Days 8 - 11

Well, I was a little worried yesterday morning when I weighed in because I shot up to 313 for seemingly no reason at all, but it didn't bother me too much because I had not cheated on my diet at all and I still felt like my metabolism was high. Today I started the second phase of the diet with the MNS 3 kit.  I took the recommended vitamin pack thirty minutes before breakfast.  This brings me to a good point.  All of the other mulitvitamins/multiminerals that I have taken have been loose pills in a bottle with the exception of Animal Pak.  The strip packs that these come in give you timing directions as well and this makes it very handy if you are on the go like I am because I can take my vitamins with me and get them while I'm on patrol or training. I had the berry flavored meal replacement shake (MRS) this morning and out of all of the protein shakes that I have tried in the past, this one tastes better than 99% of the mass manufactured five gallon tub proteins that are sold at major chains.  This one has all the nutrition I need and after working out last week on an empty stomach, my workouts were great after eating the MRS. 

I had a great chest workout this morning, then came home and ate three eggs with one half cup of oatmeal along with four strawberries. For lunch I had chicken fajitas made with a six ounce chicken breast, one half cup of fresh homemade salsa, two carb balance tortillas and three tablespoons of fresh homemade guacamole.  YUM-O!  I am fixing eat me a snack made (today will be two rice cakes, two table spoons of natural PB and some grapes) and for dinner tonight I am having Talapia on a spinach salad.  This will be the basis for my diet throughout the remainder of the 24 day challenge.

Keep it up!