The Challenge Group that I'm in (on Facebook) had homework, which included before pics, watching Transform Your Life on BOD (Beachbody on Demand), filling out our Commit to Transform and planning/prepping our food for the week. Like I said before, this program has a mental component to it and the Transform your Life videos address that piece. It's great insight to meet and get to know the cast of the videos. Similar to 80 Day Obsession, this program is filmed live over the course of the 6 weeks, so the video participants (cast) are experiencing the same workouts and meal plan changes that I'm experiencing at home at the same time. I like that Beachbody is doing this format, because it is both helpful and insightful to have the people who look they already have it all together share their own struggles and experience. Being a part of a Challenge Group is also super important to me, because you have the accountability and a connection to people who are right there in the trenches with you. We can ask/answer questions and be supportive to each other. If you have questions about Challenge Groups or how to get into one, contact my Coach Melanie Edwards by messaging her via this link.
I've gone back and forth on which meal plan to follow. The general consensus in my Challenge Group is to go with Plan B, so that's my current plan. Because I'm following the timed nutrition of 80 Day Obsession, my day will be divided into 6 meal times, three full meals three snack size meals. Getting into the rhythm of timed nutrition can take some getting used to, so the Challenge Group members create alarms to help remind/create the habit of eating at certain times. My alarms look like this:
Obviously, dinner happens, it's just not in the pic. Dinner is a green, red, orange, yellow and spoon. I know that I have an extra red on here. I drink Orgain shakes for my 6AM and post-workout reds, which is plant-based protein and about 150 calories/serving. So, they are more like 1/2 red each.
The workout listed in my alarms is NOT my T:20 workout. I'm doing T:20 at 5:30 AM as fasting cardio and my 2nd workout of the day is either strength, running or swimming, depending on the day. My strength workouts will be 80 Day ones three times a week. I swim or run the other three days and have one rest day.
Meal Prep/Planning is so important! You have to have a plan. So, now that I have my timed nutrition schedule planned out, I plan out meals to fit the containers at those times. There are TONS of recipes available online and a lot of them are fantastic. There's also Fixate on BOD, which is nothing but recipes that fit the container portions. My general meal plan is to keep it simple. I do prep some recipes, but mostly I have my favorite rotations of proteins, veggies and carbs and I make up my meals from them. I'm lactose intolerant, so my blues consist mainly of almonds, avocado and hummus. One thing I do like to prep in advance is egg cups. These are super easy to make and are a great "2nd breakfast", or pre-workout meal. I prep onion, peppers, spinach and sausage (I like turkey sausage, it's seasoned and tastes really similar to traditional pork sausage). Cook it up, put it in a muffin pan and add whisked eggs. I cook them at 425 for about 15-20 mins. They are really tasty, they freeze well and I microwave them at work to heat them up.
Yummo! The rest of the sausage and veggies in the skillet I saved and froze for the next time I make these. I wrap them up in pairs. I'm don't measure exactly for the red and green, but I used 8 eggs for the 12 cups and I count each pair as a red and a green. For the yellow, I add some roasted rosemary potatoes.
I'll take pics of what I eat this week and be noting how I feel in terms of hunger and energy. My intention is to post at least once a week, more if I'm able. I'm super excited to transform :)
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