66 days to go...

Today was almost exactly the same as yesterday. I ate exactly the same breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I did something I almost never do: go to the gym after dinner. As I've said, I always head to the gym on the way home. The protein you're supposed to eat following a workout then follows naturally as dinner. Today, I went for a celebratory beer (and by that I mean 2/3 pint of Strongbow) with my co-workers and was home by 5. I didn't want to go to the gym a) with the better part of a pint of cider in me and b) on a completely empty stomach, so I ate my dinner and went around 6:30 instead. It was nice. Much quieter and after I got home it was kind of nice not to have to prepare dinner. To satisfy the post-workout protein requirement, I ate a serving of low-fat chicken meatballs that I have as an emergency/leftovers in the freezer. One serving is 6 meatballs and they are tiny.

Workout today was 20 minutes spin + 1/2 legs + abs.

I shortened my workout to this "light" version of legs because prior to starting this project, I had been going to the gym almost every day since the new year and frankly it was time to lay off a bit. My legs were absolute mush today, and I know that they tire easily during this leg routine so I took it a bit easier on the spin. I did a half workout in that I only did one exercise from each muscle group instead of two. Still, I was at the gym for the better part of an hour and I feel great about it.

Tomorrow is my first grocery trip since starting this and I'll be picking up a new items I've never tried before. Stay tuned...