Hanging in there!

Date: 1/7/2012

Workout: 9am Total Body Boot Camp at Fitness One. This consisted 3 stations: leg station with the TRX bands, core station with kettle bells, and arm/core station with your own body weight. You would have 15 minutes at each station with a different trainer and every minute you did a different exercise (some would be 2 minute exercises). At the end of the leg station, my legs were done. They felt like jello as I went over to the kettle bells. There, we did a variety of core work with the kettle bells which is something  I wouldn’t have thought of. There were times I took a small break because it was hard and my kettle bell was a little too heavy for me (I couldn’t find any lighter than 15 pounds). Once I got to the past station, I felt like I hardly had anything left. I kept telling myself to give 100% but I had to put my knee down a couple time during planks (which I can typically do for a while but I was just really worn at this point). We ended the last 15 minutes with a variety of exercise like burpees, holding squat positions, leg exercises, etc. It was a great workout and I was really spent but that was the point so it felt good! I definitely felt pushed to the limit. Plus it helped for me to keep in mind during the workout to try and push myself hard in order to get the most out  of it.

Food:

Breakfast: Oatmeal: 100 Calories, 2g Fat, 75mg Sodium, 19g Carbs, 3g Fiber, 0g Sugar, 4g Protein

Morning Snack: Protein Shake (1c. frozen mixed fruit, 1 scoop protein powder, 1/2c. milk, and splash of OJ): 245 Calories, 4g Fat, 98mg Sodium, 16g Carbs, 3g Fiber, 12g Sugar, 36g Protein

Lunch: Activa Vanilla Yogurt and Luna Bar-Nutz Over Chocolate: 300 Calories, 8g Fat, 250mg Sodium, 47g Carbs, 4g Fiber, 28g Sugar, 13g Protein

Afternoon Snack: 2 Tbsp Skippy Natural Peanut Butter and Celery sticks: 200 Calories, 16g Fat, 200mg Sodium, 10g Carbs, 4g Fiber, 7g Protein, 3g Sugar

Dinner: Chicken Noodle Soup (homemade/leftovers) and 1 piece toasted bread w/ 1 slice melted cheese: 330 Calories, 10g Fat, 866mg Sodium, 39g Carbs, 7g Fiber, 7g Sugar, 25g Protein

Total Nutritional Intake:

Calories: 1,175

Fat: 30g

Sodium: 1489mg

Carbs: 131g

Fiber: 21g

Sugar: 50g

Protein: 85g

The last couple of nights I have been up later than earlier in the week and I can notice that I get pretty hungry and also kind of loopy. The hunger is hard to deal with because all you want to do is get something to eat. So far I have just been drinking water and resisting the urge to eat anything but it’s really hard.

My eating schedule was a little off today because I worked out later in the morning than I usually would during the week. I was also was out running errands longer than I expected so I ate a Luna Bar for lunch instead of something I had already planned. Weekends are hard to make the eating schedule work but it’s not impossible. It just takes more planning and thought.

Well that’s all I’m going to write for today. I have been pretty busy so all I want to do now is relax and enjoy some TV J