A quick recap of yesterday which was one of those somewhat challenging days when you are a clean eater…..a full day out at the baseball fields and really far from home!  So far this season I’ve been able to bring a snack to the games and pop home for lunch – not this time-  we are about an hour from the house for this tournament.

The day started at 4:45am to get a workout in.  We decided to do CardioX because its only a 45min DVD and we were pressed for time.    This DVD is growing on me – a little yoga, kenpo, plyo, core synergistics and your done!  

Our first game was at 8:30, so we were out the door before 7am.   I packed a cooler for snacks (this was for all 4 of us) - a bag of chicken to snack on, 4 protein bars, 4 kids clif “Z bars”, 3 boxes of mini raisins, a bag of multi-grain cheerios, a baggy of sunflower seeds, a baggy of grapes and a baggy of blueberries.  We ended up coming home with everything but 2 protein bars!  I think the heat kept us from needing too many snacks afterall.  Hubby and I each had a protein bar after the first game….which I’m sad to report was a loss! :(  

Lunch was my biggest concern, but I think I did pretty well.  We ended up at Williamson Bros. which is a fantastic  barbeque restaurant in North Atlanta.  I’m not a huge fan of b’bque though – so it wasn’t super tempting for me.  I ended up with the chargrilled chicken salad off the ‘Bros Lite Menu’.  I asked for oil/vinegar dressing on the side but ended up not using any of it because the meat had so much flavor.  I am pretty confident that the chicken wasn’t as lean as I would prefer (probably why it was so yummy!) and the salad had a decent smatter of shredded cheese on top.    Neither item breaks the bank especially since I didn’t have dressing and the rest of the salad was romaine, tomatoes and cucumber!

Water, water, water – that was definitely the name of the game yesterday!  I usually try to drink 6 of my water bottles everyday before dinner – well I think I was up to 8 by the time we left the park at 3pm!  Oh by the way – game # 2 was a win for our boys!  So very exciting!

Once we got home and unpacked the car, I thought it would be a good time for one of my new favorites – a green monster shake!  It was a cup or 2 of spinach, 1 scoop chocolate protein powder, 1 cup of water and 1/2 a frozen banana (and ice of course).  It was delicious…..I love the light banana flavor! Hubby drank half of it (I was secretly sad to share because I definitely could have downed the whole thing!)

Dinner last night was strip steaks (salt and peppered), sauteed mushrooms (in EVOO, worcestershire) and sauteed spinach (EVOO, garlic).  Sweet Pea as usual begged bits of mushroom and steak off my plate- did I mention she isn’t even two yet? My girl has good taste……..the kids were eating frozen pizza btw.

We’re back at baseball today – leaving around 9:30am this morning!  Today is a much needed “rest day” fitness-wise.  I slept in 30minutes which was wonderful, but then realized all that I have to do today and just had to get up!  Its going to be a productive morning though – already mopped some of the kitchen floor, getting a blog post in, and then I’m off to the grocery store for the week!  Wondering how our lunch will work out today – the game is at 11:30 and its usually 1.5hrs.  I’ll be packing the snack cooler again, but it should be about 90 degrees …..maybe we won’t need it! :)

Have a great day and stay cool!!