Day 1

Last night I had my first meeting with Kellie, Jen and Cassie to work out the plans for the Challenge. I'm excited! I also realized that I am not really that well-versed in the Zone, no matter what I thought. I learned a ton from the girls. First on the list? Breakfast. I will be eating the following:

1 scoop (20 g protein) of protein powder
1 c blueberries
1 c strawberries
1.5 tsp peanut butter
4 ice cubes blended

Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites with 1/4 c hummos (1 block) and then 1 oz turkey jerkey, 1/2 nectarine and 3 almonds (1 block)

Lunch: I didn't get home until 11 pm last night (late for me, seriously late!) so I thought I'd just throw a frozen Zone meal into the bag.

Snack: Zone bar

Dinner: I'm running to dinner with a friend. I'm going to either do a salad (veggies, protein and dressing on side) or veggies and protein.
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It's 1:07 and already I had to edit the day. (I'm writing this from my cell phone in the back of a meeting.)

Breakfast was yummy, once I figured out that I needed to add water. At first it really looked like colored sand and I was yelling "What is wrong with my shake?!?!" confusing Danny and my dog. I was also running late, and about 2 seconds from just downing a bunch of colored protein powder, which is what it all looked like. :)

I was starving about two hours later, so I had 1 block of my snack. An hour after that, I had the other block. Then, since my office is in complete chaos, my boss announced that we are going to lunch as a company for a meeting. My food was at the other office!!! EEK! So I texted Cassie to make sure I wasn't cheating (I wasn't) and ordered a salad with just lettuce and tomatoes, added turkey, and then put a pretty minimal amount of oil and vinegar on the salad. I'm feeling good. I will say that giving up Diet Coke is making me insane already and I think it's screwing with my appetite, as visions of my Zone bar are already dancing in my head. I can tough it out, though, and I am ready for the rest of the day. :) The girls are so knowledgable and helpful and I'm really lucky.

UPDATE: So before Xfit, I had a Zone bar. Then for dinner, I had 3 oz or so of fish and a roasted red pepper salad, which I'm hoping was enough to count for 3 block of carbs and fats. (I had dinner with a friend at a tapas bar, which is great for small portions but plain veggies were not plentiful on the menu!)

Another aspect of the Zone Challenge are the workouts.

M: Crossfit
T: Yoga
W: Crossfit
Th: Off
Fri: Crossfit
Sat: Crossfit and run 2 extra WOD
Sun: Work up to running 2 miles.