Week 1 Wrap Up

So, I started off GREAT last week - stuck to my meal plan 100% for Monday-Friday.  We did a great job of prepping on Sunday night, which really helped streamline mealtimes and make everything super easy.  This is what our fridge looked like at the start of week 1:

The covered colored bowls held strawberries, grapes, and of course I can't remember the third thing right now.  We also had a huge container of salad, water, hard boiled eggs, precooked chicken breasts, sliced bell peppers, cucumbers, and diced zucchini, all ready to go for various meals.  I felt like a rock star when we got it all together!

The 21 Day Fix workouts were great, too.  We ended up skipping Friday's Cardio Fix in favor of a 45-minute walk with the kiddo in the stroller after dinner, but we still stayed active.  The Lower Fix on Wednesday was tough, and Pilates Fix Thursday was killer!  Those two workouts on back-to-back days really kill your butt, you can tell they are definitely working!  Saturday was the Dirty Thirty, which was a good challenge but not as tough as I was expecting.  Last night was the Yoga Fix, which was a great way to end the week and refocus energy for the upcoming week.  Autumn mentions that life is all about balance during the workout, which totally fits with the theme of this blog.  And it is so true, you have to really work hard to balance fitness, cooking and eating healthfully, and work and family commitments.  It's not easy, but it is totally worth it in the end!

Since yesterday was Mother's Day, we ended up veering off the meal plan quite a bit.  Part of this was because we wanted to celebrate, and part was because our steak didn't thaw in time for dinner.  The first part of the day was not too bad, but then I went on a Starbucks date (just by myself!) and splurged on a tall Frappucinno and a chocolate chip cookie.  And due to the steak not thawing, we ended up ordering a pizza.  The results of these choices?  The scale showed the same number this morning as it did last Monday at the start of the Fix.  I am also PMSing, so that is probably not helping the number a lot.  I will weigh again tomorrow to see where I'm truly at.  Either way, overall I'm feeling great about the work I put in last week, both nutritionally and fitness-wise, and I can tell that my body is changing.  My muscles feel tighter (in a good way, not stress-related!), I have more energy, and I'm happy.  I'll call that a win for Week 1!

We haven't sat down to meal plan for week 2 yet (not great, since the week has already started!), but I'm working on it now.  Shopping will hopefully get done this evening, and then the Full Body Cardio Fix is on the schedule again tonight! :)