Weekend Worries

Date: 1/6/2012

Workout: 45 minutes of swimming (mixture of different laps), stretch in the steam room

Food:

                Breakfast: Oatmeal (quacker oats maple brown sugar) and Banana: 270 Calories, 62g Carbs, 5g Protein, 7g Fiber, 2.5g Fat, 28g Sugar, 260mg Sodium

                Morning Snack: Apple and 1 Tbsp Almond Butter: 160 Calories, 20g Carbs, 4g protein, 4.5g Fiber, 9g Fat, 14g Sugar, 1mg Sodium

                Lunch: Salad w/ Turkey Deli meat, 1 Tbsp Marzetti Italian dressing, I tbsp. Hummus and carrots, 25 almonds: 328 Calories, 21g Carbs, 19g protein, 10g Fiber, 22g Fat, 8g Sugar, 911mg Sodium

                Afternoon Snack: Cheese Stick and Clementine: 115 Calories, 9g Carbs, 6g Protein, 1g Fiber, 6g Fat, 7g Sugar, 200mg Sodium

                 Dinner: Tilapia, Sautéed Veggies (green peppers, onions, yellow squash with balsamic vinegar), Small/Medium baked potato with light salt and pepper:  350 Calories, 55g Carbs, 29g Protein, 11g fiber, 5g Fat, 4g Sugar, 106mg Sodium

Total nutrition intake:

1,223 Calories
167 carbs
63g Protein
34g Fiber
45g Fat
61g Sugar
1478mg Sodium

I’m excited to swim tonight for my work out because my muscles are extremely sore. By the way, speaking of workouts, the kickboxing class that I did on Wednesday night was awesome! I worked with a trainer for about 10 min to learn the punches and kicks. The class consisted of 2-5 min intervals switching between being at the punching bag doing consistent punches and kicks and then doing exercises like squats, pushups, etc. I really like it a lot and it was a great workout.

It’s now the third day that I have been keeping track of my food and exercises and it is getting harder already. There are certain smells from other people’s food in the office that make me hungry and crave other foods. I’m nervous about the challenges of the weekend. In the past, I feel like weekends have been my downfall. I am going to try really hard to keep my goals in mind and not cheat.

I am going to try and not drink any alcohol for at least the next 3 weeks. I’m going to see where I’m at then and also talk to the nutritionist and trainers and see what they think.

Food for Thought

I asked the nutritionist via email what was the difference between peanut butters and if one is better than the other. And here is her response below:

“Regular peanut butter has trans fat, its listed as partial hydrogenated oils on ingredient section. Even though it may be 0.5 per serving and legally they can say less than 1 gram is trans fat free if you consume more than 1 serving the trans fat will add up. Trans fat raises levels of LDL cholesterol and lowering levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. Nutritionists recommend to consume trans fats in the least amount because they can be harmful and are hard for your body to break down. A lot of people don't like oily all natural peanut and almond butters, I don't either. I get the Skippy All Natural Peanut Butter because its not oily and I love the crunchy Mara Natha Almond Butter (found at Harris Teeter and cheaper at Wal-mart) the crunchy is not real oily like the creamy and it's really good if you measure out your portion and warm in microwave for a few seconds before adding to foods like toast.”

I agree that the almond butters and natural peanut butters aren’t that appealing to me. So I think I’m going to take her suggestion in of getting the Skippy’s peanut butter.

Have a good weekend! I am going to try to keep posting throughout the weekend. Here is my inspiration for myself to keep in mind this weekend:

“I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end”. ~Larry Bird