Prep Work

I can do this. Now what?

I wrote menus. I'm suppossed to eat something every 2-3 hours (this amounts to 5 small meals in a day) and then eat a larger meal at some point, too. I'm trying to keep the smaller meals to around 200 calories (maybe a little less) and the larger meal around 500. This puts me somewhere between 1200 and 1500 calories every day. Don't worry, I won't starve. There's a lot of food in that bag every morning.

Speaking of that bag, I have the most amazing roommate and old friend in the history of such folks. She asked if she could do anything to help. Could she help? How was anything she did going to make this any easier for me? Indeed, she could. First, she did all the measurements for me that I wanted to keep track of. (I'll share those some other time.) Then, she took pictures. Yes, there are now photos of me in just shorts and a bra. I'm fat. They're scary. I'll share those later, too, maybe after there's noticable difference and I can post more than one set. Even more than that, though, she agreed to pack my food for the day. Every day. The measuring, the slicing and dicing, the packing. The hard part. The part where I could cheat myself or nibble while I was working at it. She does it for me. There is no temptation for me to add an extra ounce or an extra teaspoon. This woman deserves a medal for her awesomeness.

Let me guess? Now, you're wanting to know what's on those menus? That's coming up next.