21 Day Fix Day 1

This is an odd second post in my badly neglected blog, but I thought I'd start tracking my progress as I work through Beachbody's 21 Day Fix

Day 1:

Food

Breakfast
Protein shake (1 scoop vanilla powder + 12 oz unsweetened almond/coconut milk) (red + yellow)
1 slice whole grain toast w/honey (yellow)

Snack:
Peanuts (orange)
Hardboiled egg (half red)

Lunch:
Chicken (red)
Broccoli (green)
Cantaloupe (purple)

Snack:
Broccoli (green)
Apple (purple) w/fruit dip (greek yogurt [half red] + peanut butter + vanilla + cinnamon]

Snack 2 (workout recovery):
Protein powder + water (red)

Dinner:
Steak (red)
Baked potato (2 yellow) w/cheese (blue) and olive oil/dab of margarine
Green beans (green)
Strawberries (purple)

That seems like so much food! And it really was. I felt like I ate all day long. I was energized and satisfied, but not overly full. I didn't get hungry until the evening when we had to delay our dinner a little longer than planned. I followed my meal plan pretty well except I swapped out my night snack of yogurt for a protein shake after the workout. I also could NOT get all five servings of veggies in. I have to work on that.

A couple of interesting points: the All Purpose seasoning recipe is working pretty well for me in lieu of salt, which is surprising. The smell is a little strong due to the onion powder, but I am using it for everything and it is fine. I also know that I am not supposed to use any margarine, but I compromised and swapped it for one of the oils...and then used olive oil on my potato for the rest of it. I was a little skeptical about the potato since I put such little butter and about half the cheese I usually do. It was great, and I really didn't miss the other stuff. Woop!

The other victory was that I figured out how to combat the caffeine issue. I made some strong unsweetened tea and then I mixed 20 oz of it with a sugar free lemonade packet. It is probably not fix approved, but there's nothing in it, really. It was just enough sweetener to make it taste decent--and it gave me the caffeine I needed without my pop. I didn't even miss it today!

The workout was hard. My weights aren't in yet, but the modified version didn't require it. I was so awkward working through everything, and, even though some of the exercises appeared really simple, they were quite the workout. I'm rather sore now. :)

On to Day 2!