The Struggle of Time Management

Lately I have been struggling on my journey. It is a job to commit to this lifestyle change. It requires planning your food every day, preparing food and working out. This is all on top of a full time job, wedding planning and trying to have some form of a social life. I am finding myself getting lazy with food ideas and then getting bored with food. It feels like I have lost the time that I used to have to cook or maybe it is that I have lost some of my joy in cooking. I really just want someone to cook all my meals for me! Although I had one favorite meal over the weekend which is picture below:

Quinoa, kale, onion, mushrooms with an over easy egg

I know that because I have been un interested in shopping, preparing and cooking food, I have also not been tracking that well. So starting this week I am trying to get interested in cooking again.

I was talking to my good friend Caley about my current indifference to working the WW program. She suggested that I try some small changes this week. She suggested focus on changing my workout and maybe working to increase my water intake. So she and I started our own challenge. We are going to try to drink 100 oz of water today. And I am going to focus on different workouts than I usually do, so the blog will look a little different.

Monday- This was the day Caley and I determined we should do mini challenges to get our butt backs in gear. Lunch was a simple quinoa, kale, onion and craisin salad, with carrots and hummus and an apple. For dinner I made a simple turkey meatloaf, which I almost burned...luckily I popped a breaker, over a baby kale salad.
Workout- 25 minutes of walking at 3.5 mph at a 7% incline followed by weights with my personal trainer

Tuesday -  I started the day by drinking 24 oz of water as I got ready for work. For breakfast I made a mango and berry protein smoothie. Lunch was similar to Monday, except I brought watermelon instead of an apple. Throughout the day I used my Weight Watchers tracker to track the water and by lunch I had already consumed 50 oz of water. Dinner was grilled salmon with broccoli and cheese tots. In attempt to get back into cooking, I went to my favorite blog for recipes. I made there Broccoli and Cheese tots which were pretty easy to make and a huge hit with Andy!

Broccoli and Cheese Tots

Workout - 35 minutes of walking at 3.2 mph at 6% incline.

Wednesday- Breakfast was a banana and mango protein smoothie. When I got to work I also got a cafe con leche for a little pick me up. Today I changed up lunch a bit. I brought a baby kale salad with coleslaw dressing topped with meatloaf. I also brought grapes and peppers as a snack. For dinner I had leftover meatloaf and sautéed snap peas.
Workout- Walking at 3.2 mph on a 7% incline for 30 minutes.

Weigh In - This wasn't my best week because I gained 0.6lbs. I keep reminding myself how far that I have come, and am trying to stay encouraged for next week!