Week 5, Day 4

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Today was LBWO. It didn't go that great since, after finishing the

first two muscle groups, my body quit on me. I started coughing too

much. Blech. So I'll probably do calves and abs later today and, if

not today, then certainly tomorrow. My first two groups went well

though.. I just think hitting those tens was a little too much

DH and I had a talk over dinner last night (very yummy, by the way!)

about meals and such. The first 2 weeks we did BFL we didn't have the

shakes since I had mail ordered them and they took a while to arrive.

We've both come to the realization that we actually felt better, more

satisfied, and happier during the weeks we didn't have two " fake food "

meals a day. So I think we're going to try to get back to that. We've

still got about 30 shakes to consume and, after that, we'll just keep

the Met Rx bars for emergencies. (Days I just don't have time to put

everything together in the morning!!) DH has been having the problem

that he just doesn't feel very satisfied with the food he eats and we

both think that's due to the meal replacement stuff. Yeah!

Today's meals are as follows:

1 - Egg Sandwich

2 - Tuna and Pineapple (can you tell I like this meal?)

3 - ground cow, whole wheat noodles, BFL spaghetti sauce

4 - 1/2 shake

5 - Pork, left over lentils and probably a salad.

6 - other 1/2 shake

I have a feeling that I'll be eating more tuna once I cut out the shakes

in a few weeks. Which is a good thing since I happen to really like

tuna My main concern at the moment with cutting out the MR stuff is

that our food budget will increase. ~~ Thank goodness we've got a

great butcher down the street but we already seem to get so much meat!

It's quite a change from our basically vegetarian lifestyle while we

were in England!

Yesterday's meals were almost eaten as planned

> 1 - Kashi cereal with skim milk after Cardio

> 2 - Tuna and Pineapple

> 3 - Chicken soft tacos (Chix from last night, ff sour cream, lettuce)

I forgot about the Chicken so I used ground Cow. Ooops

> 4 - 1/2 Shake

> 5 - Stir Fry (Brown Rice, sirloin steak, broccolli (*sigh* no carrots), and

some

> Soy Vey Veri Veri Teriyaki sauce.)

> 6 - 1/2 Shake

I failed in my goal to not take a nap yesterday. :/ I woke up feeling

nasty and, after cardio and my first meal I felt like vomiting so I went

to sleep instead. The extra sleep helped quite a bit so I'm hoping that

today I can forgo the nap *crossing fingers*

I've also found that something I thought would be a hurdle isn't. Since

DH and I are doing this together I thought that I'd lack motivation to

work out on the days that he decides not to. This week for instance

He did UB on Sunday and hasn't done anything since due to his back.

(He's seeing an Orthopod on Friday thank goodness!!!!) I'm thrilled to

say that it isn't affecting my drive and I'm still working out even

though, during previous work out kicks, I would have said, " Oh. DH

isn't doing this so I don't have to either. " That's a big step for me

and I'm thrilled!!!

Back to the topic of food.. What does a normal week's grocery list look

like for you all? Are there certain staples that you buy every single

week? Do you tend to shop on your free day? We normally go to the

grocer and butcher on the morning of our free day since we get subs from

the butcher for lunch on our free days

Serenity

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