The Bee Blog

This is just a funny little story, but I'm going to start with a disclaimer.  My husband is one of the most intelligent men I have ever met.  He's smart, logical, incredibly good at his job.  He donates blood.  He thanks me every night for cooking dinner.  He's just a good guy in general.  That being said, sometimes he is very, very hilariously stupid.

He was lying on the couch in his underpants, having just hit play on an episode of Criminal Minds.  I was putting on some shoes to go for a quick warm-up run to get myself ready for leg death.  I peeked into the living room and looked at the man who complains fairly often about the fact that he has gained quite a bit of weight and said "Hey, wanna go for a 5-minute run with me?" with a cheeky smile.  To my surprise, he looked as if he were actually contemplating it.  After about 30 seconds, he sat up and said "Yeah, I think I will."  I almost peed myself right there.

We went for the run.  He probably jogged for about 3 1/2 - 4 minutes of the whole thing!  I was proud.  We got back and I started with some walking lunges.  He did a few with me, then stretched and went inside.  I finished my workout, stretched and went to the kitchen to get myself a glass of water.

He followed me in and waited until I had water in my mouth to say "My QUADRILATERALS are sore."   I glanced at him and saw he was serious, immediately choking on my water.  In between laughing and coughing, I said "Your what?"  He repeated, his quadrilaterals.  I was attacked by another wave of laughter, this one rendering me breathless.  Finally, I said "You...don't....have.....quadrilaterals."  He looked confused and asked me what the muscles were in the front of his legs.  I told him and he asked, "Then what are quadrila....oh good God.  Shapes with four sides.  My rectangles are sore."  

Breakfast:

Toast with pb and black cherry jam + 2 overcooked bioled eggs and tabasco, black coffee

Shake:

Lunch:

Big salad, baked feta, rice cakes, greek yogurt

Snack:

Totally forgot to eat this with my salad - boiled egg (I boiled four yesterday and wanted to eat them before they made everything in my fridge stink!)

Dinner:

Paneer with a little bbq marinade, baked sweet potato topped with greek yogurt and pico de gallo, salad and beans, red wine, sparkling water

Dessert:

Chocolate and some blueberries

Totals for the day:

Calories: 1784  Carbs:  168  Fat: 73  Protein:  129  Fiber:  28

So, I've been back at it for just over 6 weeks and feeling very good about everything.  I'm working hard (possibly too hard, considering my injuries and the extremely sore knee I'm rubbing right now).  Anyway, working out is going well and I don't struggle too much with anything, but if I had to pick one thing that isn't always perfect, it's my diet. 

Over the weekend, my mom and I were talking and she joked that food isn't just food to me and she's right.  It's an experience.  It's also comfort when I'm happy or sad and something I deny myself when I am angry with myself.  I love to overindulge and I will binge for a number of reasons.  I can't say I've been terrible but last week was my birthday week and I had pizza one night, Indian the next and carvery food the next, including lemon meringue pie.  I just want to hold myself accountable and this is how I'm going to do it.  You're going to see the good, the bad and the ugly.  The important thing here is honesty. 

I usually fill in my food diary a day/week in advance, depending on how ambitious I'm feeling.  If, however, my plans change and we order pizza, I never change it!  That is just dishonest, with you guys and with myself so now, for the sake of telling the truth, I will be posting pictures of everything I ate for the day and whether or not I exceeded my calorie limit.

Today:

Protein oats (with dymatize vanilla egg protein) cooked in almond milk, topped with pb, black cherry jam and strawberries, plus black coffee

Protein Shake (Nature's Whey strawberry) mixed with water

Kale and egg salad with pickles, Greek yogurt, mustard and spring onions, side of (brown organic) rice cakes topped with some feta I baked

Slow-cooked chili topped with Greek yogurt, spring onions and avocado.  This is my favorite chilli of all time, lots of flavor AND lots of veggies.  I like to put cocoa powder or hot chocolate mix in the sauce! Side of brown toast and pb

Dessert, 2 squares of chocolate

The end.

Progress and Paleo Pushers.  Also, my tangents are getting worse and I'm really not sure how Chuck Norris got in there.

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