My first 5K

Today was the big day! My first ever official 5K race around the Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit! (It's a Formula 1 thing).


I couldn't sleep last night, knowing we had to be up and out the door by 7:15 am. The drive there was nerve wracking, as I was nervous for some reason. It's just running, what's to be nervous about? It was pretty cold this morning, about 34 degrees fahrenheit, and all I had was my stupid sweatshirt to keep me warm. It's alright though, once we got  moving, I definitely warmed up.

The run itself wasn't terrible. It's definitely different than running on the treadmill at the gym. I wish I trained more outside, so I'd be ready for wind, sun, and a varying temperature, but I survived nonetheless. I got passed up pretty often, but I tried not to let it get me down. Because I wasn't completely ready for the outside conditions, I couldn't run the entire race. I think I stopped 4 or 5 times, but never for longer than 1/2 a song. I tried though, really I did.

At some point, a blind lady passed me with her guide.

I'm not sure of my super official time, but as I passed the thing it said 35-something. So I guess my time is somewhere between 34 and 36 minutes, which is pretty damn good in my opinion. That averages about 7 minutes per kilometer and about 11 1/2 minutes per mile. I can't complain :)

Julien said the first guy who passed the finish line was at about 15 minutes. I cant imagine, that's SO fast!

So it's done. I can't feel my legs. And for some odd reason I signed up for another one next Sunday, May 6th.

Today was probably the best food day I've had this week. 130 calories left over, hitting 1200 calories exactly, after exercising. AND I got to eat a bag of Doritos and a Toaster Strudel.  I'd say that's a win.

Many-an-errand had to get done today, what with getting a check to buy a car and picking up my official number for the race on Sunday. I was carrying around a Subway sandwich for a good 2 hours before eating it because I was running around so much. Sweet, sweet, Subway sandwich.

My sister in law, Jennie, signed me up for another 5K that is happening May 6th, just a week after my first 5K. She got me a discount, so I'm pretty excited! I'm making Julien wake up early 2 Sunday's in a row... but it's okay, I have to stay up late for him every Thursday, he owes me.

OH! I did day 2 of the 30 Day Shred today. It hurts to stand up, sit down, climb stairs, walk, raise my arms up or down, and move in general. For some reason my calves really kill, and I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't have started before my race... hopefully my muscles will calm down a bit before Sunday...

Vs. Thursday

Beer vs. Wine

Both are truly disgusting (in my book). I think I've finished a total of 4 beers in my lifetime, only one of the being a pint, and all of them were in the company of mostly guy friends. I think I've finished less than 4 glasses of wine in my lifetime, so by that definition you'd think I'd say beer... but I'm going to go with Manischewitz wine. Why? Because it's the sweetest wine I've ever had, and I actually (kinda) liked it. And it's kosher, so I can enjoy it with Julien's family!

If you chose beer: You're sensible, no-nonsense, and open-minded.

If you chose wine: You're mature, well-educated, and discriminating. 

Legit, yo

I got a number, I'm like a prisoner. 

Prison Break.

30 Day Shred

For my birthday, one of my friends got me a $15 gift card to Chapters. Since I have a kindle, and can get books (totally legally...) over the internets for free, I had no idea what to get. Perhaps a funky book end or a fun, over-priced notebook... But then I happened upon the health and fitness section and found a Jillian Michael's DVD. She's pictured on the right. Smoking hot, right? Why wouldn't you want to look like THAT?!

The 30 Day Shred has been a huge topic of interested on the MyFitnessPal forums. Since I don't want to steal pics from these nice people, click here to browse through some pictures of before and after results. I hope that link works...

Anyway, I did day 1 today. The instructions are super clear, but there is a total of 3 20 minute workouts on the DVD, each progressively getting harder. I thought you'd do each workout for 30 days, but from what I'm reading, you do each for 10 days, for a total of 30 days. We'll see what happens. I don't have hand weights, so I'm using black bean cans...

Post-Birthday

You know what they say, calories don't count on your birthday. I tried to log my food anyway, link to my diary is in the side bar.

The day began with a trip to Van Houtte. There I got a Fruit and Yogurt Parfait and a hot chocolate. Sweet, sweet, hot chocolate.

Between breaky and lunch, one of my friends mom came over to my apartment. I hadn't seen her or her daughter in probably 4 or 5 years, so it was a nice reunion.

Lunch entailed a trip to Brit n' Chips. It's a lovely fish n' chips place in old port that features a hilarious looking fish in a bowler hat. The cool think about this place is you can get flavoured batter. Julien got a maple syrup flavoured one, I don't think mine was very special...

During dinner I got to see many of my McGill friends after not seeing them for a few weeks. We went to this pizza place called Il Focolaio. It was kind of like California Pizza Kitchen, but less trendy, more Italian. They didn't have fancy salads or fancy flavoured teas, but they did have 78 different individual sized pizza options, which was wonderful. During dinner I made my big announcement to my friends. I got all embarrassed and flustered, noticeably red in the face... but all was well. My surprise cake was the one pictured above. Now, that's not an actual picture of my cake, but it basically looked the same, with the same toy. You pull a string and it vibrates, it's pretty kick ass. Julien knows me so well, I love Spongebob. The inside had a layer of chocolate cake, vanilla icing, then vanilla cake. Nom nom, I had a piece for breakfast this morning ;D

All in all, my birthday was really special. Between eating I got to hang out with my dogs, watch Spongebob while mopping (shut up, I like mopping), and Skype with my best friend Sabrina. My parent's present came just on time, as did my Grandma's card. Aside being so far away from my US friends and family, I couldn't have asked for a better birthday. I may not have many friends here, but I cherish the ones I do have.

Check it out! My 100th post is my birthday post! It's also a weigh-in day. But guess what? 

152 lbs! 

I didn't go to the gym yesterday because I was ridiculously sore from Sunday (for some reason), and I'm not going to go today because it's my birthday. And because I said so. But mostly because it's my birthday. 

Yesterday, I also needed comfort food, so I splurged at dinner. BBQ chicken pizza for one please. 

ALSO ALSO ALSO it's National New Kids on the Block day! CELEBRATIONS.

Meme Monday: Let's get personal

The last survey I had for my Meme Monday questions were too juvenile. I've decided to find a better set of questions.

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?

Probably 19 or 20. I don't dress very maturely... I don't have any sort of steady job, I never really wear make-up. Most nearly 23 year olds I see are moving into the adult world, they're out of school, they're going into the real world, not some fantasy university land. I haven't hit that point yet, I hope to within a few years though.

For whoever reads this blog, feel free to answer these questions in the comments below. Don't be afraid of a little conversation :)

"Shake harder, boy!"

I'm starting to trail off. Not the diet, not about being healthy, about blogging.

I think I'm going to link to my My Fitness Pal diary directly, since it's public, and talk more about other things on this blog.

So here is what happened on Sunday. A pretty good day, only 80 grams over my sugar (lol). When I got back from the gym, Julien and his friend were just leaving to go to Tim Hortons... so I may have asked for a sandwich and an Iced Capp. Julien, though, likes to get me the largest size possible, so my coffee was 470 calories and 62 grams of sugar. Oops. But you know what, I still had 169 remaining calories at the end of the day, so not all is lost, amiright?

Here are some gym stats:

• Treadmill; 5.14 km; 41 minutes; 528 calories.
• Abs; 0 lbs; 25 reps, 4 times.
• Planks; 30 seconds, 2 times.
• Overall strength training; 16 minutes; 108 calories.
• Walking Chubbs; 22 minutes; 148 calories.

I'd like to point out, I tried to run the whole 5K without stopping to walk. I think I maybe walked a total of 2 or 2.5 songs (7-10 minutes). I noted my time when I hit 5K on the dot too. 39 minutes and 31 seconds. That's my best time yet! Last Friday I hat 5K at 42 1/2 minutes, so I shaved off 3 minutes in 2 days.

5 kilometers is about 3.11 miles. If you told High School Aimee that she would nearly be running 3.11 miles straight, without walking much, she would have laughed in your face and called you crazy. I'm really proud at my accomplishments, even if they're minor. 

I think because I ran for longer than I'm used to (I usually run and song, walk a song, until I hit 5K), my legs KILL. When I go to the gym today, my cardio will be on the bike, I need to take a day off of running before I sprain something.

In other news, my career path is taking a turn into crazy-land. Can't say much now, but wish me luck. 

I have really been slacking in my blogging lately. Between pre-birthday celebrations, eating way too much, having mental breakdowns, and breaking through that breakdown, I think it's acceptable to focus on my life first, before blogging.

Let's keep things simple...
Friday: 103 calories left in my day.
Saturday: Over by nearly 700 calories.

Why?
Friday: Ate at home, went to the gym.
Saturday: Pre-Birthday celebrations, ate out 4 times, did not go to the gym. Eating out includes: chicken and brie quesadilla panini's, cookie dough ice cream cones, mochacinnos and crepes, goat cheese, steak, and french fries. As you can imagine, I was hurting pretty bad. After nearly a week of behaving, eating lots of small portions throughout the day, eating two really big portions nearly killed me. Pardon my French, but I felt like le shit.

Stomach pains aside, I had a really great time with my brother and sister in law. They're always fun to be around and provide good, solid advise and laughter.

Thursday Fail

Seeing as last night I was alone in the apartment without internet, I couldn't update for Thursday. Fear not, Julien got the Internet to work this morning, so let's just pretend it's Thursday and get on with it!

Vs. Thursday~

Expectations vs. Reality

This one is hard. I'm going to say expectations. Because if that thing you expect comes true, then it's usually awesome! If not, you still have reality. For example, for Easter, my mom and grandma were expecting me to just show up in Illinois. The reality was, though, that I showed up through Skype for nearly the whole day. Win some, lose some. 

If you chose expectations: You're idealistic and entitled. 

If you chose reality: You're fatalistic and sexually charged.

(What did you choose?)

And here was my daily food intake. Not too shabby, then again, I only ate at home. Whenever I do that, I'm never over calories. I guess eating out is my downfall. 

I tried making this microwaveable, sugar free, chocolate cake thing I found on the MFP forums, but it was disgusting, so I threw it out and deleted the recipe. It was very spongy and moist... Not really my thing. 

The grocery store close to me was selling corn on the cob, so I bought one (.33 cents!) and had it last night. I didn't know it was corn on the cob season already. Isn't that more of a summer thing? You know, knee high by the fourth of July? Anyway...

Gym Stats

• Treadmill; 1.91 km; 17 minutes; 180 calories.
• Abs; 0 lbs; 25 reps, 5 times.
• Abs; 8 lbs; 25 reps, 3 times.
• Overall strength training; 12 minutes; 75 calories.
• Stationary Bike; 9.77 km; 33 minuts; 320 calories.
• Walking Chubbs; 22 minutes; 126 calories.

I decided to not run my usual 5K on the treadmill (for some reason) and instead do a different kind of cardio for the bulk of it. I tried the Weight Loss course on the bike while watching, "Nightmare Before Christmas" on my iPod. 

See? See what happens when I eat at home for all of my meals and snacks? I realize having a net calorie amount of under 1200 isn't the healthiest, but this doesn't happen very often. Thinking about it now, I probably should have added some nuts or other high calorie foods into my diet. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now!

Gym Stats

• Treadmill; 5.03 km; 44 minutes; 535 calories.
• Abs; 0 lbs; 25 reps, 5 times.
• Abs; 8 lbs; 25 reps, 3 times.
• Triceps; 40 lbs; 10 reps, 2 times.
• Biceps; 65 lbs; 10 reps, 3 times.
• Quads; 50 lbs; 10 reps, 4 times.
• Hamstrings; 40 lbs; 10 reps, 3 times.
• Overall strength training; 26 minutes; 181 calories.
• Walking Chubbs; 23 minutes; 153 calories.

I've gotten advise from lots of people and websites saying that lifting heavy, but with less reps is best. So I decided to up the weight on most of my strength training exercises by 5 lbs. I didn't up the hamstrings because I already can't do many reps to begin with. 

I've also decided, since it's getting nice outside, to walk Chubbs nightly. He's starting to get, well, chubby, and since he has such a flat face, he breathing can be even more hindered if he's not at a healthy weight. I don't mind walking him, it'll be a good bonding experience and maybe he'll stop being such a chicken out in public. Seriously, he avoids covered manholes. 

All day yesterday I felt like crap because I've been really focusing on being healthy for nearly 4 months now, and I basically have nothing to show for it. My starting weight was 155 lbs, and yesterday I peaked at 154 lbs. It just doesn't seem fair.

I've started to take measurements, though. I'll be recording them once a month to see if my body is actually transforming from a lumpy waterbed into a firm prison bed (I only assume prison beds are hard). 

I think it's time to get super serious. 

Weigh in

Todays weight: 154 lbs

I feel like, no matter what I do, my body doesn't feel like it needs to lose any weight. I know the numbers ultimately shouldn't matter, and that I should just feel good about myself regardless, but it's nice to see them going down, not up. I'd rather plateau. 

It's frustrating, I'm frustrated, let's go eat cake.

(kidding)

I changed something. From previous entries, you'll notice my calorie goal was at 1470. I stopped kidding myself though, and set my "Activity Level" from Lightly Active to Sedentary. Now that I'm not walking to campus daily, or up and down stairs to get to class, I decided to change it. Since last Thursday, I went through nearly the whole first season of "Prison Break," I'm definitely sedentary.

I was doing great with my calories until Julien ate a bag of Doritos. A Doritos bag is just a bag full of happiness, so he ate what he wanted, set it down, and noticed I got real grumpy. I told him he was killing me slowly, I tried to resist, but failed. Sweet, sweet, cool ranch failure.

Oh well, it didn't kill my day.

Gym Stats

(I forgot my HRM at home...)

• Treadmill; 5.07 km; 50 minutes; 600 calories.
• Abs; 0 lbs; 25 reps, 4 times.
• Triceps; 35 lbs; 10 reps, 4 times.
• Biceps; 60 lbs; 10 reps, 4 times.
• Overall strength training; 16 minutes; 108 calories.

Cheeburger Cheeburger

It's funny how such a good, healthy food day can go to crap so quickly.

By the time dinner came around, I had over 1,000 calories to spare. But then Jennie, my sister in law, and Jonathan, my brother in law, invited me out to go see Titanic. Can't say no to that. So, I was hungry, thinking I'd go home later for dinner-dinner, I bought some chicken tenders and an Iced Capp from Tim Hortons. Okay fine, 600+ calories left for dinner, not a problem.

Nope. J and J invited me out for dinner afterwards. We went to Cheeburger Cheeburger, which is this cool, '50s diner type place. In hindsight, I should have gotten a salad, loaded with veggies, chicken, and a water. But, come on, it's called Cheeburger Cheeburger, not Salad Salad. Come on. So, I got the smallest burger they offer (5.5 ounces), no fries, no onion rings, no poutine.

When the time came for dessert, though, I really screwed myself over. Small chocolate shake with cookie dough chunks and M&M's. Oops.

Gym Stats

(Gym time was shortened because my HRM was wigging out and I left a candle burning at my apartment. I'm paranoid, what can I say?)

• Treadmill; 20 minutes, 270 calories.

Cabane à Sucre, or how I ate 1,000+ calories in one sitting

Yesterday, Julien and I went to Cabane à Sucre (or Sugar Shack) with a bunch of his coworkers. I went into this experience blind, so I expected pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage links, ham, and loads of maple syrup, all in a buffet, all you can eat, style. What I got was eggs, ham, hotdogs, baked beans, beets, roasted potatoes, fried pig skin (not bacon), and dinner rolls, swimming in maple syrup. Not in a buffet style, but rather the waitress kept bringing us more food if we asked for it.

You paid $20 before eating, meaning you pay $20 before you know what you're going to eat. My kind of breakfast consists of blueberry pancakes, strawberry waffles, english muffins, and bagels. I feel like I paid $20 to eat mini hotdogs swimming in maple syrup...


Everyone else was stuffed, after eating 2 or 3 helpings of everything. I, on the other hand, was still kinda hungry. Unfortunate. Isn't it a golden rule to never leave an all-you-can-eat buffet hungry? Anyway, after the meal we were treated to maple taffy on snow. Which is basically poured maple syrup on ice shavings. You then take a popsicle stick and roll it yourself and eat it like a sucker. The process is pictured above, and the result (as is an extremely attractive picture of me) is pictured to the left.

I roughly kept track of what I shoved into my face. All 1,156 calories. Here is a bulleted list:

• Hotdogs: about 2.
• Baked Beans: about 1/4 cup.
• Ham: about 1/2 thick slice.
• White dinner roll: 1 1/2 rolls.
• Whipped butter: 3 tablespoons.
• Scrambled egg: about 1/2 egg.
• Maple syrup: about 5 1/2 tablespoons.
• Black coffee: 1/2 cup.
• Roasted potatoes: about 1 cup.
• Small, 3 inch pancake: 1 pancake.
• Sugar pie: about 1/9 of the pie

I kicked ass today. For it being Friday the 13th, today was pretty good to me.

And look at all of those black numbers! Only one red, but I've decided to largely ignore my sugars. Funny thing is, the coke I had today had 42 g of sugar. So if I hadn't drunk that, I'd have all black numbers.

Tonight was also another Passover celebration-thing. I added 650 calories for dinner, because I never really know what I eat when I'm over with the Jews.

Gym Stats

• Treadmill; 2.99 km; 25 minutes; 322 calories.
• Abs; 0 lbs; 25 reps, 5 times.
• Quads; 45 lbs; 10 reps, 5 times.
• Hamstrings; 40 lbs; 10 reps, 3 times
• Overall strength training; 23 minutes; 156 calories.

FGFOF: gym edition

Feel-Good: I felt confidant yesterday (and especially today) working out at the gym in my little shorts. I even noticed some definition in my thighs! I tried taking a subtle mirror picture with my iPod, I'm not sure if you can see anything, but it's definitely there in real life! Ignore my grumpy-face, I was in the middle of doing abs. 

Freak-Out: Thigh burn. I now understand why runners want that "thigh gap." It hurts A LOT when you're running and those babies are rubbing together. Note to self: don't wear shorts during the actual 5K.

Speaking of, I'd like to thank the 3 people who have sponsored me thus far! My dad, Alia, and Jennie. You guys rock! I'm so glad I have support for my friends and family. Donations aside, I really am thankful for everyone in my life :)

To end this Feel-Good, Freak-Out Friday, I'd like to share with you a tweet from Miss Kelley Osbourne. 

Today was really, really exciting. A number of eventful things happened, so let's just start a bulleted list:

• I handed in my final 2 papers of the year. Summer vacation time!
• I had lunch with some Library School buddies, and celebrated summer with panini's, chinese food, and breakfast.
• I finally picked up my Easter basked at the post office that my mom and dad sent me. Including: two Lindt gold bunnies, Eiffel tower novelty tissues, toe separators, a 1 foot tall yellow chicken, fun Easter ornament-things, a tape measure, and a chocolate scented bunny, which I gave to Chubbs.
• I watched 3 or 4 episodes of Prison Break.
• Holy crap, I went to the gym! First time in nearly 2 weeks! 
• I went on a happy-end-of-semester shopping trip to Old Navy. I bought an Ironman shirt (on which I performed surgery), a hippie shirt, jogging pants, jogging shorts, 6 pairs of socks, and gladiator-type flip flops. 
• Julien and I might landed an apartment near his parents house. Since tomorrow is (still) Passover, and we'll be heading out that way, we'll be signing the lease. And depending on when someone can move into our current apartment, we might be moving out May 1st... Our landlord wants to take a month to do some renovations, so if he finds new tenants for June 1st, we need to be out by May 1st, and so on. Depending on what actually happens, the rest of the month might be stressful.

Anyway, because I went to the gym left the house today, I managed to rack up exercise calories, so I finally wasn't over my intake, or 10 calories from my limit. I feel so good after leaving the gym, I can't understand how people can just sit around all day without doing any physical movement besides clicking a computer mouse. I get a certain high from feeling my muscles ache, it might be an obsession. Oops. 

Only 16 more days until my 5K race. I can't believe it... I'm raising money for the MS society of Canada. If you'd like to donate, please do here. 

Gym Stats

• Treadmill; 2.64 km; 23 minutes; 276 calories.
• Abs; 0 lbs; 25 reps, 5 times.
• Biceps; 60 lbs; 10 reps, 4 times.
• Triceps; 35 lbs; 10 reps, 3 times.
• Overall strength training; 17 minutes; 112 calories. 

Vs. Thursday

Chess vs. Checkers

This is easy, obviously the superior is checkers. I was never a fan of chess for many reasons:

• It takes too long to learn.
• People take it too seriously.
• It's too slow of a game.
• You need an IQ of 500 in order to actually enjoy it.

Give me a nice game of checkers, while drinking lemonade on a porch. That's where it's at.

If you chose chess: You're introverted, thoughtful, and possibly a twin.

If you chose checkers: You're sociable, childlike, and possibly a dandy.

Before & After

Just a few links. KatSketch on YouTube posted a video with these links in the description. The beginning is ghetto, but she does have a good message towards the end. I look up to her, not only as an artist, but as a woman. Anyway, I think it's good for my generation and younger to see these images. It really puts things in perspective.

Before and After Photoshop
With and Without Make-up

All was well today... until Julien and I went to his parents house for dinner. I swear, I never know how to log dinner there. But his mom served up whole artichokes, so that was amazing. It was the first time I dissected an artichoke, ripping off the leaves, slowly undressing it, until you RIP ITS HAIR OUT and nom on its heart. (Sexual zombie much?)

We were out by his parents in the first place because we're looking for a new apartment. I think we found one too! It's close to his parents, so we'll get free food, which will be nice. The living room in the new place is basically the size of our current place, and there are so many cupboards in the kitchen and there are two bathrooms, two bedrooms, a garage, AC, and a weird concrete patio/yard thing. Maybe then we can finally outside train the puppies. Anyway, I really like it. The one thing that sucks is we'll be paying a bit more for it monthly and I'll have to take the metro downtown daily (it's about a 45 minute commute). But it'll be worth it, I think.

Weigh In

Today's weight: 151 lbs

Another ride on the fail-boat! toot toot!


As you can see, I didn't exercise, I didn't even go outside today! I had people over, I ate brownies, Julien and I ordered out, I finished half of his coke, it was just bad news bears.

BUT. School is done-done in about 2.5 days, meaning in 2.5 days I'll actually have time to go to the gym and put in a gut-wrenching workout. No more relying on these dinky Wii-Fit workouts.

Meme Monday: Least Favorite Edition

Least favourite food: Olives, mushrooms, any kind of shellfish, tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad, tongue.

Least favourite chore to do: This is easy, washing windows. My dad made me do it all the time as a kid, so my hate stemmed from that. Also, doing dishes manually. The dishwasher is my best friend. 

Least interesting outing: What kind of question is this? Well, I guess going to a mechanic or getting gas isn't very interesting. 

Least favourite hairstyle: On me? Anything short. It looks cute when first coming back from the hair dresser, but every day after that for the rest of your life, it looks terrible. 

Least favourite subject at school: Science. Unless it's library science MUHAHAH.

Least favourite season: Winter, duh. 

Mission Easter: Success

I don't know why I'm blogging now. It's not like I have to do school work before tomorrow morning.....

Today was pretty successful. I guess that's a good thing about being away from home for Easter, I don't stuff my face with sweets and pasta.

Desserts included:

• 3 layers lasagna cake.
• Cheesecake layers with bananas, pineapple, strawberries, cool whip.
• Cake Easter eggs.
• Lamb cake.
• Chocolate Cinnamon Bars.
• Lemon Bars.
• Kazadad's.
• And of course candy, jelly beans, puppy chow, various cookies, etc etc. 

Anyway, I spent a lot of the day on Skype, and I even helped my cousin Mary find the winning $100 Easter egg :)

Recipe: Blueberry Muffins

Hoppy Easter! 

(get it, because it's a bunny...)

This fine Easter morning I decided to try out a recipe that has been sitting in the back of my brain, whispering, "try me... make me... I bet I'm delicious...." So, I did. Knowing I had all the ingredients already, I really didn't have a good excuse not to! I made the blueberry muffins from the Snack Girl website. The article is here! 

So, it's basically some whole wheat flour, granola, frozen blueberries, milk, eggs, and a pinch of cinnamon. No added sugar, no nothing! Bake fo 15-20 minutes in 350 (F) degrees, and BAM. Done. I don't think they're sweet enough for people who are used to eating store bought blueberry muffins, but I think they're delicious! The website which I got the recipe said they're 165 calories for one, but I calculated my own calorie count within My Fitness Pal, and the ones I made are only 131 calories! I think that's an epic win.

FAIL

What a terrible, terrible day. It started out okay, bagel and cream cheese, maybe an apple and a juice box. But it slowly drifted into an endless spiral of sugar, carbs, and calories.

First up, Sushi Palace for lunch. Not only was the food pretty gross, but since it was an 'all you can eat' type deal, if you ordered something and didn't finish, you got charged extra. The teriyaki chicken was slimy, the general tso was rough and chewy, Julien's sashimi was dry, and his red salmon was a lighter shade of pink. Not to mention the wasabi was crusting over. The fried rice was good though!

Since lunch was le shit, Julien wanted ice cream. Okay, what the hell, at this point I only had 121 calories left in my day, so why not just have a (super) cheat day? So, I got a mini sized Smarties blizzard from Dairy Queen. (The Canadian smarties, not the American Smarties, which are actually called Rockets here in Canada).

Alright, so now I'm feeling like crap, on top of being really sleepy and kinda depressed because I'm not home for Easter. Cool. While I head to the drug store, Julien heads home. Fifteen minutes later, I enter the apartment and he goes, "I have a surprise for you... Well, 3 surprises!" Turns out he went to Tim Hortons and bought me an Iced Capp and a mixed berry muffin. But while waiting for the drinks, he remembered I liked smoothies (a lot), so he also got me a smoothie. Now, I love him, he is my world, my rock, my little snoring Canadian grizzly bear, and even though all I wanted to do was eat and sleep, I knew I didn't need to eat and sleep. Regardless, I drank the smoothie (it was delightful) and took a nap. After the nap, I cried I ate the muffin (that too was delightful) and then decided to play some Wii Fit. At this point of the evening, I was 600+ calories over, I figured I better work some of them off, right? So, about 300 calories worked off later, I'm back on the couch, watching Prison Break, drinking my Iced Capp.

I know, I failed so hard today.

I'm surprised today. I didn't really have any snacks today, because for a solid four hours I was working on a group paper over Skype. And those were four hours I could have been eating.

Tonight was the first night of Passover, so Julien and I were planning on going to his Aunt's house (you know, the one who has a problem with me), but around 5:30 Julien started to feel really sick to his stomach, so we opted to stay home instead. I made homemade pancakes. Apparently that makes us bad Jews, but I know next to nothing of the traditions of Passover, except that we aren't supposed to eat carbs... Oops, now I see why we're bad Jews.

I bought grape juice boxes today too. The official flavour though is called, "Deliciously Purple." I don't know why, but I chuckled.

FGFOF: Holidays

Feel-Good: It's nearing summer holiday. I can hear you say, "But Aimee! It's only April 6th! Spring just began!!" C'est vrai, mais I had my last class of the semester on Thursday. My last two assignments are due next Thursday, meaning after that, I won't have another class until September. WHA-BAM! Feelin' good!

Freak-Out: I'm missing Easter with my family. Last Thanksgiving was the first time I missed any sort of family holiday get together. Easter will be my second, but Easter hurts me a tiny bit more because Easter is my favorite holiday. Growing up, Easter was never about zombie Jesus. Easter was (and still is) about family, Italian food, baskets, and Easter egg hunts. That's right, the youngest person in my family is turning 21 this year, but damnit, we still have egg hunts. I love-love-LOVE Easter, and I know when Sunday comes around, I'll be just a tiny bit upset. But my dad rigged up the computer to his 62 inch TV, so I can skype with everyone on the big screen. I won't be the same, but I'm really, really glad technology nowadays can allow me to be home, even if it's through the internet.

I got screwed over today by lunch. My pad thai was over 1,100 calories. I realize I could have just, you know, had Subway or something, but the pad thai was calling my name! I intended on having half for lunch, half for dinner, but after rocking a research proposal for class for 2.5 hours, I got hungry... and I ate my leftovers.

I guess it also didn't help that I ate 200 calories worth of Cadbury Mini Eggs... I couldn't help it, the bag was almost empty, and I just love them so much!

I was also feeling kinda lonely at night, so I made a comfort food. Cream of Wheat with cocoa and sugar. Whenever I was at my Omi's house in the morning, she would make it for me, only my version never comes out quite as good.

Sodium, carbs, fiber, sugar, vitamin A and C. Oh well.

Let's switch gears to...

Vs Thursdayyyy~

Mayonnaise vs. Mustard

Unpopular opinion, but I choose mustard. Growing up, I always had the impression that mayo was terrible for my healthy. Plus it's gloopy and white. My dad would pile it on burgers, and it would squish everywhere... I was never a huge fan. I'm still not, but I won't run away from it. 

If you chose Mayonnaise: You're xenophobic. 

If you chose Mustard: You're well-traveled. 

(I'm not sure if the creators of this book pulled those factoids out of their butt, or if there is truth behind them. I've been to California, New York, Florida, Italy, Toronto, Montreal, and Wyoming. Does that make me "well-traveled?")

My stomach rumbled as I was walking home from Atwater Library. I checked my phone. 8:30 PM.

"Hmm," I thought. "I wonder how many calories I have left today."

I opened My Fitness Pal and jumped backwards.

"822 calories?! HOT DAMN!"
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Did you like my story? Yeah. I then purged on a cheddar sausage, BUN AND ALL. And look, I still had 258 calories left.

It was a delightful day.

I'm not even going to pretend like I'm posting this on Tuesday. Because it's clearly Wednesday, and I'm running on 5 hours of sleep, which really isn't super terrible, but still. Anyway, Tuesday night I stayed up finishing a paper. I needed an energy drink in order to stay up until 2 am, and I am ashamed to call myself 22, because I shouldn't be drinking one at 11 pm because I'm so tired. So, because of that, I'm WAY over sugar and carbs. Otherwise, all other nutrients are pretty okay.

For some reason this song has been stuck in my head for the past 12 hours.

Movement Stats

• Wii Fit; 46 minutes; 275 calories

Superluv

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

Weigh-in: Celebration

Today's weight: 148 lbs

Celebrate good times COME ON!

Today was a day that I wish I could blame my eating habits on other people or circumstances. My professor brought in Timbits, trying to win our love. So I ate three. There goes 200 calories. Julien and I ate cheddar sausages for dinner. I only had one (250 calories), but I didn't really need  to eat the bun (200 calories). Then, for some odd reason, I made chocolate chip cookies after dinner. I only ate one (80 calories), because who wouldn't? I mean, really? Not to mention I was sampling the dough before they went into the oven.

SO, kinda a bad day. I didn't go terribly over my limit, but I definitely felt worse than I usually do. Over my sodium, fat, carbs, sugar (no surprise), and a few vitamins. No biggie though. I didn't go WAY over anything (except maybe sodium).

Meme Monday: Music Edition

A song that makes me happy: New Tomorrow - A Friend in London (They're from Denmark. This song makes me happy because it reminds me of my friend Jersey and our Eurovision day last year.)

A song that makes me sad: Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes - Beck (If you've seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind you know why.)

A song I can't stop listening to: The Valentine's Day Song - The Sideburns Crew (Self-explanatory.)

A song I can't stand: Breathe - Faith Hill (I've always hated this song. I remember hating it in 4th grade. Forever hate.)

A song I like to sing: Rain - Joey McIntyre (Why? It's Joey, that's why.)

A song I wish I'd written: The P-P-Platypus Song (Don't you?)

Elevensies

 You know the day won't treat you right when you have to quote Peregrin Took.

But what about second breakfast?


Needless to say, Julien and I ended up at one of his friends house for a potluck-thing. I had no idea how to track everything I ate, so I left it alone. I know for a fact, though, that I'm over calories and did hardly any exercising.

Pretty large paper due Wednesday, haven't really started. The next two days will be hell, but what's graduate school without a little misery?