Yesterday was Day 1 of the 90 Day fitness challenge.  I have family visiting right now, so playing host and tour guide has left little time and not the best conditions for starting this challenge.  However, I must say my family and especially my husband have been so supportive of my commitment.  I am a big believer in being able to live a healthy and fit life without sacrificing good food/drinks and memories.  So I think this is a great week to start practicing making the best choice in any situation.

This morning, I woke up and started my day off right with my lemon water and then a nice healthy breakfast of coffee (no cream/sugar) and some egg whites.  Then off for my run!  Before kid, I had gotten into running half marathons.  I have ran one since she was born, but I still am not back to the shape I want to be, so this is one of my biggest goals!  I would love to be able to run a marathon just once!!!

Now with every family vacation comes eating out, so here is probably the biggest challenge (that and living in paradise where it's 5 o'clock somewhere...all the time!...so no more lava flows and margaritas for awhile!).  So today we went to Bubba Gump's for lunch.  Typical meal would have been the fried shrimp po'boy sandwich with mayo and french fries of course.  Oh and did I mention the multiple refills of Diet Pepsi.  Well not today!  Today is the first day of a new me and the rest of my life.  First change was water!  I love water now!!!  It is actually one of the few things that quenches my thirst.  (I'll go into detail later about my motivation for giving up soda.)  Second change...I ordered a Caesar salad (no dressing) with grilled shrimp.  I also went back to an old habit of eating my salad dressing on the side.  Then with each bite, you just dip the tip of your fork in the dressing before grabbing some lettuce.  It's amazing, and a little disgusting seeing how little salad dressing you use this way compared to the normal amount served on the salad.

For dinner, the hubby made beer can chicken on the grill, and I actually did not eat the skin!  If you have ever had the skin, you would understand the sacrifice that was!!!  With it...asparagus and nice salad!

Water Water Water!!! and two snacks...apple & dark chocolate almonds, carrots & hummus!