Day 4

Woohoo!! Day 4 and still going strong!

Woke up today (before 8!) and went out to breakfast with the guys. We went to our favorite family diner and I got a small steak with 2 eggs over easy. Usually their plates also come with toast and hash-browns, but I passed those off to my friend and let him have them. While it was great to have breakfast for once, it SUPER messed up my schedule. I don't know if I ate too much or if I'm just not used to a real breakfast, but I wasn't hungry at all when it came time to have lunch or my mid-afternoon snack. So I had a really early dinner of a shake and some tea and an apple a few hours later for a snack. I may start setting an alarm for myself in the morning so I can get myself on a schedule that won't get messed up on the few days a week that I actually wake up at a normal hour. I haven't decided yet though because I feel like I'll have those days where I just go right back to bed and I can't imagine that being all good either.

Since today was a day off from working out and it was gorgeous outside, the puppy and I went for a really long walk. I am so sore but moving helped it go away. I don't know what it is about this week but I'm not getting that excruciating "I hate my life" kind of soreness, it's just "yep, I used that" soreness. I don't know if I'm not working hard enough or if my body is figuring things out. Either way I hope it keeps up because it's definitely helping me stay on this diet plan.

Speaking of the diet, holy water baby batman! I feel so incredibly bloated from all the water and the protein. Maybe the reason I'm not hungry is because I've just been replacing my food with water - who knows! Regardless, I'm looking forward to the day where I get used to the extra water intake. I knew there would be some adjustment period because I went from 30-40 oz. of water per day to like 80+ all at once, but wow.

As far as how I'm feeling goes, aside from the bloating, energy is still up. After the first day, I just get little mini headaches sometime around late afternoon/dinnertime that quickly go away after I eat a real meal. Today was obviously different with the schedule but I still got the headache around the same time of day so it could just be that I need to give myself a little extra boost of nutrients/energy to get me through the last few hours of the day.

I'll finally be going food shopping sometime tomorrow. Having a long night at work so far (hence why I'm posting this at 3:45 AM) so I'll go home and grab a couple hours of sleep before I force myself into productivity. I really want to keep the flu away from me as much as possible so I need to get my butt to the store to pick up plenty of delicious food to keep my energy up. Monday will be the primary meal prep day so stay tuned for recipes! I have to say, meal prepping is probably the best thing ever. I pick out one day to go grocery shopping and prepare a bunch of meals in large quantities. I set aside whatever will be eaten in the upcoming days and freeze the rest. Usually I go about every 2 weeks so I really don't have to worry about much especially on the busy days. So relieving!

Looking forward to going back to the gym on Monday. It's a rough weekend working 5 nights in a row. I may not be going to the gym on the weekend but the constant lifting and moving makes you feel like you're at the gym all over again. Definitely not helping with my recovery period, but it's not necessarily hurting since it's keeping me in motion. I'm almost scared to take a day off now since I'm just used to this rapid fire kind of life. I still won't complain if a night off just happened to occur.

I can't wait to get through this weekend because it means for once I'll have actually not fallen into the temptations that the weekend usually brings, generally having to do with bad food choices simply because my weekends are my busiest work times. Every little step counts!