DAY 1: Recap!

Stats
Weight: N/A
BMI: N/A
Total Calories: 1,110
Calories Burned via Exercise: 100

Day 1 is complete and I am so excited to say that I 100% stuck to everything that I had committed to. This morning I was up at 7 and walked .80 miles... far more than I've walked in a long time. AND the exciting news is, I've had very little pain in my ankles & knees (hips are still angry, whatever). SUCH A WIN!!! Thank you to my new Nike LunarEclipse running shoes :)

Around 8am I made up my first smoothie. I used the Strawberry IdealShape shake, and added it to about a cup of frozen mixed fruit (strawberries, pineapple, mango & peaches) as well as about 6 oz of cranberry juice. It was a bit too sweet for my liking, but it was still totally chuggable :) I'll be playing around with recipes for the Strawberry shake for sure!

I met up with my Massage Therapist, per doctors orders, for a 90 min massage... my first massage in over a year. Let me preface: massages are NOT an enjoyable thing for me. They are usually very painful and I am cringing the majority of the time. I am lucky enough to have a wonderful girl, who has walked with me since I started trying massage a couple years ago. She is really great at knowing how to get my body happy with massage and using it therapeutically. (Her name is Jill Benson. If anyone wants a referral, I'll totally get you her info!).

For lunch I used the Vanilla IdealShape shake, and mixed it with the same frozen fruit but instead of cranberry juice, used apple juice. It was DELICIOUS! My two snacks were the IdealBars in Chocolate Peanut Butter and Cinnamon Caramel Crunch.

For dinner, Husband and I cooked up grilled chicken breast. I had about 6 oz, and used BBQ sauce for dipping. It was scrumptious! 

I drank 110 oz of water, that was HARD! I am not a good water drinker, I often go the entire day without a single sip until I get home and settle in on the couch. It's a horrible, horrible habit and it's one I'm happy to break. But it was SO HARD!!! I had to use the restroom literally every 30 mins. So inconvenient LOL. But, my body will acclimate. It has to, I can't interrupt my day that much long term :)

A big win was that my mom and I attended my cousins' wifes' baby shower. They had all kinds of yummy food, and all I ate was (1) carrot stick (my mom didn't eat anything, GO MOM!!). I didn't even get up to look at the table until we were saying our goodbyes because I didn't want to know what I was missing. Let me be clear: I LOVE FOOD! I love SAVORY FOOD the most. I LOVE CONDIMENTS... ranch, ketchup, fry sauce, anything. BUT, I didn't feel hungry once today. I had cravings, but I never once was hungry. I even told Husband "I want to go eat, but I'm not hungry. I'm just bored." And that was a big moment for me. I read something a few months ago: "If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry, your bored." And I really believe that. Food is supposed to FUEL your body, not sabotage it.

Overall, I'm really happy with my day and I'm excited for tomorrow :) Go me!