I am in the final days of my dial-in getting ready for this year’s WBFF Worlds. I’m onstage in just 9 days, and to be honest, I’ve found this particular dial-in harder than the rest. Why? Honestly, I think a lot has to do with having meals with my boyfriend, which I’ve never gone through before, and now I can totally relate to women with boyfriends and husbands who struggle at meal-time. They just eat SO MUCH, (and mine will eat for about 30 minutes, just piling on the food, I’m not exaggerating). When I was in India, I would prepare and package up my food quickly and efficiently, into various 1 and 2 cup containers, and then go and take my current meal on a small plate or bowl to my room, (I was living in staff accomodations for bikram yoga teachers in Mumbai). There, I could enjoy my meal in quiet, usually working away on the computer, without distraction, and when it was done, it was done. So simple. So enjoyable. Here in Montreal, it has been an entirely different scenario. I will make meals for both myself and JJ, but then when we sit down to eat, everything changes. Don’t get me wrong, I love these moments together, sitting down in the midst of our busy schedules, sharing a breakfast or dinner, but when you’re getting ready for a show, the last days are the hardest! Anything can try to trip you up if you’re not aware of your weaknesses, and I have had to sit down and restrategize a game plan for mealtime in our house. That means I get to excuse myself from the dinner table as soon as I’m finished my own meal without any hard feelings. It also means that I get to parcel out my own tupperwear meals first from the prepared food stockpile I put together everyday. This way I am not cooking up a ton of food that I never get to eat, ugh!!! All in all, it’s working out much better for me now. Luckily, JJ is also a fitness model, and understands what I’m going through, so I have his total support. Really, the important thing is not to blame the situation or the other person for your own struggles, but to look at the situation objectively and come up with a workable solution in order to achieve your goals. So here I am on the couch, the ceiling fan whirring gently overhead, typing away after a delicious, (though tiny) carb-up meal of 6-grain crepes while JJ remains in the kitchen, still savoring his 5th or 6th crepe…We’re both happy, with both on point to achieving our goals, and meals are now pain and guilt-free!!
