Another successful day today. Even though I wasn't scheduled for cardio today, I reserved a time to go for an hour rollerblade, seeing that it was really nice outside. My calorie intake was perfect, water intake good and even the amount of meals worked out well. Since my 1st few weeks I was either "winging it" with my healthy meals(spontaneous meals that were still within the RTP guidelines), I have now successfully created a system that works well with my schedule. I grabbed a few helpful spreadsheets from the RTP online forum (shreddersphere) and was able to create a full plan of what to eat during the week. It even calculates the amount of calories that you intake for the entire week! Pretty cool stuff...To ensure that I am committing to the spreadsheet, I have also created a system of making my meals the night before. Since I just did grocery shopping on Sunday, I marinated all my chicken and beef and separated them in zip-lock bags(as shown below), so if I am eating chicken on Tuesday(as an example) all I have to do is take it out of the fridge and pop it on the pan. Takes 5-10 minutes, instead of 25-30 min. As another useful tip, I also use my blackberry/PDA to tell me when to eat. I love my blackberry....

My Blackberry eating schedule (along with a few other things scheduled for my day)



Chicken and Beef in Zip lock bags...(no, it's not weed) ;-)



RTP Challenge Status for the Day


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