Saturday January 5

Shit sleep what else is new.

Breakfast:
1 egg pod + mayo
coffee

Crossfit. MA where were you?! wwhyyyyy


A. 6mins of: Muscle-up practice or chin-ups – 1-2 tough reps every 30sec
B. Snatch Grip Deadlift 4×5, rest 2mins - 105#
C. Group Metcon:

For time:
25 pull-ups (I did 20)
50 wall ball
25 toe to bar (20) - sorry it kills my hands
50 KB swings
25 push-ups

Took me like 9 minutes of course I was the last one. There were 5 of us, one girl was new she totally cheated more than I did and finished before me.


So, lunch today at "Raw Aura" in the burbs. I'll report back later.

Three days without sugar, and going strong. I'm not craving it.
Yesterday I did have a banana and an apple though.

Just now, a protein shake:
powder/banana/froz berries/coconutmilk+water

Met the gils at Raw Aura. You know what, it was a great vegan restaurant. Everything we ate was fantastic. We started with a bowl of kale chips, and these were nothing like what you make at home. They were done in a dehydrator so they were crispy and they coated them with a cashew sauce. Half the bowl was 'sour cream and onion' the other half was 'creamy roasted red pepper'. They make the cream with cashews, lime juice, salt, vinegar something like that. I'm gonna try it. I bought a bag to take home. If I can save you some Narine, you have to try them. Next starter was an avocado tartar with "crackers". Basically like an avocado salsa, not runny or anything, but a nice big serving with these dehydrated seed/veg crackers. Fucking fantastic. We killed it.

Then onto the mains: The special of the day was Classic Pad Thai: Zucchini noodles, kelp noodles, lime, cilantro... among other spices and additions, all very easily digested, all paleo if you will. (sans meat of course). The girls both got that, I decided to get what I wouldn't normally get (an occasional rule I use at new restaurants) so I got the Sweet and Sour noodles. Same thing, zucchini noodles, kelp noodles, red peppers, a creamy tangy with a bit of spice creamy almond sauce with roasted almonds on top. Fucking awesome. It was a huge heap of food and I ate every last bite. In fact we all ate every last bite. There was a ginger spice to my dish, it was so so good. It just murdered Fresh. Fresh is a rip and is tasteless compared to Raw Aura. Ladies, we need to go one day, furreal. It's out of the way, but only a half hour drive from my place. Worth it for on Saturday afternoon.

K, dessert time. Since I'm off sugar and emotional and shitty, I didn't get anything sweetened with agave (which was 95% of their desserts), and believe me, there was a lot to choose from. They had truffles, almond bars, a few cakes (mostly made from avocado to give it a velvety cheesecakey type of texture). My only option was the apple crumble, which was sweetened with dates. Yes, not great, but better than agave in my opnion. It contained sliced green apples in a cinnomany light sauce coated in a walnut/date crumble. Amazing. I was so stuffed but I ate it all - What else is new. The ladies each got their own piece of cake (we don't like sharing apparently), Nad got the chocolate avo cake, Lisa got the chocolate banana avocado cake. Both great. Nadia's tasted like it had booze in it, but I think its just the raw cocoa flavouring. Not bad. We all finished with a big mug of tea.

The bill came to 35 bucks each, and I think that's not bad at all. If we had wine it would have been much more of course, but we were being good girls. I should have taken photos, everything was prepared and plated with love, neat and tidy, all freshly made and so so creative. I mean they make the noodles each time you order with one of those vegetable noodlers so everything is guaranteed fresh. I think I need one. They're fantastic, they can slice or noodle things. Can be very handy when you're getting bored of your meat and roasted vegetable dishes. Or if you're a vegetarian, bored of your boiled/pan-fried vegetables and hard boiled eggs- yes I'm looking at you lulz. With this noodler you can make asian inspired meals, pastas.. the possibilities are almost endless. The "cook" was right there behind the bar preparing the meals, and you could see him noodling the zucchinis, seemed fast and easy. Raw Aura sells the noodler for $55 plus tax. I'm gonna look online and see if it's worth it. It might be my new kitchen best friend.

Anyway, if you wanna venture outside the city (not too far, Lakeshore/Hurontario) and you're looking for creative vegan raw meals, try Raw Aura. It's cozy, modern, creative, thoughtful, delicious and friendly - oh and super healthy. You won't be disappointed unless you're boring and don't like trying new things and only eat chicken fingers when you go out. Bye!

2013 Paleo Life day 2

Sleep was meh. Not terrible not great.

Breakfast:
leftover meat stif fry/cauli

Made a chicken salad for lunch with the leftover roast chicken:
chicken, lime juice, olive oil, s/p, orange pepper and cashews. Will have that with spinach and tomato. What what!

Tonight I aim to hit CF round 3. And tomorrow workout 4! Let's GO! Then I can sleep in saturday and maybe hit the spa. Watch out.

Did I mention Jamie is on board with this new year's "resolution"? Yep, he's on the paleo bandwagon.

Note to self, make these things:

Banana Bread French Toast (As a TREAT)

Cashew sour cream, for future taco salads.

Sausage and Egg Sandwich - For this weekend's breakfast

Lunch:
Chicken Salad + 1/2 avocado

K I had the last three punkin protein balls. 2 before lunch, 1 after.
My lunch wasn't filling enough. Needed more veg to fill up on.

3pm:
cashew lara bar like my fren MA.
spoonful of cashew butter. I'm a cashew face today, easy there big fella.

Tonight I reckon we'll have sausages and sweet potato in the oven.

I plan on hitting up crossfit again, I am feeling a bit addicted. This is what healthy eating and an expensive gym membership does to a person. Not a bad thing though.

Pre workout:
three spoons of chicken salad. I didn't eat enough today and was lightheaded doing my squats. Had to bail on my last set because I felt I couldn't do it.

Crossfit WOD:

A. Shoulder Press 4×5@80%, 1×5+@80%, rest 2.5mins - 55#
B. Back Squat 4×3@85-90%, rest 2.5mins - 120#
C1. GHD Hip Extension 4×8 [2014], rest 60sec - Love doing these.. feels so good.
C2. Single Arm bent-over supported DB row, 4×6-8 [2011] , rest 60s

Good workout, there was barely anyone there. Love it. and MA was there! yes!

Dinner:
Macedonian sausage + sweet potato + spinach + home made mayo YUMMMMM

I succeeded day 2 of no sugar.

OH, my Adidas Powerlift shoes arrived! Can't wait to do squats with these bad boys.

Paleo Challenge ROUND THREE

Today is the beginning of health kick/new life/paleo living/crossfitting/no drinking for FIVE WEEKS FUCK YOU.

I'm NOT gonna be making paleo cookies/muffins/breads this round. I realize I just made some pumpkin cookies yesterday but that's it. No more subbing healthy paleo snacks for cookies n muffins n shit. I'm eating straight up real food and getting strong, losing my fat stomach and reducing the circumference of my thunder thighs.  I like juicy thighs and ass but come on. There is a limit here people.

Today I feel like a fatass. I'm bloated, perioding and off my routine. Pootine. I have a ritual in the morning and it's off track from my holidays. So I feel extra bloated right now. Sigh. I also feel like people at work are looking at me thinking I came back looking like a big heffer. I've gained like 5 lbs. I know I sholdn't look at the scale but I did. And I sad.

Sleep was ok. I took some melatonin last night. Meh.

Breakfast:
1.5 eggs omelette w/spinach and mushroom
3 farmers bacon
coffee

At work I'm drinking a shitty coffee and forcing myself to drink this boring glass of water. I just don't feel like drinking water in the morning.

Ok work time. Crossfit later if all goes well.

Pre lunch:
2 pumpkin protein cookies. They're small.

Lunch:
2 eggs/bacon wrapped things
kale
cauliflower steamed

After: 
1 pumpkin cookie. the last one.

Pre-workout:
2 pumpkin cookies- they're proteiny!

Crossfit:

A. Front Squat 3@85#, 2@105#, 1@110#, 3×3-4 @ 95-100#
B. Group Metcon  amrap=as many rounds as possible:

5min amrap: 200m row, 40 double unders (or a number you can complete in 30sec)
2min rest
5min amrap: 10 KB swings to chin level (16kg), 10 DB push press @ 20lb each
2min rest
5min amrap: 2 DB man makers - 15# (I didbn't realize it was only 2.. next time 20#), 8 box jumps



Dinner:
ground meat stir fry with Moroccan spice.

It was a good day, no sugar and I'm good.

Wait, one more pumpkin thing. Eep.