I started my new diet and went back to the gym today. I had a rough workout -nothing more than I usually do, but given I gave up a week at the gym and my body wasn't fueled with protein like usual, it was expected. I still pushed through it and finished a pretty good tri/bi workout ending with 30 minutes of cardio. It felt AMAZING to be back in the gym. I'm so miserable skipping days, so I think that had a lot to do with how moody I was last week too.
I didn't realize this before last night, but the new diet I'm following cuts out carbs and starches with my 2 servings of fruit per day being the majority of the carbs I get daily. This is going to be struggle. I'm not necessarily wanting carbs just yet but I'm sure it'll come! For breakfast I'm allotted one protein/dairy and one fruit. So I had a cup of nonfat yogurt and an apple to start my day. -Surprisingly, I felt really full and actually had to wait a little longer to go to the gym. -More than likely a benefit of the cleanse. For a morning snack I can have one protein/dairy, 1 fruit and 1-2 veggies. I had this after my workout so I made a protein shake with chocolate/peanut butter protein almond milk, kale, and a banana. It was delicious! But I think I'll stick to spinach instead of kale-it just blends better. I do however, love kale in juices just not preferred blended. Below is one of the sweeter juices we loved this summer :)
The rest of my meals (lunch, mid-afternoon snack, and dinner) all consist of protein and veggies. I'll probably have some cottage cheese and some squash/zucchini for lunch, a protein shake for my other snack, and we're having salmon for dinner with some steamed broccoli and asparagus. Basically when all is said and done, you're plate should have about a quarter of protein on it and 3/4 veggies with this diet. Can't wait to see what weight loss I have this week! So excited for next monday!
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