I know, I know, I'm horrible with keeping these promises to update, but thanks goes to my college buddy Jeff Wiza for bringing it to my attention that I fell off the posting wagon. Things have been really crazy the past month. I had dozens of story ideas sent to my inbox at the paper, and was booked solid. The past two weeks have been really bad. The last two Tuesdays I’ve started work at 8:30 in the morning and did not finish work until 6 am Wednesday. Last week I also had a group of people coming in for an interview at 11 on Wednesday, so I only slept four hours before getting up, showering and heading back into work another four hours.
I also had a couple snags a couple weeks ago when I realized that I was running low - and running out - on my Favao supplements. When I tried to place an order on my smart phone, I kept getting bounced back and forth between pages and found myself unable to complete the order. I then had to find time in my insane schedule to make it to the library to place an order because I do not have internet at my place.
I was finally able to place an order about a week and a half ago and picked my order up last Wednesday. I had some issues when I ran out of the body cleanse, but that got cleaned up within four days of going back on.
I did love Week 3 of the Favao meal plan, so much that I decided to repeat it instead of following Week 4’s meals. I really loved the dinner - half a pita pocket, pizza sauce, a slice of turkey, pineapple chunks, light onions, 3 oz. of grilled chicken, all topped with mozzarella cheese. Yummy! The only challenge was eating that thing, it was like 4 inches tall!
I am now onto Week 5, and have substituted the metabolic booster shake from Week 1. It tastes better and is a lot easier to make. I’ve also switched up the breakfast meal of oats with mixed berries and scrambled eggs. Instead of the hot oats, I make my scrambled eggs, add some salsa (think Week 1) and then put my mixed berries (strawberries, raspberries and blackberries) on the side. It is a challenge protecting my meal from the nosy cat and dog, but I’ve managed so far. (;
While there have been some bumps in the road (not taking the body cleanse on a daily basis resulted in me putting on 5 lbs., all of which have been flushed back out), the beauty of Favao isn’t that it gives me a grocery list, saves me money and has helped me lost 10 lbs. (and counting), it is that it has taught me what foods will help me stay healthy and energized throughout the day. If I don’t like one of the meals, I can substitute one I do like.
I honestly never thought I would be able to do everything I do - working 40-50 and sometimes 55 hour work weeks, taking the dog to the dog park or on walks for 1-2 hours every day, making it to martial arts and doing all my other personal projects - without the aid of Mt. Dew or chocolate. Putting in 8-16 hour days can be really draining, but thanks to Favao I am able to keep up with my same hectic schedule, minus the 48-60 oz. of Mt. Dew I was consuming on a daily basis. For those of you that don’t know, that is 2-2.5 of the bottled Mt. Dew, and each one contains about 70 grams, or 17.5 teaspoons of sugar. By those calculations, I was consuming about 35-45 teaspoons of sugar with my daily caffeine dose!
Now that elections are over and my schedule is more manageable, I should be able to get back to my weekly postings. Here is to a (hopefully) smoother weeks 5-8!
I also had a couple snags a couple weeks ago when I realized that I was running low - and running out - on my Favao supplements. When I tried to place an order on my smart phone, I kept getting bounced back and forth between pages and found myself unable to complete the order. I then had to find time in my insane schedule to make it to the library to place an order because I do not have internet at my place.
I was finally able to place an order about a week and a half ago and picked my order up last Wednesday. I had some issues when I ran out of the body cleanse, but that got cleaned up within four days of going back on.
I did love Week 3 of the Favao meal plan, so much that I decided to repeat it instead of following Week 4’s meals. I really loved the dinner - half a pita pocket, pizza sauce, a slice of turkey, pineapple chunks, light onions, 3 oz. of grilled chicken, all topped with mozzarella cheese. Yummy! The only challenge was eating that thing, it was like 4 inches tall!
I am now onto Week 5, and have substituted the metabolic booster shake from Week 1. It tastes better and is a lot easier to make. I’ve also switched up the breakfast meal of oats with mixed berries and scrambled eggs. Instead of the hot oats, I make my scrambled eggs, add some salsa (think Week 1) and then put my mixed berries (strawberries, raspberries and blackberries) on the side. It is a challenge protecting my meal from the nosy cat and dog, but I’ve managed so far. (;
While there have been some bumps in the road (not taking the body cleanse on a daily basis resulted in me putting on 5 lbs., all of which have been flushed back out), the beauty of Favao isn’t that it gives me a grocery list, saves me money and has helped me lost 10 lbs. (and counting), it is that it has taught me what foods will help me stay healthy and energized throughout the day. If I don’t like one of the meals, I can substitute one I do like.
I honestly never thought I would be able to do everything I do - working 40-50 and sometimes 55 hour work weeks, taking the dog to the dog park or on walks for 1-2 hours every day, making it to martial arts and doing all my other personal projects - without the aid of Mt. Dew or chocolate. Putting in 8-16 hour days can be really draining, but thanks to Favao I am able to keep up with my same hectic schedule, minus the 48-60 oz. of Mt. Dew I was consuming on a daily basis. For those of you that don’t know, that is 2-2.5 of the bottled Mt. Dew, and each one contains about 70 grams, or 17.5 teaspoons of sugar. By those calculations, I was consuming about 35-45 teaspoons of sugar with my daily caffeine dose!
Now that elections are over and my schedule is more manageable, I should be able to get back to my weekly postings. Here is to a (hopefully) smoother weeks 5-8!
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