Day 6 Report

I'm so glad I decided to do these daily blog posts during this stressful time.  It really has helped me stay on track with my priorities instead of pitying myself or my situation.  I feel like I'm still accomplishing so much & still progressing in achieving my goals.  This has been good for me.

Food:

Meal 1 and 2: I made oats again - the big difference is that this time instead of chia seeds I used 1.5 tablespoons of hemp hearts and 1/2 a plain greek yogurt.  My main goal was to increase the protein content so I included hemp hearts, greek yogurt, the oats, almond milk, cinnamon, RAW protein powder and almond butter.  I made way too much while I was preparing it so I had some of it in the morning and saved about half so I could eat it later on in the afternoon.  The total protein content for both servings is: hemp hearts 5g, greek yogurt 7.5g , oats 3.5g, almond milk 1.5, protein powder 8.5 & almond butter 1.5 for a TOTAL of 27.5g of protein.  By the way, I mixed all the ingredients together before I eat the protein.  I leave it separated out in pictures so you can see what I put in there!

Meal 3: Chicken, spinach & green beans. I was pretty hungry after church so I stopped by Boston Market & bought a family pack.  I always remove the skin to lower the fat content & it still tastes delicious to me! 

Meal 4: This is what happens when I have a few things in the fridge that I want to use up just before I go buy more groceries - this mix of stuff turned out well: lean ground sirloin with salt, pepper, garlic & cayenne, mixed with feta cheese and avocado.  Yum!

Meal 5: Tiny meal.  I just ate one of my home-made protein bars that I got from www.facebook.com/bettyrockershow Although it looks like chocolate - it just has little sprinkles of unsweetened baking chocolate on top so most of the flavor actually comes from the almond butter, slivered almonds and protein powder.

Exercise:  Hubby didn't feel like going to the gym after a day of ups and downs and tummy ache so we just went for a 3 mile run in the glorious weather followed by a 1 mile cool down.  Isn't he precious?!

Sermon:  I'll keep it short because I learned so much today that it has inspired a post to my non-fitness blog :-)  The short version is:
Broadly speaking, the work of the Lord is anything we put our hands to as Christians.  Do all things to the glory of the Lord Jesus.  With all that you do, work as if working for the Lord and not men. If you want to be useful in the Kingdom, forget yourself.  If you want to be effective in ministry, die to yourself.