first three weeks. I can simply pull out the sauce and warm it up while the chicken is grilling and we can keep dinner at the same time we eat now. Every meal throughout the week is different so I’m won’t be feeling like “this again”; after week 1 you copy the same schedule for week 2, 3, ect. There are three meal phases to the program and we are hoping to stay on this “fat burner” stage for 3-4 weeks. I’ll be excited when week 4 comes and a whole new set of recipes come.
I am filled with excitement and determination but at the same time scared to death! I know the work out videos are hard stuff and my doubts of even being able to finish Day 1 are starting to outweigh my optimism. This is a huge change not only for my diet but for my body. It’s used to eating sweets every day and taking an aerobics class twice a week; not ball busting sweat every.single.day for three months. This is day 1 of 90 but it’s also day 1 of the rest of my life. My eating/ exercise habits have to change because I don’t want to live like this anymore; and I’m hoping P90X will transform the exterior as well as the interior.

My goals for this week:
- To not break my diet one single time
- To workout every single day, even if I can’t physically do all the video demands
My 90 day goals:
- Loose 30 pounds! (yeah, that's right, 30!)
- Be able to do all the physical components of the hour long work out! (which includes pull ups!)
- Drop 2 sizes in my clothes; I would love to wear the 7 pairs of jeans that sit in the back of my closet collecting dust!
- Feel great about myself in a swimsuit!

McFatty Monday

After spending the weekend eating great seafood, and snackfood, and lotsoffood it’s time to get serious again. We are in the middle of planning how to cut our grocery bill in half as well as eating great at every meal. I want to have sensible, healthy meals all the time on a super tight budget- just seems impossible writing it! I want to eat vegetables all the time and call a piece of fruit “dessert”. I have been doing some research and getting creative but it’s the actual execution I’m scared/excited/nervous about. This isn’t a one week diet, it’s a lifestyle change; to purge the excess and stick with the healthy.

One part of my lifestyle that’s has been changing is exercising. As mentioned already I started an aerobics class and it’s going great! If you live in the area I recommend getting involved with some type of cardio class that YOU PAY for so it keeps you motivated to attend every week. This particular class is at a college gym that’s offered two nights a week and works with everything from weights and pushups to steps and bikes to sweat blasting moves. I am loving the forced time frame after work to be able to work out and always feel good about myself when I’m driving home with sweat running down my chest and legs shaking from exhaustion. As much as I love this class it’s only two days a week and I need more. For Davy’s birthday I bought him P90X to replace his gym membership that just ended. He is so excited to start the program next week and (with much hesitation I say this) I’m going to join him. I’m scared out of my yoga pants to commit to such an intense program but it will be a great bonding experience for us and hopefully help me shed a few. Like I said I believe we are starting next week and I’m thinking about taking “before” pictures which could maybe, possibly end up on the blog IF I’m getting the results I want to post “after” pictures. Is it sad that I’m already thinking of everything sweet I can eat before next week when sweets become banished from the house?