Always be prepared..

"The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Everyone wants to win, but not everyone wants to prepare to win. Preparing to win is where the determination that you will win, is made.  So if you want to win, you must want to prepare to win. Once you prepare to win, winning is almost anti climatic."

-- Edward W. Smith





When it comes to being prepared I am still learning. Sometimes I'm prepared. Other times I'm not so much. When it comes to preparing meals for the day each person has their own way of doing things. I have a random way of doing things.



I like preparing as much of my food as I can in advance.

I prepare my breakfast(protein pancakes) on a weekly basis. I make 5 of them on a Sunday afternoon and stick them in foil wrap and store them in the fridge.

I cut up all of my veggies and place them in tupperware containers.

I cut up all of m fruit and do the same with it.

I portion out my protein.



That way when I need something fast-rather than looking to fast food, I can make my meal at home faster. It also helps me with organizing all food that I need to take to work with me. I prepare my lunch for the next day when I'm making my dinner for the night.



In a Euphoric world this is the work all week, 52 weeks out of the year. But things happen. Life happens. You get busy and sometimes nutrition gets put on the back burner.



Like last night. I went to the gym. I trained with TrainerBoy, then I went to 'walking' group then they invited me to go to a movie*anyone who knows me knows I have a weakness for chickflicks* so I went. Knowing full well that I needed to get home at a decent time, so I could make my meals for today. Well I got home at 11:30 and was exausted. I hadn't been home since 7:00am. I went to bed with every intention of making my food in the morning(and knowing my track record with waking up) I knew I wouldn't have any good food. So today I've eaten cranberries, oranges, and a turkey sandwhich. I set myself up to fail. I haven't had nearly the right amounts of any of my macro-nutrients today, and I can feel it.



I feel gross. I know that I feel this way because I was unprepared.



Moral of the story-always make time to prepare. Food, meal plans, workouts,etc.

If you're don't prepare to succeed, you're destined for failure.



Today. I failed. Tonight after spin I'm headed to the grocery store to stock up on fresh food, and make my meals for the rest of the week. I am not setting myself up to fail.



"By failing to prepare you are preparing to fail."

-- Ben Franklin



Lachele