Well folks, the time has finally come, the NCEMSF Conference. Where the hell has the time gone?
So today I woke up with a LOT to do. It's kind of nice being on normal human being hours and getting up at 8. I personally don't mind it. Stayed in bed for another 2 hours doing some studying. Got up and realized I had no freaking clue what to have for breakfast. I spent so much time agonizing over what to eat when I wouldn't be home that I didn't plan for when I would be home (#mealprepproblems). So I did what any normal college student would do and went scrounging. It was my last day as a college student, had to go out with a bang. Had myself a piece of frittata, a boiled egg, some ham and a couple strawberries. It's as balanced of a meal as it was going to get. Skipped lunch since I had an exam and errands to do (and also had no clue what the heck to eat). Came home and had a snack of turkey jerky and an apple with almond butter while I finished up a final paper. Dinner was a chicken breast with grilled eggplant and sweet potato fries.
Had to drop Mack off at the vet's for the weekend while I'm gone. Swear to God they thought I was crazy. Had his food all packed up, not to mention plenty of treats and of course a tennis ball. I was a wreck. He on the other hand thought life was just dandy. "Peace out mom! This lady seems nice!" "Yeah ok kid, let's remember 4 months ago where you were wrapped around my legs."
Came home and got occupied with prepping food for the trip, doing laundry and packing. I have to say I admire people that can plan a whole trip's worth of meals. Granted, they probably have a refrigerator or a way to keep their food fresh the whole time. I'm pretty sure I'm staying at one of those hotels where they charge you for looking at the refrigerator. So I compromised and made enough meals for tomorrow with the intention of staying as strict as possible Saturday and Sunday. I know that's going to be nearly impossible, but I'm definitely not going to go off and completely lose control. Breakfast is going to be the last piece of frittata, the last boiled egg and a couple pieces of ham. Lunch is an epic salad with romaine lettuce, carrots, tomato and canned salmon with olive oil. Snacks/some combination of dinner are going to be cut up strawberries, blueberries, leftover grilled salmon and sweet potato fries, and carrots with almond butter. None of those constitute as much of a "dinner" but I'm never really that hungry after long roadtrips anyway. I just really feel out of my element with this one. I'm good at eating cold pasta, or cold pizza or cold whatever was in the fridge that I could throw in a Tupperware container. But I'm kind of mind blown trying to figure out what kinds of things I can pack up cold on a paleo diet and have it still taste good. Probably would have helped if I planned ahead a little more. Oh well, live and learn.
I just wanna give a quick shout-out to Camelbak and Brita. Without them, I would never be able to get my prescribed amount of water. I'm one of those people that is SO picky about what my water tastes like. If I taste even the slightest hint of chlorine, I probably won't drink it. So I went out and got a Camelbak water bottle that has a filter in it and I also have those individual Brita water bottles. Suddenly walking around without a water bottle seems weird. For anyone else that's really picky about water, I highly recommend them. I usually find myself using the Camelbak as a chin rest when I'm bored on the computer so I just instinctively end up drinking more than I thought. Wonderful inventions.
I won't be blogging over the weekend, mostly because there won't be free Wi-Fi, but I'll be back on Monday!
Week 1 of the Paleo Challenge is almost done, onto Week 2!
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