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Upping the fuel

I’ve hit a new milestone in my working out: I’m not eating enough.

My usual regime used to be protein shake in the morning, protein bar for lunch, then a dinner. Now that I’ve added weights to my workouts I’m starving by the time I get home for dinner and am making bad food choices.

February is the first month I gained weight when I weighted in at the end of the month. I blame bad food choices and lax commitment.

I’m keeping up with my workouts but am adding more fuel to my lunches. For this week my food regime will be: protein shake for breakfast, lunch of roasted broccoli and brussels sprouts, with mashed sweet potatoes, and a banana, and dinner will be bean tacos, or a salad, or a sandwich on whole grain bread.

I’m not letting this backslide stop me or slow me down. These things happen and the only way to move forward is to move forward.

I’ve got my meal prep done. I’ve got my workout schedule in my planner. I’ve got determination and drive.

Let’s do this!

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