week 3, day 3

no gym today because i just don't want to push things. i'll go tomorrow :-)

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food is as follows:

meal #1: 6oz 3% cottage cheese, steel-cut oatmeal, 1/2 cup skim milk, 15 dates, large cup of green tea

meal #2: smoothie -- 1 banana, 1 pear, 1 apple, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 scoop protein powder

meal #3: 4oz grilled chicken breast, garden vegetable salad (tomato, cucumber, sweet red bell pepper, 2-3 scallions, cilantro, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tsp. olive oil), 1 cup brown rice

meal #4: smoothie

here is the fitness plan for the day:

* 20-30 minutes on the treadmill (at a very slow pace)
* stretches on the cool stretcher
* lower body weights
* stretches on the cool stretcher
* 20 laps in the pool

onward and upward !!! :-)))))