Measure Up

Well, one week down and I've learned that I have muscles in my body that i didn't know that I had. You wonder how I learned this? By my soreness in areas that I didn't know I could get sore in! Last week was a challenge because of the new schedule (waking up at 4:30am to work out at 5am), the new diet (low calories, low carb, yuk!), and the soreness (all over my body!). I wasn't looking forward to my second individual work out with my trainer Micah. He didn't disappoint me either! I thought last week was hard but he took me to a new level this week and I am still sore because of him! I can push my body through the work outs but the diet has been my biggest challenge! I have learned a lot about my eating habits. I'll just tell you in a nutshell that they sucked!
I have learned to use a measuring cup for preparing my meals (rations!) I find myself reading more labels than books these days. I can't really eat at any of my favorite places because I am tempted to eat something that is bad for me. I did eat at a fast food restaurant this past week that was healthy and I enjoyed it. I ate at Chick-Fil-a in Fresno. They had a low calorie, low carb, chargrilled chicken sandwich that was the bomb! It stinks that there isn't one closer to Visalia.
I have eaten more chicken and salad in the last week than I ate in the last two months. I miss my red meat! I will tell you that this experience has shown me how bad my eating habits were. So it looks like I will continue to use my measuring cups and keep reading those labels as I continue to restructure my eating habits. I have to go measure my protein shake now.