Sat on the front porch and ate breakfast, drank my coffee and spied on the neighbourhood. Summer is coming.. RIGHT?!
Breakfast:
2 rice cakes, pb, raspberries, coconut.
Coffee
Going to a bridal shower today. I'm sure there will be lots of treats, but Nadia and I are going for a run together right after so that'll keep me from overeating. I'll eat for energy and perhaps treat myself to one thing. May challenge is happening - whether I officially participate or not - and I'm starting now.
Competition is fun. I'm not starving, I'm eating whole, nutritious foods. Protein. No sugar/wheat/corn. Watch. I'm curious to see how other people do. You think it's easy dropping sugar from your diet? People will still eat honey and other "natural" sweeteners I'm sure. Which essentially isn't giving up sugar at all so they'll never know what it's really like or the true effects (haaaa). But, I'm not preaching to everyone. They can fucking learn on their own and think they're 'off sugar'. But when you do drop sugar in ALL FORMS, you know it. And you see it. But why would I encourage people I'm competing against? That doesn't work in my favour.
Happy Sunday, it's beautiful out today.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
errhhm Weekend
Friday night I went out for dinner with mah fren. I had ribs, yam fries, a polenta thing, wine and an awesome brownie a la mode.
No regrets, ALL GOOD.
Sleep was bad because my cramps kicked my ass. Went out for breakfast, I had an omelette, sweet potato/white potato hash and toast. Ok, I fucking love toast and I miss it. Toast with butter is the fucking BOMB. And you know what, I feel fine. I'm not gassy and I had plenty of energy for my 6.9km run. I could have done a whole 7 or even 7.5 but the route I mapped ended up at just under 7km. I'm ok with it. Tomorrow it's an 8km.
No regrets, ALL GOOD.
Sleep was bad because my cramps kicked my ass. Went out for breakfast, I had an omelette, sweet potato/white potato hash and toast. Ok, I fucking love toast and I miss it. Toast with butter is the fucking BOMB. And you know what, I feel fine. I'm not gassy and I had plenty of energy for my 6.9km run. I could have done a whole 7 or even 7.5 but the route I mapped ended up at just under 7km. I'm ok with it. Tomorrow it's an 8km.
Arrivee
Period has arrived, late and with a vengeance. This explains some of my bloating this week. Had bad cramps in the night though.
We're doing a fitness - nutrition challenge at work. For the month of May. the rules aren't clear yet, but one of them is working out 6 days a week, which, once I realized that, is too much. I think it should be minimum 4 days, you need rest days when exercising. We all know what happens when you over exercise. you put stress on your body, increase cortisol and put on weight. Fat. Lost muscle. All of which we don't want. I'm gona push this at our meeting Monday. If you wanna work out 6 days, go ahead, but we should put a realistic, healthy minimum as the requirement. OR, I just won't participate. :) I don't need extra pressures about fitness and diet.
We're doing a fitness - nutrition challenge at work. For the month of May. the rules aren't clear yet, but one of them is working out 6 days a week, which, once I realized that, is too much. I think it should be minimum 4 days, you need rest days when exercising. We all know what happens when you over exercise. you put stress on your body, increase cortisol and put on weight. Fat. Lost muscle. All of which we don't want. I'm gona push this at our meeting Monday. If you wanna work out 6 days, go ahead, but we should put a realistic, healthy minimum as the requirement. OR, I just won't participate. :) I don't need extra pressures about fitness and diet.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Where was i?
I don't feel like recalling all that I ate yesterday. It was average, I also ran 5.82km. I was aiming for 7km but I truly wasn't feeling it. I had low energy. I thought that by eating that sweet potato at 4pm would give me a carb energy jolt. It did the opposite. Noted.
Made cauli pizza inspired by Narine. It was really good and we ate 3 pieces each. Also had a glass of wine and some cadbury chocolate. Whoops. It fucked up my sleep, not good.
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast Smoothie:
1/2 banana, blueberries, raspberries, coconut milk, protein pwd and kale. The kale was meh. kinda made it taste "green". But I needed to use it up.
At work:
the other half of my banana + 1 hard boiled egg. I can't do smoothies for breakfast, I never learn. Tomorrow I'm eating a proper meal. Eggs. Eggs and cauli pizza.
Lunch
1 red pepper, eggplant strata
2 mini cupcakes. I only regret it because the sugar fucked my mood. I was ok eating the calories. It was the effects of the sugar I didn't dig.
I worked a bit late, I wasn't prepared food-wise. I ate a small bowl of chips because I was ravenous and hangry.
Also ate an apple and another egg. I was super hungry today and none of my meals sufficed.
At home, eggplant strata AGAIN, quinoa and kale chips.
rice cake + pb + honey + coconut.
I calculated my calories, I've consumed about 2000. Wow. Apparently that is still less than I require. So crazy.
PS
It's been about a week since I had my fuck paleo epiphany. And you know what? I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, yes, I am more relaxed and not kicking my own ass for "cheats" but at the same time, I just feel better eating clean. I like not being bloated. I literally felt like garbage AFTER I ate that cupcake. I know how my body reacts to things. And I like being part of a healthy lifestyle. I want to fuel my body for the day, for my workouts, for my sleeps. And it's kind of fun focusing on healthy foods. Just not obsessing. Which is difficult, given my personality. I feel bloated and large, I am not ok with it. Granted my period is due any day now.. but still. I felt fat before this. Not just feel, I IS fat right now. Fat for my own standards and I'm beyond my comfort in regards to body composition. I'm annoying myself right now actually because I won't shut up about it.
The thing is, it's been a long time since I've learnt this way of eating, and I've become accustom to it. My meals are meat + veg. I like having a full high protein breakfast, it keeps me full for longer. I don't know if I wanna stray from that. It might just be the fat/protein/carb ration that did it. Perhaps I was just off. I'm still figuring it out. I have 8 weeks until vacation. Plenty of time to clean up my act without killing myself.
Godspeed.
Made cauli pizza inspired by Narine. It was really good and we ate 3 pieces each. Also had a glass of wine and some cadbury chocolate. Whoops. It fucked up my sleep, not good.
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast Smoothie:
1/2 banana, blueberries, raspberries, coconut milk, protein pwd and kale. The kale was meh. kinda made it taste "green". But I needed to use it up.
At work:
the other half of my banana + 1 hard boiled egg. I can't do smoothies for breakfast, I never learn. Tomorrow I'm eating a proper meal. Eggs. Eggs and cauli pizza.
Lunch
1 red pepper, eggplant strata
2 mini cupcakes. I only regret it because the sugar fucked my mood. I was ok eating the calories. It was the effects of the sugar I didn't dig.
I worked a bit late, I wasn't prepared food-wise. I ate a small bowl of chips because I was ravenous and hangry.
Also ate an apple and another egg. I was super hungry today and none of my meals sufficed.
At home, eggplant strata AGAIN, quinoa and kale chips.
rice cake + pb + honey + coconut.
I calculated my calories, I've consumed about 2000. Wow. Apparently that is still less than I require. So crazy.
PS
It's been about a week since I had my fuck paleo epiphany. And you know what? I don't know how I feel about it. I mean, yes, I am more relaxed and not kicking my own ass for "cheats" but at the same time, I just feel better eating clean. I like not being bloated. I literally felt like garbage AFTER I ate that cupcake. I know how my body reacts to things. And I like being part of a healthy lifestyle. I want to fuel my body for the day, for my workouts, for my sleeps. And it's kind of fun focusing on healthy foods. Just not obsessing. Which is difficult, given my personality. I feel bloated and large, I am not ok with it. Granted my period is due any day now.. but still. I felt fat before this. Not just feel, I IS fat right now. Fat for my own standards and I'm beyond my comfort in regards to body composition. I'm annoying myself right now actually because I won't shut up about it.
The thing is, it's been a long time since I've learnt this way of eating, and I've become accustom to it. My meals are meat + veg. I like having a full high protein breakfast, it keeps me full for longer. I don't know if I wanna stray from that. It might just be the fat/protein/carb ration that did it. Perhaps I was just off. I'm still figuring it out. I have 8 weeks until vacation. Plenty of time to clean up my act without killing myself.
Godspeed.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Monday Meh
Sleep wasn't graet. I blame the sugar.
Breakfast:
raspberries, coconut flakes, cacao nibs, coconut/almond milk, cinnamon.
piece of the GF lemon loaf my friend made. It had buckwheat in it. Gave me gas.
Self: buckwheat - NO.
Snack:
small apple + almond butter. not buying anymore almond butter
Lunch:
Rapini + eggplant strata
1 homemade cookie, it was a plain sugar cookie. Not worth it considering all that I ate this weekend. Yes I still think like this and YES I need moderation, not daily treats. 1 Cheat day a week works better than spread out daily snacks. Fuck that.
The only good thing about having goodies in the office is that I can watch other people eat them and feel better about myself and my strength - if I have it at that moment. Yes I want to relax but I'm not getting fatter because of it.
Breakfast:
raspberries, coconut flakes, cacao nibs, coconut/almond milk, cinnamon.
piece of the GF lemon loaf my friend made. It had buckwheat in it. Gave me gas.
Self: buckwheat - NO.
Snack:
small apple + almond butter. not buying anymore almond butter
Lunch:
Rapini + eggplant strata
1 homemade cookie, it was a plain sugar cookie. Not worth it considering all that I ate this weekend. Yes I still think like this and YES I need moderation, not daily treats. 1 Cheat day a week works better than spread out daily snacks. Fuck that.
The only good thing about having goodies in the office is that I can watch other people eat them and feel better about myself and my strength - if I have it at that moment. Yes I want to relax but I'm not getting fatter because of it.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Eat the food
Yesterday at our family party I ate everything. Pick something, anything, I probably ate it. And drank some.
Sleep was kind of shit because I was gassy and full. Ain't nothin free, homie. Granted I shouldn't have had the pizza, pasta, bread, cupcakes, regular cake, ice cream cake,,, see? I wasn't exaggerating. But damn was it good. Ice cream cake?. Are you kidding? I fucking LOVE ICE CREAM CAKE. I'm a bit disgusted with myself but on the bright side, I had a nice fresh fruity breakfast today and completed a 7km run no problem. I could have ran farther. Further? Next week, 8k nbd.
Clean mind, clean food, carbs, no stress. Week 1 of new approach has begun. Today we feast at brothers for mothers bday round 2. Bring it.
I suggest you read gokaleo blog. It's wonderful, positive and doesn't shame you into calorie restriction. Also check this out. If you must count calories, use this calculator. You'd be surprise at how many calories your body actually requires, good to know healthy doesn't mean hungry.
Bye
Sleep was kind of shit because I was gassy and full. Ain't nothin free, homie. Granted I shouldn't have had the pizza, pasta, bread, cupcakes, regular cake, ice cream cake,,, see? I wasn't exaggerating. But damn was it good. Ice cream cake?. Are you kidding? I fucking LOVE ICE CREAM CAKE. I'm a bit disgusted with myself but on the bright side, I had a nice fresh fruity breakfast today and completed a 7km run no problem. I could have ran farther. Further? Next week, 8k nbd.
Clean mind, clean food, carbs, no stress. Week 1 of new approach has begun. Today we feast at brothers for mothers bday round 2. Bring it.
I suggest you read gokaleo blog. It's wonderful, positive and doesn't shame you into calorie restriction. Also check this out. If you must count calories, use this calculator. You'd be surprise at how many calories your body actually requires, good to know healthy doesn't mean hungry.
Bye
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Friday of new life
On my way to freedom. I had a good day Friday. I cant say that I didn't stress over food at all,m or go to my calorie counter at any point, but I did let go and eat things I wouldn't normally eat on a paleo diet.
Breakfast was my banana, raspberry, coconut flake, flax,cashew cereal. I could have done without the cashews. Or not. It was delicious and refreshing.
At work I had a few handfuls of a trail mix which had m&ms in it. Plus candied nuts. Ok I know I shouldn't go wild on sugar but I also shouldn't stress about it.
Lunch was sushi with friends. It was delicious. I was definitely burping it later in the evening so maybe it's not that great after all.
A work I had some cider, beer and treats.
Went to crossfit, it was a mega squat day and today my legs hurt. I love that.
Had a sausage and veggies for dinner. Later had wine and popcorn! Mmmm.
However I was full all night, even going to bed. I don't like that feeling, I prefer going to bed a bit hungry.
Anyway, today we have my aunts bday. I will be eating great food and seeing my family. Nothing stressful about that!!
Tomorrow I will run 7km, just like I promised myself.
Is morning I had rice cakes, pb, coconut flakes , cinnamon and honey. Followed by a simple protein smoothie of frozen berries, chlorophyll, protein, coconut milk from a can (it was thick like cool whip so I put 3spoons of it) topped it off with water and cocoa powder. It wasn't delicious but it wasn't bad.
I'm going to get groceries soon. I will still be buying lots of veg and healthy meat. But I'm also buying quinoa and maybe even organic Greek yogurt.. Maybe. I don't know if I'm ready for rice pasta just yet.
That's it.
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