March 1 and 2 - First 2 days

March 1 - 2009

Today I woke up feeling really happy about what was to come. Today I set out to go buy the rest of my groceries, do some shopping and be ready for the weeks to come.

Although Monday was going to be my first official day of my meal plan, I started a bit early and made myself a nice 2 egg, 4 egg white omelet with onions and mushrooms and one slice of Kraft singles. I also added a yogurt and a orange, and a latte made with 1 cup of 1% milk and some espresso. Not bad start t other day.

In the afternoon, I went to the grocery store and shopped around. I went to one of my favorite food stores in Ottawa, Produce Depot on Carling. There I loaded up with many fruits, vegetables and fish. Great store, great prices.

The rest of my day I didn't do anything to exciting. I spent some time with friends, and then around 730pm, I made a decision to go eat one last meal that, a meal where I wasn't going to count the calories, I was just going to order what I wanted and that's it. It proved to be a big mistake on my part, one that I now regret. I ended up ordering some pizza and wings, and I even had dessert. I left the restaurant feeling bloated and full. Not good.

After dinner, now it is 9 pm. I still had some groceries to do. I went to Loeb near my house to get some spring mix salad, bottled water and some yogurt. Afterwards on the way to my truck, I could really feel the meal kick in. I was getting tired easy, I was sweating. I didn't feel good. I got my groceries loaded and went home. Once home, I still had this uneasy feeling that something was wrong. I ended up calling my brother, told him how I felt and maybe it was best I go to hospital and get checked out. Just to make sure. So I did. I got there, and right away they took my blood pressure, which was surprisingly great for me, 138/89, then they asked me a few questions and the admitted me into the emergency room for observations. After about half hour with my heart hooked up to the machine, the cardiologist came into the room, told me everything looked good, but if I wanted, I should stay for a few more hours and just let the machine monitor my heart. So I stayed till lying down in the emergency for almost another 3 hours. The doctor then came back in, told me to get dressed, everything looked fine and sent me on my way. He even called me a young healthy man. He did advise me to go see my family doctor and If I was concerned I could go get a heart monitor hooked up to me for 24 hours.

Anyways, that was my day.

March 2 - 2009

I woke up a bit late this morning due to my extended stay at the hospital the night before. I woke up feeling good but a bit anxious as well. I started my day off right by going into the kitchen, taking my medication, drinking a bottle of water, then cutting up some mushrooms and onions so I could make myself a nice omelet again.
I was running a bit late, I had to be at a clients house by 10am. I grabbed a shopping bag, and threw everything I was going to eat for the day into it. I threw in protein powder for my shakes, I grabbed some tuna in olive oil, a few yogurts, a apple, banana and orange as well. I also grabbed a whole grain bagel. Now the challenge of the day was to eat everything in that bag, space it out accordingly so I don't starve and get hungry.
My next few meals consisted of the following:
11am - 1/2 protein shake, can tuna in olive oil, yogurt
2pm - can tuna in olive oil, yogurt, bagel, fibre bar (110 calorie bar)
5pm - 1/2 protein shake, orange, small handful of almonds
8pm - 2 chicken breast cutlets(200 calories each), spring mix salad, yogurt

It is now 10pm, I am feeling good, but if hunger does come about before I head to bed, I may have small bowl of cereal. I will update tomorrow if I do.