Day 8 - Bento Box Envy

Relief. My worst fears were not confirmed after all. This morning I was mobile - sort of. It took my 5 mins to stand up from my bed but once I was off and the momentum from my forward stumbling kicked in it wasn't so bad. 

My wake up time slipped back to 6:30am which is never going to work if I am supposed to COOK ALL THIS FOOD!! I'm going to have to set aside a couple of days a week to prep or I'll never pack a lunch every day. How do people manage this? While we don’t have a full time helper, we also don’t have kids. So at least I have that on my side as far as the time stakes go. I seriously don’t know how anyone could manage this with kids, a full time job and no help. Kudos to those that have made it through PCP with all of the above - you should seriously consider time management coaching as a career option.

I still can't manage a fluent set of skips so it took around 3 - 4 sets (and a lot of wailing) to get through this morning's allotment of 600. The exercises are oh-kaaay but those davinci's are a killer. I managed to bring my arms a little over 1/4 of the way up. Might swap my resistance band for a more flexible one for that exercise at least for a while. Sorry Patrick but I had to skip the pull ups today and swap it with tomorrow's rowing. I couldn't find anything that could work though I might go in search of a park railing or something tonight. I need to find something within practical weekday morning walking distance since my routine will need to be executed with military precision if I am ever going to get to work on time. Needless to say, this morning I was later than usual because it took forever to sit down and eat a complete meal. I felt completely nauseous. Last night, I got a head start on today's menu for Gilles and I (don't get used to it G!) by cooking up some veggies and salmon and cutting up some fruit. The salmon was good (pepper and Chinese 5 spice) but I'd like to know if white rice is on the big red cross list because of all the starch. And what about about cous cous? Is that ok or have we traversed over to brown rice, quinoa and millet land?

Going to work with my PCP hamper felt like the first day of school. Good thing my mum is here this week in case I need to run home crying…Anyway instead of a new pencil case it was a new packed lunch - in a crappy take away container (we have lots these which proves not only how much of a pack rat I am but also how much takeaway we order!). My beautiful new double tiered Japanese bento box somehow ended up with Gilles. How did the pretty flower pattern go down with the boys at the office? Hmph. I remember Patrick saying something about not going out and spending a tonne of money on exercise equipment but he didn’t say anything about food presentation so this weekend I plan to go out and buy the most fabulous, out of this world set of bento boxes money can buy. Maybe it will help me to get excited about my food.

Here is today's culinary montage.  I actually enjoyed most of it except the dinner. I was fine at first but suddenly I felt really nauseous at the prospect of having to eat all those tiny little prawns and I couldn't finish my plate. Bizarre and totally inexplicable reaction and one I have never had before. I usually love shrimp! I guess this is my body acting out.

1. Tomato on toast, bit of daikon and an egg and a cuppa tea. I sculled my milk earlier. Ick.
2. Morning snack
3. Panfried salmon with pepper and chinese 5 spice (no oil!) with rice, aparagus, spinach and daikon (cooked in dashi - is that cheating???).

4. Afternoon snack
5. Sauteed prawns with ginger, garlic and sugar snap peas on rice.
6. Denied an evening snack by Patrick. Boo.