The Ex-Carbivore

Day in the life of a low-carb foodie, fitness junkie, fashion stalker and EDM lover. 5'2 CW: 125 lbs GW: 110 lbs

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Welcome Back Ex-Carbivore

Vacation mode has come to an end and its time to get everything back on track! I honestly feel like I forgot how to eat healthy and I'v only been gone for three weeks. Please help me find my way back!

I think I mentioned a while back that I signed up for CrossFit...well I had my first class on Monday and holy cow was I in for a surprise. I am soo out of shape from not working out for three weeks :( 

Currently I'm enrolled in a fundamentals class which runs M-W-F for a whole month before I can actually participate in group classes. Hopefully by the time fundamentals are over I'v built a strong enough base to start the actual classes because right now I feel like I'm not physically fit enough to do these workouts.

Eating wise I'v decided to start up paleo again because cutting out all carbs will be really hard straight off the bat, then in a couple weeks I'll move to keto. On keto I will be carbing up once every 2 weeks to provide my body with the energy it needs for cross fit.

I am finally going to commit and work towards my goal weight instead of hovering over it and bouncing back and forth. Stay tuned for my tasty meals and my thoughts on crossfit :)

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Yikes have a I ever been busy which is no excuse not to blog or read all of your guy's posts! I'v been missing all the yummy food pictures and fitness updates for the past couple days so I'm going to spend my lunch time today catching up.

Mini update on what I'v been up too..hmm I got sick one day so I skipped my workouts for two days which really set me back. I feel like if I don't workout eating carbs REALLY show in my stomach area. I registered for my crossfit fundamentals class which starts July 8th!!!!!! I'm so excited to see what its like and start this new adventure. I leave in 3 days for Vegas/Mexico so I'v been mentally packing and planning what I need so this weekend I can just buy buy buy.

Tonight after work I'm checking out an event in town called What The Truck its basically a bunch of food trucks in one area serving up their delicious foods! Can't wait to get my hands on some of these items because if you don't work downtown or have M-F noon time off you never get a chance to try their food!! 

Hope you're all having a wonderful Friday and a great weekend!

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Today was so freaking cold out!! Not even joking I'm so sick of the weather its June we're suppose to be able to wear sandals and shorts instead of boots and sweaters. Even my little guy was cold so I put a sweater on him as we cuddled during my lunch break! What a cutie :)

So this was lunch today, not as enjoyable because the weather was cold. Would of preferred a warm dish but didn't have anything prepped so this was it. Dinner I had my chicken and sweet potato as usual with a side salad. Wasn't a hearty warm dish so I'm still feeling cold and stiff which I felt in my workout today. I really had to push through because my body just kept freezing up. 

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Today was definitely a Sunday fun-day! Started the morning off with my nieces 1st birthday at a breakfast brunch which was sooo yummy! I indulged today on lots of carbs in the form of pancakes / waffles / potatoes and cake hehe :)

Then was taken on a mini date to our out door shopping street. There was a lot of activities going on for a Sunday, they were handing out some very generous samples of full size bags of chips with lots of hummus! Of course I had to try some of these chips with the hummus because free food just taste so much better. After this we stopped by our favorite frozen yogurt place that has no sugar added flavours mmm today was a chocolate/mocha swirl.

Now ending the night with my workout of the day and its back on that work grind tomorrow. Oyy cant wait till the weekend again hehe got some special things happening that I'm REALLY excited for! Hope you all had an amazing weekend!

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Any low carbers out there who introduced carbs back into their diet find drinking things with carbs in them to be really hard?? I honestly can't drink something that has 20+ grams of carbs in it because I find it to be such a waste of your macros. Maybe I'm crazy or just too use to low carbing. Funny thought for a Saturday night.

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This was dinner today, a nice fruit & yogurt combination with one of these new nut/fruit bar's I bought at Costco. I love lara bars and cliff bars but I find them to be really sweet so these are just a little better because the grams of carbs are a tiny bit lower but honestly not a big difference. I dont find them as sweet and whats great about them is they are gluten free!

Can't believe Saturday is half over which means its almost back to a full work week. At least the weather has been friendly so far... This is my last full week of work before I'm off for a nice long two week vacation. I can't believe its finally here. We bought these tickets for Electric Daisy Carnival November 2012 and its finally here!!!! 

I'v been really consisted with working out at home I think today marks 9 days in a row without a break :) not bragging but this is a big accomplishment for me! Eating carbs again has helped a lot with the intensity and energy level I can put into my workouts, but the down side I dont see my body leaning out as much as when on keto or paleo. But the introduction of carbs to my system before vacation is very necessary so I'll just keep enjoying my fruit! 

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As promised here are my international donut day donuts which were gluten/sugar/dairy free as well really low carb!!! Ended up not going to space with these guys but got there anyways ;)

These had a melt in your mouth texture I think from the eggs and coconut oil that’s in it. Can’t say they are better than a tims/krispy/dunkin donut but it was pretty good for a "healthier" alternative.

Then we ended the night with a bon fire hehe and one smore with a hugggeee marshmallow!!! BTW that cutie is my one year old cockapoo which I absolutely love to death. He’s also a super pain in the butt at times but I couldn't imagine my life without him.

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Today is one of those days I wish I lived in the United States. National Donut Day, what a glorious celebration. Free donuts? Even better!

Canada needs to get in on this action considering we have a Tim Hortons on every corner of every street. Please eat an extra unhealthy donut for me today from krispy kreme :)

PS: Making "healthy" donuts today at home that will bring me to space hehe... pictures to come. Happy Friday!

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My typical dinner during the weekdays consists of chicken and some type of greens. The newest edition is my sweet potato. I literally bought one huge one and roasted it in the oven and it's lasted me over a week already. So strange, when I was prepping the sweet potato I was expecting an orange-ish color but this one looked like a regular potato! I'm not entirely convinced that I bought a sweet potato but its pretty sweet so I'll just go with it.

Thank god the weekend is one sleep away because work has been super draining this week and I could use a good R&R.

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My yummy lunch for today! I have one of those tiny low-fat activia yogurt cups with a handful of fresh blackberries & two fresh strawberries. Then I sprinkle some flax seed, kirkland almonds and today I added a couple cranberries. I could get use to this fruit - carb combo I got going on. This keeps me pretty full so I decided to omit my green smoothie since I wasted about half of it the other day.

I haven't really noticed any changes since I started introducing carbs back into my diet which is good! I think since I'v been doing it nice and slow I didn't have the huge ballooning phase. I have been more diligent with working out since I'm not eating the same as I use to so maybe that plays a factor in it as well.

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Its time to start easing myself off keto and introducing carbs again before my vacation. From experience I know I bloat a lot and get really bad tummy aches and crazy insulin spikes when I start to eat carbs again, which would really suck in Vegas. So my plan is to slowly incorporate more carbs into my meals starting with fruit & yogurt yum yum! Also I'v prepped some sweet potatoes to go with my dinner which I'v portioned out into 1/4 cups per meal. My goal is to keep the carbs around 75g-100g, and continue with my lean protein and lots of vegetables. 

Hopefully this will prevent massive bloating while on vacation because there is no way I would wear my bikinis. As well I wont put on the 10 pounds of water weight that we all experience when introducing carbs again!

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So after going in to cancel my gym membership they're still going to charge me for the remaining month..joy! So I have access to the gym till July but I'll be gone for most of June, what a waste. 

Lately I'v been working out at home or going for really long bike rides which has been a lot of fun. My calves have never been so sore in my life and some of the workouts I do at home I sweat more than when I spend an hour at the gym. 

But I have decided to start my new journey when I return from vacation...which is CROSSFIT. A lot of people I follow are doing cross fit and always talk about how amazing it is which inspired me on my new journey. So I found a local cross fit gym that is not too far from my house that offers plenty of classes that accommodate my schedule.

I'm really nervous...I don't know what to expect but I was told I have to participate in a fundamentals class which runs for about a month before I actually start the group classes so they can teach me all the basics etc. This is definitely new for me but I'm super excited. 

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This was dinner last night - chicken, shrimp and broccoli green curry. Before this was served I warned everyone that their tummy would be in serious pain heh. I don't know why but the spice gets to me every time but I love the flavors and can't stop eating it. This time I toned down the spice a lot, next time I want to make it with the sweeter coconut milk and serve it with rice...nom

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Decided to cancel my gym membership today and embark on a new fitness adventure! Details to come :) I'v just gotten so tired of the gym and need a change. I'm looking into a bunch of group classes = new fit fam!!!

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Found a piece of organic tuna in my freezer from my paleo days. I didn't want it to go to waste because it was pretty pricey so that's what I made for lunch today crusted with hemp hearts. I'v never cooked tuna before so It was kind of a hit and miss today.

Then we biked our same trail that we did the first day and today was so much better! I think I finally figured out the gear situation and we breezed through that bike ride in probably half the amount of time. Now we need to figure out a further destination to get some good cardio in because that one was too chill.

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I attempted to try and fast till after work but only made it till my lunch break. I stopped by the grocery store to buy more chicken breast and yep you guessed it broccoli! So today’s lunch is the last twist up (the rotisserie chicken) and then its back to repeat meals for me.

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I got really swamped yesterday at work and didn't have time to post my food pictures. I actually changed up the meals a bit because I was getting sooo bored and needed to reset. 

This was my first attempt at making a sunny side up egg at home and...I didn't like it at all. Or maybe its because I don't know how to prepare it properly but the whites kinda have a boogie texture that I am not too fond of. But it looks pretty - still eating turkey bacon.

Last night we got a Costco Rotisserie chicken which are always fantastic so I took a leg (mmm fatty) from there and also had a pepperoni omelette. 

These were pretty filling meals and the different preparation helped a bit. Only 15 more days till vacation <3