Happy Halloween!

So the workday was crap, I got nothing done that I wanted to. Sigh... My pup is out of town and KT is schooling then going out clubbing (dressed as a pimp no less) for a friends birthday party. So just me and scary movies. Boo!!


So today:
Food:
Breakfast: Toasted bagel with 2 tsp margarine and tomato. Skim chocolate milk.
Snack: I'm always hungry if I don't have egg whites for breakfast, so 1/2 cup ultra low fat cottage cheese and an apple.
Lunch: Leftover veg soup with crackers. Yum.
Dinner: 2 Oh Naturel fake chicken burger patties, 2 spuds with 2 tsp marg., fried mushrooms (in Pam) and about 1 small fried zucchini. I may blow up. Oh ya, had one Halloween treat size Aero.

Cardio:
None. Rest day. But did walk back from the mall, a whopping .75k. Groin pull is feeling better today, though still feels like my leg is unsteady and might give out at any time!

Strength:
Going to do what I can with MUB plan tonight. Will want to be buff when scared poopless from the film fest!

Sunday

I hate feeling bagged and weak. And that's exactly what I felt on Sunday. I didn't get enough sleep (heartburn for 4 days in a row... may have to start up ulcer/gerd meds again) ~4 hours. I woke starving then felt icky after eating. Anyway, I did go for the run. As I was getting ready for the swim, things went south :(

Food:
Breakfast: 2 Eggos with Cheese Whiz light (I know, gross, but I love it). Water.
Lunch: 2 eggs over easy on whole wheat ACE baguette. Water.
Dinner: Homemade tomato soup (onions, V-8, veg broth, 1 oz (dry) whole wheat pasta) and 6 soda crackers.
Post Swim Dinner: 3 oz (dry) whole wheat pasta, Cheez Whiz light = Mac & Cheese. Crystal Lite.

Cardio:
Run: I was pale and weak but it was so beautiful I forced myself out there! Besides, I need to stay accountable to the blog... I think my HRM was iffy (not sweaty enough) at the beginning showing artificially low and high numbers. I must have accidentally started my watch early because it turned over 1k 1 min into the run! I adjusted for that though since I know the route.
So the stats: 5.306km, 34:31 6:30/km. AHR 151, MHR 174.

Swim: I'm getting into my suit and I step wrong... zing! groin pull!! I can barely walk. I keep stretching and trying to get it worked out, but after 40 minutes I still can't hardly walk. So there it is, I drive KT to our last class for session 1, and drive myself back home. Grrr.

Oye!

My body is much less sore today. Last night I was a wimpering baby. I'm pleased with my day, got a little of what I'd planned accomplished, hoping for a banner day tomorrow.

Today's Food:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich - egg whites, ff cheese, 2 tsp marg on 2 slices whole grain bread. Water.
Lunch: Don't kill me Dave, but stopped at McD's at 2PM starving, had the veggie sandwich combo, with fries and orange drink. :(
Dinner: Bought the new Looneyspoons Ladie's cookbook and made the Angel Hair Primavera. Very yummy! Also made apple crisp but didn't eat any. I'm too full to contemplate it!

Cardio:
None today!

Strength:
While making dinner I was able to do 2 sets of MUB. I didn't get the third in because I was seeing spots, hungry, dinner was ready, and lazy. No excuses. Going to bust ass on my run tomorrow instead.

Day 3

Oh My God!! Who knew I was going to hurt this much today?!? Ya, I think that Dave knew!!
I can barely sit on the potty, I must have done those squats correctly! I am dreading tomorrow's MUB! Damn you fives!!


Enough griping... it's a good owie.

Today's Food:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich - egg whites, ff cheese, 2 tsp marg on 2 slices whole grain bread. 1 glass skim chocolate milk. I slept in today so this was my attempt at eating a little more. I can't give up my chocolate syrup, I really don't like the taste of milk without it!
Lunch: Cheese sandwich on a whole wheat kaiser, ff mayo, havarti cheese, lettuce, and a cup of cream of cauliflower soup, 6 sodas.
Dinner: YUM. Made homemade vegetable and chick pea curry. Had on a bed of 1 cup of brown rice.

Cardio:
We never got around to bringing in the bike trainer so I opted to watch last week's Threshold while walking on the treadmill. I really hate walking on the mill, I find my hams get tight. Anyway, 45 minutes down!

Day 2

Food Log:
Breakfast: Egg whites (microwaved), 1 slice of ff cheese and a glass of skim milk with chocolate syrup.
Lunch: Toasted whole grain bagel with 2 tsp. margarine and one very thick slice of tomato. 3 olives :) Again, one can of diet ginger ale.
Snack: I was starving before dinner, I really didn't eat enough at lunch, so I made a quickie sandwich with 1 slice multigrain bread, mustard, one slice of havarti, and lettuce.
Dinner: I made lasagna tonight, sauce with a large green pepper, 2 zucchinis, onion, fat free cottage cheese and low fat cheddar and mozzarella. I found it too saucy in the end, but still ate 2 pieces. Oink.

Cardio:
5k on the treadmill. Watched last week's Survivor today, and I had to stop myself at 34 minutes because I could have kept going! Felt REALLY good today :)

Strength:
Completed MUB all 3 times. Oh my god my butt hurts! I thought I was going to die. I am so out of shape. I only used 5 lb weights, and I probably could have used 8 lb, but wanted to see how I feel tomorrow before upping the ante! I was sweating buckets, and my HR was good and high, but when I was done it went all crazy on me again, though only for about 15 minutes where at rest it bounced between 95-115 bpm. Yuck. It's fine now though. It's nice that it's now only an annoyance, and not something to worry about! I think it was caused by a pounding headache going into the workout, and not re-hydrating enough after the run today - I just never got around to refilling the water bottle. I am so parched now!

Thoughts:
Dave reviewed my schedule and we changed things up a little. I'm spooked by dropping one run per week (to 4) which is rediculous considering I've barely been making 3 runs the last few months.

I'm really happy with my day exercise-wise. I got everything done that I wanted to. Work has been very busy, and I've been playing taxi-mom, so time has been lacking to concentrate on making salads, soups and healthy freezable meals. Saturday I will do my best to get some cooking in. Baby steps.

Day 1

Food Log:
Breakfast: Egg whites (microwaved), 1 slice of ff cheese and a glass of skim milk with chocolate syrup.
Lunch: Cheese sandwich (2 slices whole grain bread, fat free mayo, 2 slices provalone, lettuce), soup (Knorr Tomato Veg), soda biscuits. Too many sodas, but they are so good! Downed it all with a can of diet ginger ale, because nothing tastes as good as a fizzy drink after a run!
Dinner: Homemade poutine (low fat fries, low fat cheese, fake gravy) and a glass of skim milk with chocolate syrup.

Cardio:
5k on the treadmill. I forgot how boring it is, but I watched last week's episode of Invasion to pass the time.

50 minutes swim class. I think I'm finally getting somewhere. We worked on front crawl for 40 minutes (the first half with flippers... love flippers), followed by 10 minutes of whip kick.

Thoughts:
Good day overall. Too much work to do, getting screwed over on a level change, but flipped it around, I have a job I love, I can make my own schedule, and I got all my goals in for the day.

Grump Day

I guess we'll start today then. I woke up feeling grumpy, didn't sleep well, slept with my ear flipped (owie), and the promised snow is nowhere to be seen.

Anyway, today calls for a 5k and swim class. I'm going to try to get the run in on the treadmill, because work is nuts and it's faster than getting dressed for the great outdoors.

Yesterday I did nothing - stomach still off because of whatever. I gave up the dill pickle chips after breakfast, and ate well the rest of the day.

I'll report on my food intake at the end of the day.

Time for some motivation!

Once upon a time, my buddy Dave, who more than once pulled me out of the mud (this is true!), requested I become his virtual training partner for Around the Bay 30k Road Race. This sounded interesting... then within minutes I knew this was what I needed to get my butt in gear and build this motivation.

Dave is a Personal Trainer in London ON (though I'm sure he'll train you as well virtually (for a fee of course, he's not made of money!) if you contact him!) kindly took it one step further, offering to help me get this oh so tubby (yet very efficient) body of mine into buffness. He designed a plan to take me from here, to there (hence the name of the blog).

I hope to log my progress in infinate detail in order to keep me accountable, and hopefully have some great results to share.

It's up to me now.