Day #4

Today I weighed in the first time since I started the program on Sunday. I'm down 3.6 lbs from Sunday, but this is not 100% a real loss...the previous week my weight was up about 2 lbs so I think I was retaining water and now eating better and working out more has kicked it. But nonetheless I'm at my lowest weight I've seen in....goodness I don't even know.

I'm happy to say that my muscles have finally forgiven Jillian for the torture she has put them through, and today when I woke up I still had a slight ache, but it was the GOOD ache, the one that reminds you you're working hard, not the bad one that prevents you from moving. And because of this, I had NO EXCUSES. I dragged my butt out of bed nice and early and got in workout #1.

I had a team lunch today at work and we went out to Bertucci's. Naturally I was scared to death of how off plan it would take me, but I planned ahead and check the menu & nutrition and picked something that resembled Jillian's suggested meals. It was a salad with grilled chicken with balsamic vinaigrette and it was super delicious and low calories/fat/sodium with a helping of protein. Picking this meal was not the hardest part of lunch though...oh no...the hardest part was resisting the basket of warm rolls that landed right in front of me with all of that delicious dipping oil. MUST RESIST. And I did. I declared up front that I wasn't having any rolls and thankfully the people around me didn't seem all that interested in them either, so I didn't have roll envy. I love bread...but it's also the devil.

For dinner I decided to make the turkey burger recipe - basically just super lean ground turkey mixed with some black bean and corn salsa and grilled. Much better than I was expecting, and I threw some avocado on it as suggested. The side dish was roasted veggies: carrots and brussel sprouts. My first time eating brussel sprouts and I'll be honest...they weren't bad!!!! All in all dinner was a success.

And course, it's hell week, so despite the fact that I didn't get home from the office until 7ish and then didn't eat until after 8...I still forced myself to go put in the 2nd workout of the day, Jillian's Cardio 1. At 10pm. Yes, that's right, I am a rockstar, thank you for noticing.