Even after we agreed to do this, it was still a few weeks until we actually did it because I wanted to be as prepared as possible.
I spent three evenings preparing for the week...two researching and compiling recipes and one planning week 1 and grocery shopping.
I spent 1 hour Saturday shopping for week 1.
Then, I spent 1.5 hours prepping Saturday afternoon, which didn't take nearly as long as I expected.
I prepared:
Banana Muffins
Salad Dressing
Bacon
Popsicles
I was impressed at how easy it was to prep all of this and I cleaned as I went so there wasn't a huge mess to clean up at the end. Stephen grilled the chicken for me...yay for having a grill now!
I still wasn't 100% sure how the week was going to go so we went into the week ready to offer a lot of grace. Overall we did really well. I will admit by mid-week all I really wanted was to eat a bunch of crap, but I stuck to the plan!
Dinner was always good, which usually meant lunch was too.
Eating healthy snacks was the hardest because I have really good candy stashed in my drawer at school.
I didn't notice a major increase in work out energy or effort, but I did feel good about myself knowing I was fueling my body with quality food.
My least favorite part is the prep. Even though Saturday's prep was fairly quick and easy, I did not enjoy prepping at night for the next day. In order to ensure success, this has to happen!
I really liked finding new recipes to add in that are healthy and having a plan for the week...that prevented going out...especially for dinners.
Here was our breakdown for the week. (If you care) You'll see we didn't eat clean perfectly all week, but overall I think we did pretty well considering we would eat Chick-Fil-A everyday if we could. :) Taste Test post coming next!
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Breakfast
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Snack
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Work Out
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Monday
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E: Banana Muffins
S: Chick-Fil-A
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Morning:
E: Pumpkin Dump Cake (1 piece)
Afternoon:
E: Banana and apple with PB
S: Banana Popsicle
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E: Blueberry Chicken Salad
(only ate half bc
hard to eat with braces)
S: banana & turkey bacon
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Pineapple Grilled Chicken & Brown Rice
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S: Youth room demo
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Tuesday
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E: Two waffles, strawberry jam, 2 pieces turkey bacon
S: Banana muffin, banana, turkey bacon
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Morning:
None
Afternoon:
E: Kind bar, cheese
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E: Leftovers from last night
S: Mexican
Grilled chicken quesadilla, refried beans
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Connect Group
Hot dogs, mac & cheese, baked beans, fruit, brownies
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Both: Crossfit
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Wednesday
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E: Banana Muffins
S: Banana muffins and turkey bacon
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Morning:
None
Afternoon:
S: Muffin
After Dinner:
S: Ice cream sandwich |
Lumbertwig
E: Turkey sandwich
S: chicken wrap
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E: Salsa Chicken (recipe from last time…with brown rice
and organic tortilla chips)
S: left over grilled chicken
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None
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Thursday
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E: Waffles and strawberry jam
S: Muffins and bacon
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Morning:
S: apple and PB
Afternoon:
S: Apple and PB
After Dinner:
Both: Starbucks
E: Cookies
S: Donuts
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E: Leftovers from last night & Balanced Break (nuts,
cranberries, cheese)
S: Asian Fusion
Fo
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Beef Stew
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Both Crossfit
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Friday
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E: Waffles and strawberry jam
S: ½ Bojangles sausage bisquit
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Morning:
None
Afternoon:
E: ½ sugar cookie
Balanced Break (nuts, cranberries, cheese)
After Dinner:
S: Mike & Ikes |
E: Leftovers from last night
S: Cheetos
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Panera
E: Fuji Chicken Salad
½ chocolate chip cookie (free, warm, gooey)
Both: Sweet Tea
S: Pasta
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Erin Run
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Saturday
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Chick-Fil-A
Sweet Tea
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Morning:
None
Afternoon:
S: Strawberry popsicle
After Dinner:
Both: D’lishi (frozen yogurt)
S: apple and PB
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E: Leftover salsa chicken
½ chocolate chip cookie
S: None
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Pecan crusted chicken, broccoli, noodles, cfa
sauce
S: no noodles, no cfa sauce
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Stevo: youth room
demo
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Sunday
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E: Cinnamon Roll
S: donut
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None
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Zaxbys
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Beef Stew
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Erin Run
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