Girl!

Currently obsessing over this shoe.
I saw it on Queen St. Walked in to basically try it on so I can say "Ugh, it's so uncomfortable, I would never wear it." Instead, they were completely comfortable. DAMNIT!! I want them. I'm currently at work scouring the internet for a cheaper one. I ain't payin' designer prices, GAHD!

Update: I bought them, ok? Don't judge!

Friday

1:00 p.m: Salad with lotsa stuff in it.

7:00 p.m: protein drink

9:30 p.m: Sushi and Yogurty's. Yup.

Thursday

mishkebob is officially on vacation. I miss her already. Yea, I said it! Two weeks, ugh!! It will be lonely at work.

10:00 a.m: A few Hersheys kisses.

12:30 p.m: Mom gave me stuffed eggplant. I gave a bit to co-workers but had most of it.

I've been off working out for a few days. Woman things. I need to get back into it. I hate this part. Run, tonight. Must.

4:00 p.m: Watermelon with feta cheese. Yummy sounds were made.

Exercise (7:00 p.m): 1 hr work out. 30 mins weights, then a 3.3km run.

8:30 p.m: Sweet potato, mushroom and onion fried in vegan butter. 1/2 an avocado. Omelet with eggs from a carton.

Wednesday

Feel asleep on the couch. It was madness. I woke up at 5 a.m, took a shower, went back to bed at 6, woke up at 7 so damn comfortable that it was a bitch to force myself up. Whatevs.

9:30 a.m: A breakfast sandwich from the place downstairs of work. It's a bit of bread, fried egg, lettuce, some tomato spread. Good.

12:00 p.m: Was out for a work thing. At a pub. I picked the healthiest thing on the menu and it was horrible. Ugh. I ate most of it. It was a mushroom and spinach salad with an egg on it. Some dressing. Also had a Molson 67. About 80% of it. I tried.

1:30 p.m: Came back to work. There was pizza. I had two tiny skinny slices of a veggie one. Felt better.

7:00 p.m: At a Vietnamese place with friends. I had a stir fry with rice noodles and a coconut shake.

This.

One more week til I go to potentially sign up for this. Will I chicken out? We'll see.

Tuesday

8:00 a.m: Handful of almonds for breakfast. Apparently I don't eat now.

1:00 p.m: Veggie Thai curry with brown rice and a small wonton soup

3:30 p.m: Watermelon slices with feta cheese. You don't know how good this is til you've had it.

8:00 p.m: Cousins house. Lots of grilled veggies, hummus, salad. Dessert was had.

Monday

Today was a weird day. Back at work.

10:30 a.m: Chocolate croissant. I was in a rush and it was all the place had under my building that was 'to-go'. Oh well.

12:30 p.m: Egg fritata and salad. Ice cream sandwich. Yup.

4:00 p.m: Some Goldfish crackers things

7:30 p.m: Delicious dinner. Sweet potato, mushroom and onion fried in coconut oil. 1/2 an avocado with lemon and salt. Omelet with goat cheese and vegan butter.

I was going to go to boot camp (it's the last week) but F it. I got my period. TMI? Yep. It's a blog. Get over it.

Sunday

12:00 p.m: Handful of almonds

Exercise (1:00 p.m): 5 km jog. It was hot outside, again. I almost died. On the up side, I wore a tank top to run. Hah! I know that sounds strange to some, like that's some sort of achievement, but it is. For one, this is literally the first Summer I ever even started wearing sleeveless shirts in public. I still never felt comfortable even working out in one. Which sucks cause I'm a sweater (not the shirt, haha). I'm not some dainty little girl who sparkles in my make up while working out. I sweat and look like shit. But know what? It's cause I have to work for it. I don't work out cause I feel like I should, it's cause I have too. I'm ranting. Point is, working out in a tank top is a lot easier when it feels like 32 degrees outside. :)

Food.

3:00 p.m: Tabouli made of tomato, parsley, green onion, garlic, wheatberry, lemon juice, olive oil, salt. Zucchini strips fried in coconut oil.

8:00 p.m: Some more of the tabouli and an omelet with mushrooms and goat cheese. Had a protein drink shortly after. Just one of those chocolate juice box thingies.

Back to my last two days of boot camp this week, finally!! I'll likely sign up again but it'll depend on if I get into the boxing thingie or not. :)

Saturday

My vacations almost over. I'm sad about it instead of enjoying what's left cause I suck.

11:00 a.m: Pancakes made of 1 banana, 1 egg and almond butter. Aunt Jemima syrup that for some reason I have.

Exercise (3:30 p.m): Ran 3.7 km. It was incredibly hot and I was wearing black pants and T-shirt. I gave up. Still worth it, I was sweating like a maniac.

5:00 p.m: Something new. All in a pan with coconut oil --> Tomato, okra, garlic, mushroom, s&p. Pretty good.

7:30 p.m: Brownie, yellow pepper and hummus, some cheese

11:00 p.m: Greasy Chinese food. Hated every minute of it. No lie. It was way too late to be eating. I should've gone home. I purposely stayed up til like 1 so I wouldn't go right to bed. Uggggh.

Eating Vegetarian in Chicago

So here is what I ate while in Chicago for 3 days. All delicious. I would basically eat two big meals a day and these were it. By no means was any of it healthy. Looking at this I notice I barely ate any vegetables (which is odd for me) so it was not so pretty. I mean don't get me wrong, delicious, just not healthy.

I also had my acid reflux both nights. It was real shitty. I was up all night. 

Day One

Omelet with veggies and avocado, potato and toast. @ Yolk

Deep dish pizza. AMAZING. There was broccoli in there, somewhere. @ Giordanos

Ricotta cheesecake at the hotel bar.

Day Two

Mushroom, spinach and potato with eggs on top. Pancakes. @ Eggsperience

Cheese enchiladas, beans and rice. Had guacamole too. @ Su Casa

Day Three

Egg and tomato omelet in a croissant with potato. @ Corner Bakery Cafe

After this we went shopping a big then headed to the airport where I had a falafel sandwich that sucked, some ice cream, then I was back home. I think I made a protein shake at night.

Friday

12:00 p.m: Banana

3:00 p.m: Strawberry banana smoothie from Freshly Squeezed. Added whey protein.

5:00 p.m: Lentil purée thing my mon made with pita bread. Salad. Greek yogurt.

7:30 p.m: Dinner, again. Friends went to an Asian vegetarian place. Loved it! I could actually eat everything on the menu! I forgot what that feels like.

No meat! All tofu. Not the best option but it'll do.

9:30 p.m: Watermelon with feta cheese (try it, you don't know what you're missing!) and a brownie.

Thursday.

I'm back from Chicago!
It was full of delicious food. That means one thing - none of it was good for me. I'll post pics later.

Exercise (11:00 a.m): 5k jog.

12:00 p.m: Protein shake. Coconut milk, berries, protein powder.

Back to healthy eating!!

4:00 p.m: Apple slices with almond butter, honey, cinnamon

6:00 p.m: Parents house. Slice of homemade pizza and a stuffed pepper.

8:00 p.m: Some nachos while I was out.

Sunday

OFF TO CHICAGO!! :)

No updating unless I get free wi-fi at the hotel.

Saturday

So I'm going to Chicago tomorrow. yup.
It will be a food challenge cause the 2 people I am going with won't be as crazy food conscious as I am. I'm going to try and make it a challenge not to let myself slide just cause I'm on vacation. I'm sure I'll indulge in a few things here and there but not as bad as I know I could if lost all control.

10:00 a.m: Few almonds

Exercise (11:00 a.m): Ran 5k

12:15 p.m: Salad (arugula, tomato, green onion, goat cheese, basil, almonds, lemon juice, olive oil), broccoli, hummus.

I went to my parents house. Lots of food was had and dessert. Sugar overload. :( Here are some of the things..

I can't even begin to tell you how good these are...

 

Friday

Phone update.

12:00 p.m: A good salad

Exercise (6:15 p.m): 1hr boot camp

9:00 p.m: Falafel, hummus, tabouli.

10:00 p.m: protein shake

Thursday

One more day and I'm on vacation. I'm nervous to leave work. Kinda sucks when you're the only one who does what you do.

9:30 a.m: 2 homemade chocolate chip cookies. Sugar.

12:30 p.m: Veggie Thai curry with brown rice. Some soup.

4:00 p.m: Some chips. Oh work.

5:30 p.m: Sweet potato fries with chipotle sauce. Not too much, was out.

8:30 p.m: Broccoli and hummus. Protein shake after. Coconut milk, frozen berries, protein powder.

Wednesday

8:00 a.m: Almonds

1:00 p.m: Salad and frittata.

 Had boot camp but went to the wrong place. Long story, you don't care. Whatever. I worked out for 8 days straight. I need two days off til the next one. Friday boot camp is on!

7:45 p.m: Exact same dinner as yesterday. Check it.

8:30 p.m: Apple with almond butter and cinnamon

Tuesday

Back pain. Why? Too much working out? My next potential break day is Thursday so tough it out, body! Last session with the trainer tonight and boot camp again tomorrow and Friday.

8:00 a.m: Handful of almonds

12:15 p.m: Mushroom soup and veggie wrap.

I also had a few grapes in the afternoon.

Exercise (6:00 p.m): 1 hr with trainer

8:00 p.m: Salad. Arugula, tomato, green onion, goat cheese, almonds, lemon juice, olive oil, salt. Broccoli and hummus.

Monday

12:00 p.m: Veggie burger (but a decent home made one, not some frozen shit) with no bread and a small salad.

3:30 p.m: Banana. The Simply bar. It's ok. Only 3g of sugar so I like that. I've been very good on the 'no sugar' thing but hey, i'm not perfect. For me it was mostly cutting out the trips to the reception at work (there's always chocolate there!) and dessert when I'm out for dinner. So far, haven't done any of that.

Exercise (6:15 p.m): 1 hr boot camp

So, boot camp was kinda awesome. Why? Back story first. A year or so ago a co-worker/friend did this thing called 'Agency Wars'. It's a boxing match between people in the ad industry. I loved every minute of it. I said I'd do it when the time came. The time has come. It's in December but the recruitment is September 5. I HAVE to get in. I need this. I want this. Have you noticed I've now worked out 7 days in a row? No stopping in sight either. Anyway, the point. Today in boot camp we boxed. There was this game of like 'first to reach so and so' and F, I was first!! It felt so amazing. I'm ALWAYS last in everything so the fact that I came first in boxing is a sign to me. A sign to keep going. I'm so ready for this. Man. I need to get weighed soon too. I know I've lost a few pounds.

P.S. so cheesy but you know this song? Yep. Beyonce. Let me tell you, boxing your ass off during this song is amazing. It should be my entrance song to the fight. :)

8:30 p.m: Chips. Cool ranch Doritos. Yup. Friends house.

Sunday

Exercise (11:30 a.m): 5k run.

August is my bitch right now. Killing it. Worked out 6 days in a row and plan to keep going. Bring it!!

12:30 p.m: Protein shake. Rice milk, frozen berries, protein powder.

2:00 p.m: Carrots and hummus. Chips were had throughout the afternoon. At a friends.

7:00 p.m: Sushi... Again.

Suppose it wasn't the healthiest day for food.

Saturday

12:45 p.m: Scrambled eggs and Brussels sprouts. The usual go to breakfast.

Exercise (2:00 p.m): 35 mins on treadmill at 3.5 mph.

4:00 p.m: Rice milk, frozen berries, protein powder.

9:00 p.m: Sushi. Later than I wanted it what're ya gonna do.

Friday

8:00 a.m: Banana

1:00 p.m: A salad. It was good. Lots of veggies.

4:00 p.m: Some sun chips were had.

5:00 p.m: A bit of the left over tabouli from last night.

Exercise (6:15 p.m): 1 hr boot camp

8:00 p.m: Protein shake from the gym. Almond milk, banana, protein powder, almond butter, glutamine.

Thursday

9:00 a.m: Banana

1:00 p.m: Fritatta and salad.

4:30 p.m: Apple

Exercise (6:15 p.m): 1 hr boot camp

8:30 p.m: Few almonds

9:00 p.m: Home made tabouli. Parsley, wheatberry, green onion, garlic, olive oil, salt, lemon juice, tomato. Then the other is pancakes. Yes. Random. But these are sooo good an delicious!! Thanks to the mishkebob for the recipe. It was 2 eggs, 1 banana and some almond butter. Healthy pancakes do exist!! When I start to eat sugar again these are going to taste delicious with some maple syrup.

I've probably had way too many eggs today. Ugh.

Wednesday

12:30 p.m: Salad with grilled veggies. Delicious.

4:00 p.m: Rice chips. Fail! My stomach was eating itself.

Exercise (6:15 p.m): 1 hr boot camp. Feeling the soreness already. Tomorrow's gonna kill.

7:45 p.m: Bit of my protein drink.

4:00 p.m: Random dinner alert. 3 scrambled eggs, small avocado with lemon and salt.

Tuesday

11:00 a.m: I haven't had breakfast and I am starved. Bad. I had chewable vitamins, does that count? hah!

12:30 p.m: Leftover of the lentil thing and home made tabouli.

Exercise (6:15 p.m): 1 hr boot camp. It's back and sweaty as ever!

7:30 p.m: Got some food on the way home. Salad with a bunch of veggies on top. I think the dressing was laced with sugar and that makes me angry. Otherwise, it was a delicious salad. So it must be bad for me. In hindsight, i should've had no cheese too. Next time.  

Monday

12:30 p.m: Out. Croque Madame. Toast with fried egg and cheese.

It took everything in me not to get gelato from next door.

4:00 p.m: Parent's house. Tabbouleh, hummus, grilled veggies.

5:00 p.m: Banana

6:30 p.m: Salad and his Armenian thing my mom makes, so good. It's basically lentils and rice and onion. Amazing. Can't get enough.

9:30 p.m: Sliced banana with some cinnamon and almond butter.

Sunday

Been off for a few days. Meh. Laptops been off, updating via iPhone.

3:00 p.m: protein shake. Rice milk, berries, protein powder

Exercise (4:30 p.m): 1 hr work out. Pain.

8:45 p.m: rice milk with granola cereal.

I have nothing to eat, nothing. These were all my last resort meals. Groceries, tomorrow, maybe.

Friday

12:30 p.m: This. Tofu sausage and some fries. I ate it all like a little piggie and proud. Fries were better than the sausage. wvrst

Thursday

12:30 p.m: Leftover from last night. Chow mein noodles with veggies

I have had 3 starbursts and 2 Hershey's kisses.

5:30 p.m: 2 slices of veggie pizza that was at work. A small bowl of chips.

... and that was it. What a day. Got home at 9, fell asleep at 10. Fun.

Wednesday

8:00 a.m: Banana


9:00 a.m: Fibre bar

12:30 p.m: A slice of pizza at work. Same dinner I had yesterday. See last post.

6:30 p.m: Chinese food. Mostly tofu, bok choy in garlic sauce and some noodles. Meh.

Exercise (8:00 p.m): Does a 25 minute power walk around the block count?