The Shred: Day 1

Good morning Jillian, I'm ready for my butt kicking now.

Today was my first time ever doing a Jillian Michael's workout and I'll admit I was nervous.  But I got 'er done and it wasn't too bad!  

This morning I learned that my arms are sort of wimpy.  By the end of the 30 days I want to be able to do real push-ups.  

After my quick 20 minute workout, I started to think about breakfast, mmmm. 

I recently began starting my mornings with lemon water.  I just heat a cup of water with lemon in the microwave like I would do with tea, and drink that before I eat anything.  

I'm trying to cut back on coffee consumption because I don't like the idea of being dependent on a cup o' joe  to get me through my day, and I felt like I was heading in that direction.

After some lemon water I had oats in a jar.  I loveeee when I hit the end of a nut butter jar and get to have oatmeal in it.  Shane has accidentally thrown away some jars before I could get to them...I don't think he'll do it again any time soon ;)

ps sorry for the lack of pictures this morning, I don't know what I was thinking

Lunch 

Here's a breakdown of my lunchbox

11 am snack- orange

1:30 lunch- spinach/mixed greens salad with quinoa/millet, sunflower seeds, nooch, baby carrots, crushed red pepper flakes and some walnut oil drizzled on top + slow cooker ugly yet yummy 7 bean & barley soup

4 pm snack- apple

Dinner

quinoa/millet simmered in veggie broth and sauteed mushrooms

Dessert

A little bit of this because I was baking something for our Italian potluck at work tomorrow!

And I got something special in the mail for my birthday, I shed some light on that this week as well =)


Goodnight!