Day 18, this is why I'm hot.

The Florida heat. The yucky, hot, hotness that is the state of Florida. This is why I'm  hot today. It could also possibly be because I was so active today. 

Let's begin with food and we will get to the activity portion. 

Breakfast: 1 Yellow of whole grain cereal and 1 Purple of a sliced up Orange. 

For Brunch I made this Piece of heaven:

2 Reds of 4 egg omelette filled with 1 Green if scallions, tomatoes and spinach. Topped with 1/4 Purple of salsa and HOT SAUCE. Dude, this was soooo good. 

Little man and I had errands to run so I cleaned the house this morning, laundry, gave the dog a bath (which is physically demanding, He is 120lb Bloodhound), did errands and came home to hang for a bit before we went back out. Before leaving again I made a simple salad: 

1 Green of spinach, carrot and cucumber topped with balsalmic and coconut oil. 

While we were out I planned to drop my car off for brakes and oil change for about an hour. I figured I would walk with the kiddo to the nearby shopping center and just browse for an hour.... Well plan foiled, kind of. After an hour of waiting the mechanics called to let me know it would be another hour and a half. We had already walked to the shopping center. I  had the stroller. So I just kept going. There was a nearby state park with wildlife trails so we ventured over there. We walked a total of 4 miles (delayed mapmyfitness log by .6 miles). I tried to keep posture, pull in my abs and push faster and longer strides to stretch out and make my body work harder. Boy did it! By the time we got home at 4:30pm I was thoroughly exhausted.  

And famished. I ate this:

1 Yellow of 1/2 whole wheat English muffin and 3/4 Purple of chopped strawberries. I had to fight the urge to eat more. My body was screaming for carbs. I was all like, look here brain you tell that stomach it's full, ya hear! Then I chugged some water. My cravings disappeared. That's what you call rawr-some. 

A little later on I threw together a simple dinner: 

1 Green of spring mix lettuce and tomato topped with 1 Blue of Parmesan and 1 Red if chicken breast topped with, wait for it...

HOT SAUCE & MUSTARD! 

I know this sounds like a crazy combo but I have come to fully appreciate mustard. Being a former put-ketchup-on-everything addict I never paid good enough attention to this under appreciated and fairly healthy condiment. 

I'm sorry mustard. Forgive me? 

Alrighty then.

Tonight I did my Pilates Fix and included an extra 3 minutes of traditional crunches just for fun. 

Day 18 is over. 3 more measles days to go! I got this! 

Here's a good sweaty McSweaterson pic for ya! 

Day 17, a day of obstacles.

Today was busy. We got up early. Got going and I packed this for snackage: 

I knew I would have a veggie burger at work so I didn't bring extra protein (Red) items. 

For breakfast I had an approved protein bar for which I deducted 1 Red, 1 Yellow and an Orange for. 

Later on in the morning I had this: 

I don't think I could ever over eat yogurt and fruit together. It's my precious. 

1 Red for the yogurt and 1 Purple for the orange and watermelon mix. (As pictured)

I also downed this gem before lunch... 

What? I was a hungry hippo this morning. 

That's 1 Purple for the apple and a tsp of peanut butter.... Annnnnd coffee. Of corse! 

Today at work we had a charity event and I signed up with a team mate to do an obstacle course. It was fun! Basically we were up against several other teams of 2. We had to maneuver this obstacle course as fast as possible and the key was to not receive any penalties for falling off something, dropping something or not completing a task properly... Well... 

We won! How's that for dedication? Yay us! 

During the charity event they were serving burgers, dogs, chips, soda and root beer floats. Man those hot dogs smelled so good! 

I had a veggie burger (1 Red) with mustard and 2 slices of tomato. It was quite satisfying actually... I had packed other foods so I wasn't worried about not eating later on.

When I got back to my desk I ate left overs from last night of 1 Yellow of brown rice and 1 Green of steamed vegetables. 

For an afternoon snack I had 1 Blue of pistachios and 1 Green of a spinach and tomato salad. For the salad I topped it with balsalmic mixed with coconut oil. Can you say yum-E? Because it was quite so. 

I snagged my kiddo from daycare and came home to make him a Friday night sandwich (traditional dinner for him now-a/days on Friday). 

I ate this: 

That's 1 Red of tuna with balsalmic, parsley, garlic powder and coconut oil and 2 Greens of spinach, tomatoes, cabbage slices and cucumber. You know how I feel about my balsalmic in my tuna. 

It an amazing mix. 

I can't believe I'm almost done with the 21 days. It's flown by. I could probably do it longer and not even think about it. But the booklet says not to stay on this eating plan forever. It's ok to do it again for more rounds but with breaks in between. 

I plan to join a challenge group for my next round. I just need to find one. 

For now... It's day 17, and I ONLY have 4 days left! 

No selfies tonight.

I just finished the Lower Fix aka leg day. My glutes are on fire as well as other parts of my legs.

Tonight had some of this but with weights: 

 Just some inspiration tonight instead of a pic of me post workout.