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Meal prep morning

So today marks the second day I'm assisting my brother. Today I'm not nervous. Why you might ask? He texts me sometime last night (because you know I'm already passed out by 8:30 pm) to ask if I want to join in for a Shaun T workout. OBVI.

My brother was the one to introduce me to Insanity! He even burnt multiple discs of the workout. It's funny though - I asked him if his workouts are longer than 25 minutes because I started doing Focus T 25 ... and he's like " well I want to do a full workout but bring it anyways". Dude doesn't know that T25 makes Insanity look like child's play... Aint he in for a TREAT!

I look in the fridge and realize we literally have nothing. Like I can tell you right now what's in the fridge - a huge container of water, another huge jug of iced green tea, shit load of condiments, baking yeast (been there for almost 3 years) lol I swear I meant to make bread and just kept forgetting... until now. Umm..minced garlic, butter (is that a condiment?), almond milk and chicken broth.

The freezer on the other hand has all the goods - frozen fruit, vegetables, bananas, Yves soy 'meat', and ice. I think I'm forgetting something but I seriously don't want to get up to check.

Since I don't have any food prepped, I grabbed 2 red potatoes - the very last 2, slice and dice them up and no I didn't wash them and this is how I'm building my immune system. Ha! Okay and added Extra virgin olive oil, Mrs dash salt free garlic and herb seasoning and pepper. I can even hear it in the oven right now - it's making that high pitched noise due to high temperature.. or maybe our oven is extremely old.

While that's roasting, I chucked 1/2 bag of frozen mixed veggies into a microwave safe bowl with 6 tablespoons of water. Microwaved 4 minutes, added 1 teaspoon of garlic and a dash of lemon juice then popped the veggies back in for 5 minutes.
Currently waiting for it to cool so I can add it to my container for my lunch (and also snag a couple bites as a quick breakfast).

BUT WHERE'S THE PROTEIN THO?
Don't worry kiddos, I'm making a protein shake as well. This will be my morning snack because my brother is in the process of moving his company and the fridge is already taken to the other location. Did you know that chicken can only stay out for 4 hours before it starts developing salmonella? Yeah I didn't know that.. but that's chicken. Still, after the week in the fridge for my poor protein shake that other time I just don't want to f*ck that shit up again so I want to drink my protein shake FIRST when I get hungry.

I also packed an apple and unsalted nuts for a snack today. Timer just went off for the potatoes!! Stay tuned.

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