Today I have to make a short business trip to NYC. When a Muslim is traveling, especially through different time zones, they are not required to fast that day. You would skip that day and then make it up after the end of Ramadan. Now this rule was established when long distance traveling was done via a camel in the blistering sun, where it took all day to go 30 miles. I, however, am sitting in an air conditioned Amtrak Acela train and will be in NYC in about 2 hours. I think I’ll be ok. The challenge is going to be finding Paleo friendly food, especially for Sahoor tomorrow morning. The other challenge will be to find a suitable place to workout. I’ll rely on my friends in the city and trusty www.yelp.com for assistance on that.
I knew I would have to walk extra today so I adjusted my Sahoor meal accordingly:
- 2 eggs plus 4 egg whites, scrambled with tomatoes and onions. Added some hot sauce and chili powder on it for flavor
- Whey protein shake
- A glass of cranberry juice
- Cup of Teavana White Tea with half a spoon of Rock Sugar
- 64 ounces of water
(I’ll upload pictures of Sahoor meals when I am little more used to being up that early and am not eating with one eye closed)
I ran out of gaucamole last night or I would have added that to my meal as well. I didn’t make any more since I knew I would be traveling and I didn’t want it to go bad. As you can see my tolerance for liquids has increased in the morning. I will continue to increase that if my body allows it.
Tonight’s goal will be to avoid all of that delicous NY pizza and other great (not so great for you) food the city has to offer. If this wasn’t only day 4, I would make today a cheat day.I’ll explain more what that means after we have some solid Paleo days under our belt.
One Fit Ramadan 