Two Weeks In and Still Going!

Cloie and I are now a little over two weeks in.  The workouts themselves have been challenging but more so the schedule is the most challenging part.  We are lifting 6 days a week, walking 4 and doing 2 days of interval training.  I was pretty sure my body was not going to make it through the first week, but I have settle into a routine and am getting used to the levels of exercise.

We are getting food prep down.  Cloie abandoned me for a wedding last weekend so I had to do my own food prep on Sunday.  It took me about 4 1/2 hours including the clean up.  That did NOT include running the dishwasher 3 times!  I find I am going through an astounding number of dishes.

With my background the workout design has been pretty intuitive but the meal design and food prep have been tough.  I created a spreadsheet in which we can enter our food to balance macro nutrients within 5% per meal, calories with in 100 per day  and plan menus.  I have been experimenting a little in the kitchen.  My mashed sweet potatoes are great!  The Quinoa pizza bites, not so much.  I am learning to make tasty meals with logical food combinations:

Shrimp Salad w/ spinach, avocado and rice

Chicken stir-fry.

But is it worth it?  I weighed in this week and I am down 9 pounds!  My clothes fit better and I have more energy.  Thank goodness because I am using a whole lot of it.

More updates to come!