When Thursday Becomes Friday

Breakfast: Plain yogurt with kiwi, raspberries, and all bran buds. Carima cake, coffee with milk, and a Brazil nut.


Snacks: poppers, skinny vanilla bean late, and all bran buds

4:00 clock lunch: Grilled salmon with quinoa

Dinner: Halibut with salad and refried beans.


The aftermath of today:

1202 calories
6 hours of sleep
30 minutes of circuit training
4 glasses of water

My gym assessment follow up is due on Monday. I am exited to discover how good did I do in my first month. More than ever, I am motivated to keep pushing myself to embrace a healthier life style, and to take care of myself.

Bodega & Giorgio D

What a great eating day!

Yucca with cheese and sopressatta. Yogurt with raspberries with all bran buds. Coffee with milk, and a brazil nut.




We were celebrating a friend's birthday at Giorgio D, an Italian restaurant in Woodbridge (http://www.giorgiod.com). I shared an insalata mista and veal tenderloin marsala with mushroom with one of mine girlfriends. I had an espresso with a tiny biscotti and a bite of tiramissu.

Dinner was even better. I went to Bodega (http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/se/restaurants.nsf/Winterlicious/9A54046AF6E4786A8525739B0070BFD6?OpenDocument) with my friends for a winterlicious night. I have to confess that I overindulged. Delphi Bleu Veal Sweetbread Ravioli with Foie gras butter and Morel mushroom sauce as an appetizer. Braised Ontario Lamb Shank garlic Yukon mashed potato, seasonal vegetables with a rosemary, prune & cranberry sauce as a main, and White Chocolate and Raspberry Crème Brulée. Yes, this is the second Crème Brulée I had this month but it was nothing compared Marben. The lamb on the other hand was delicious. Juicy and flavourful.

Panini in Woodbridge

Here we go:

Quinoa with avocado, garlic, and lime juice. Mixed greens with ranch dressing, 1/2 of a carima muffin, a Brazil nut, and coffee with milk for breakfast.


Lunch was on the go, and I ended up eating all my budget for bread for the entire week. I had a veal scaloppini sandwich on a whole wheat bread from one of the most famous veal sandwich places in Woodbridge.



My snacks today were activia yogurt and slim fast peanut butter crunch bar






Dinner was quick and easy. Quinoa with avocado, tomato, cucumber, and fresh mozzarella salad, and salmon.

The aftermath for today?

1190 calories
20 minutes of circuit training
5 glasses of water
6.5 hours of sleep (I need to catch up on this one)

Going to Scarpetta (http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/se/restaurants.nsf/Winterlicious/0C71E8DCB14F6B8C852579520070487B?OpenDocument) tomorrow for winterlicious with my girlfriends. Very exited!

In Love With Quinoa

I am so in love with quinoa that I decided to research how great this little grain is. Quinoa is one of the most protein-rich foods we can eat an it contains almost twice as much fiber as most other grains, it makes you feel fuller for longer and is less “energy dense” which means it has fewer calories for the same volume of food.

These are the top 3 reasons to introduce quinoa to your diet:

1. Boost your metabolism
2. Get rid of toxins
3. Boost your fibre intake

Breakfast was simple. Omelet with yellow peppers and cheese, kiwi, a brazil nut, and coffee with milk.


For lunch I had leftovers of lentil soup, quinoa, and veal scaloppini with bacon.



I had to snack a LOT today as I stayed at work until 8PM :( ... Simple bar, chamomile tea, coffee with milk, activia yogurt, and seaweed.





I made a super simple dinner tonight using quinoa and it was delicious. I prepared the Quinoa as per package instructions, and ate with avocado and shrimp tossed on salt, pepper, and olive oil. It does not get simpler than that and the result was amazing!










The aftermath for today:

1008 calories
2 glasses of water
no physical exercise.. just politics exercising

Brunch, brunch, brunch

After all the dancing yesterday I felt okay in indulging in a typical north east Brazilian breakfast. I made carimã breakfast cake, guava juice, bacon and egg farofa,  and manioc with provolone cheese. I also had two delicious brazilian cheese bread (but that was not made from scratch).
 

My lunch was simple and filling. Lentil soup with some fat free yogurt.











Dinner consisted of grill calamari with tomatoes, and two glasses of pinot noir. I think that the calorie distribution was the same for both alcohol and calamari :)





The damage?

1101 calories
No workout whatsoever (back in the morning for sure)
Great time with my dear friends who came for brunch
no water :(
7h of sleep

What a Party!

I guess I will start by saying that Saturday was not a conventional day. I had a fantastic time dancing with my friends and ate some delicious food. The charcuterie board you see in the picture was my "masterpiece" for the day. It was simple and delicious. Perfect if you are working on some labour intensive main but you want to have some nice but simple amuse bouche to entertain your guests. I used breasola, hot sopressata, and copa as the cold cuts. Blue cheese, a french cow cheese, cheddar, and marechel cheeses, candied pecans, cranberry mustard, and pickles. Not to forget the amazing rosemary toasted breads.




Breakfast had its good and naughty components. Yogurt with strawberries and all bran buds, mixed greens with cucumber, tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella, and two cheese breads.



Lunch consisted of the leftovers from yesterday (Veal Caprese) with roasted french green beans tossed on olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.




The dinner party was amazing and I had a bunch of little nibbles. Fantastic bruschetta,  cold cuts and cheese. As a main I had a great pastel de choclo, traditional empanada, salads, and juicy ribs. For dessert I had fruits and a layered pastry with condensed milk. Sooooo yummy!!!!!!!

TGIF!

TGIF! Breakfast was light but filling. Cucumber, tomato, and feta salad on a bed of mixed greens, an activia yogurt with strawberries and all bran buds, a brazil nut, and coffee with milk.

I had a pear as a snack.


My coworkers and I had lunch in one of the Woodbridge’s finest Italians restaurants, Bocconcino. (http://www.bocconcino.ca/#page_menu). I usually feel drawn to pasta, but this time around I did not even want to look at the pasta options in their menu. I went for the veal caprese (scaloppini style). I exchanged some of my meal for a slice of the veal funghi. They were both delicious! I just ate half of the portion and left the rest for tomorrow’s lunch. Their espresso was also good. We were all very happy with the food and the ambiance of the restaurant. This one is definitely a repeat!


Tonight we had Chinese dinner cooked by one of my Chinese girlfriends. We had grilled fish, shrimp with celery, chayote with bacon, and roasted green pepper stuffed with a pork mixture. for dessert we had strawberries, grapes and dragon fruit. Just before posting I had some chocolate milk with a tiny slab of chili chocolate cake. It is needless to say that I don’t know how many calories I ate. All that I can tell you is that breakfast plus snacks equaled to 261 calories. Even though I don't have my numbers straight, I know that I did very well on the portion control.

              

I am so happy I am back to the gym! 30 minutes of circuit training. My quads are sore but they feel like a rock. Cannot wait to train again tomorrow :)

Cheers,
Fernanda