Eat Clean: Train Dirty Day 1 (& our beach weekend)

Day one. Whew. Not only did I almost not start today, but I almost called out of work sick. Brian and I spent the weekend at the beach with his parents for his birthday, and it really wore me out. This morning I just didn't feel up to doing anything, but Brian was a super motivator and basically forced me out of bed.

 Here's a breakdown of our schedule from the weekend:

Friday:
Brian got his phone back so after school, he dropped it off with me so that I could go to AT&T and make sure that everything was up to working order. I left work around 4:30, drove to the AT&T store, got his phone checked out, and then drove home. I was expecting his wrestling practice to be over by 5, and him to be home by 5:30 so that we could leave...yeah, right. Kassie and JJ, the incredible friends that they are, agreed to dog sit Chase this weekend, so I got his overnight bag ready with food, his bowls, chew toys, his bed, and treats, and set it out for Kassie. I then put together Brian's Christmas present so that I could send that with Kassie as well. Otherwise, it was only a matter of time before he found it in my suitcase. I packed for the weekend for both of us, navigated Kassie from some prison (she got lost) to our house, and then packed up snacks for the ride to Atlantic Beach. At this point, it's 5:45...I was hoping to leave by 5:30, so you can imagine that I wasn't exactly happy. Kassie picked up Chase, and Brian arrived around 6:10. By the time we locked up the house, got everything situated in the car, and got on the interstate, it was almost 6:30. Fast forward 5 hours. Brian kept falling asleep as we got closer to the beach, so I eventually just let him sleep. We got stuck in a police check point at 11:30 about 2 miles from the house. They asked where we were going, and not only could I not remember the name of the street, but I also couldn't find my registration card. Luckily the officer was very nice about it and let us go. I found the registration card less than 30 seconds later. Go figure. After we unloaded our bags and brought them up to the condo, we hung out and chatted for a while with his mom. By the time we went to bed it was almost 1 a.m. It's official. I am no longer in college. Staying up until 1 a.m. is no longer fun or easy!


Saturday:
According to Brian, I slept in. Considering this is coming from the kid who wakes up at 5:30 every morning, that means I slept until 7:45. I voiced my disagreement with this very frequently that morning. After a bowl of awesome chocolate and marshmallow cereal, Brian's Dad headed out to look at a house and get a haircut while Brian and I walked on the beach. Lots of shell collecting, wind, and a random tire later, we wandered back to the condo. The wind took a toll on my head however, and I was stuck on the couch for the next 2 hours fighting off dizziness and a headache. Mike (Brian's dad) came back after a while and we hung out and chatted until Brian and his mom returned with New York style subs from a local deli. SO good! The rest of the day was spend watching Bring It On, laying on the couch, and getting cleaned up for dinner with Brian's grandpa, Pop Pop, and his wife Karen. We drove to New Bern, about 45 minutes away, and had a great dinner at a local pub called Spunky McDoogal's. It's awesome. When we got back to the condo, we ate a ton of birthday pound cake, and I called it a night pretty early.

Here are some pictures that I took Saturday during our adventures!

Brian walking down to the beach for the first time. 

Aside from being a bit chilly and windy, the weather was beautiful. 

Cheesin' with the tire left on the beach by Hurricane Sandy. 

My new cell phone background. Waves washing up on the crushed shells that are a result of the crazy waves from Hurricane Sandy. 

Brian's dad does taxidermy...this is the fox that we found at the beach over 4th of July weekend. It is now stuffed...and Mike decided that it would annoy Charlie if he walked the fox. He was right. 

Snoozing before dinner with Pop Pop and Karen. Apparently his mom's exercise ball is really comfy. 

The view off the back deck as we were leaving for dinner. It was gorgeous. 

Singing happy birthday and keeping warm by the light of the cake. As Kris reminded Brian, now that he's 24, he has to buy TWO packages of candles for his birthday cakes...lame. 

Brian blowing out his candles!

Sunday:

Thanks to daylight savings time, I slept until 9 a.m. (which would have been 10 a.m.) and woke up feeling pretty good. After a morning trip to Starbucks, we packed our bags and followed Brian's parents to church. After church, we went to Brian's favorite type of restaurant for his birthday farewell lunch: Mongolian. It's a do it yourself type stir fry bar where you pick your ingredients and then the chefs cook it for you on a giant round grill using big sticks. It's a definite thumbs up in our opinion, although Brian likes it more than I do because I can only finish a small bowl. After lunch we headed back home, making the 5 hour drive go by faster by singing to N*SYNC, the Backstreet Boys, and music from the 70's and 80's. Epic win. We got home, picked up Chase, did some laundry and called it a night around 9 p.m. Totally acceptable in my book.

Cheesin' after church. We're so lame. 

I turned my old pampasan cushion into a new bed for Chase. Brian likes it more than he does. 

What a couple of nerds. 

Monday:
So today was the start of our eat clean, train dirty challenge. I got up at 5:50 a.m. to have breakfast with Brian, which consisted of a toasted english muffin with peanut butter and apples for him, and a scrambled egg and an apple for me. I'm allowing myself one cup of coffee with only sugar, no cream or flavored anything. Since I hate plain water, I've also cut up a lemon into slices to stick in my water that I'm going to drink a lot more of the next two weeks. Hopefully it becomes a habit. After work today I'm  making a grocery store run for additional food for the week. Tonight dinner is protein salad, which is just romaine lettuce and spinach leaves with grilled chicken strips, avocado, mushrooms, onions, and broccoli with a light balsamic vinegar dressing. Hopefully we like it because it's on the menu pretty frequently in the next two weeks!

Wish us luck!