It begins!

So, Mr. Gosewehr & I have started the four week Betty Rocker meal plan! I'm so excited!  We took photos and wrote down our body composition stats and I'm super excited to post weekly updates on our progress.

Now the less exciting: I'm just going to go ahead and tell you that following a meal plan like this will inevitably lead to criticism from others.  I don't know if its that people feel uncomfortable knowing they couldn't be disciplined enough to follow the plan or they compare their body to yours and wonder why you aren't satisfied or...God only knows what the heck is going on but people will Criticize you, ask Questions, tell you about Fad diets that worked better, accuse you of eating All the time (5 small meals per day people), push Free food on you, and in various other ways try to divert you from your plan. It's going to happen. Stay strong. Suck it up. Deal with it. Your results will speak for themselves.

Here are some photos of a couple of things I've prepared so far!

I had poured the first breakfast into a loaf ban for baking in the oven but my oven BROKE!  I wasn't about to throw perfectly good food away so I tossed the contents from the loaf pan into a stove-top pan and made an omelette - a squiggly strange but delicious tomato, kale, chard, spinach & egg omelette.

I looked through the plan for the week and realized there was one meal that the Hubby can't eat because it contains shrimp...so I found a shrimp substitute and prepped the meal :-)  During my search for a shrimp substitute I learned that shrimp and scallops have about the same carb/fat/protein ratio, protein quality and a similar nutrient balance.  How bout that.  The scallops were super tasty too.  I used fitmencook's simple and clean scallop recipe from here: http://fitmencook.com/post/49214330851/giant-scallops-black-beans-brussels-sprouts and prepared the rest of the meal as per the Body Fuel System with quinoa, the kale/chard/spinach mix and some pesto.

I actually found a package of "Power Greens" at Market Street that contained a mix of kale, chard & spinach all mixed together.  Considering how often I'll be using a mix of greens in my smoothies and salads, this is ideal!!  Having one container with mixed greens takes up much less space in the fridge as compared with three separate containers. #fridgetoofull #firstworldproblems

That's just a tiny sampling of all the whole real unprocessed unrefined foods going down here at the Gosewehr residence y'all.  I hope y'all have a great weekend!