Oh hey

Thought I'd update.

My food has been good. There's been 2 straight days of sweets at work but I managed to not have any. Win! I've been eating my seafood and I'm enjoying it. I'm pretty sure I'm actually starting to lose weight. I just weighed myself (might I add it's nighttime) and I'm lower again. WTF. I mean, it's great but I think I'm just mad that I've been trying so hard for so long and the secret answer might have just been to start eating meat again.

We'll see.

Also, my opponent was watching me train today.  GET OUT. I don't watch you. Don't watch me. I hope she was intimidated at least? I felt like I was kicking ass. 

1 month to fight night.  IT'S ON. 

We'll here is an update. I'm not getting enough protein. If I am, it's not from natural sources and I'm not ok with that. A protein shake can only go so far. So my goal now is to have about 50g of protein per meal. So, I've decided to start eating seafood. Yup. 

My first attempt is below. I have a long way to go. I stopped eating meat before I learned how to cook anything. I feel like these need to be browned? I don't know. All I can hear is Gordon Ramsay telling me my scallops are under or overlooked so I took them off the pan as soon as I thought they were ready. They were fully cooked inside. Meh. Tasted good! 

I'm alive. I'm eating. I'm working out.

I'll hit this up when something interesting happens.

Thursday

- Cotage cheese and almonds

- Making cake pops for a friends wedding. I tasted it. Sooo had some of that, obviously.

- Leftover from yesterday's dinner. Added more kale.

- 1 hr boxing training. 

- 3 rice cakes, protein powder and water.

Wednesday

- Almonds, plain oatmeal with cinnamon and blueberries, 2 full eggs and 2 egg whites scrambled.

- No plans and nowhere to be means I can spend allllll day in the gym. It was good. 40 min treadmill, 45 mins weights.

- Protein powder and water, 3 rice cakes.

- 3 fish oils, Greek yogurt with almonds.

- Mmmmmm! In a pan I put tomato, kale, spinach, leek, onion, mushroom, asparagus and chickpeas. Taco seasoning to taste. 

- Dried banana chips, chocolate covered almonds

- Salad with just iceberg lettuce, Parmesan cheese, some croutons and an olive oil/lemon dressing I made.

Tuesday

I'm on vacation. At home. For 2 weeks. YESSSSS. Nothing more relaxing than having zero plans.

- Egg white, quinoa, blueberry and cinnamon scramble.

- A&W veggie burger and sweet potato fries

- Almonds

- Tomato, mushroom, spinach, kale, onion and tofu with curry powder. Put Greek yogurt over top.

- 1.5 hr intense boxing. 

- Protein drink, 1 rice cake

- Stove top popcorn 

Monday

- Quinoa, egg whites and blueberries scrambled with a little butter.

- Almonds

- purée of lentils with salad. Two servings. Parents house. My fave.

- Peice of toast with a slice of cheese and tomato,  toasted. BREAD. Always a treat when I go to my parents house. 

- pie thing my mom made

- Gym yo. Treadmill run was intense. Zoned out to thoughts of kicking ass in the ring. 

- 3 rice cakes

I've gone a bit rogue on the diet plan. Shhhh. I'm using elements from it but making it work for my life. This doesn't mean Im eating like shit. This means I know what the intention was and I'm following it. I basically am eating a LOT more protein. This could all be easier if I just ate eat. Meh. Don't want it.

Sunday

- scrambled egg whites, blueberries, steel cut oatmeal, cinnamon. On plan success!

                                    

- 1 hr gym. Cardio and conditioning.

- Asparagus with zero flavour, leftover from yesterday's dinner. 

                                   

- Greek yogurt and almonds

- Seaweed

- Avocado spring roll, ceaser salad, bite of brownie from moxies

- Popcorn, stovetop. 

Saturday

- Blueberries and quinoa

- 1.5 hrs outside training and some sparring with fellow boxing teammates

- Protein drink, 3 rice cakes

- Cottage cheese

- Almonds

- Good. In a pan --> coconut oil, tomato, mushroom, spinach, onion, zucchini, quinoa, black beans, taco seasoning. 

Friday

- Blueberries, Qionoa, egg whites

F the rest of the day.

Thursday

Not feeling well this morning.

Also getting weighed later at boxing. Ugh. Pretty sure I've gained a pound. This 'diet' is not working for me.

- Cup of fruit juice
- Almonds
- It's surprising how much food I'm actually allowed to eat on this plan. It's all measured and everything. It's definitely not a starvation diet. Here is quinoa, beans, veggies, greek yogurt. Curry flavoured.

- The usual. Chickpeas, sweet potato, brussels sprouts, spinach
- 2 slices of pizza. This is why I get fat. I have no control when delicious is in front of me.

- 1.5 hrs of boxing. Sweaty! 

- Protein drink, 3 rice cakes

- Almonds

Wednesday

- Blueberries, oatmeal, protein drink

- Black beans and spinach. Almonds. Fish oil.

- Greek yogurt

- Doritos

- Shake. Rice milk, spinach, protein powder, strawberry, fibre powder. Blended.

- Tofu and spinach heated with curry powder. Almonds.

- Protein bar.

- Seaweed.

Spinach central today.

Tuesday

- Almonds
- Greek yogurt, and more almonds. Fish Oil.
- Exact same lunch as yesterday (surprise, surprise) but used quinoa instead of rice.
- Exact same dinner as yesterday. Time to change up the dinners on work out days...

- 1 hr boxing training. Loving it. 

- Protein drink, 3 rice cakes

- Cottage cheese and almonds

Protein central right here. Who needs meat.

Monday

It's a new week. Lots of food temptations will happen this week. Must not indulge too much.

- 2 hard boiled eggs, quinoa
- Greek yogurt and almonds
- Hersheys kisses. I fail.
- Brown rice, black beans, 2 cups veggies. Win.

- 3 fish oil, brussels sprouts, sweet potato, chickpeas. 

- 45 mins at gym. Cardio and upper body weights.

- 3 rice cakes, protein drink

- Cup of fruit juice

Sunday

Skipping Saturday. Friends bachelorette. It was a day of cheats.

Also running out of groceries. Time to stock up again for the week. Sunday meal prep time!

- Scrambled egg whites, oatmeal

- Greek yogurt and almonds

- 1 hr boxing training. I enjoy hitting things. More of that please.

- Protein shake. 3 rice cakes. 

- Parents house. Diet fail. No need to post I guess. There was cheese and some pastry that was to die for.

- Cottage cheese and almonds

Friday

F-ing Friday. Finally.

- Protein drink
- Cottage cheese
- 8 almonds
- Sushi. Ok? It was a rare outing with co workers, I'm not missing out on life experiences for my diet.
- Chips
- Had what I was supposed to eat for lunch. 100g of black beans and 1 cup of broccoli.

Thursday

- Cup of fruit/veggie juice
- Greek yogurt with 11 almonds, 3 fish oil
- Same lunch as yesterday. Brown rice, black beans, tomato, spinach. Vitamin B complex pre meal.
- 2 slices of pizza...

- 3 rice cakes

- Chickpeas, Brussels sprouts, sweet potato
- 1 hr boxing training. Felt good. I will die before I run up and down hills, but I've got boxing technique down!

- Protein drink

Wednesday

I have a doctor's appointment this afternoon. This puts a kink in my eating plan. Food is more important than life plans right now. When am I supposed to eat my pre workout dinner? I'll be out at an appointment around 4:30 (when i'd normally eat) and then boot camp is at 5:45. THIS IS MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.

- 2 hard boiled eggs, cup of fruit/veggie juice
- Greek yogurt and 11 almonds
- Brown rice, black beans, 1 tomato, 2 cups spinach

- 3 rice cakes

- Chickpeas, sweet potato, Brussels sprouts. No flavor. Just fuel. 

- 1 hr outdoor boot camp. DEATH. give me an hour of body weight type boot camp no problem. Up and down a hill, I die. 

- Protein drink

Tuesday

- 1 hard boiled egg
- Greek yogurt and 11 almonds
- 75g black beans, 75g brown rice, mixed veggies with taco seasoning. I also snuck some pasta from Fusaro's. So what.

- Many Hersheys kisses were had today. :(
- 75g chickpeas, 75g sweet potato, 2 cups of brussels sprouts. All just boiled.

- 6.8k run outside. GOOD.

- Protein drink and 4 rice cakes.

I'm really trusting that eating practically the same thing every day is going to work for me. I'm at the mercy of my nutritionist right now!