Friday!  What a great day to start something new an exciting!  But changing things about your life usually goes hand in hand with a bit of pain and today gave me two reasons for it.

Reason #1 why I’m hurting:  I went food shopping… and spent a lot of money. About $150 actually.  *Bangs head against wall*  So much for being cheap.  There are a lot of oils and other things that you need in small quantities to make the recipes in the Thrive meal plan, but you use those ingredients enough that it’s cheaper to buy them in bulk, which makes it a bit expensive.  Then there’s something called Hemp Protein (a protein powder) which is just plain expensive.  Now that I’ve made the initial investment though, with a few more staples that I still have to get, it doesn’t look like this is going to cost me more than buying any other food would; so I take that head bang back.  

Reason #2 why I’m hurting:  I did a one hour Power Yoga class and two hours later went for a fifty minute bike ride.  I didn’t hurt myself doing either, but after the past two months of nearly no hard exercise I can feel that I’m going to pay for this tomorrow morning.  Note to self: do lots of stretching tomorrow.

It was a great first day though!  Dinner was almond and flax seed burgers with mixed greens.  It may not sound that appetizing, but it was soooo good.  I did cheat on the dressing for the salad though (I used a store bought one) because I don’t have a food processor yet.  After the fiasco that was trying to make the burgers with a blender and realizing that I was just going to have to chop the almonds by hand I decided that a “no food processor needed” dressing was a great idea.  All the anticipation made eating it that much better though.  :)

I barely even ate one whole patty too because I wasn’t hungry anymore about halfway through it.  I wasn’t full like that gross kind of full after you’ve gone to an all-you-can-eat buffet, I was satisfied; I just didn’t need to eat anymore.  It was a nice feeling, it makes you content.  It also makes you wonder what the heck you've been eating before this and why it doesn't make you feel the same.

Tomorrow I’m looking forward to the next round of exciting foods I get to try.  :D  I’m also going to attempt a 5km run.  Oh, and buy a food processor.

Cheers!