Started training block 2 this past week.

Week 5 is history! And I do mean history.

Today I went to the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf with my family and had a small double vanilla tea latte with skim milk and no sugar added powder. Man, the tea was so good! Prior to going to the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, my wife and I took the kids to Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. I tell you, I was drooling.

Anyhow, went grocery shopping for the first week of training block 2 and spent a lot of money on food. The total bill came to $150.00. I have gotten smarter with the preparation of the various dishes such that the leftovers are stored away for later week. To give you an example, I made 10 pear muffins and my family did not like them. I ended up freezing the remaining muffins for later use. Another little trick I do is I like to barbecue a lot of my meats. On Monday night I will barbecue the burger, halibut and two chicken breasts. On Thursdays I grill salmon, chicken breast and ahi tuna. On Sunday I grill another chicken breast and the filet mignon steak. I am definitely, grillin’ and chillin’. During training block 1, I would grill the salmon and halibut on Monday. On Thursday I would grill the top sirloin, chicken breast and swordfish.

Today I started questioning whether I was measuring thing properly. For example, one of the snacks is 2oz of soy nuts. Does this mean 2oz soy nuts weighed or 2 fluid ounces? I went with the lesser of the two and chose the fluid ounces. Sometimes it just seems as if I am eating too much food. The portions at times seem to be very large. At this juncture I am sure I am measuring things correctly.

Next week I will try to post the current cost sheet and the phase II shopping list.