A New Start

Apologies on being a few days late with my post; this weekend ended up being extremely busy!!!

Saturday was my first day post RESET, my first day to test my new food choice skills.  After 5 full days of RESET, my I had released a grand total of 6.6 lbs of the excess weight I was carrying.

We had a busy day planned because of a kayaking class that was scheduled from 10 am - 2 pm, which would definitely test out scheduling and planning food every few hours.  I discovered that sometimes that can work out really well, and other times, well, you just have to go with the flow.

We were up pretty early, so I made us some Greek scrambled eggs--eggs, onions, spinach, black olives, diced tomatoes and a little feta cheese.  That was incredibly delicious after a week of not eating regular foods.  I was still lamenting the fact that I hadn't planned better with my supplements; they will arrive on June 1, so obviously I wouldn't have any for the first few days.

We packed our bag up for kayaking and headed to the east side of our county (we live on the west side.)  We packed snack bars and apples for our break during the kayak class, and lots of water.

The break in the class though came around 1 pm, which meant that since I had had breakfast at 8 am, I had already missed my first scheduled snack of the day.  But what could I do really; we were out in the Gunpowder River learning various paddle strokes, safety and rescue techniques, and my snacks were on shore.  I did take my water bottle along, and I drank lots of water, not including the river water I sucked in as we were purposely capsizing our kayaks to learn how to get back in them with a partner and on our own.

By the end of the four hour class, I was vowing to start an exercise routine to increase my upper body strength. Nothing shows you how weak you really are like trying to hoist yourself up on a kayak that is above your head in a moving body of water where your feet don't touch the bottom. I was also extremely hungry by the time this class was over; I haven't expended that much energy in a really, really long time.

We drove home after class and grilled a bunch of veggies (squash, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms) and we had some steamed shrimp.

I do think there was some residual effect of the week's supplements still working for me, as I didn't crash from exhaustion at this point. I managed to run to the grocery store and clean the first floor of our house before succumbing to the bruises and sore muscles that I knew were inevitable.

Later on in the evening, we did eat out for dinner.  We have a Mediterranean place called Tahina's down the street from us.  They have a hummus platter that has a carrot salad, a cucumber salad and then some spicy hummus.  I also had about a 6" disk of flat bread.

Overall, I think this was a pretty successful day given the amount of physical activity and the amount of food consumed.  Nothing was of a particularly poor nutritional content.