I'm a day late here, but I'll play
Monday was very unusual for me. Definitely not the norm. It was Yom Kippur, the most solemn of the Jewish High Holy Days. Traditionally it is a day of fasting from food and water from sunset the previous night (Sunday) till Sundown of the next day (Monday), for a total of 26 or so hours of no food and no water.
I am not very religious and did not feel like fasting was an absolute necessity for me, spiritually. Traditionally, you are not supposed to fast if it would cause medical hardship. I really believe that fasting for that long (especially the water) will CAUSE hardship for everyone, but that's neither here nor there.
Monday fell as a high day for me and I brought my concerns about the religious holiday to Nadine so we could plan my options. A full fast would dehydrate me and cause too many problems for me in many ways, so that was not going to happen. She explained that a food fast would probably shut my metabolism down for a week to 2-weeks. Especially if I then tried to eat my day's food allotment at sundown .. all in one meal.
Nope, not for me. However, I've been raised that this is a fasting day so I wasn't comfortable with EATING food all day. So, for yesterday only, we worked out that I would have PP shakes with oatmeal in them all day long and then eat the "break-fast" meal with my family as solid food. So here goes my very unorthodox day.. I got in all my food requirements and was only mildly hungry all day from not having solid food.
Food goals, as per my coach/program
1800 Calories P/C/F 33/59/8 150g P/ 266g C/16g F - no more than 21 grams of sugar/ sodium under 2400 mg
Meal 1: 1 scoop PP, 3/4C multi grain cereal, water, all mixed in the vita mix
Meal 2: 1 scoop PP, 1/2C multi grain cereal, 1/4C oat bran cereal, water, all mixed in the vita mix
Meal 3: 1 scoop PP, 3/4C multi grain cereal, water, all mixed in the vita mix
Meal 4: The Break-fast meal: 2 bagels, 2 tbls hummus, 1oz of lox (smoked salmon), salad - no dressing
Day was graded a 102.27% (103 is the top grade, there are 3 bonus pts for keeping sugar low). A+ starts at 97, which is my min acceptable grade.
Actual food was 147g P, 267g C, 15.8g F. Sugar was 20g and sodium was 2010 mg. Vitamins were all good, and I drank my min water of 120 oz.
Excerise was back and hamstrings..
I like to superset to get done faster.
deadlifts/lat pulldowns - 4 sets
hamstring curls, high row - 4 sets
reverse lunges off a step/low rows - 3 sets
finished with assisted pullups. I did 4, would have tried for a 5th, but the assistant gave out.
Never did these before.
*blushes*
Actually, it made me wonder what would happen if you toasted some oatmeal in the oven, maybe used a bit of olive oil pam spray or even olive oil in a mister, and added a little bit of spices and seasoning. That might be very yummy!
