Last Night I made homemade protein bars from this recipe.  My protein powder isn’t very sweet (I used Desiger Whey in French Vanilla) so I added 2 Tbs of stevia in the raw. They tasted ok, but I’d double the stevia next time. I was pretty excited to read that the recipe made 6 large bars and had such few calories.  But I put the ingredients into Myfitnesspal and found that the calories and other macros were DOUBLE what the bog post said.  Oh no, I already ate one!  I’m working on tweaking the recipe to improve the macros a bit.  I’ll let you know if it comes out any good.

I woke up at 6:30 am, read my scriptures (big win there) and then went to workout with friends at 7:30.  Wow, that was hard.  We did a Bob video from the Biggest Loser series (30 min) and finished up with a 10 minute quickie from Jillian.  It was a different type of workout than I’m used to which was very challenging.

Then I rushed home, showered and took 4 of my kiddoes to swimming lessons.  I took a homemade protein bar and an orange to the pool for my snack which I ended up splitting with Grant.  And I’m so glad I did now that I know how many calories are REALLY in there.

For lunch I warmed up another bit of turkey sausage and onions on a low carb tomato basil tortilla with romaine and a Tbs of caesar dressing.  I’m sorry all my food looks exactly the same.  I do that a lot–make a big batch of something and then eat it over and over.  I fix different stuff for my family that is more versatile.

I worked all afternoon on menus.  Which involves looking at a lot of delicious pictures of food.  One picture of food can make me think I’m hungry.  I got through it with 2 sugar free popsicles spaced far apart.  And then my real snack was a bowl of plain yogurt with peanut flour and apples stirred in.

Dinner was a low carb tomato basil tortilla with homemade tuna salad.  My daughter made a huge batch for the family with full fat Miracle Whip and Sweet relish.  I made a smaller bit for me.  It had:  1/2 can of tuna; 1 Tbs light mayo; dash of worchestershire sauce; 1 hardboiled egg chopped and 1 celery stalk finely chopped.  I add lettuce to it for extra crunch and to make me think I was eating more.

After dinner I went to a baby shower and had planned on an indulgence there ahead of time.  I was out of calories for the day and kind of nervous about what food I would find.  There was a huge assortment of fresh fruit and veggies and pistachios.  They also had brownies and sweet breads, but I was ok with passing them up, even though I know they were yummy.  I ate all the fruit and veggies I wanted without worrying about the calories.  I just enjoyedthe delicious food.

I know deep down that this idea is ridiculous, but every time I start to eat right and exercise, I think my ideal body should appear overnight–or at least by day 3.  Bwa ha ha.  It just doesn’t happen that way.  It takes consistency for weeks upon weeks.  After today I’m going to have to dig deeper to find the motivation to not give up.  I think if I had eaten a brownie, it would have been easier to give up–since it wouldn’t feel like such a flawless performance. kwim?  Do you make your own protein bars?  How about whey? I’m looking for a different brand.  It needs to be Whey isolate and stevia sweetened. Know of one I should try?