Sat. July 16th-I hadn't really started the meal plan but I packed some high protein items to eat for snacks and lunch during my day since I was going to be out. Shouldn't have bothered. Between grocery shopping, a meeting, driving out to Essex to see a friend finish her triathlon, and bolting home to prepare for company--I didn't have time to eat anything beyond a piece of Turkey meat. Good news was, I had bought everything I needed for the next two weeks and didn't overeat.
Sun. July 17th-We had a "Family Fun Day" at church after service which generously provides a hot dog, bag of chips, and a pop to everyone. Decided to pack JM's Oriental Chicken Salad instead. Good choice. Very tasty and satisfying. Didn't even want the junk food.
This was the day I conquered my dislike of cottage cheese by mixing it with strawberries & walnuts.
Tried the Greek-style yogurt mixed with blueberries. Not bad. A little tart.
Put together the ingredients for JM Texas Chili in crock pot before going to bed. I needed it for lunch the next day.
Mon. July 18th-Realized my breakfast was going to take more time than I had so I improvised.
Hated the Texas Chili. The recipe didn't call for beans or tomatoes of any kind so it was kind of like taco meat, but not as good in my opinion. I had added beans anyways, but I should've thrown in the bottle of marinara sauce I use in my own chili recipe.
Steak & edamame & cucumber for supper. Yum. There two more veggie dishes I was supposed to make but just didn't have time.
Tackled my first JM workout later that night after a 30min. family bike ride. Got about half way through before I got tired out and went to bed. My right knee bothered me a little too.
Tues. July 18th-Realized that my scheduled breakfast needed 4 hours in a slow cooker! Decided to improvise by making up my own breakfast and having my crock pot "Broccoli & Cheese Crustless Quiche" for lunch instead. Got home from work tired and hungry so we polished off the crock pot meal for supper! It was the day of eggs & cheese.
Did the whole JM workout while watching "Losing It with Jillian". Very strenuous but doable. Not alot of equipment needed. Just a weight bench, step platform, stability ball, dumbbells, skipping rope, mat and a timer. Right knee didn't start hurting this time until the very end. Sweaty!
Wed. July 19th-Actually made a JM breakfast of egg whites, diced turkey bacon & cheese. Tasted good all mixed together.
Improvised with lunch. They wanted me to put a can of tuna and some boiled egg whites in my salad. Not going to happen. Made the salad, then mixed the raw egg whites with the tuna and made little patties that I "fried". Wasn't spectacular but I know I wouldn't have eaten the other combination. I'm picky.
Supper was tilipia with onions & spices wrapped in foil and baked. Was supposed to grill the asparagus but decided to throw it into the foil with the fish to make my life easier. Also made sauteed zucchini & mushrooms. Jillian would have been proud of our dinner but my family was not impressed! Trysten cried out a despondent "NOooo" when he saw the amount of vegetables we were going eat.
No workout tonight. I got to rest. Thanks Jillian:)
Summary-The website design isn't superior to any other diet websites I've tried, but I like what it has to offer. It takes time to print out the meal plan, recipes, exercise plan, and exercises, but in a couple weeks I expect that to lessen significantly.
If you try to do the plans perfectly, you're going to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. I just do the best I can and the upside is that the one week of meals probably will last two weeks as I hoped.
Some recipes are good and others not, but it's healthy and filling. I couldn't imagine eating everything called for in one day...I think I need to lower the calorie level I selected because I'm supplementing with little things that aren't found in the JM meal plan like dark chocolate, low-fat chips, almond milk ice cream and raw cookie balls (healthy). I'm trying to incorporate the treats that I know I'm not going to give up for life.
I had questions about two of the recipes and found the answers I was looking for on the message boards.
Didn't think I'd say this but starting to feel a little Jillian Michaeled out and I haven't even got the DVD or the book yet!
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