DAY 1 - I SURVIVED

Hai everyone!!  SO it's officially the close of day 1 of my 8 week Tone it Up! challenge.  It wasn't so bad to be honest.  Here is my food diary and thoughts for the day!

I started off my day with the Bombshell Spell drink.  I actually enjoyed this much more than it's counterpart the MetaD.  It was sweet and the pineapple juice really masked the taste of the large amount of apple cider vinegar.  It will be my new go to.

For M1 I decided against the suggested "Mocha Smoothie Bowl" and opted for my go to protein shake.  Mainly because I got up late, didn't have time to brew coffee to add into the smoothie, and truthfully my protein shake is non-dairy and only around 200 calories but very filling.

Now on to M2.  I honestly wasn't really that hungry, but I new I needed to eat so I ate the suggested apple, sliced, but instead of adding cinnamon I ate it plain.  I will try cinnamon later this week.

So for M3, I ate this around 12:30 PM.  It was the K&Kale Salad with chopped red pepper and avocado and a boiled chicken breast.  I tried the homemade dressing I made the night before and it wasn't terrible.  But I couldn't finish the salad and was very full.

On to M4.  The meal plan suggested 3 mini Strawberry Shortcake Muffins.  I prepped these yesterday and made mine with buckwheat flour vs. the suggested oat flour.  Mine turned out ok, but have a bit of a more grainy texture because of the buckwheat flour.  It's fine. I don't mind.  But again. I ate them gladly knowing that this was my last "meal" before I worked out before dinner.

And lastly M5.  Tonight was the blackened salmon with pineapple pico de gallo and quinoa.  I blackened the salmon as suggested in the recipe but didn't eat the pico because it had WAY too much cilantro.  Next time I make it I will only add 1/2 the suggested cilantro and no jalapeno.  But it wasn't bad.  I made extra salmon for my salad tomorrow.

My workout today consisted of the suggested toning exercises from the app and 30 minutes of HIIT cardio.  I'm tired, my legs are feeling it. and I look forward tomorrow!!  See you all then! <3