Ultimate Reset Day 3

This is the Day to test all my will power to the MAX! It's a school morning and what happens then? I wake up and get right to work making breakfast and lunch for my son. but what do I normally do the entire time? Oh, I make a cup of coffee, and snack here and there on the things I put into his lunch. Of Course I usually lick the knife after making his PB&J! I taste the cookie to make sure it hasn't gone stale. Is that waffle warm enough, let's see?   You get the picture. And there, is my usual breakfast, before my Healthy breakfast of Oatmeal with Protein Powder. 

So Day 3 was full of temptation in the AM. I made it through with just my supplements and water until I got home from taking my son to school. However as I walked through the hallways I smelled the delicious smell of coffee and syrup. It didn't make me WANT those things, but the smell was just like nothing I've ever smelled before! Everything seems so new and fresh to my senses now! I LOVE IT!!!

The day went great! I was awake, had plenty of energy and just a lingering ache in the lower back. Nothing to stop me from prepping the veggies for lunch and dinner though! Today was a Lentil Lime Salad with a Micro Salad..and a side of Cougar Town to relax. :)

I'll be honest, I had to choke the Lentil dish down. I do NOT like cilantro & lime flavored things. Bleh!! But I ate it b/c I'm trying new things and want to feel AMAZING! I am following the meal plans exactly as written to share the best (and not so great for me) experiences. 

One really great thing about the Ultimate Reset is that if you see a meal that you KNOW you will not like you can switch it out for any other meal from that week. Shoot, you can even have the same breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week. Do I suggest that, NO! Because what happens on week 2 and when you were supposed to weaning yourself from certain items and you've been having them every day? Probably not going to transition very well.

For dinner we had Japanese dishes on the menu and I was nervous and excited. I ran to the store to grab the last few things that were needed. I was so excited about what I was making that I told EVERYONE that I ran into at the store what I was having for dinner! (no my son did NOT eat this with me, he stuck with a pizza) But he did taste the Miso soup and he didn't spit it out! 

Miso Soup Paste

 Dinner was Nori Rolls, Miso Soup, and Japanese Cucumber Salad. This was a lot of work and I'm so glad I looked ahead. I cut cucumbers up at lunch and cooked A TON of rice on Day 2. So I was pretty well set.  It was all Delicious, well, except the Wakame Seaweed! That stuff was awful and felt, smelled, and tasted like it was fresh from the ocean. So slimy and just YUCK!  I had to eat slowly because it was all so filling. Oh, and I did have my very first Tropical Shakeology as my afternoon snack. Maybe that's why I was so full. Either way it was like a party in my mouth, even just shaken with water!

I can't get over how my taste buds have changed to the little things. It's been a great 3 days so far and honestly nothing to complain about. I'm keeping track of my weight and will share that at the end. ;o) I did feel like I NEEDED to workout the morning of Day 3, but it passed once I got busy with prepping food. I'm not sleeping well, but feel rested and good during the day. My dreams are very vivid which is probably what wakes me up. 

MISO SOUP

Ingredients

• 2 cups + 2 to 3 Tbsp. water
• 2 Tbsp. dried wakame seaweed
• 1 green onion, sliced thinly
• 1 Tbsp. miso paste (any variety, but make sure it contains no MSG)

Directions

Bring 2 cups water to a boil, then remove from heat. In small dish, mix miso paste with remaining water to make a thin paste. Add to boiled water. Stir in seaweed and green onion. Let sit for a few moments, stir, and serve hot. (Never boil miso.) Serves 1.

Nutrition

• 40 calories
• 0 g fat
• 0 g saturated fat
• 0 mg cholesterol
• 630 mg sodium
• 7 g carbohydrate
• 1 g fiber
• 2 g protein
• 120 mg potassium