Prep Day

I started today by cleaning out our kitchen of pretty much everything that we cannot eat for the next 40 days. Anything that would save for the next 40 days either went in the freezer or in a small corner of the cupboard.

Then I went to the store. $150 later, it was time to start getting ready for the week. Yes, $150. But that's because I had to buy a lot of things to get started that I won't have to buy again. Things like flaxseed oil and almond butter and a new bottle of EVOO. Those things will last for a long time. So normally I won't be such a big spender (I hope!).

Here's our meal plan for the week:

Phase I: Week 1

	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
Breakfast	Smoothies and eggs	Egg scramble and berries	Smoothies and almonds	Egg scramble and berries	Smoothies and eggs	Egg scramble and berries
Lunch	Tuna salad and asparagus	Steak salad	Berry-spinach Salad with chicken	Tuna salad and veggies	Steak taco salad	Maui short ribs with broccoli
Dinner	Steaks and sautéed squash	Baked chicken breasts, steamed carrots	Salmon and broccoli	Flank steak with a spring salad	Marinated chicken legs and broccoli	Cheat Dinner
Snacks	Almonds, carrots, celery, berries, chicken

This was a very neat little chart in my Word Doc that I'm using to work on meal plans. I'm going to need to figure out how to make this transfer over or how to do it differently in the future. If anyone knows how, I'd love some help.  :)

I spent about 45 minutes tonight prepping snacks for the week. I washed and cut all our veggies and fruits, so they're ready to go when we feel like we just might die over the next few days. Last time we did this, it was the first 3 or 4 days that were the hardest. Not eating any carbs made us STARVING all the time. There was one point when I ate an entire carton of strawberries in one sitting. What I like about the Maker's is that you can totally do that. Here's what I've got ready for this week:

You're looking at 1 pound of carrots, 1 pound of celery, 2 pounds of strawberries and a quart of blueberries. I also cooked a couple of chicken breasts and cut them up to grab as a quick snack. If my memory serves me right, it took us about 3 days to go through all of this last time. We'll see how it goes. 

After that, we sat down as a family and lovingly said goodbye to a dear friend.