2/12 Recap
FOOD/DRINK
- Breakfast: Muller Greek yogurt with candied almonds
- Midmorning Snack: N/A
- Lunch: 2 slices of pepperoni pizza (finally gone!)
- Afternoon Snack: Grapes and carrots with hummus
- Dinner: All of it came up, so I guess it doesn’t really matter :/
- Dessert/Evening Snack: 1/2 cup rum raisin ice cream
- Drinks: 48 oz. water; large nonfat latte; tea
EXERCISE
- 25ish leisurely minutes of walking on lunch (active rest day)
THOUGHTS
So today wasn’t a bad rest day, really. I woke up with my body feeling MUCH less sore - still some residual ab and arm soreness. Ate the last of the pizza, finally, and set out to make myself a fantastic dinner. And it was, fantastic… until I started feeling sick. So, a few years ago I tried scallops for the first time and got sick. Being a long-time seafood aficionado, I chalked it up to just one food that my tummy didn’t like and kept trucking. Then shrimp started bothering me in 2011. Ugh.
Now I guess it’s extended to more sea creatures, including tilapia, because I got major stomach cramps and my tongue felt funny and I ended up throwing the whole lot up. Double ugh.
I’m going to see my doctor soon, so I’ll add that to the list of things to discuss with him. *sigh*
Hopefully I’ll be good as new tomorrow so I can do W4D2 of C25K!
2/11 Recap
FOOD/DRINK
- Breakfast: Muller Greek yogurt with honeyed apricot; 1 banana
- Midmorning Snack: 2 clementines, ~2 tablespoons Earth Balance coconut peanut spread (actually getting kinda sick of this stuff lol… overload!)
- Lunch: Leftovers! 4.5 oz. chicken breast with corn & edamame succotash; chocolate chip cookie
- Afternoon Snack: Medium gala apple; Zone Perfectly Simple cranberry almond bar
- Dinner: Green protein shake (banana, protein powder, almond milk, spinach, peanut butter) + 1 slice of pepperoni pizza
- Dessert/Evening Snack: N/A
- Drinks: 64 oz. water; 2 cups of coffee
EXERCISE
- C25K Week 4, Day 1
THOUGHTS
Oh. my. god. My muscles hate me right now. I was super sore all day from yesterday’s strength training… and then I took my body on a treadmill run. Tomorrow will almost definitely be an active rest day. Was going to do more strength, but I don’t really think I should put my muscles through much more, especially with an even longer run coming up on Wednesday. But it’s been an excellent couple of days and I’m so thrilled to feel my body working after a few days of nothingness.
I think I may have perfected my green smoothie. Much as I loved blueberries, I think I like banana and peanut butter with the spinach more. I also put in more ice this time, so it was pretty frosty and delicious. Yum! I’m trying to get rid of the remaining pizza, but being smart about it. Much as I’d love to chow down on all 3 remaining slices, I’m sticking to one tonight and the other two will be tomorrow’s lunch.
It’s all about moderation, folks :)
Now, where is my bed…. x_x
2/10 Recap
FOOD/DRINK
- Breakfast: 1 slice of pepperoni pizza
- Midmorning Snack: Zone almond cranberry bar
- Lunch: 1 slice of pepperoni pizza
- Afternoon Snack: Green protein shake
- Dinner: 4 oz. pan-seared chicken breast + herbed corn and edamame succotash with feta cheese
- Dessert/Evening Snack: 1/2 cup green apple sorbet
- Drinks: 48 oz. water; 1 cup coconut mocha coffee w/ 1 tbsp Almond Joy creamer
EXERCISE
- 100 jumping jacks
- 30-minute full-body mat workout
- 60-minute full-body dumbbell workout
THOUGHTS
I caved to moroseness and ordered pizza last night, so I tried to eat some of it today while still being smart about it - one slice in the morning, the next inbetween my first 50 jumping jacks and 35-minute workout. I used the yoga mat my mom bought me for Christmas for the first time and loved having the added stability/support.
After I finished working out/watching Doctor Who, I set about cleaning up my kitchen and doing some prep for the week ahead. I split my bananas in half and sliced 3 of them then put those slices into baggies for the freezer so I can use them in my protein shakes later this week. I also measured out 4 cups of spinach and bagged it for the same purpose.
Then I trimmed, seasoned and cooked chicken and made this awesome Herbed Corn and Edamame Succotash recipe that I will *definitely* be making again. Half the chicken went into the succotash for my dinner, the rest will be saved for a salad. I also made an AWESOME balsamic vinaigrette dressing (loosely based on this recipe). My focus this week will be to get back into the habit of cooking EVERY night with leftovers for the next day and getting in 3 runs + 3 strength sessions each week with 1 active rest day.
2/6 Recap
Blah blah busy blah blah accountability blah.
FOOD/DRINK
- Breakfast: 6 oz. raspberry Greek yogurt, 2 clementines
- Midmorning Snack: Small apple, ~2 tablespoons peanut butter coconut spread
- Lunch: Quinoa black bean chili & 1/2 roastbeef sandwich with carmelized onions, mushrooms, swiss cheese and oh-so-terrible-but-omg-delicious horseradish mayo. Divine.
- Afternoon Snack: Carrot sticks & hummus
- Dinner: Blueberry protein shake
- Dessert/Evening Snack: Zone Perfectly Simple cranberry almond bar
- Drinks: Mucho water; 1 cup of coffee with 1 tbsp. sugarfree caramel-vanilla creamer; venti skinny Starbucks vanilla spice latte
EXERCISE
- Week 3, Day 3 of C25K - 30 minutes total; 10 minutes running
THOUGHTS
Yeahhhhhh! Perfect day was super freaking perfect. I was going to make a chicken salad for dinner, but my chicken hadn’t thawed and I was super hungry so I made a beefed up protein shake instead. Mmm. The latte from Starbucks ate a lot of calories (250) but it was free and sooooo delicious.
As I’ve already posted, my workout was awesome. Gonna get a nice core & upper body strength workout in tomorrow after the grocery store. Reallllly hoping this IUD thing doesn’t knock me out for more than a couple of days.
1/27 Recap
Not much to say for yesterday - I started off with a heavy breakfast (giant omelette and sinfully delicious cinnamon raisin bread), but something didn’t agree with me and most of it er… came back out :/
Needless to say, no exercise - just a LOT of feeling crappy. Got my shopping done, though, so I’m stocked on healthy choices for the next couple of weeks!
