Protein Supplement

So I've been trying to eat clean and exercise hard. Motivation has been the hardest part. The exercising is good once I get started - it's just the getting started part. Willpower and discipline!

My favourite has been my strength training. Never in a million years did I think I would love strength training. I think I've always been afraid of weights. A combination of not knowing how to use them and not understanding what they can do for my body. But that high you have after doing strength - indescribable!

So with strength training comes protein supplementing!

Nike+ FuelBand

There are a lot of bands out there and they do a lot of things and require you to put effort into it as well.  The Nike+ FuelBand requires very little effort, but then doesn't give you as much information. That said, I do really like this band for a few reasons. Read on after the break to find out.

Pho Pasteur - Toronto

So I finally had some time to check out a Pho place in Toronto. There's a few things I use to judge how good pho tastes to me. The broth, the meat and whether or not I have dry mouth after I leave, that is to say, how much MSG they use.

Sun Sui Wah

This was awhile back, but when my family came to visit me, we went to Sun Sui Wah - a really interesting Chinese restaurant. It didn't look over the top fancy but it definitely wasn't a dingy Chinese restaurant. I checked out the menu online before we went and it looked intriguing! It had a bunch of random dishes that you don't regularly see but always hear about:  bird's nest soup, squab (pigeon!), Alaskan King crab, and the controversial shark fin soup.

We drove by while trying to find parking and we saw a bunch of people protesting the restaurant because of the shark fin soup that is available at the restaurant. I'm not sure if I feel bad supporting a restaurant that provides shark fin - but it is a very popular Chinese restaurant and they have the Alaskan King crab!!

We had the squab as our "appetizer."

Pho in Toronto

I've been to many Pho restaurants in the GTA and have yet to find a place that I've genuinely fell in love with.

This will be my new mission, find a good Pho restaurant. At the same time, I will try to find a good Vietnamese restaurants that has some interesting dishes, like  Bò Tái Chanh or some good Bún.

If anyone has suggestions for places, I'm open to hearing and going to those places.