Two weeks ago my fiance, Joe, and I started an eight week fitness program called Kosama. Basically we work out six days a week, for one hour. We had both gotten quite lazy and with a wedding coming up we knew we needed a swift kick in @$$ to get us moving again. In addition to exercise, we use MyFitnessPal to track our calories, protein, fat, water consumption, etc. MFP makes it really easy by having a large database full of nutritional information for a ton of recipes, restaurant foods or just random items in your kitchen. You can also download the app for your smartphone which allows you to scan bar codes to get nutrition info and add it to your daily food diary.
My biggest challenge so far has not been the workouts, or tracking my calories, but planning a menu for an entire week of healthy and halfway easy dinners for two. Since we attend the 5:30 pm class, there really isn't time to plan a last minute dinner and run to the store for the ingredients, so my plan from the beginning was to create a menu on Sunday and get all the necessary items before the week started. So far this has worked out pretty well. I even took pictures of each meal with the intention of someday starting this blog! Most of my recipes are not originals - I'm not a confident enough cooker yet to "throw something together with whatever I have on hand" - but the idea is that this blog will help me look back and see which were our favorites, the easiest/quickest or notes about how I would make it next time. I will always give credit where credit is due and I welcome all comments and suggestions!
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