So I did go for the run this morning. In a good way surprised myself. It was raining. Didn't use that as an excuse and it was very possible to let myself use that excuse. I'm a fair weather person when it comes to stuff like that. Stuff I really don't find fun I can always makes excuses to not do. I guess I want to be able to finish this race I'm training for. I was meeting friends in the early morning so I got up even earlier and did the run. I then met my friends and we went shooting for about 3 hours. Here's the day:
Breakfast: Apple (pre run)
After run around Padden: Protein drink. I knew we'd go for lunch after the shooting.
Lunch: 5 Guys burgers and fries. The burger was a double patty with cheese, bacon, tomato, grilled onions and mushrooms. The fries were a normal order so not to bad.
I noticed after I headed home from the friends (we watched a movie) that I was hungry. I figure I was feeling hungry for a couple of reasons. One was probably because of the running and the other was certainly a by-product of the vacation gene.
Mid afternoon meal: 2 pieces of pizza from the pizza by the slice store, a cereal bowl of Cheetos, and an adult beverage.
I wasn't hungry again until late and then finished off the pizza(1 slice) and a small bowl of quinoa mixed with some shredded cheese. I ate this meal much later than I'd normally eat dinner but still a few hours before I went to bed.
LATE NITE CHEETOS ATTACK!! AAAARRRRGGGHHH!!!!!! Oh well still don't feel to bad about it.
Tomorrow starts the first day of the actual vacation. Also Tabata tomorrow night will be good for me.
Oh by the way did I mention the run time? It was a personal best: 36min!!
Monday, April 8, 2013
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Day 335
Meet with L day. We went over the preceding week and talked about food and exercise. Once again Lorinda gave me encouragement and advice that is always appreciated and I hope I always thank her for it.
It was another great workout that I'm looking forward to doing on my own. The coming week will be a good test of my resolve as it's vacation week. I'm planning at this stage to start out the week (Monday) going to Tabata normal and then Tuesday trying to spend more time at the gym and then on Weds maybe taking the class just before Tabata. It's called TRX and then sticking around for Tabata. We'll see.
Weds I'm also meeting a work mate for lunch and we're doing sushi. It's the conveyor belt place so food is constantly whizzing past you and all you have to do is reach out and grab it. So some restraint will have to be exercised by me.
Thurs will be like Tues hopefully. Also if the weather is nice than I'll try to ride the bike and maybe even go to Padden to run. Not sure but we'll see. I am planning to do alot of stuff during the coming week so if I hit at least 75% I'll consider it a success. I think I will even try to go to the gym on Friday. I don't plan on a lengthy workout on Friday but maybe a short refresher. Again we'll see. I want to catch a movie or two also so....
Okay here's what I ate today:
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with chia seeds and a 5 seed bar. 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: Made the last of the tacos. This time though I just took the chix and mixed it with the quinoa and 2 eggs and baked it in the oven. Basically a frittata but then took tortilla and spread avocado and cheese on it with a half of the egg/chicken/quinoa mixture folded up.
Mid afternoon: I went for an hour long bike ride after lunch and then had a Peanut Butter Larabar as a snack.
Dinner: Did a stir fry with quinoa, broccoli and 12 shrimp. A bit later had the last of the chocolate bars from TJ's. That was it.
So not bad. Worked out with L and then in the afternoon went for a good bike ride. Tomorrow will be an off day maybe. Meeting friends in the morning but not until mid morning so I may try to get to Padden for a run. I'm waffling Sat night but I have a funny feeling that I'm going to try to do it. I know I will feel good about going for the run as we will go out to lunch afterwards I'm sure. So a run will make me feel better about lunch, no matter where we go.
It was another great workout that I'm looking forward to doing on my own. The coming week will be a good test of my resolve as it's vacation week. I'm planning at this stage to start out the week (Monday) going to Tabata normal and then Tuesday trying to spend more time at the gym and then on Weds maybe taking the class just before Tabata. It's called TRX and then sticking around for Tabata. We'll see.
Weds I'm also meeting a work mate for lunch and we're doing sushi. It's the conveyor belt place so food is constantly whizzing past you and all you have to do is reach out and grab it. So some restraint will have to be exercised by me.
Thurs will be like Tues hopefully. Also if the weather is nice than I'll try to ride the bike and maybe even go to Padden to run. Not sure but we'll see. I am planning to do alot of stuff during the coming week so if I hit at least 75% I'll consider it a success. I think I will even try to go to the gym on Friday. I don't plan on a lengthy workout on Friday but maybe a short refresher. Again we'll see. I want to catch a movie or two also so....
Okay here's what I ate today:
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with chia seeds and a 5 seed bar. 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: Made the last of the tacos. This time though I just took the chix and mixed it with the quinoa and 2 eggs and baked it in the oven. Basically a frittata but then took tortilla and spread avocado and cheese on it with a half of the egg/chicken/quinoa mixture folded up.
Mid afternoon: I went for an hour long bike ride after lunch and then had a Peanut Butter Larabar as a snack.
Dinner: Did a stir fry with quinoa, broccoli and 12 shrimp. A bit later had the last of the chocolate bars from TJ's. That was it.
So not bad. Worked out with L and then in the afternoon went for a good bike ride. Tomorrow will be an off day maybe. Meeting friends in the morning but not until mid morning so I may try to get to Padden for a run. I'm waffling Sat night but I have a funny feeling that I'm going to try to do it. I know I will feel good about going for the run as we will go out to lunch afterwards I'm sure. So a run will make me feel better about lunch, no matter where we go.
Day 334
Yay it's Friday! Gotta luv it as that means the weekend is here. On top of that it also means that I'm only a workday away from vacation. Yes next week I'm on vacation and it's a challenge week for sure. Friday's are the official "Do No Workout" day and this Friday is no exception. I will be hanging out with friends tonight and there will be food.
I did get up in time to get in the morning routine and that was good. I'm going to have to work on that next week even though I don't have to go to work. I'll try to at least get up at a decent hour (not as early as a work day but..) and get my morning started with a short core workout. Here's the day:
Breakfast: Two eggs, three slices of deli ham, avocado, tomato on a skinny bun. A 5 seed bar (ate the last of the tea cake yesterday) and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Short break so only had a handful of almonds no yogurt this time.
Lunch: More tamale pie but a small portion. 2 tacos with chix, cheese, avocado and salsa. I did have the single serving bag of kettle chips also.
No 2nd snack other than a green tea drink as I knew I was going to eating out with friends later.
Dinner: Okay here we go. It started out that we were going to eat at a burger joint. That was fine as I'd figured on something like that. I would have a burger and fries and probably a beer and feel like I was overeating. I could handle the quilt as it was with friends. And we would have done that except the restaurant was packed so we ended up going to a much better place overall. It was one of those places where you picked out your meat and veggie and then they stir fried it up for you. They offered a nice selection of meats and different veggie plus noodles. I choose wisely and skipped the noodle and went with a healthy serving of veggie and some different meats. I ended up have two plates that were good sized but not over-flowing. I also had a beer but turned down the offer of ice cream. There was a method to my ice cream turn down and it wasn't contingent on any kind of dieting.
At my friends house a lemon meringue pie was waiting for us to get back to it. So I had a giant piece of pie. I say giant only because it was a normal wedge but the elevation of the pie was like 4-5" tall. And it was heavenly good. ;)
So dinner turned out to be a very good choice health wise and I was able to stick to a good serving size even though I went back for seconds. Another win in my column in my opinion. Especially as we head into the vacation time. I'm expecting to eat a different restaurant lunch every day for the week.
Alright tomorrow is meet with L day and I get to show her the food diary. I think I did fairly well this week and am going to keep the diary for now.
I did get up in time to get in the morning routine and that was good. I'm going to have to work on that next week even though I don't have to go to work. I'll try to at least get up at a decent hour (not as early as a work day but..) and get my morning started with a short core workout. Here's the day:
Breakfast: Two eggs, three slices of deli ham, avocado, tomato on a skinny bun. A 5 seed bar (ate the last of the tea cake yesterday) and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Short break so only had a handful of almonds no yogurt this time.
Lunch: More tamale pie but a small portion. 2 tacos with chix, cheese, avocado and salsa. I did have the single serving bag of kettle chips also.
No 2nd snack other than a green tea drink as I knew I was going to eating out with friends later.
Dinner: Okay here we go. It started out that we were going to eat at a burger joint. That was fine as I'd figured on something like that. I would have a burger and fries and probably a beer and feel like I was overeating. I could handle the quilt as it was with friends. And we would have done that except the restaurant was packed so we ended up going to a much better place overall. It was one of those places where you picked out your meat and veggie and then they stir fried it up for you. They offered a nice selection of meats and different veggie plus noodles. I choose wisely and skipped the noodle and went with a healthy serving of veggie and some different meats. I ended up have two plates that were good sized but not over-flowing. I also had a beer but turned down the offer of ice cream. There was a method to my ice cream turn down and it wasn't contingent on any kind of dieting.
At my friends house a lemon meringue pie was waiting for us to get back to it. So I had a giant piece of pie. I say giant only because it was a normal wedge but the elevation of the pie was like 4-5" tall. And it was heavenly good. ;)
So dinner turned out to be a very good choice health wise and I was able to stick to a good serving size even though I went back for seconds. Another win in my column in my opinion. Especially as we head into the vacation time. I'm expecting to eat a different restaurant lunch every day for the week.
Alright tomorrow is meet with L day and I get to show her the food diary. I think I did fairly well this week and am going to keep the diary for now.
Day 333
Wow Tabata was a killer last night. The push up portion really did me in. As usual. I want to get the most out of Tabata so I try to not wimp out and do the easiest version. So no push ups on the knees anymore. Even though I know I won't be able to do very many at the end, it's still what Tabata is all about. So last night was typical in that by the last round I was barely able to do one full push up. It was good for me though as that's the new focus, lifting to failure. It's what I'm shooting for now a couple of times a week along with the running and biking. I think I've got a good routine going now. Run, bike, and lifting weights thru out the week. I'm starting to get out of bed earlier than I was and so am getting in some type of workout in the mornings. For now it's core and stretching.
Tonight I lifted weights and went for pulling exercises. So I worked the back muscles as the Tabata push ups were pushing exercises (really?). I moved around various machines doing a set here and there. One thing I'm thinking is that I need to start really upping the weight amounts. Not going crazy but I'm noticing that when someone else (L) picks the weight it's a heavier weight than what I'd pick. I know that's my "gotta be careful" think getting in the way of reality. Of course it's also my laziness working itself into this whole working out thing. I do a pretty good job of ignoring it most times but occasionally it rears it's ugly head. Just a friendly reminder to self. HA
Okay food:
Breakfast: Two eggs, three slices of deli ham, avocado, and tomato on a skinny bun. 2"x2-1/2"x1-1/2" piece of lemon tea cake. 20oz of cold water. So the dessert at breakfast experiment was fun. I don't know if I'll keep it up but I'm going to do another week before making any kind of decision. What I'm looking at is whether or not it actually keeps me satisfied later in the evening. In other words is eating a piece of cake in the morning helping to make the evening meal more satisfying so that I can get away with eating much smaller portions. Weird eating something in the morning to affect the evening which is like 12 hours later but I think it actually does. But we'll see.
1st snack: Sm piece of Tamale pie. A co worker brought in a home made tamale pie and offered it to everyone. I of course had to eat some. I didn't have a very big piece. It was probably 2-1/2x2-1/2x2-1/2 so a nice size for a snack.
Lunch: Okay had some more of the tamale pie. About the same or a bit bigger than what I had at 1st break. In addition to that I had the two tacos with the chix, quinoa, cheese, avocado, and salsa. I mixed the stir fried veggies in with the tamale pie. I did skip the chips I'd been eating with lunch due to eating the tamale pie. Good decision on my part and I felt good about that.
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Protein drink. Pear cut up in a bowl with cottage cheese (3 tbsp), mango salsa, chia seeds, and a small handful of almonds. Had a revelation in that I'm figuring out I don't need to eat a ton of food to be satisfied. It does have to satisfy me but as long as that happens I'm good. Once again quality over quantity wins every time.
So the workout wasn't the greatest but I still did lift weights and I left the gym feeling like I'd accomplished something other than sitting in front of the computer and stuffing my face. So I'm calling it a win.
Tonight I lifted weights and went for pulling exercises. So I worked the back muscles as the Tabata push ups were pushing exercises (really?). I moved around various machines doing a set here and there. One thing I'm thinking is that I need to start really upping the weight amounts. Not going crazy but I'm noticing that when someone else (L) picks the weight it's a heavier weight than what I'd pick. I know that's my "gotta be careful" think getting in the way of reality. Of course it's also my laziness working itself into this whole working out thing. I do a pretty good job of ignoring it most times but occasionally it rears it's ugly head. Just a friendly reminder to self. HA
Okay food:
Breakfast: Two eggs, three slices of deli ham, avocado, and tomato on a skinny bun. 2"x2-1/2"x1-1/2" piece of lemon tea cake. 20oz of cold water. So the dessert at breakfast experiment was fun. I don't know if I'll keep it up but I'm going to do another week before making any kind of decision. What I'm looking at is whether or not it actually keeps me satisfied later in the evening. In other words is eating a piece of cake in the morning helping to make the evening meal more satisfying so that I can get away with eating much smaller portions. Weird eating something in the morning to affect the evening which is like 12 hours later but I think it actually does. But we'll see.
1st snack: Sm piece of Tamale pie. A co worker brought in a home made tamale pie and offered it to everyone. I of course had to eat some. I didn't have a very big piece. It was probably 2-1/2x2-1/2x2-1/2 so a nice size for a snack.
Lunch: Okay had some more of the tamale pie. About the same or a bit bigger than what I had at 1st break. In addition to that I had the two tacos with the chix, quinoa, cheese, avocado, and salsa. I mixed the stir fried veggies in with the tamale pie. I did skip the chips I'd been eating with lunch due to eating the tamale pie. Good decision on my part and I felt good about that.
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Protein drink. Pear cut up in a bowl with cottage cheese (3 tbsp), mango salsa, chia seeds, and a small handful of almonds. Had a revelation in that I'm figuring out I don't need to eat a ton of food to be satisfied. It does have to satisfy me but as long as that happens I'm good. Once again quality over quantity wins every time.
So the workout wasn't the greatest but I still did lift weights and I left the gym feeling like I'd accomplished something other than sitting in front of the computer and stuffing my face. So I'm calling it a win.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Day 332
You guessed it, Tabata! Yes once again entered into the Tabata universe for 25min. Tonight was a tough one as we did legs and then push ups so I was regretting my weight lifting decision from last night just a bit. It wasn't too bad though and I certainly felt good afterwards.
I also got out of bed this morning in better shape than yesterday. So I had my reward and I really think it helps keep the rest of the day in line. I did have 2 pieces of candy from the community candy bowl but that was it.
Oh and it was weigh in day for the weight loss contest and I only gained less than a half of a pound. I also wore a XL shirt that I'd last worn back in the year 2003 or earlier. I did get a compliment on the fact the shirt looked big on me. I really don't think it did but it did fit very well compared to the past. They are going to start another contest and I've decided to participate. I'm going to try to use this among other things as a way to get my head on right when it comes to my actual weight and wither or not I'm achieving my goal.
Speaking of goals here's the food list for the day:
Breakfast: Two eggs on a skinny bun with 3 slices of deli ham, tomato, and avocado. Also a piece of lemon tea cake along with the usual 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Two corn tortillas with cheese, chicken, quinoa, avocado, and salsa. Had the snack bag of kettle chips and a small serving of stir fried brussel sprouts and asparagus.
2nd snack: Banana
Dinner: Protein drink followed by a bowl of broccoli, quinoa, cottage cheese, and salsa. Grabbed a 5 seed bar also.
So one thing I've been noticing lately has been my attitude on the way to the gym. I'm anticipating the hard work and internally grumbling a bit about having to do the work. The interesting thing is the fact that at the same time I'm telling myself that I made the decision to do this so I might as well stick to the plan. Especially as I know that once I get dressed and out on the floor I'll be fine and enjoy myself. Certainly Tabata full fills something as I keep coming back with the memory of the last time I did Tabata and how sweaty I was and how good I felt mentally.
I also got out of bed this morning in better shape than yesterday. So I had my reward and I really think it helps keep the rest of the day in line. I did have 2 pieces of candy from the community candy bowl but that was it.
Oh and it was weigh in day for the weight loss contest and I only gained less than a half of a pound. I also wore a XL shirt that I'd last worn back in the year 2003 or earlier. I did get a compliment on the fact the shirt looked big on me. I really don't think it did but it did fit very well compared to the past. They are going to start another contest and I've decided to participate. I'm going to try to use this among other things as a way to get my head on right when it comes to my actual weight and wither or not I'm achieving my goal.
Speaking of goals here's the food list for the day:
Breakfast: Two eggs on a skinny bun with 3 slices of deli ham, tomato, and avocado. Also a piece of lemon tea cake along with the usual 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Two corn tortillas with cheese, chicken, quinoa, avocado, and salsa. Had the snack bag of kettle chips and a small serving of stir fried brussel sprouts and asparagus.
2nd snack: Banana
Dinner: Protein drink followed by a bowl of broccoli, quinoa, cottage cheese, and salsa. Grabbed a 5 seed bar also.
So one thing I've been noticing lately has been my attitude on the way to the gym. I'm anticipating the hard work and internally grumbling a bit about having to do the work. The interesting thing is the fact that at the same time I'm telling myself that I made the decision to do this so I might as well stick to the plan. Especially as I know that once I get dressed and out on the floor I'll be fine and enjoy myself. Certainly Tabata full fills something as I keep coming back with the memory of the last time I did Tabata and how sweaty I was and how good I felt mentally.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Day 331
Okay a big fail this morning as I couldn't get out of bed. So a bit of a backsliding there but that just means I'll have to get back on track tomorrow. Which shouldn't be too hard as it's Tabata day again. You know I love having Tabata twice a week. It really makes me feel like I'm accomplishing something beyond just going to the gym.
Tonight at the gym I'm going to try to follow L's advice and lift weights. I really would like to see if I can produce some muscle and clean up my flabby body. We'll see. I'm going to do biceps and triceps so tomorrow will tell the story. I did have to laugh (to myself) as the equipment I thought I'd try out was of course the most popular tonight. I finally had to tell a couple of guys that I was good and they could just keep using the bar. I felt bad that they were stressing over the fact that I wanted to use it and they were trying to get in all of their sets.
Here's the food of the day:
Breakfast: So since I got out of bed so late I ended up eating an Apple Pie Larabar at work as my breakfast.
1st snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Again the highlight of the day food wise. Two corn tortillas with cheese, chicken, quinoa, avocado, and salsa. I had a snack size bag of kettle chips also. Plus the bowl of stir fried asparagus and brussel sprouts. Yum.
2nd snack: A banana. Something I thought I was getting tired of but it tasted great.
Dinner: Protein drink followed by a Greek yogurt mixed with some almonds and Chia seeds. I also had a 100cal bag of popcorn.
As I said it felt good to lift some weights tonight. I definitely will continue to mix weight training into the schedule. Not sure if I will get to ride the bike until the weekend as the weather has turned. Still though you never can tell.
Tonight at the gym I'm going to try to follow L's advice and lift weights. I really would like to see if I can produce some muscle and clean up my flabby body. We'll see. I'm going to do biceps and triceps so tomorrow will tell the story. I did have to laugh (to myself) as the equipment I thought I'd try out was of course the most popular tonight. I finally had to tell a couple of guys that I was good and they could just keep using the bar. I felt bad that they were stressing over the fact that I wanted to use it and they were trying to get in all of their sets.
Here's the food of the day:
Breakfast: So since I got out of bed so late I ended up eating an Apple Pie Larabar at work as my breakfast.
1st snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Again the highlight of the day food wise. Two corn tortillas with cheese, chicken, quinoa, avocado, and salsa. I had a snack size bag of kettle chips also. Plus the bowl of stir fried asparagus and brussel sprouts. Yum.
2nd snack: A banana. Something I thought I was getting tired of but it tasted great.
Dinner: Protein drink followed by a Greek yogurt mixed with some almonds and Chia seeds. I also had a 100cal bag of popcorn.
As I said it felt good to lift some weights tonight. I definitely will continue to mix weight training into the schedule. Not sure if I will get to ride the bike until the weekend as the weather has turned. Still though you never can tell.
Day 330
Tabata! Yes once again it's time for Tabata. It was a killer (as usual) and I love it. We did work hard and I have to say I'm getting better at it. I try to not go for the easy version of the moves as I really do want to get as much benefit as possible. I'm also continuing the new food plan and morning routine. I did get up this morning and got in some core work before going to work. Lunch was really good and I have hit the mark this time. Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast: 1 Egg plus an egg white with deli ham (3 slices), tomato, and avocado on a skinny bun. Continued the dessert at breakfast theme and had the lemon tea cake again. Also 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Here's the highlight of the meals for today. Two corn tortillas with cheese, quinoa, chicken, avocado, and salsa. On the side a small cereal bowl of stir fried asparagus and brussel sprouts. Sometimes I try to make certain foods for lunch and they don't come out very tasty. This time I hit a home run! I can't wait to eat lunch and I'm filled with good food. I almost forgot. I also had a small snack size bag of kettle chips. I decided to add this as a treat and this way hopefully will keep me from wanting more.
2nd snack: Apple
Dinner: Okay instead of the Greek yogurt as usual I had an old standby. The bowl of broccoli microwaved and then mixed with quinoa, cottage cheese, and salsa. Except that didn't really fill me up so I had some more quinoa later in the evening.
Loved lunch and breakfast wasn't bad but dinner is really more about just getting some protein to the muscles after working out. So I will really have to think about putting together the protein drink L told me about. Next week on vacation I'll have to get to the Co-op and pick up some.
Breakfast: 1 Egg plus an egg white with deli ham (3 slices), tomato, and avocado on a skinny bun. Continued the dessert at breakfast theme and had the lemon tea cake again. Also 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Here's the highlight of the meals for today. Two corn tortillas with cheese, quinoa, chicken, avocado, and salsa. On the side a small cereal bowl of stir fried asparagus and brussel sprouts. Sometimes I try to make certain foods for lunch and they don't come out very tasty. This time I hit a home run! I can't wait to eat lunch and I'm filled with good food. I almost forgot. I also had a small snack size bag of kettle chips. I decided to add this as a treat and this way hopefully will keep me from wanting more.
2nd snack: Apple
Dinner: Okay instead of the Greek yogurt as usual I had an old standby. The bowl of broccoli microwaved and then mixed with quinoa, cottage cheese, and salsa. Except that didn't really fill me up so I had some more quinoa later in the evening.
Loved lunch and breakfast wasn't bad but dinner is really more about just getting some protein to the muscles after working out. So I will really have to think about putting together the protein drink L told me about. Next week on vacation I'll have to get to the Co-op and pick up some.
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