One day this February, after *lovingly* telling Makoto that he was breathing too loudly, I determined that I was either majorly deficient in B-vitamins or completely lacking from the happy rays of sunlight. Since I religiously take my B-vitamins, I knew that the lack of sun, warmth and all the wonderful glowing things that pure sunshine can do for someone had finally taken its toll. My very understanding and patient husband immediately booked an all-inclusive trip to Mexico.
We usually try to stay away from all-inclusives since we live for travelling, exploring new territory and trying all sorts of different cuisine but in the middle of our gloomy Canadian winter, 7days on a beach without having to think about your next meal or accomodations was veeeeeeeeeery appealing.
We welcomed the wave of humidity and brightness of the sun rays with open arms. The overflowing taps of ice-cold Corona and endless bottles of champagne at our all-inclusive resort also helped. After downing our third cerveza (beer) /glass of bubbly within the first twenty minutes of our arrival, we realized that we were going to that dark place…..we call it the “starving student” mode. A combination of being on a restricted post-secondary student’s budget for over eight years tied in with our greediness for anything that tastes delicious turns us into these scary consumption monsters. So after giving each other a pep talk and reminding each other that we must not embarrass one another, we came up with these rules to enjoy our holiday while keeping our good health in mind:
Aileen says:
Have you ever noticed that during your last hour of work, you look forward to a glass of wine or an ice-cold beer? Then you finally get home and instead of having just a glass of wine, you’ve some how managed to snack on everything in front of you while making dinner. Yes…us too.
This may be because it’s been several hours since lunch and your blood sugar levels have dropped. Your body starts to crave sugar and what is more instantly satisfying and easier to prepare than a refreshing glass of beer/wine.
Many of us don’t eat towards the end of the work day because we know we can go home soon and we’re “saving our appetities” but the reality is that it will be at least an hour or so to get home, prepare dinner and sit down to actually eat.
Make sure that you have a snack (preferably high in protein) an hour before you finish your work day. This will ensure that you won’t be famished by the time you get home and start eating and drinking everything in sight!
