Clean Eating Journal Day 1: Monday 10/21/13

Finally getting back on track after giving birth to my son in April 2013. I have went back to work teaching high school and pumping my breast milk at school (challenging!).  I lost a considerable amount of weight (63 lbs) before my wedding in March of 2012, but it took 1.5 years of exercising 6 days a week (high intensity) at gym, with trainers, clean eating, very limited alcohol, and only 1 cheat meal per week. This was extremely challenging, but I am major Type-A personality and have no hesitation when it comes to taking on complex tasks.

I have put a lot of weight back on (but not all) since getting married and having my first child.  I am not sure if I can dedicate as much time working out as before, but I can control my food choices. I now have to use home videos and not be a so much of gym rat as I was in the past. Some home DVD's I have are: Insanity, Shaun T-25, Yoga for Mommy and Baby, and Tracy Anderson Post-Baby. I love the gym and atmosphere, but with a newborn it can be challenging to get out the door.  Doing workouts at home will take more effort for me personally.

Here we go...

Sunday Food Prep
Cleaned out my refrigerator and pantry and went to H-E-B to get all my clean food and began meal prep on Sunday 10/20/13.  I am keeping it simple and doing chicken breast, broccoli, and parboiled rice (lower glycemic index than brown rice) for the beginning of this week.

*Cooked 1 cup of Parboiled Rice and added fresh cilantro, lime, pepper, and 1 Tbsp of "I Can't Believe Its Not Butter".

*Steamed 1 large bag of frozen broccoli. Drain and season with Pepper and 1/2 Tbsp of ICBINB.

*Baked a pack of Adobe marinated chicken cutlets (5 pack) from H-E-B at 350 degrees in a baking dish for 30 minutes. I sprayed baking dish with 0 calorie PAM.

Meal Plan/Activity for Monday, 10/21/13
Meal 1 (Breakfast): Meal Replacement Protein Shake (I did an Advocare shake, but when I run out I will use MyFitFoods protein powder)

Meal 2 (Mid-morning snack): 2 Tbsp. Organic Peanut Butter (No Hydrogenated Oil) & 1 Granny Smith Apple

Meal 3 (Lunch): 5 oz. Adobe Chicken Breast, 1/2 cup Cilantro Lime Rice, 1 Cup Steamed Broccoli

Meal 4 (Mid-Afternoon Snack): 2 oz. Avocado & 1 Naval Orange

Meal 5(Dinner): Same as lunch

Meal 6 (Evening Snack): 1/2 Banana

*Space meals 2-3 hours apart
*Water consumption goal: (8)-16.9 oz. water bottles, approx. 1 gallon.
*I use small MyFitFoods containers for portion control.
*Exercise: Shaun T-25 DVD