Pledge Week 2: Slowly Getting Easier

Times eaten fast food this week = 0
Total pledge amount this week = $35 (7 days * $5)
Total pledge amount to date = $65
Funds raised to date = $1000

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As the title of this post suggests, resisting fast food has been slowly getting easier. That definitely does not imply that I am over it. It's just been easier to let the craving happen, rationalize that it's not worth eating and moving on to healthier options. Although not all options have been healthy. There have been quite a few occasions at the office of choosing the bag of Pop Chips or Cheez-Its over bananas or peanuts. But for now, small snacking of this nature is better than a 1000+ calorie meal... Even if that meal is something you think is absolutely delicious...

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Instead of fast food, my diet has since comprised of a protein shake mix for breakfast and 3 basic meals rotated for lunch and dinner each day. It's nothing special, but it's got several key features: 1) it's quick 2) it's easy 3) it tastes good enough 4) it's relatively healthy

Breakfast (cardio mornings):
1.5 cups of coffee
1 scoop Syntha-6 protein
8oz of Kirkland organic chocolate milk
1/2 cup coconut water

Breakfast (weight lifting mornings):
1.5 cups of coffee
1 scoop Gold Standard whey protein
1 scoop Gold Standard casein protein
8oz of Kirkland organic chocolate milk
1/2 cup coconut water

The breakfast shake on weight lifting days basically has extra protein and a combination of whey and casein protein. The casein is broken down slower than whey so it spreads it out through the morning as needed.

Meal 1: Egg White Quiche
Egg whites
Spinach
Chicken sausage
Flaxseed

Baked to crispy and topped with ketchup and pepper

Meal 2: Chicken and carbs
Baked chicken breast
Organic marinara sauce
1 of 3 carbs
-Brown rice
-Quinoa
-Sweet potatoes

Bake the chicken breast and heat the carbs at the same time, prepare in bulk, top with marinara sauce before eating

Meal 3: Spinach and Turkey Meatballs
Spinach
Trader Joe's Turkey Meatballs
Organic marinara sauce

Meatballs come precooked so just pop in the microwave for 3 min

The benefit of these meals is that they are either easy and ready to go (meal 3) or they can be baked in bulk and stored into the fridge for warming up later (meal 1 and 2). As I move forward, hopefully I'll discover more of the same types of meals and there will be some variety. But for now, I'll stick to what's working, keeping me full and just tasty enough! :D