So Easter sucks.
To give you the best way on how to handle Easter, I have made a nice "to do" and "not to do" list.
Do:
- Enjoy yourself at Easter, have an egg, live a little!
- Find some kind of exercise to do - just because the gym is closed, doesn't mean you don't have legs to walk/run or heavy things to lift.
- Check the calories per chocolate. It will help give you some perspective in order to stay in control.
- Remember to eat lots of real eggs, keep up those protein stores!
- Try to ensure your meals are very clean and lean today - you don't want to build up more calories on top of the chocolate treats.
Don't:
- Overindulge. You can definitely "treat" yourself, but don't eat all of the chocolate you receive at once using the "but it's Easter!" excuse. Your stomach will hate you, your fat cells will love you and your mind is going to punch "past you" in the face.
- Trick yourself into thinking you can go to the gym the following day and just burn off everything you just ate. Chances are, you don't have the stamina or the stomach for doing the five hours straight of cardio it would take to theoretically burn off the 1400 calories you consumed in chocolate alone.
- Think that because you're eating chocolate, all of your other meals should be rubbish because you've "ruined the day's diet".
Hopefully these little tricks will help keep your head (and guts!) clear this Easter long weekend. Hope you're all having a great holiday off work!
-MM
Saturday, 7 April 2012
Monday, 2 April 2012
Parents ruin food
Parents ruin food, they really do.
Today's original eating plan was:
2 x scrambled eggs for breakfast
1 x small handful of unsalted nuts (mmm, almonds!)
1 x beef mince and bean wrap with tomato salsa
Something and something.
Dad decided to take a day off today and as such, I ended up being involved in many of his errands. I got awoken early being told that I had a McDonalds breakfast muffin waiting for me which I wasn't going to deny being half asleep. Already, I had a bad start. I was hauled around a few shops and I was positively dying from thirst as I'd usually have a litre of water by this time. The weather being pretty warm did not do me any favours. After much nagging, I finally got two small bottles of water, huzzah!
Of course, a dodgy lunch was wanted. I refused to have McDonalds for lunch, although I did succumb to a 30c cone after staring at some teenagers eating them. Let this be yet another strike for the lesson of "never look at something tempting - walk away". I ended up being able to hold off until home where I did manage to get my awesome wrap.
For dinner, I had enough left over for another wrap and thought I'd make something similar with some spinnich thrown in. But alas, Dad had other plans. It was two for one schnitzel night at the pub on Mondays, so we trotted off to that because he couldn't be bothered cooking after a long day. I had it as healthy as I could, no cheese and with baked veggies and mash that I ate about a quarter of. So not a terribly bad dinner.
A few lessons were learned or reminded of today.
1. If you're going to be running around a lot, you know you won't be bothered cooking - always prepare meals the night or even weekend before.
2. Parents don't really care what you want to do or eat, "they know best".
3. Always carry water and nuts/celery/carrots if you're going out, no excuses!
4. Holding your ground is hard when surrounded by people eating bad things. See lesson no.3.
-MM
Today's original eating plan was:
2 x scrambled eggs for breakfast
1 x small handful of unsalted nuts (mmm, almonds!)
1 x beef mince and bean wrap with tomato salsa
Something and something.
Dad decided to take a day off today and as such, I ended up being involved in many of his errands. I got awoken early being told that I had a McDonalds breakfast muffin waiting for me which I wasn't going to deny being half asleep. Already, I had a bad start. I was hauled around a few shops and I was positively dying from thirst as I'd usually have a litre of water by this time. The weather being pretty warm did not do me any favours. After much nagging, I finally got two small bottles of water, huzzah!
Of course, a dodgy lunch was wanted. I refused to have McDonalds for lunch, although I did succumb to a 30c cone after staring at some teenagers eating them. Let this be yet another strike for the lesson of "never look at something tempting - walk away". I ended up being able to hold off until home where I did manage to get my awesome wrap.
For dinner, I had enough left over for another wrap and thought I'd make something similar with some spinnich thrown in. But alas, Dad had other plans. It was two for one schnitzel night at the pub on Mondays, so we trotted off to that because he couldn't be bothered cooking after a long day. I had it as healthy as I could, no cheese and with baked veggies and mash that I ate about a quarter of. So not a terribly bad dinner.
A few lessons were learned or reminded of today.
1. If you're going to be running around a lot, you know you won't be bothered cooking - always prepare meals the night or even weekend before.
2. Parents don't really care what you want to do or eat, "they know best".
3. Always carry water and nuts/celery/carrots if you're going out, no excuses!
4. Holding your ground is hard when surrounded by people eating bad things. See lesson no.3.
-MM