Monday, Jan 18th, 2010 workout & food

Today MH is closed in honor of MLK day. Oooooh, having Monday off, so exciting J….although I do know that these “unstructured days” like the weekend, are much more difficult for me to behave in food wise! I’m so glad I’m not on a “diet” but just trying to watch what I put in my mouth…less room for failure that way and it allows me to tackle these real life days in a realistic way.



Here’s what I did to workout this morning:

Today was circuit training so I would run or jump rope and I alternated that between strength training.

Each strength training segment covered one of the following:

• Legs (believe it or not, my thighs are still a little sore from the weekend yoga!)

• Arms & Shoulders

• Core (abs)

• Chest (pushes)

• Back (pulls)


Because I’m not a huge fan of straight up cardio, I often find that mixing it up with strength training is really helpful….I need to break it up. I do need to continue to work on my cardio though, I feel like I should be able to run longer than I do.


As I look at the food that I ate today (below) I realize I’m still eating way too many carbs and not enough proteins. I think I had about 50 grams of protein but I’d like to increase that 2-3Xs that amount. I have to get more creative with how I get my protein.



Here’s what I ate today:
Breakfast:
Today I met Jettie for breakfast. Kind of nice being able to do that without worrying about getting to work.
2 eggs- 180
1 cup redskin potatoes- 160
1 ½ pieces whole wheat toast (I asked for it try and put a tad of butter on myself)- 120

Lunch:
Fiber 1 Pancakes- 190
Light Syrup- 100
Snack:
Popcorn- 100
(when you’re craving something crunchy and salty, popcorn is a great snack because it’s super low calories and full of fiber)
Orange- 50

Dinner:
This dinner was fun for me. I was craving “comfort foods” so I made chicken nuggets and fries….the healthy way!
Chicken nuggets (I just cut a chicken breast into chunks & seasoned them with paprika)- 280
Fries (I just slide potatoes, drizzled them with olive oil and salt and baked them till crispy)- 200
Large banana- 100

TOTAL CALORIES TODAY- 1480