Oh, how the motion of eating can change so drastically in a day’s time.  No more late night cheese platter with a tall glass of wine, and no more caramel filled chocolate squares for my midafternoon craving.  My breakfast is new, my lunch is new, my dinner is new, and my snacks are brand new to my taste buds.  I am diving full into the GenoVive meal program.

I heard the FedEx truck rumbling in the parking lot to my home.  The driver heaved and hoed the enormous box up the stairs and gave a two knuckle knock at the front door and vanished.  I hoped this was not a foreshadowing of myself in the box.

Pulling the box inside I could not believe how heavy it was.  After maneuvering the box indoors, I roamed around contemplating the best place to store it.   (Unpacking tip: open the outer carton outside your door then take out the 4 smaller and lighter inner cartons and bring them inside.) I could not stand not knowing what was inside; I ripped the packaging tape right down the middle to find more boxes and labels of weeks for my new meals for a month.  The outer box was taking up too much space, so I took each individual week out and stacked them in chronological order. 

Tada! I had a little anxiety knowing this would be my fuel for the next month, especially since my husband was making a veggie omelet, side of cottage cheese, and a peanut butter smoothie.   I did not know what I was getting myself into. The decision of when to start was daunting. 

I opened week 1, read the welcome packet, and had some heart flutters trying to process the unknowing of my new GenoVive meal program.  The next morning I heated up my warm blueberry whole grains.  Visually, I was a little nervous, but when I felt the flavors burst over my taste buds, I knew breakfast was going to be a piece of cake, no pun intended.  As the day progressed, I was pleasantly surprised at how satisfied I felt.  To be continued…

Next week go to www.genovive.com/blog to see how my first week went.