Lunch bags, gym planning and packing for my day...

Hello world!

Today was my first day at my new job and I had no idea how long my day would be so I tried to pack for a long day just in case!  I would have been miserable if I had packed light and got hungry throughout the day.  Today was my first day to balance a cardio before work scenario.  It went well for a first round try, I should have gotten up about 20 min earlier to make sure that I didn't rush anything this morning.  I laid out my clothes for my workout and work last night in order to get ready quick in the morning (I'm not a morning person really so I gotta work at this).  I finished my 45 min of cardio and came home to make my favorite breakfast!!!  Here's a pic of my new breakfast!

Here's the sweet potato pancake in the making!

Here's all the ingredients I used:  2 egg whites, cinnamon,
1 packet stevia, BSN Desserts Cinnamon Roll, 1 tablespoon
Sweet Nibs and mashed sweet potatoes.
Mix all together like a pancake batter and get to
cookin'!

I can barely cook a whole batch of pancakes without eating
them as they are made!  I can make about 4-5 small
pancakes.  

After breakfast it was time to shower and get ready!  I quickly packed my new lunch bag.  I purchased the ebags lunchbox from Amazon.com.  Here's a picture: 

It's a pretty good size bag!  Here's the compartments and
inside of the bag too!

I really want a 6 pack lunchbox but that lunch box is REALLY expensive (about $100.00).  So this lunch box ran me about $39.99 which seems pretty steep for a lunch box but I need it to be hella durable and hold all my food throughout the day while I'm working and going from cardio sessions to training sessions.  Next post I will update with pictures of what my lunch box looks like all packed up and some pics of how I am trying to keep my fridge organized too!  And I'll post some pics of my new gym bag and how I'm packing for my day.  I have a few early mornings next week when I officially start my schedule so I am needing to plan out whether or not I want to continue to do cardio early in the morning even on the days I need to be at work by 8:00am.  I still enjoy doing cardio on an empty stomach and I won't feel as though I have SO much to do after my work day if cardio is already taken care of.  

Real quick here are some things I realized today:

• I made my shake last night and froze it so I could get it out this morning to defrost by when I need it.  But I didn't really get it out of the freezer in time so it was still only partially melted by the time I needed it.  So I need to get the timing of that down.
• I need more freezer packs for my lunch box, I don't want to take up a ton of room in the employee lounge fridge and the freezer packs I have don't really stay frozen very long (I was there 2-3 hours and they were still cold but had melted.
• I prepared my workout clothes for this morning but if today had been a long day I wouldn't have been prepared for my after work workout, I ran out of time to pack my training clothes.  Thank goodness today was an extremely short day.

Just some areas for improvements that I need to make!  I learned the hard way that my mornings aren't going to go smoothly if I don't plan accordingly!  Hopefully your day is going fabulous wherever you are and all your plans are working out!  

Cheers!

Ash