Day Two

Alright, so it's day two and so far so good! When I first looked at the meal plan I thought it was going to be super bland and the portions, on paper, looked small.

I was wrong!

Everything so far has been pretty tasty and one cup of something is a lot more than I thought.

This is what I ate for day one:
Breakfast
1 veggie "sausage" patty
1 slice whole wheat bread with natural peanut butter
1 cup of grapes

Lunch
1 cup lentil soup
2 cups spinach salad w/ .5 cup of cheese and olive oil and vinegar dressing

Dinner
1 cup whole wheat pasta
5 ounces ground veggie "beef"
.5 cup of tomato sauce and .5 cup of Parmesan cheese

Snacks
1 string cheese
1 clementine
1 handful of cashews
1 piece of dark chocolate

What I ate (and will eat) today:
Breakfast
.5 cup low fat cottage cheese
1 slice whole wheat bread w/natural peanut butter
1 apple

Lunch
1 veggie "chicken" patty
2 cups spinach salad w/olive oil and vinegar dressing
.5 apple

Dinner
2 veggie "burger" patties
1 cup broccoli
.5 apple

Snacks
1 string cheese
1 oz. veggie "turkey" lunch meat
1 cup strawberries
1 cup popcorn

I was terrified of the lentil soup when I bought it in the store. I was looking through all the soups, thinking they all looked pretty tasty. Then I got to the lentil soup and of course it had to look the yuckiest. When I made it on Sunday, I was reluctant to even try it. I thought about replacing it with something else from the meal plan; but derby girls don't turn away from a challenge or run (or skate) when things aren't exactly what we want. To my surprise the soup was damn good! I am actually looking forward to eating the rest of it next week.

As much as I now like lentil soup and string cheese and the amazing pasta I made for yesterday's dinner, I really miss pizza and it's only day two! I'm thinking about looking up some recipes for a healthy home made pizza, just so I can get my fix. My favorite pizza is broccoli pizza, so I'm sure I can whip up a diet friendly pizza. If weight watchers can put pizza on their meal plan, I can too!

Day one I had practice that night. I was excited to see how my new diet was going to improve my stamina. I didn't really feel fatigued, despite getting up relatively early and having a long day. I did, however have minor head aches from what I can assume as not getting sugar. Before the challenge I was a Taco Bell and Powerade fiend and ate a ton of sugar all the time. Taking white sugars completely out of my diet so abruptly probably sent my body in a panic because of the sugar deprivation. Today I am feeling much better.

Right now, as I type this, I'm eating a cup of raw broccoli. Bring on day 3.