Okay I finally made it to Lake Padden. It was a cold and rainy morning but I still went for it and walked around the lake. This was the route the run part of the dualthon will take in Oct. It took me about 50min to walk around the entire lake. So that's right around the time I take to walk when I'm walking the Whatcom Falls trails next to my condo. Of course I hardly walk them anymore as I normally ride my bike on them instead. It is also game day. So I went to friends for a day of gaming and food. I feel I did very well under the circumstances. Normally it's quite the challenge during these gatherings but today I held back somewhat. Here's how it went:
Breakfast: Cherry Pie Larabar and 20oz of cold water.
After walk around Lake Padden: Small chocolate milk. Also a skinny tall vanilla latte with added protein. That was what I had until after I arrived at the friends house.
Lunch: This was in the early afternoon so basically a late lunch. I had a Mexicali salad from TJ's that I added some quinoa to. Along with some chips (not as many as last time). I also had some hummus with carrots.
Later in the day I had a ham sandwich. It was on rye bread with cheese. Then in the early evening I had another ham sandwich on rye bread with cheese. I brought some mini peppers, so along with the carrots I had some of the peppers with the hummus.
All during the day I had a handful or two of pistachios instead of chips. Also there was a bottle of the ginger soda and I had a small can of low sodium V-8 along with water to drink during the day. No soda.
So I had a good workout walking around the lake and then didn't go crazy over food at the game. If I can keep this up on these days I should be okay. I just have to watch myself a bit more closely and as L says when I feel hunger, drink water. This is especially true if I'm feeling hungry and I just ate something.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Day 265
It's the day I meet with L. As usual she puts me through a workout designed to inspire and elevate my choice of a healthy lifestyle. I expect for the next nine months that every Saturday we will work on some aspect of training for the race in Oct. For now it's more of building a foundation for the real work later in the year. As the race gets closer L will focus on training that will enable me to have a chance of finishing the event. For me this means that I need to start getting more serious with my casual training. Granted the race is 10 months ( in a week it'll be 9 months ) away but I think everyone agrees now is the time to start the work. Which is why tomorrow I'll go and check out Lake Padden (yes I know where it is now).
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with pistachios and 20oz of cold water
After workout meal: Two egg frittata with spinach, tomato, quinoa, cottage cheese, and salsa.
Late afternoon snack: Pistachios
Dinner: Had a late dinner as I wasn't real hungry. Broccoli, cauliflower soup with potstickers and cottage cheese.
As a late snack I had a bag of 100cal popcorn and some mini peppers. For protein I had three slices of turkey that I normally have for breakfast.
So I hopefully will get back on track food wise here in the next week. I already feel like today I was a bit better. After workout meal was pretty typical, nothing crazy or over indulging.
Tomorrow though is back to the old routine of meeting with friends for D&D. The rumour is there will be sandwich fixin's. I am planning on eating before I go and taking lots of veggies. I'm rather confident that I won't over do it but I'm not making any bets at this point. So we'll see I guess.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with pistachios and 20oz of cold water
After workout meal: Two egg frittata with spinach, tomato, quinoa, cottage cheese, and salsa.
Late afternoon snack: Pistachios
Dinner: Had a late dinner as I wasn't real hungry. Broccoli, cauliflower soup with potstickers and cottage cheese.
As a late snack I had a bag of 100cal popcorn and some mini peppers. For protein I had three slices of turkey that I normally have for breakfast.
So I hopefully will get back on track food wise here in the next week. I already feel like today I was a bit better. After workout meal was pretty typical, nothing crazy or over indulging.
Tomorrow though is back to the old routine of meeting with friends for D&D. The rumour is there will be sandwich fixin's. I am planning on eating before I go and taking lots of veggies. I'm rather confident that I won't over do it but I'm not making any bets at this point. So we'll see I guess.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Day 264
Friday. As we know that is my slack day. I tend to eat whatever and don't work out. The next day is my day with L so I figure I get a day off. Some Friday's I am better than other Fridays. Today was an in-between Friday. I worked the late shift, so I got up quite a bit later than I normally would have. I still didn't get early enough to get in my normal morning routine ( of course my normal routine in the last three months hasn't been normal ) but I did at least get a bit of core work. I felt good about that and that was the idea. As the day progressed, though I once again had to contend with outside influences on my willpower and programs. Frankly I failed miserably. Though I feel the need to not get down on myself and think long term. Here's the deal:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato and avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Okay here's where we deviated from the norm. The boss brought in treats that consisted of salami (2 kinds), cheese (4 kinds), foccacia (cheesy bread), and BBQ pork ( the kind you get at a Chinese restaurant). So do I have to list it out? Of course I had some of everything. This instead of the Greek yogurt I brought and normally have.
Lunch: More of the treats. Plus I had a bowl of broccoli, spinach, quinoa, and falafal.
2nd snack: Okay by this time I'd gotten myself under control (somewhat) and so only had a couple of pieces of foccacia and salami. I took back to my station a cup of green tea to pump me up for the rest of the work day.
Dinner: I went to a local burger joint for a bacon, cheese burger with waffle fries. I had three adult beverages.
L here I come!
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato and avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Okay here's where we deviated from the norm. The boss brought in treats that consisted of salami (2 kinds), cheese (4 kinds), foccacia (cheesy bread), and BBQ pork ( the kind you get at a Chinese restaurant). So do I have to list it out? Of course I had some of everything. This instead of the Greek yogurt I brought and normally have.
Lunch: More of the treats. Plus I had a bowl of broccoli, spinach, quinoa, and falafal.
2nd snack: Okay by this time I'd gotten myself under control (somewhat) and so only had a couple of pieces of foccacia and salami. I took back to my station a cup of green tea to pump me up for the rest of the work day.
Dinner: I went to a local burger joint for a bacon, cheese burger with waffle fries. I had three adult beverages.
L here I come!
Day 263
Today I felt like I worked out yesterday. Imagine that. It was Tabata! day so I would hope I felt it a bit at least. Overall a bit more normal in terms of an excellent workout and a bit more conservative food wise. I didn't completely change my food intake from the past week but had a bit more awareness of what I was stuffing down my gullet. So at the gym I did some weights and then some cardio. I've started to use the upright bike and I think today I discovered my new bike session part of the cardio I do. The upright bike hill program is different than the recumbent bike hill program. It has a few more hills and valleys. What that means is that during the valley is where I spin faster for the interval. Okay here's how I ate my way through the day:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato and avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: Low carb wrap with broccoli, spinach, falafal, quinoa, bacon, and BBQ sauce.
2nd break: Peanut Butter Larabar
Dinner: Here's where I fell off the wagon and succumbed to the call of FOOD. I finished off the stuffing I'd made over the weekend and supplemented it with cottage cheese, and cauliflower. Also a bit later ( I guess you'd call this snack #3) I had a 100cal bag of popcorn and some pistachios along with a banana.
I did a back workout that felt really good and I was encouraged that I was able to lift the weight I chose. It was the weight L had written on the workout sheet. I followed it up with a 24min ride on the upright bike doing the hill program. I am curious as to how I will feel tomorrow.
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato and avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: Low carb wrap with broccoli, spinach, falafal, quinoa, bacon, and BBQ sauce.
2nd break: Peanut Butter Larabar
Dinner: Here's where I fell off the wagon and succumbed to the call of FOOD. I finished off the stuffing I'd made over the weekend and supplemented it with cottage cheese, and cauliflower. Also a bit later ( I guess you'd call this snack #3) I had a 100cal bag of popcorn and some pistachios along with a banana.
I did a back workout that felt really good and I was encouraged that I was able to lift the weight I chose. It was the weight L had written on the workout sheet. I followed it up with a 24min ride on the upright bike doing the hill program. I am curious as to how I will feel tomorrow.
Day 262
Tabata!! Yes again with the Tabata. I know I'll get a great workout and it's always different. Tonight we did some lower body followed by some upper body followed by some cardio. I tried to push myself this time and I definitely did work a bit harder than usual. Push ups I still did on my knees but otherwise I tried to keep the intensity through out each set. Food was still a factor and I failed in a sense. I've decided though I'm not worrying about that this week. I'm giving myself a pass. You'll notice that all week I've eaten some excess calories and not really worked out as hard as I normally do. At least in my opinion. And that's what matters in the long run. So I guess that means I better get it together if I want to succeed in this competition to get in shape and live longer. Going out on a limb here and fessing up, I want to live longer so I need to get my body on board. Sometimes I wonder if I really get it, but than I know I do. It just takes a bit of convincing. Today I made the decision to sleep in late and switch up my morning. Here's the bad news about what I ate today:
Breakfast: Didn't actually eat breakfast in the traditional sense today. After I got up I drank the 20oz of cold water but waited until I got to work before I ate anything. At that point I ate an Apple Pie Larabar.
1st snack: My morning threw me a curve ball and so didn't eat a Greek yogurt. Instead had a toasted slice of whole wheat low carb bread with peanut butter.
Lunch: Wrap with felafel's, broccoli, spinach, quinoa, tomato, and BBQ sauce with the wrap being low carb.
2nd snack: Peanut Butter Larabar.
Dinner: After Tabata! I had a 6" sandwich from a sandwich shop that had double meat and veggies on it. Had a small bowl of pistachios and a Skinny Cow sundae a bit later in the evening.
So again not the best choices but as I've said all bets are off this week. I'll try to get in good workouts but am giving myself a pass in a way. Today with Tabata! that met my criteria. Tomorrow will hopefully continue the trend as far as the workout is concerned.
Breakfast: Didn't actually eat breakfast in the traditional sense today. After I got up I drank the 20oz of cold water but waited until I got to work before I ate anything. At that point I ate an Apple Pie Larabar.
1st snack: My morning threw me a curve ball and so didn't eat a Greek yogurt. Instead had a toasted slice of whole wheat low carb bread with peanut butter.
Lunch: Wrap with felafel's, broccoli, spinach, quinoa, tomato, and BBQ sauce with the wrap being low carb.
2nd snack: Peanut Butter Larabar.
Dinner: After Tabata! I had a 6" sandwich from a sandwich shop that had double meat and veggies on it. Had a small bowl of pistachios and a Skinny Cow sundae a bit later in the evening.
So again not the best choices but as I've said all bets are off this week. I'll try to get in good workouts but am giving myself a pass in a way. Today with Tabata! that met my criteria. Tomorrow will hopefully continue the trend as far as the workout is concerned.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Day 261
Today was no better than yesterday. I ended up getting in a workout but it was a weak effort and I again couldn't control my food intake. I'm going to go out on a limb here and get all weirdly insightful. Am I sabataging myself due to the thought of commiting to the race in October? It seems that for the last few days I've over did it in the food department and wimped out on the workouts. Honestly the workout today was barely a workout. I didin't even sweat other than my forehead was a bit damp for a minute.
Okay maybe that was a bit over the top. Heh. Seriously though I didn't feel like I really worked out and I think that's my own fault. So gotta refocus and Tabata tomorrow will help me do that. Also for now I'm going to stop worrying about what I eat this week and come back harder next week. Granted I won't be able to do that for much longer so I should get it out of my system asap.
So no listing of food this time just be aware that I ate lots of stuff and most of it not really that good for me.
Okay maybe that was a bit over the top. Heh. Seriously though I didn't feel like I really worked out and I think that's my own fault. So gotta refocus and Tabata tomorrow will help me do that. Also for now I'm going to stop worrying about what I eat this week and come back harder next week. Granted I won't be able to do that for much longer so I should get it out of my system asap.
So no listing of food this time just be aware that I ate lots of stuff and most of it not really that good for me.
Day 260
Okay an extra day off from work and I practically did nothing I'd planned on doing other than over indulge in food. Imagine that. I still worked out but I might as well as not considering what I ended up eating for "lunch" or my after work out meal. I started the day out by sleeping in a bit later than normal and then proceeded to go down hill from there. I have a funny feeling that this whole week may be a one step forward two steps back type of week. Not quite sure why I feel that way but we'll see, I guess.
Breakfast: Cherry Pie Larabar
After workout meal: Shaking my head sadly..I ended up going way overboard for this meal. I basically had a relapse to the old days. By that I mean I ate enough food for three people. i can't get down on myself, but it still wasn't a very smart move. So what did I have that was so bad? Here's the list. My one conciliation was I only had a half of a sandwich to go with the rest of the meal. The rest of the meal consisted of a full order of something called "Cheese Balls". What are Cheese Balls you ask, well they are exactly what the name conjures up. A big plate of Hawaiian rolls covered in loads of cheese baked in the oven and on the side a pizza dipping sauce. It was heaven and hell all wrapped up in one.
So because I over did it for "lunch" at least I wasn't very hungry for the rest of the day. I did eat another apple fritter though. Also had a Skinny Cow small cup sundae and a banana later in the evening.
I was feeling like I was moving backwards a bit today. Way overdid it for lunch and it's only Monday so I have the whole week ahead of me. I'll be curious as to how it plays out. If nothing else I've got Tabata to look forward to.
Breakfast: Cherry Pie Larabar
After workout meal: Shaking my head sadly..I ended up going way overboard for this meal. I basically had a relapse to the old days. By that I mean I ate enough food for three people. i can't get down on myself, but it still wasn't a very smart move. So what did I have that was so bad? Here's the list. My one conciliation was I only had a half of a sandwich to go with the rest of the meal. The rest of the meal consisted of a full order of something called "Cheese Balls". What are Cheese Balls you ask, well they are exactly what the name conjures up. A big plate of Hawaiian rolls covered in loads of cheese baked in the oven and on the side a pizza dipping sauce. It was heaven and hell all wrapped up in one.
So because I over did it for "lunch" at least I wasn't very hungry for the rest of the day. I did eat another apple fritter though. Also had a Skinny Cow small cup sundae and a banana later in the evening.
I was feeling like I was moving backwards a bit today. Way overdid it for lunch and it's only Monday so I have the whole week ahead of me. I'll be curious as to how it plays out. If nothing else I've got Tabata to look forward to.
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