HALF WAY!

Day 31-35

Only day I can remember out of these 5 days is my sisters baby shower. I explained to Justin on day 1 that this day would be the only day I cheat on the diet. If I am cooking for 25 people you better believe I am eating the food I am cooking. really though, the only things outside the diet were spinach dip, meatball wontons, pulled pork and the cookies and mousse for dessert. Haha I guess that’s a lot but it was all worth it. We had a lot of leftovers I had to let other people take because unfortunately I could not eat round 2.

Day 36-39

I was down south this week for work, Gulfport and New Orleans. Although it was not easy to keep up with the diet, I managed. But when on this diet let me tell you a few things about New Orleans.

1) Unless you are familiar with the area and know where to eat, New Orleans is not a place to be when doing P90X. Everywhere I went all the food was fried fried fried. Fried catfish, fried chicken, fried shrimp. The only things to get were either a chicken salad or ribs. And yes ribs are not the best thing to get but when I needed protein those were the only “safe” option, you can only handle chicken breasts so many times.

2) Hurricanes are also not an option when doing P90X, but when you are New Orleans you gotta have one, or so I am told. So I substituted my snack and fruit for one (kinda makes up for one right?) Let me tell you, its like fruit punch on steroids. Too many of those and you are gonna wake up with the biggest headache.

Day 40

Ahhh finally back to my routine…well almost. It was the USA game vs Slovenia game so I knew I would be drinking beer, Tony can only control my workouts and eating, he will not control my drinking. Plus its World Cup time…enough said. We had people over for the game so we prepared a huge breakfast. We made whole wheat pancakes, and to be honest I really like them. I will probably substitute them even after the 90 days are up. We also made scrambled eggs, hash browns, and sausage (we couldn’t eat this but we also couldn’t feed everyone turkey bacon over hot sausage patties).

For lunch/dinner I had a chicken salad with feta, tomatoes, pecans, cucumbers and carrots with a vinaigrette dressing. Delicious, but not satisfying after all the drinking. All I wanted was a burger and fries….need that grease to soak up all the alcohol.

Day 41

We made whole wheat pancakes again; on the side I had a serving of ham and a protein shake.

We were going out to dinner for my sister birthday so I knew I wanted to save most of my servings for dinner so for lunch all I had was a snack of string cheese. Needless to say I was starving come dinner time.

For dinner we went to a greek/Mediterranean tapas place. Justin and I ordered a bunch of things. For appetizers we had a tzatziki spread and side salads. For dinner we shared steamed mussels, spare rib (fat taken off) with mashed potatoes and veal with polenta. Aside from the mashed potatoes and polenta the meal was within our diet.

Day 42

Today was fathers day and we went to brunch in the city at Tabards Inn. They say this is the best place to get brunch but after our experience I think everyone in the group highly disagrees. My dad ordered homemade donuts and whipped cream for the table, I sat on my hands when they arrived. Not only did they look delicious covered in sugar but they were fresh. I just bit my lip and sipped my mimosa. For my meal I had hanger steak, pouched eggs and home potatoes. Aside from waiting an hr to get our food, when it arrived my steak was cooked medium well to well and my eggs and home potatoes were cold. For the price I paid it was not worth it. Needless to say I will not be going back.

For dinner we had a leftover chicken and whole wheat pasta concoction that Justin made while I was away. Just needed to add a little more sauce and it was good. J

Day 43

Protein shake: protein scoop, cup of fruit and cup of milk …blend…delicious

For lunch I had a turkey sandwich with cheese and mustard. Boring yes but simple. Side of carrots for my vegetable.

For dinner I made lemon and garlic baked chicken. And Justin made the red pepper soup. For our dairy and carb we attempted to make the tzatziki spread with pita bread. In this spread was 2 cups of greek yogurt, 2 diced cucumbers (seeded), 1 tbsp fresh dill, 1 tbsp fresh mint, 1 tsp pepper, a dash of sea salt and 1 tbsp red wine vinegar. We got this recipe from a healthy eating magazine and when we ate it, we agreed that something was missing. After looking over other recipes on the web, all of them had sour cream. We determined that after the 90 days we are going to try it with sour cream and see if that was the something missing.

Day 44

Protein shake: protein scoop, cup of fruit and cup of water (out of milk) …blend…delicious

Whole wheat bagel with pb.

For lunch I had a salad with turkey, carrots and celery. Side of the tzatziki spread (no pitas) to get my serving of dairy. During the afternoon I went to my go to snack of string cheese.

For dinner we had the leftover red pepper soup and grilled cheese with turkey bacon sandwiches.

Day 45 (HALF WAY!!! WOOOHOOO)

Protein shake: protein scoop, cup of fruit and cup of water (out of milk) …blend…delicious

Whole wheat toast with pb

For lunch another turkey sandwich with cheese and added turkey bacon to kick it up a notch. And a cup of the red pepper soup.

For dinner Justin made chicken stir fry. He wanted to make it with brown rice but after I told him it takes about 50 minutes to cook he opted for whole wheat pasta. Since I did not have my snack for the day I had an all fruit popsicle…YUM!

Its bad to say but I am counting down the days till P90X is over. Its not that I hate it, I don’t, I like the workouts, I just cant stand planning what I eat everyday and making sure I get all my servings in. I know it’s supposed to be the way to eat when working out at a high level but it’s strenuous at times. Let me list off the top 5 foods I am looking forward to eating (in moderation of course)

1) Five guys burger and fries…you better believe this is where I am going to lunch August 9th
2) spare ribs with homemade bbq sauce – spare ribs are fatty so I have restrained from eating them)
3) Ice-cream…specifically Ben and jerry’s half baked…its in my freezer right now just staring at me.
4) any appetizer at a restaurant besides a salad.
5) Papa johns pizza

I have realized how bad these things are for you while doing P90X but that’s the important part right, realizing that then having it in moderation and not every week?? That’s my take on it anyways.