Week one is in the bank. The first 2 days were probably the most challenging. Day 1 was spent almost entirely on soccer and softball fields - so planning, prepping and packing were key.
Day 2 was a little more challenging - 10 hours of it were spent inside a concert venue where I was not allowed to take my own food, had to pay $5.00 a bottle for water, and had no clean food options for purchase. These are the moments when your decisions make or break your progress - and tell the tale of how badly you want it. It would have been easy to just say, "well, one afternoon of eating whatever won't hurt me". And in reality, it probably wouldn't have - but it's never "just one afternoon". So, planning to eat on a schedule that allowed me to eat a meal while walking into the concert venue, I ate all of my solid meals prior to the event, smuggled my protein powder in by measuring it into snack size baggies and shoving them in the bottom of my purse, and then I sucked it up and spent $5.00 a bottle to have my shakes! (besides - you'd spend that much on a beer without thinking twice, right?).
Anyway, it's tough to say that at the end of week one, I am starting to feel hungry before it's time to eat again, but my weight hasn't budged. Not at all. Nope, not an ounce. Waiting for word from the trainers to see if we stay the course and wait it out, or make changes now.
The workout schedule: Day one is back/chest, Day two is legs, Day three is shoulders and arms, Day 4 is cardio only, and then I repeat! No rest day. 1800 calories per day - 2000 on leg day!
Time to eat my pre-lift meal. Happy Memorial Day everyone - and remember to throw some chicken on the grill - there may be someone at your BBQ that's trying to eat clean;-)
