So. Much. Food.

Yesterday I started my new meal plan.

I've never been one to eat normal meals or on a regular schedule- I always just ate food when I was hungry. That plan wasn't the best though, because I take Adderall during the week to keep my ADHD in line so that I can actually be productive.

While Adderall is great for making my brain focus and able to function like an average person rather than a chipmunk on LSD, it totally kills my appetite.

I don't usually take Adderall on the weekends, because I either sleep too late, or don't really have a reason to. During the week, I have to be a productive adult at work, so I begrudgingly deal with a messed up appetite.

The new meal plan has me eating every 2 hours from when I get up till I go to bed.

I had to use a shoebox  since all the food wouldn't fit in my lunchbox!

Yesterday, I made it until about 1230 before I started to question this whole "eat every 2 hours" scheme.
I had already had my 0700 meal (bagel, egg white & cheese with an 8oz OJ) , and my 0900 meal (an apple & pineapple) and my 1100 meal (tomato soup & carrots).
I was facing my 1300 meal (veggie burger wrapped in romaine lettuce & chocolate milk) and I was not even close to hungry.

I texted Zach and told him that it was meal time, and I wasn't hungry.


His response? "Eat up!"

I left my office and trudged out to the kitchen where I nuked my veggie burger, than wrapped it in lettuce leaves.

mmm,veggie burger

I took a picture of my meal and sent it to Zach to prove that I was eating. I also warned him that if I puked at the gym tonight, I was blaming him!

Next was the 1500 meal of greek yogurt and apple juice. This meal, like the previous, was hesitantly approached. I could hear my grade school teacher telling me "if you're not hungry, don't eat!" However, Mrs. Flaherty, although a great teacher, wasn't exactly an expert on dropping weight, so I took a deep breath and just ate the food.

I made sure to drink some water in the 2 hour lapse between 1500 and 1700, because I was leaving work at 1630 and heading to the gym.

On the way to the gym, I had a rice cake with peanut butter.
When I got to the gym, I felt like a stuffed animal. I waddled into the gym and changed my shoes and wrapped up for Mike's Boxing Drills class.

I felt like I had more energy, but I could have just been delirious from the carrots with the faint chemical residue.

After Mike's class, I did a circuit with Menace & Sonic that Zach approved, aka 30 minutes of hell.

Zach's Circuit

50 push ups
100 russian twists with medicine ball
50 crunches on ball
15 dips
50 squats with medicine ball
1 minute plank
30 secs right side plank
30 secs left side plank
1 minute scissor kicks
25 medicine ball toe touches
50 push ups
50 crunches on ball
15 dips
50 squats with medicine ball

I am sorely lacking in the ab muscles department, so I was hurting throughout the circuit, but I finished it!
We were just finishing up with the circuit when Dena, the owner of Striking Beauties, arrived with Ava (her daughter), toting a box about the same size as Dena.

We went over to say hi to Dena, and she excitedly showed us what was in the giant box.

The neon pink tree looks like it was made to live at SB!

She had managed to stumble upon a faux neon pink Christmas tree at Border's. Only Dena!

After oohing and aahing, she eagerly ripped open the box and we set it up in the front window at the gym.
I still had 45 minutes on the elliptical, so I filled up my awesome TMNT waterbottle and hopped on the elliptical.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles waterbottle! cowabunga!

My foot started to cramp up about 35 minutes in, but I finished my time. I made sure to stretch out afterwards, but it still feels weird. I can't wait to get my new shoes!