Firing up another Monday - the nutrition started sparse but ended on a strong note.  While keeping an eye on my 11 mo. old daughter and trying to manage a few projects for work kept the morning food to a minimum.

• Coffee & 1 Pear
• Met-Rx bar - super tasty, but not something that really is recommended while trying to lean out.
• Green salad (dark/leafy greens w/ cucumber & light ranch) with 3 oz. chicken
• Another green salad with 3 oz. chicken
• Grilled chicken w/ steamed asparagus
• 1.5 oz. of almonds
• 1 greek yogurt
• 2 scoops of whey protein 

Overall, healthy?  Comparatively - yes.  Ideally - no.

Places where I’d improve:

• more structure to the morning meals (better planning)
• keep only whole food (no met-rx bars)
• at least a full gallon of water (only 1/2 gallon today)

Positives for today:

I remember reading where a trainer told the client he could eat whatever he wanted AFTER he ate all of the healthy stuff first and felt he was still hungry.  So 1.5hrs. after dinner tonight I got my usual cave-man-esque hunger attacks.  Instead of cookies, cold pizza or chips, I first went after the greek yogurt.  That got me through 45mins. 

Next I filled up my shaker up with cold water and blew down 2 scoops of whey protein.  I probably could of foregone one of those if I had taken in a ton of water as I should have.  Live and learn.

So 2 takeaways from today’s post:

1. Log everything you eat.  It helps to track where you’ve been & how to improve.
2. Be ready for the late night cravings with a game plan to beat it up.

That does it.  I’m off to bed - need to get up early to plan out the next day!