Week 1- Dinners Out, Baby Sprinkles, Family Boat Day

Week 1

Day 1 Tuesday- I completely forgot to change my macro breakdown in MyFitnessPal, so when I opened the Seismic app I was off on my macros and could not for the life of me figure out why. I thought the programs were not syncing but they were syncing just fine. I was eating my maintenance macros not my new breakdown… Talk about starting off strong ! I adjusted for what I had left and finished the day at 97% to my breakdown because I had gone over on carbs.

Day 2 Wednesday- After realizing life gets way to chaotic my friends, Tony and Jill, started booking date nights in advance. Before we leave dinner we pull out our calendars and make plans. As I shared I hear all the time this is a bad time for me well here I am on day 2 going out to eat. Going out to eat does bring with it many challenges. One benefit I had was I knew where we were going ahead of time, sushi! I love sushi especially big rolls with spicy mayo, crunch, avocado and fruit! All good stuff but that comes with higher fat and carb content. Now I could have “saved” fat and carbs for it but I choose differently this time. I looked at the menu and decided ahead of time I was going to get a spicy crunchy salmon roll and 8 piece sushi (just fish and rice). Anytime you do not prepare or weigh your food you are estimating what you are eating but I was able to guess ahead of time what the breakdown would be and plugged it into MFP so I could eat breakfast and lunch accordingly. When I got home after dinner I adjusted the breakdown because I expected more fish and rice in the sushi but actually received less. It left me with more protein and carbs which I simply hit with casein and frozen berries before bed. 100%

Day 3 Thursday- I got to play beach volleyball with friends and go to a baby sprinkle for one of my dearest friends, Andrea! As for the beach, I packed breakfast and a cliff bar for snack. I do put an emphasis to eat carbs and protein in the morning or around my workouts and limit my fat because I personally feel better that way.

On my way home from the beach I stopped a friends house to help put together a gazebo, I'm not going to give you a play by play of my life but the relevance here is I did not pack my lunch and ate when I got home at 3pm, much later than I wish I had and my energy really suffered for the rest of the day.

Going to the sprinkle I wasn’t sure if we were going to be ordering off a specific menu, buffet or the main menu not allowing me to prepare ahead of time. This will happen, not every party or restaurant will I have the ability to plan out ahead of time. We were eating of the regular menu so I had a ton of options! I choose fish tacos which I ordered grilled not fried and it came with rice and beans. Completely forgetting I had the cliff bar earlier I enjoyed the tacos and roughly 1/2 cup of rice and 1/2 cup of beans. I decided not to drink mostly because I needed to focus on hydration. Between playing two and a half hours of volleyball earlier in 90+% humidity and I did have to get up to make it to the gym the next day drinking was not worth it. I will have drinks over this journey but you'll come to see I'm very selective on when that is.

When I got home I plugged in my food, remembering the cliff bar pushed me over on carbs but had a lot of protein and fat remaining. Since I am training at least 1 if not 2 times a day I make it a priority to eat my protein even if it pushes my other numbers over. I decided to have a whey shake instead of casein because it has significantly less carbs to fulfill my protein and almonds to fulfill my fat. Almonds do have equal carbs and protein as well as but it was my only option in the house. In the end I finished the day at 96% to my breakdown going under on my fat by 7 and over my carbs by 7. Looking back I wish I remembered I had the cliff bar before ordering dinner this would have encouraged me to select something with less carbs, either way I also could have ate more almonds to bring my fat up a bit more knowing it has a high calories density than carbs do to match my overall calories a little better.

Day 4 Friday- I had full control over my food so nothing crazy to share regarding my food choices but for my ladies reading this I will share I got my period. Sometimes I do struggle with cravings, I’m grateful I do not have any which shows I have a good balance in my nutrition. What is a struggle today is how hungry I am! Super hungry, I really focused on hydration to make sure that was not the cue I was experiencing but it did not help much. I decided to eat my dinner earlier than I usually would knowing I still had casein ice cream planned. In writing my daily logs in seismic for my coach I realized this could also be because I let my energy tank before lunch yesterday. Something I've learned over the course of monitoring my food and paying attention is how influential food is on the following day or even two. So between my period and Thursday's lunch this was a hungry day!

Day 5 Saturday- I spent a wonderful day back at my parents on the lake I grew up on with for my Brother's Birthday. We had a beautiful day enjoying family and the sun! I again chose not to drink because I was driving back home 2 hours away. I also avoided potato chips because I will binge and struggle to stop. Instead I had Tostito chips and salsa another fav but something I can monitor. I ate breakfast before heading up and brought my own lunch giving me control of 2 meals. Dinner I ate in moderation and since it was family style serving I was able to select and track my food.