Finally Friday



"The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!" ~ Marvin Phillips

My mother-in-law emailed me the above quote and I felt it portrayed this week of Meltdown so well.  I have had a great week but needed some "umph" most days to get my workouts in. 

For some reason I decided I would stray from my original plan of 4:30 a.m. workouts.  Why?  I have no idea.  It worked fine last week but I decided I would deviate from the plan and workout when I got home from work.  What I found was that I was tired when I arrived home or someone needed help with something, I had a meeting, and blah, blah, blah!!  Life happened after work ~ imagine that!  I did however manage to get all 6 of my workouts in (even my 1 hour workout) but I am going back to my early a.m. workouts next week and throughout the rest of the Meltdown.  Lesson learned:)

One thing that helped me this week was walking at lunch.  This morning I did return to my 4:30 a.m. workouts.  I like getting my workout done & over before my actual day starts.  It invigorates me and I like putting myself first but more importantly I like getting the thing I don't want to do out of the way first.  The scales showed the persistence in my workouts and the healthy eating and my clothes definitely reflect that too ~ just the motivation I need to push me through Week 3.

Our entire office woke up excited this morning and anticipating our Friday Weigh In.  We were all successful and impressed with our weigh in!  We all agreed it's easier doing this Meltdown because you have someone as a power partner who is eating healthy, exercising, and having ups and downs too.  We have had so much fun trying new recipes, talking about what we did for exercise, and we all feel it helps you stay on track too!

Just a reminder taht you have until 9 p.m. tonight to get your weigh in stats to us:)

Since it was Friday and our weigh in day we all waited to eat breakfast until we weighed this morning.  We love the yogurt Parfaits and decided this morning was a great time to have one for breakfast!  I love this and it's a daily favorite at our office.  Full of protein, fruit, and delici-O-SO-nous.

170 calories 2.5 g Fat

For lunch we decided a 6-inch Chicken Breast Sub from Subway sounded to good to pass up.

Flat Bread, Veggies, and Oven Roasted Chicken ~ Super Yummy!

Click on the link for the nutritional information on the sandwich -- for flatbread it has 330 calories and 7 g of fat. 

http://subway.com/applications/NutritionInfo/index.aspx

Weekly Menu items for the upcoming week that I will be cooking & sharing . . .

Slow Cooker Chicken Tortilla Soup

Mexican Pizza

Buffalo Chicken Salad with Homemade Ranch Dressing

Ice Cream

Chicken Rallatini

Shrimp Tacos with Avocado & Salsa Verde

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Have a blessed weekend ~ Stephanie