We are into SINGLE DIGITS PEOPLE!!
Breakfast:
- smoothies Thursday and Friday, and this morning no breakfast (slept in!)
Lunches:
- Thursday: salad with a quinoa cake and mushrooms in it, with carrots for snack, and greek yogurt with fruit, chia, kamut and honey
- Friday: sushi lunch! we ordered from this amazing place downtown, and I also had yogurt and veggies as per usual
- Today a bunch of us from work went for all you can eat sushi. Heaven. Absolute heaven.
Dinners:
- Thursday: Subway (12" turkey on brown with veggies)
- Friday: frozen pizza (fail)
- Today: pork chop with greens
Snacks and Activities:
- Friday: beers and nacho fries with my brother
- Today: movie night so lots of chips and candy (another fail)
Workouts:
- Thursday and Friday: none
- Today: intense gym session! 40 minutes of cardio plus abs with weights and arms
I am feeling the effects of the stress of monitoring all of my food intake now. It makes me grouchy and vulnerable, and I think about everything I eat. I can't enjoy something fully because I'm worried about what it will do to my bikini bod. That's not right. I can't wait to be done this, for one because I'll be on vacation haha but also I'll be free of monitoring everything with a very specific and glamourous end goal in mind. I know I'll still stay healthy but I won't be worried about the effect of every candy and pizza slice.
In a related note, my poutine craving is stronger than ever...
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
14/13/12 days to go...
Breakfasts:
- Monday: smoothie
- Tuesday: smoothie
- Today: peanut butter toast. I have been craving peanut butter for a while now and it seems I'd been doing smoothies a lot. Time for a change!
Lunches:
- Monday, Tuesday and today: mixed green salad, leftover croutons and grape tomatoes, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, ginger carrot soup and greek yogurt with chia seeds, kamut flakes and honey (today I added raspberries - SO good)
Dinners:
- Monday: I was coming down with a migraine so I made a quick whole wheat pasta with pesto and slept most of the evening
- Tuesday: leftover lasagna with soda bread
- Today: leftover lasagna, and a snack of candies and soup (yep, movie food)
Workouts:
- Monday: gym until the headache started getting bad. I didn't do much, just 15 minutes of cardio but I was still feeling my advanced yoga class from Sunday so it almost felt like I worked out haha
- Tuesday: 75 minute hot yoga
- Today: gym (30 minutes cardio + legs + arms + abs)
Overall I feel super excited and so-so with the eating. I feel like I've been thinking about nothing but food and the gym for weeks, and I can't believe this but all I want is a poutine right now. Or a greasy slice of pepperoni cheese pizza, or baked ravioli, or garlic bread or all of the above! My poutine craving is by far the strongest of them all, so maybe next week when my lab and I celebrate my birthday I'll give in and go have a small at Smokes! Until then, 12 DAYS!!!!
- Monday: smoothie
- Tuesday: smoothie
- Today: peanut butter toast. I have been craving peanut butter for a while now and it seems I'd been doing smoothies a lot. Time for a change!
Lunches:
- Monday, Tuesday and today: mixed green salad, leftover croutons and grape tomatoes, with olive oil and balsamic vinegar, ginger carrot soup and greek yogurt with chia seeds, kamut flakes and honey (today I added raspberries - SO good)
Dinners:
- Monday: I was coming down with a migraine so I made a quick whole wheat pasta with pesto and slept most of the evening
- Tuesday: leftover lasagna with soda bread
- Today: leftover lasagna, and a snack of candies and soup (yep, movie food)
Workouts:
- Monday: gym until the headache started getting bad. I didn't do much, just 15 minutes of cardio but I was still feeling my advanced yoga class from Sunday so it almost felt like I worked out haha
- Tuesday: 75 minute hot yoga
- Today: gym (30 minutes cardio + legs + arms + abs)
Overall I feel super excited and so-so with the eating. I feel like I've been thinking about nothing but food and the gym for weeks, and I can't believe this but all I want is a poutine right now. Or a greasy slice of pepperoni cheese pizza, or baked ravioli, or garlic bread or all of the above! My poutine craving is by far the strongest of them all, so maybe next week when my lab and I celebrate my birthday I'll give in and go have a small at Smokes! Until then, 12 DAYS!!!!
Sunday, April 14, 2013
17/16/15 days to go...
I just freaked out a little that I just wrote FIFTEEN. Wow.
The last few days in a nutshell:
Breakfasts:
- Friday: smoothie
- Saturday: had the girls visiting from Toronto, so bagels with cream cheese and mixed fruit, with tea
- Today: smoothie
Lunches:
- Friday: leftover flatbread pizza from my Farm Boy date with Leslie, with some greek yogurt and carrots, also half a pint of cider after work to celebrate a prof's tenure (woo!)
- Saturday: mid-afternoon lasagna and bread leftovers from Friday dinner
- Today: Subway (6" roast chicken on whole wheat with baked chips and chocolate milk, amazing post work-out)
Dinner:
- Friday: homemade vegetable low-fat lasagna, mixed green salad and fresh bread (with the girls!). We had wine and a few two-bite brownies for dessert, as well as some of our host's apple crisp later that night at a wine and cheese
- Yesterday: leftover lasagna and bread
- Today: guess what...more lasagna
Workouts:
- Friday and Saturday: none, busy with the girls (although, we shopped and walked around quite a bit...does that count?)
- Today: 75 minutes advanced yoga. totally kicked my ass, but totally amazing.
We're onto the last few weeks now so doubling my efforts to cut the carbs and up the cardio. I made homemade ginger carrot soup (Jamie Oliver's recipe, can't go wrong) for this week. Here is the recipe:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/Ginger%20Carrot%20Soup/3124
Also, I'm getting stupidly excited as the girls got me an early birthday gift of a gorgeous white H&M beach bag and flowy flower dress! Thanks ladies!!! On our shopping trip I picked up some tops from RW&Co (my absolute favourite store of all time), as well as a cute turquoise and white bikini from Old Navy of all places. All I need are flip flops, a hat and some last minute item gathering and I'll be ready!!
Maldives, here I come!!
The last few days in a nutshell:
Breakfasts:
- Friday: smoothie
- Saturday: had the girls visiting from Toronto, so bagels with cream cheese and mixed fruit, with tea
- Today: smoothie
Lunches:
- Friday: leftover flatbread pizza from my Farm Boy date with Leslie, with some greek yogurt and carrots, also half a pint of cider after work to celebrate a prof's tenure (woo!)
- Saturday: mid-afternoon lasagna and bread leftovers from Friday dinner
- Today: Subway (6" roast chicken on whole wheat with baked chips and chocolate milk, amazing post work-out)
Dinner:
- Friday: homemade vegetable low-fat lasagna, mixed green salad and fresh bread (with the girls!). We had wine and a few two-bite brownies for dessert, as well as some of our host's apple crisp later that night at a wine and cheese
- Yesterday: leftover lasagna and bread
- Today: guess what...more lasagna
Workouts:
- Friday and Saturday: none, busy with the girls (although, we shopped and walked around quite a bit...does that count?)
- Today: 75 minutes advanced yoga. totally kicked my ass, but totally amazing.
We're onto the last few weeks now so doubling my efforts to cut the carbs and up the cardio. I made homemade ginger carrot soup (Jamie Oliver's recipe, can't go wrong) for this week. Here is the recipe:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/Ginger%20Carrot%20Soup/3124
Also, I'm getting stupidly excited as the girls got me an early birthday gift of a gorgeous white H&M beach bag and flowy flower dress! Thanks ladies!!! On our shopping trip I picked up some tops from RW&Co (my absolute favourite store of all time), as well as a cute turquoise and white bikini from Old Navy of all places. All I need are flip flops, a hat and some last minute item gathering and I'll be ready!!
Maldives, here I come!!
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