Best P90X Diet Meal Yet

OK so the pP90X Meal Plan just redeemed itself, totally. The chicken salad was delish, although very heavy on dressing based on the recipe and a 6 oz piece of chicken as called for. I scooped off some of the dressing and it was still a bit thick, but it tasted yummy so I didn't particularly care too much. The soup..ok, well I cheated...it called for vegetable soup, but I had a container of Pacific Foods Organic Creamy Butternut Squash that was about to expire, so I examined the ingredients and it was made without oils, as called for in the P90X plan....so I went for it. It is ab.so.lutely delicious. If you can find it near you, get it. Notes of nutmeg make it a little sweet, which was unexpected and fantastic.

Altogether, a perfect meal for a getting-chilly fall day: soup and salad, can't beat it. I'm gonna kick back and pull out a book I've been meaning to get to for a while and enjoy myafternoon with no classes.

Today's Meal Plan

OK, so this morning I was supposed to have a smoothie (protein shake) for breakfast, so that was good but I ended up hungry not too long later. For lunch, we had shrimp stirfry, which I liked...a lot. I could eat that more often. Tonight I am supposed to have lean turkey breast with gravy and green beans, but since I have class until 7, I don't know if I will have that kind of energy when I get home. We'll see.

I just had my afternoon snack, which was a protein bar and Gatorade....the protein bars I got are made by Snickers, so they are actually very yummy. Chocolate and nuts...who can go wrong?

Now if my kids will only get in line, I'll be happy. My fuse is getting shorter and shorter because they are starting to gang up on these little schemes...exciting.

Dinner

OK, whooooah. I was VERY disappointed with the dinner plan. First of all, it took me over an hour to prepare a meal just for myself, so I had to juggle making 3 intricate dishes for myself and also dinner for three kids. It was NOT fun, and I will NOT be doing it every day...no way. Way too many pots, pans, and dishes to clean.

And then the recipes....unless I was doing them way off base, which I do not think I am considering I bought exactly the right ingredients, carefully measured and cooked....and they weren't very good. The Roasted Red Pepper Soup, which I was SO looking forward to because I'd had one in a restaurant previously that was divine, was not so good. Tasted like warmed-up V8 juice. I think much less celery and tomato could go into the recipe to make it taste more red-peppery. The lemon-dill sauce came out way too tart and did not thicken up right.

The dinner was supposed to consist of red pepper soup, salmon, lemon-dill sauce, asparagus, and rice. I was so exhausted I didn't even get to the salmon! So I put the lemon-dill sauce on the asparagus and that was decent. The rice was the best part of the meal...LOL.

Maybe this meal plan works because you don't eat your whole meal because it doesn't taste too great. Maybe I am just so accustomed to eating the fats and salts and all that it will take some time to get adjusted to the taste of all the vegetables.

Hope tomorrow's meal plan goes better, otherwise I will cheat big time, more for convenience than anything.