Packed and Ready

Today is day 7, and I am so sorry for slacking on keeping you all up to date.  I have been so busy getting ready for my conference which starts today.  I will be gone until Sunday and needed to get all packed; clothes, makeup, food and more!!  I have been feeling so great that I can't believe I'm actually "dieting".  Although, I'm not so sure that is the proper term.  I am creating a new body and a new way of living.  I am creating a new state of mind and a new way of thinking about what I put into my body.  

Here I am, 5am on my first day of conference.  It was a 5 1/2 hour drive yesterday and absolutely BEAUTIFUL!! With TSFL you are supposed to drink A LOT of water!! So, I stopped 4 times, twice to get more water and twice more to use the restroom! Oops! And once for gas, $3.87 a gallon.  Ouch!! But living in Washington State sure does have it's perks! Like all the animals you can see on a drive through the state.  And the windmills! My favorite!  Then when you turn down on the border of OR and WA and you're driving along the Columbia, it is stunning.   <3 

Enough about the beautiful PNW! Packing and preparing to be away from home is a pretty normal occurrence for me.  But, packing and preparing to be away from home, a microwave and a refrigerator all while on a strict eating plan is definitely a new thing for me.  Surprisingly it was much easier that I ever imagined.  Thanks to the variety of meals offered for my MM I was able to bring most that are just open and eat, along with shakes (add water and drink). I also pre-baked brownies and cookies, placed them in a ziplock and called it good.  

Along with my MM I also packed 2 days of L&G's.  It felt a little funny walking into the hotel with a cooler last night, but I don't think anyone noticed except myself. I made sure to pack my full serving of lean and 3 servings of greens for at least 2 of the days I am here.  Along with my 3 snacks, one for each day.  It all fit into one easy to pack cooler and I was ready!  

I made 2 different "salads", a tuna salad w/hard boiled egg, light mayo, ff cream cheese, celery, salt & pepper.  I had it last night on lettuce leaves with tomato and swiss cheese! yum yum!  I also made a grilled chicken BBQ ranch salad.  It has shredded cheese in it also!  I will have that on lettuce leaves also.  I think I might be liking eating my "sandwiches" on lettuce leaves as opposed to bread a lot! Who woulda known?! By the end of eating my L&G I am so stuffed, but not gross stuffed.  It is amazing.  

Well, guess I had better get outta bed and start my day.  :) I am so excited for all that I am going to learn over the next few days!  And also to succeed in a setting that will just be begging me to eat food that is not on plan.  I hope you all have an excellent weekend!