Tag: MLeats

I’m psuedo mad at myself for eating after 9pm the past two days. I’ve been really good the past few months, but its been hard since I run an orientation program and a college and have 18 hour days, most of which end at 1am.

No Bueno

Soooo I was doing great on calories today (all week actually) and I decided to get Chick-fil-a fries and chargrilled sandwich with just the bottom bun and no sauces HOWEVER I feel sick. I’ve seen people write they have felt sick eating fast food after not having it (its been at least 6 weeks). Now I have to do back to back presentations feeling sick.

Drinking black coffee because there are no non-coffeemate options and I was horrified by the sugar and calorie count in coffeemate. I’m generally an iced coffee with skim or a hot coffee with half and half kinda gal – no sweeteners.

Learning Curve

I was going to go to the gym today despite it being a rest day, but as it got closer to the end of the work day which started at 7:15am, I realized I am far too tired and my legs could really use a break, so no gym today. I’m going to try and keep my rest days RESTFUL because I think it will pay off in the long run.

I also have been assessing my “myplate” and my calories are lower than they should be, but my protein in WAAAY high. So I need to find a balance of eating more calories, but with less protein. SUGGESTIONS?

It’s official I can’t go to Publix without spending a small fortune, but they have SUCH great stuff. My purchases:

  • boat loads of greek yogurt
  • fresh berries (blue, black, rasp)
  • steel cut oats
  • diet iced green tea
  • true lime/lemon
  • planters’s nut-rition bars
  • baked tostitos scoops
  • sprouts
  • fresh corn on the cob
  • spring mix salad
  • reduced fat gorgonzola crumbles
  • mini chicken sliders
  • lean ground beef
  • laughing cow light cheese spread wedges
  • baked chicken tenders
  • roasted red pepper hummus
  • avocados
  • protein bar

What I wanted to buy, but didn’t:

  • beer
  • sirloin steak
  • salsa verde
  • almond butter
  • beer
  • bacon
  • various gardein products
  • watermelon
  • beer

Experiments X 2

Soooo I joined MyPlate yesterday reluctantly. I really don’t want to become a calorie counting obsesser – it’s not my style and I’m bad at math. However I want to get a clearer picture of what I’m not getting in my diet or getting too much of. I see some of you folks losing 2 pounds a week and I’d love for weight to drop off me at that pace. I’ve been an exercise fiend and eating well, but I want to see what my problem is, it could be that I’m not eating enough or enough of the right things. So I am doing this mini experiment. I’m going to be using MyPlate for the next 2 weeks leading up to my 10K and see what I learn.

Also starting today I am going to be doing a plank every day for the next 2 weeks (I was inspired by http://losingweightinthecity.com/) and see how my time and form HOPEFULLY improve – however I will not be videoing myself.

Fail

I’m working orientation this week and I ate a whole piece of pie that we had at dinner – usually I just take a bit of someone else’s, but I thought I could only eat half. I knew it was a bad idea as I was doing it, but didn’t care. Now I feel gross.

Now & Then

Me in College: Drinking a beer in the shower to kick off pre-gaming

Me Today: Drinking a protein shake in the shower post-workout

Seriously WHO AM I ?!?!?!

I had this thought the other day when I was drinking my protein shake in the shower and meant to blog it, but then again today I drank my shake in the shower and knew I needed to share it. I guess you can chalk it up to multi-tasking.