Trying something new this week

I'm trying something new this week.

I'm going to try intermediate fasting, kind of. My own version of it. Meaning I'm going to fast 16 hours/8 hours. During my 8 hours of eating I'll follow how I've been eating (protein shake, protein snacks, fruits, veggies, cutting back on the carbs and sugar).

I figure I'll try it for a week. I've already been trying not to eat after 8pm, so only not eating breakfast as soon as I get up will be the issue.

I looked at the Hungry Root food delivery service, but it seems so confusing. I just want recipes and ingredients sent to me. Planning the meal is the hardest part for me. I was super pumped about it until I noticed there is like 2 or 3 actual recipe selections, then the rest just say "main meal + side" and have ingredients. I can only assume I need to figure out what to do with those ingredients. There is where I fall short.

And yes, I'd hire a personal chef for dinner in a HEARTBEAT if I could... that's how much I hate figuring out dinner.

Guess I'm back to square one looking at meal plans. (we've done Hello Fresh before and wasn't impressed. We've done Blue Apron and liked it at first, but it was a lot of work. When they stopped offering the meals we really liked we stopped it)

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