Ah, the end of a hectic week, thank God. Here I am now finally in Montreal with my man, relaxing after dinner to write a bit of my blog.
Yesterday was a gong show in every respect. Breakfast was a smoothie (to get rid of the bananas, yogurt and strawberries) and I skipped going out for lunch with my lab to eat my regular spinach salad, fruit + yogurt and veggies + hummus. It was a time when I felt ok not going out to lunch, since I knew dinner would be all over the place and that I couldn't really do two cheat meals in one day. I was pretty happy with the decision too since it allowed me to get some more work done and attend lecture for the class I TA.
I had a bus to catch at 5:40pm so obviously I had no time for the gym. While I was packing I had two pieces of toast with peanut butter to hold me over until I got into town last night. By the time I dropped my samples off at my boyfriend's lab and we got home, it was close to 11pm. He had been craving pizza all week and waited all night for me to get home before he ate dinner, so we went to Pizza Hut and had a stuffed crust pizza with cheesy breadsticks. I skipped the pop (that much sugar and caffeine before bed and I'd be a goner, and I felt the need to have water after a long day) and had a smaller portion of food than I normally would have. In the end, this day was a write-off (the last of this week I promise) but it reminded me once again, like all week, that life happens and you won't be able to fit a workout in every day and eat perfectly healthy every day. When cheat meals come along I think the best thing to do is just eat a smaller portion and drink lots of water to wash it down. All in moderation right?
Today was my first full day in Montreal with my boyfriend. As a bit of background, he is a very active guy who goes to the gym every day. He does the same rotation of arms, check/back and legs as I do, plus abs. I do a bit more cardio than him, but it evens out in the end since he tends to do a few more exercises than I do. For food, he has a very healthy appetite and eats quite a bit. He is an active guy so he doesn't really care so much about watching what he eats that much, but overall makes the effort to have protein, carb and veg at every meal. He eats fruit and oatmeal for breakfast and is very respectful of my eating choices as they usually differ quite a bit.
My biggest struggle with the bootcamp will be melding my habits with his as we co-habitate this week. We got groceries earlier tonight and I made sure to get my usual yogurt, fruit, etc. I brought the rest of the veggies from my places that I couldn't get through, like spinach, my huge bag of veggies, basil, and hummus. I think I'll be able to eat by my meal plan for breakfast and lunch (minus all my wonderful grains that I left at home), but dinner will have to be improvised on my part. Again, my plan is smaller portions of everything.
Today we got up around 10am and had to meet a friend downtown at 1pm, so I made us lunch instead of breakfast. He is a terrific cook so he made a tomato sauce to go with the homemade gnocchi I brought him, so we made up a bit of that. I also made a big spinach salad with carrots, red peppers and cucumbers.
At the mall I got an Acai Protein smoothie from Jugo Juice (acai, protein powder, low-fat yogurt, apple juice and strawberries - DELICIOUS) to hold me over since I knew we wouldn't get home and have dinner until much much later. He stopped for a snack (A&W), which I had a few bites of, but I'm glad I skipped the second snack/meal after our day of walking around downtown. We then went to the gym (20 minutes cardio + legs + abs + all the walking around we did all day = I'm exhausted), and went straight to the grocery store afterwards. For dinner I marinated some shrimp in the same marinade I used on the salmon pieces last week (orange juice, soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic, cilantro and sesame seeds), cooked some couscous, and finally some veggies. For dessert we had Chips Ahoy (his pick) and milk.
I plan to do a lot of cooking here this week, so more "girlfriend trying to be on a diet at boyfriend's house" recipes to come!
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