Flight home

Having become a vegetarian and not selecting the vegetarian food as a special meal was probably a mistake, but I'll survive. The veg option had rice in it which I don't eat and the veggies were carrots which I also generally avoid ( ate 1/2 of them).

I had some protein bars, brought an apple, some nuts and some dried fruit with me which have been some healthy options.

I believe that there is fruit available for breakfast so let's see what happens. 

Been a while

With two out of three family members here for two weeks followed by Diwali, it's been a tough time on the diet. Virtually all meals were eaten out at a hotel or restaurant and often buffet style. But I was pretty good! 

Since I have up meat (I was formerly s vegetarian for 15 years and seeing the condition that animals live in India....well I won't get preachy) and  alcohol (which itself is a lot of carbs) my choices were somewhat limited.

Lots of chickpeas and paneer. Luckily I seem to be able to tolerate the fresh fruit without getting sick.

And I did eat the occasional dessert but overall I stuck to the diet, recorded everything and maintained portion control as best as I could. Since we had several long drives I brought along plenty of protein bars. Net-net I was up about 1kg after these three weeks, so I was pretty happy with that result. 

I got back into my running routine and I'm preparing for an upcoming 10km run here in Bangalore early Dec. (2 weeks away!).

Back down to 84.5 kg....so right where I am suppose to be! 

We discovered South Indian filter coffee during the holidays and I've become totally addicted. I have 5 filter machines in my luggage for gifts for people back home.

Speaking of home, I'm traveling this evening at 3:45 am and will be back in Ottawa by 3 or 4 pm on Thursday local time.

Looking forward to seeing everyone!

(Barber did such a good job that an orchid sprouted from my head)