Day 4- Rest Days are LAME!

Day 4-Rest Days are LAME!!!!

Yep...today was my scheduled rest day which meant no workout...just stuffing my face.  I am sure everyone can guess how I felt about that! Really...what do people do with themselves getting home by 5:30???? Imagine me sitting in a corner looking around wondering what in the world I was supposed to do with so much time in the evening available to me?!? Hehe....well thank goodness I am not that lame and actually made good use of my extra time.  But it was obviously difficult to know that my Thursday class of ATHLETES were sweatin to the oldies without me.  I suppose a rest day is good because I will be amped and ready to dominate my next scheduled workout!!!!


Meals:
On Day 4 I consumed more food than I have in a really long time.  Since I didnt workout, I netted a little over 1200 calories in one day....and guess what....I didnt have a bulging pudgy tummy at the end of the day.  That is what I am really diggin about this meal plan.  Although I am constantly stuffing my face, it doesnt really show in my belly.  I dont look or feel bloated or suffer from a food coma...haha.  I am definitely learning to adapt to eating a large breakfast early in the morning and eating constantly throughout the day.  I am feeling more energized throughout the day and realized that I am also drinking less coffee than my body normally required in order to get going in the morning.  I am seeing subtle changes in my body which is beginning to excite me. 

When I saw that pasta was on the menu for dinner though...i cringed.  How was I going to be healthy when preparing a pasta dish???  Well.....let me share with you what I did because not only was it super healthy but also filling and delicious.  Whole wheat pasta...the swirly pig tail kind because you know...that pasta is just fun! I baked some chicken and green bell peppers in the oven with a little pepper and garlic powder.  I cut up the chicken and bell peppers, threw it over my pasta and then added a large spoonfull of fresh salso...YUM!!!!  Even Lane liked it :)  Well, actually he told me mid meal that he was imagining he was eating Mac N Cheese...but still, he finished his bowl.  Definitely a recipe I will use again and reccomend to everyone.