Day twenty two...all I see is farmers carry.

Killed my shoulders and triceps with Dee this morning. With multiple over head farmer's carry routines in between all of the conditioning exercises, I ended up not finishing the last of the side plank dips because my arms were shaking so bad. Lame. I'm not a quitter so this was disappointing. After a nap, I did a couple more rounds of side planks and ab exercises. Still thought about it at work and wished I had pushed through the pain. Next time, I will see it through.

Breakfast: 3 oz grilled chicken breast, 2 boiled eggs, handful of blackberries.

Post workout meal: 6 oz grilled chicken breast, handful of blueberries, 1/2 cup spinach.

Lunch: 6 oz chicken tenders (coated in dijon mustard, coconut milk, Mrs Dash spicy seasoning, and rolled in crushed macadamia nuts, almonds, and walnuts) 1 cup spinach, 3 strawberries, handful of blackberries, handful of blueberries. Perfect meal before work and tided me over until I had a chance to eat my dinner when it slowed down.

Dinner: 6 oz grilled chicken breast, 2 cups mixed greens in balsamic vinegar and olive oil, 1 oven roasted beet, 10 carrots, 4 strawberries, 1/4 cup blackberries, 1/4 cup broccoli slaw.

Snack: 3 oz grilled chicken breast, 1 cup spinach.

I had someone tell me tonight that it was weird that I'm a bartender and I don't drink right now because of fitness goals. I had to laugh. Vodka has been such a big part of my old daily lifestyle for the last ten years. After a long day of work, it was "normal" to go eat junk food and unwind with drinks..then go home, drink some more, and pass out. I never thought, I would be able to be that person that only drank on the weekends, let alone going without for over months at a time. I will never go back to my old routine. My body being sore the next day from working out is my new daily hangover. And it feels good!