#proatmeal

I am a creature of habit.

Do you eat the same thing for breakfast everyday or change it up?

It’s day 4 of insanity today which, thankfully, is cardio recovery! My muscles are grateful for it as well, I woke up this morning and I could barely walk, everything was painful and it took me a good couple of minutes to get down the stairs! With is being recovery day I ate my proatmeal for breakfast with leftover smoothie from yesterday. Pretty filling and provided a good amount of energy during the day, although I did experience a bit of a sugar crash a little while after the smoothie. I think I need to put more vegetables in it in future.

So Day 1 of the Insanity workout which means the fit test. I’ll be completely honest and say I felt like I was going to throw up or pass out. It took me about an hour to complete because I had to pause the DVD so I could try not to die! If the fit test is anything to go by, the next 2 months are going to be a struggle but I hope I’ll just be able to keep going and keep doing the workouts no matter how long it takes me and eventually see some improvement in my fitness.

These are my before pictures, they’re alright but the main goal for me is not to lose weight, although that would be an added bonus, it is to build muscle and definition. I’m trying to follow the diet as best as I can but I’ll be honest eating 5 small meals a day presents a lot of challenges particularly when juggling it around work schedules. 

This morning for breakfast I had oatmeal (made with water) and stirred in a scoop of phD diet whey protein powder. It was decent enough, very filling although not very sweet. The recipe suggested making it with 50g of oats which I did, but found that to be far too much particularly when coupled with the protein powder. In future I’m going to make it with about 21g of oats which should be a much more manageable portion.