Thanks everyone for the well wishes on the test...now I have to wait 3weeks to know the results!!
As you can imagine it's been a roller coast these past few days...I had my cheat meals on Saturday and Sunday during my trip (purposefully planned after my test), and had to take a few days off from tracking food/exercise in order to recover from stomach pains. Back home now and I have been on a "vegetarian oath" since Monday........ I believe I have mentioned here and there around this forum that I have had a small (teeny-tiny...I mean, I do LOVE my seafood) desire to experiment with vegetarianism. About a month ago I thought I would finally take the plunge (and honor my upcoming bday) by doing a month streak on vegetarianism, this is my way to say THANK YOU to mother Earth for all the amazing things that it has given me during these 31yrs of life. Now, don't get me wrong, I already feel like my meals are somewhat very conscious to our environment (I don't over indulge on animal meat, I think I have had red meat 8x a year max. for as long as I can remember, and I also try to be mindful of my portion size whenever animal protein is concerned)...in addition, whenever possible I try to recycle and do small things here and there that are environmentally friendly.
However, a recent post someone made on fb really struck a cord with me...this person was talking about how so many people are pointing the fingers at Donald Trump for all the backtracking he is making regarding pacts/laws on environment/green issues...and yet, most of these people personally do nothing or very little to our environment on their day-to-day life....and in truth, in that moment I realized that the biggest problem is probably within us, not in the big industries (though they certainly play a heavy part)...our society and all the energy we consume and the waste/produce, it's really astonishing when you review and research about it. I KNOW I AM GUILTY...even with all my conscious efforts, I am guilty to being addicted to my air-conditioning (it's on nearly 18hrs a day bc I can't survive or stand the slightest idea of heat) and I am sure there are many other things I could do to improve and make less damage to our world.
That being said, I want to make changes that come from the heart, a genuine desire to give back to our planet, without feeling like I'm being emotionally and nutrition deprived. In prep for this 1-month oath on vegetarianism/vegan meals I started making some changes here and there, experimenting with some food items. Truth is, I knew that in some ways it wouldn't be too hard (I had been doing Meatless-Mondays once in a while and eventually just transforming that into a random 1 day a week meat free program, but nothing that would last for a whole month)...and in preparation alone, I must admit, I couldn't avoid feeling SO ANXIOUS about not being able to eat my fish/shrimp.
So, I have decided to go for a less stressful (and yet still hard) week-long oath........I feel it's meaningless to put myself into stress mode in order to give back if, in the end, it's doing more harm than good to my soul. I decided this week-long oath on vegetarianism would at least be a step in the right direction (I started on Monday, so today is DAY 3), and then maybe I will do on a long term basis 2-3x a week vegetarian days. I think going FULL ON vegetarian or vegan is particularly hard on me nutrition wise, bc I still have to be mindful of all my other food intolerances, which already deprive me of a lot of foods that are perhaps essential to Vegans/Vegetarians (such as pasta/rice/beans, items that contain gluten, etc.).
WOOF, this is a long post.........anyways, I haven't been tracking my food this week, nor weighing in myself...I'm just trying to dealing with this oath and trusting that by making this sacrifice I'm doing some good to our world...just trying to eat anything that is allowed as much as I want to keep me satisfied.
Food Intake (roughly):
1 pear
2 small slices of papaya
1 orange
2 spoons of powder milk (DF)
2 slices of parmesan cheese (DF)
2 tablespoons of DF of cream cheese
2 tablespoons of blueberry jam
3 tablespoons of honey
Salad: tomatoes, lettuce, arugula, palmetto, cilantro, green-yellow-red bell peppers, onions, white asparagus, mushrooms, pumpkin, carrots, broccoli (Mediterranean dressing/salt-garlic seasoning)
8 small banana pancakes (6 tablespoons of ripped banana, 3 eggs)
2 slices of GF/DF bread
1 GF/WF/DF cracker
Exercise: 3km on treadmill
1hr20min on stationary bike (reading a book, lost track of time)
6x15 arm raises (2lbs weight)
6x10 standing military press (5lbs weight)
3x20 goblet squats with calf raises (10lbs weight)
3x20 hip trusts (12lbs weight)
300 abs variation
100 pulsing squats
6x12 leg raises (10lbs weight machine)
I have tried to take days off from exercising, but usually when I do I sleep so badly and am grumpy and tired the day after...I've noticed that even sick, I get better when I'm somewhat active - although I do take it easier. So my solution to that (besides taking cues within the moment) is for 5 days a week I workout for 90min. (mix of Weights+HIIT+Pilates+Functional Training) and 2 days a week I do whatever I feel like, but not following a fitness program, so for the most part these "2 day-rest workouts" last less than 1hr - 20to40min. - and can be substituted by an outside activity, just to get my body moving.