Picket-Size Me – Weekend Update

Sunday, September 4th: Well, it has been a lazy Labour Day weekend for me so far.  Having completed my picket duty on Friday with just 1 hour needed to fill out my 20, I have fallen off the walking parade.  But having said that, I did manage to ramble around a bit with the pedometer:

Thursday:  10.103km

Friday:  2.915km

Saturday: 2.862km

Sunday: 3.40km

Good Things: Thursday morning on the picket line I received a visit from Victoria Pawlowski, the nutritionist from Capers Community Markets.  Victoria and Capers Community Marketing Coordinator Trish Kelly brought along a beautiful basket of healthy foods that make more sense to snack on than loading up on some of the sugar and fat-laden temptations.  Highlights of the basket included some wild salmon chunks that had been cured with maple syrup, the No Chocolate Cookie Power Pack, some tofu sesame strips, and a duet of delicious salads.  The first consisted of lentils, onion and tomato, very similar to those that Margaret Gallagher had concocted earlier in the week, and my personal favourite, a crunchy concoction using whole kamut and spelt as the base. Kamut and spelt are known as ‘ancient grains’ and are suitable for people who have celiac disease or are gluten intolerant. (wrong! Victoria wrote me after this was originally posted to tell me spelt and kamut are part of the wheat family and as such, are not recommended for celiacs) The cookie power pack also employed spelt flour, along with oats, raisins, sunflower, flax and pumpkin seeds, even some hempnuts.  Tasty and very filling.  Victoria stressed the importance of eating a breakfast with some good protein before heading to the picket line and had lots of advice regarding the kinds of foods you can eat while exercising that will help with weight loss.  Listen for details on one of my upcoming podcasts.  Marie-Helene Robitaille has been careful with her diet on the line, and Thursday was no exception, as she brought along a green salad laced with canned tuna and other crunchy veggies.  Other good things:  Fresh vegetables grown by the grandfather of a locked-out employee and beautiful chunks of watermelon. Now for some BAD THINGS:

Shame on whoever brought these glistening chocolate cupcakes that I really wanted to just shove into my mouth, but somehow resisted.  Maybe by taking a photo of the food it makes it easier to turn down.  More bad things:  Attended a new restaurant opening, ate food there, then went out for dinner!  Details on that, and a weigh-in after Week One of Picket-Size Me!, coming up tomorrow evening.