Damn, It Feels Good to be a Gangsta!!

Well, it looks like I survived Day 1. I had a "foochi face" the entire time I was prepping dinner. (For those of you who don't know what a foochi face is, it's also known as a "cara de caca" or in simpler terms, the expression you would make if you were sniffing shit.)

Fixing salmon was a first for me...and I was totally grossed out. It was fishy, slimy, and just downright nasty. I don't care, call me a snob if you will. The only salmon I've ever handled is salmon sushi.

Yes, I bitched the entire time I was making my grilled salmon and roasted green beans. It helped me get through it, believe it or not, and even helped me feel better. I remember being a kid, a teenager, and even a young adult, coming home to my momma's kitchen only to get an uppercut to my nose by the stench of salmon in the oven. At that time, I detested salmon and everything about it. The smell, the texture, the taste, the bones, the disgusting scaly skin that you had to peel off before eating, and above all, the damn dill that she used to season it with (sorry, Momma!). Whenever she'd cook salmon, I'd fix me a PB & J while muttering under my breath and I'd lock myself in my room and would eat alone (sorry again, Momma). To this day, I can't be anywhere near dill.

Needless to say, I was less than enthused to be making salmon for dinner. On the other hand, I love green beans, but I must say, I could have done without the olive oil that the cookbook said to toss it in. Shoot, I could have eaten them raw!!

Besides the grilled salmon with chopped pecans and rosemary and 1 pound (ONE POUND!!) of roasted green beans with thyme, the menu also included a side salad. Ummm...yeah right. As it was, lunch was too much food!! I decided to omit the side salad. And btw, I didn't even eat half a pound of green beans!! One thing I'm learning about this diet, I will never go hungry...

By the time I sat down and started eating this yummy, scrump-diddly-umptious meal (did you catch the sarcasm?) I was irritated and grossed out. I found myself picking out bone after friggin' bone, and also pulling off the rosemary twigs. Dagnabit, I should have bought ground or powdered rosemary. Halfway through dinner I got a pounding headache and just wanted to sleep!! I was on my dinner break from work though...

As SOON as I got off work, I made a B-Line to my apartment and passed out on my bed, fully clothed. Shower? Nope! Brush my teeth? Uh-uh. Put on my jammies? Hell no! The only thing I did manage to do was take out my contacts and kick off my knee-high rain boots. I was much too tired to blog last night...and I even fell asleep with my phone in my hand.

As far as exercise for Day 1, here is what I was SUPPOSED to do:::

Circuit Workout (What the hell does that even mean?)
*Walk 200-400 meters
*Rest 1 minute
*5-10 perfect squats
*Rest 1 minute
*5-10 push-ups
*Rest 1 minute
*5-10 body rows
*Rest 1 minute
*Walk 200-400 meters

All I have to say about that is PFFFFFFFFFF and PFFFFFFFFF!!

Here is my version:::

Dee Workout
*I walked 200-400 meters at Whole Foods searching for all the food
*I rested when I was deciding on a tomato (Hot House? Roma? On the vine?)
*I squatted when I was looking at spices
*I rested as I waited for the butcher to weigh and wrap my salmon and chicken
*I didn't do any push-ups, but who cares?
*Body rows? Yikes!! I just might have to join a gym...or just jump in my imaginary canoe and row as I cruise my imaginary lake...Ugh. Day 1 wasn't so bad afterall...just my attitude.