well, i think i did pretty damn well today, considering i was fed two out of my three meals, and had an evening meeting which got out JUST in time for me to make it to the gym! so here’s my recap of the day: (both food and exercise!)
Breakfast: 1 yogurt (60), 1 tbsp of flaxseed (30), ½ banana (55), and ¼ cup of cereal (35), cup of iced tea (0)- 180
Lunch: 1 slice of cheese pizza (345ish?) and some tortilla chips (130?)- 475
Snacks: carrots and celery (35), plum (30), nectarine (70)-135
Dinner: (ughhhh, they catered from the same place my lunch meeting catered from, so pizza again, but good portion control!) pizza (345) and some cesar salad (200?)- 545
After gym snack: Kombucha (35), 1/4 cup of cottage cheese (45) and 1/2 cup of blackberries (30), and small piece of dark chocolate (25)-135
Total food for today: 1470–>so, i went over my cals by about 70, but im okay with that, and the fact that at both my meals/meetings, i had conversations with myself about getting a second piece and I ended up not having one either time. to me, that is quite the victory! and another huge victory was that I made it to the gym tonight and did a damn good running workout, even though I’ve got a stupid sore right calf muscle again… WHY????!?!!!! (side note: any advice on a) why only my right calf muscle hurts and b) what I can do about my aching right calf muscle?
So workout: I did Week5 Day2 of C25k. my running speed was 4.5 and i didnt have any real trouble finishing the two 8 minute runs. but once i got to cool down, i was pretty sad to see that in 30ish minutes, i had only made it to exactly 2 miles, and I actually didnt feel sweaty, or worked out enough. so, i cooled down for about 2 minutes and then hiked up my speed to 4.8, and then around .70 ish miles, i hiked it up to 4.9, then around .80, to 5.0 miles and then at .90 miles (because the gym was closing in less than 5 minutes and i wanted to get in another mile and have about 3 min to cool down), i hiked up my speed to 5.2. so, in the end i ran that mile in 12:42, never going below 4.8. on that mile, i really felt “in the groove”. the run didnt seem painful or too long and i was just really motivated to finish my run before the gym closed. i also think having my own music really helps my runs, but i need the c25k podcasts, because otherwise looking at the treadmill timer would drive me crazy. but, overall i had 45 minutes on the treadmill with cooldowns and warmups, and walked/jogged/ran exactly 3 miles. i think ive reached a pretty good balance, with doing the c25k at a slower speed to work on endurance, (which will soon be 20 minutes, AHHHHH) and then doing my own mile at the end where i work on my mile speed.
So, in response to my goals yesterday, I think I did pretty damn well. First, I ate in best portion control that I can, with only one piece of pizza for each meal when I kind of wanted more, AND I went to the gym and did a C25k+ workout. I can only beg the scale/weigh in gods to be super kind to me tomorrow a.m. arghhh wish me luck! AND THANKS FOR THE AWESOME SUPPORT AS ALWAYS!
