Week 1= Down 1.8lbs and someone actually told me I looked like I have lost weight! I did almost cave today and grab pizza from the cafe (it is make your own pita pizza day here!) but I stuck to my packed lunch and really don't regret it at all. Thankfully I had some shakeology left to get my chocolate/sweet tooth fix. 

Week 2 of the 21 Day Fix will be much of the same but I mixed up suppers and lunch a little.  It's not warm and sunny enough here yet for salads to be satisfying for lunch...I like a little hot lunch every now and then.  I know I've been general with "fish" I have a white fish at home in the freezer and I can't remember what it is...I want to say tilapia but I could be wrong. It's white fish...and good for you...here's hoping my kids eat it!

Much of the prep for suppers this week was done last weekend and frozen (love my foodsaver!) so suppers are easy to get on the table. I also found the greatest lunch container! It's a Sistema To Go Salad container and keeps everything separate but together.

I measure out all my ingredients with the 21 Day Fix containers and voila! Lunch with nothing to get gross before I am ready to mix and enjoy. I like the little salad dressing container too...and how it was on sale at Sobeys for $4.99...and pink...

I've gotten into a good routine of packing punches while I'm preparing supper or just after putting the kids to bed. One less thing to do in the morning. The meal plan also helps because I don't really need to think about it much.

So here is the plan for week 2. Workouts are staying the same but I might add in an extra workout on Wednesday...we shall see...

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
AM Workout	TOTAL BODY FIX	UPPER FIX	LOWER FIX	PILATES	CARDIO FIX	DIRTY 30	YOGA FIX
Breakfast	2 Egg Spinach Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Skim milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Almond milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Skim milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Almond milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Oatmeal (2) Coffee ½ cup Skim milk
Snack	Grapes/ strawberries	Apple Almond butter (3)	Apple Almond Butter (3)	Apple Almond butter (3)	Banana (2)	Apple Almond butter (3)	Banana (2)
Lunch	Shakeology Almond butter (3)	Chicken Boston lettuce peppers dressing	Beef and Broc Red 2 Green 2	Fish Quinoa Broccoli	Chicken Stir fry	Oatmeal Carrots	Shakeology
Snack	Melon Baby carrots	Grapes/ strawberries	Almonds	Almonds Grapes/ strawberries	Baby carrots Apple	Grapes	Almonds
Dinner	Ham potato broccoli	Beef and Broc Red 2 Green 2 Quinoa	Fish Quinoa Broccoli	Chicken Stir fry Brown Rice	Chicken Sweet potato broccoli	Spinach Egg Mushrooms Peppers Straberries Cheese Dressing
PM Workout	Run		Run		Run		Run

What's on your plate this week?

Meal Plan Monday- 21 Day Fix

I haven't been good at focusing on my blog lately. On the other hand, I have been very focused on organizing and getting my house up to snuff. It's all about routine. Now that I've done 2 deep cleans and have a cleaning schedule that I have been good at sticking too, my home feels much more relaxed.

The next part to get back into focus is our eating plan. I have started the 21 Day fix by beachbody and, as always, find the food plan to be the most difficult thing to tackle. This week's menu plan is colour coded for me and took a little time to put together because I was desperately trying to achieve the right balance of food for my calorie intake. I also had to come up with meals that worked for me, that my kids would eat AND that are Whole 9 (Whole 30) compliant.

Here is what I've come up with:

	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
AM Workout	TOTAL BODY FIX	UPPER FIX	LOWER FIX	PILATES	CARDIO FIX	DIRTY 30	YOGA FIX
Breakfast	2 Egg Spinach Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Skim milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Almond milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Skim milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Shakeology ½ cup Almond milk Coffee ½ cup Skim milk	Oatmeal (2) Coffee ½ cup Skim milk
Snack	Grapes/ strawberries	Apple Almond butter (3)	Grapes/ strawberries	Apple Almond butter (3)	Banana (2)	Apple Almond butter (3)	Banana (2)
Lunch	Shakeology Almond butter (3)	Chicken Boston lettuce Goat cheese Tomato peppers dressing	Paleo Chili Red 2 Green 2	Salmon Quinoa Broccoli	Chicken Boston lettuce Goat cheese Tomato peppers dressing	Oatmeal Carrots	Shakeology
Snack	Melon Baby carrots	Grapes/ strawberries	Almonds	Almonds Grapes/ strawberries	Baby carrots Apple	Grapes	Almonds
Dinner	Taco Beef Tortilla (2) Lettuce Tomato Cheese salsa	Paleo Chili Red 2 Green 2	Salmon Quinoa Broccoli	Chicken Stir fry Brown Rice	Chicken Sweet potato broccoli	Spinach Egg Mushrooms Peppers Strawberries Cheese Dressing
PM Workout	Run		Run		Run		Run

I know, I don't have Saturday figured out for supper but I'll figure that out later. One thing I don't like is that there is a lot of repetition. I will try to mix it up a little better next week but for now it will do. I have been dabbling in the 21 Day fix for about 3 weeks now and it's time to really focus. 

I have found a number of meal plans online that were really helpful in getting this plan finished. It's a lot of information and when you've been making okay choices, but the serving size may be off  you aren't going to get any where. I've got the Bluenose in May (I say that like I'm running a marathon- I'm doing the 5k or 10k, feels like a marathon for me) and while I've dropped some weight with the Whole 30, I'll be able to get through it a lot easier with more weight gone. 

8 down...72 to go!

Happy

So this happened yesterday:



It was International Day of Happiness (which was either a real thing or just a great gimic for Pharrell Williams to get more airplay). I will admit that watching Buddington and the IWK Fun Krew sing and dance did bring a smile to my face and gave me hope that the good weather and the good feelings that come with it are coming. This has been one very long winter and I'm over it!

How about you? Are you done with the gray blah weather too?

Pancake Day Top 5 Pancake recipes you NEED to try

It's pancake day! That fabulous day of the year when those of us who make breakfast a habit can come out of hiding and gleefully flip flap jacks, grill up some bacon and let the maple juice pour!

I have made a lot of pancakes over the years. I've cut out shapes, made them different colours and flavours.

Couldn't help adding last year's St. Patty's breakfast picture...these pancake monsters are too cute!

I've changed my recipe a few times over the years but here are my top 5 pancake recipes:

1) William Sonoma's Buttermilk Pancakes - My good friend Laura turned me onto these and these are my go to recipe. I love making variations based on what's in season so these have become whole wheat apple pancakes, pumpkin oatmeal pancakes, very vanilla pancakes, the list goes on...

2) Banana Pancakes (Paleo)- don't be fooled if you think pancakes need sugar to be awesome. These are light and fluffy and incredibly tasty...and full of good things!

3) Pumpkin Spice Latte Pancakes- because I love all things pumpkin spice in the fall. My kids love these too.

4) Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie pancakes- I dare you to try these...no sugar added (other than the chocolate chips and the darker the better!

5) Company's Coming basic pancakes- I grew up on these and while there are better recipes out there these still bring back childhood memories of finding quarters, and later loonies, in my pancakes on Pancake Tuesday.

Ahh pancake love!!! It's awesome!