emartin and larrabee, thanks for the support so far.
This morning I warmed up walking for .75miles than sprinted .25, slowed to a walk for .25 etc...basically sprinted 400's with 400 cool down.
Did this for about 3.25miles total (including warmup) and than cooled down with a walk for a total of 4miles. Felt great.
My food today looks basically like a 40c,35,p25f.
tomorrow instead of intervals (as I think a day of recovery in between is good, yes?) I thought I'd try a straight short 3 mile run. Keeps my running interest, burns some cals but not too long as I tend to run and maybe I'll try and pickup the pace slightly more than my usual long slow distances. Maybe that to will stoke the furnace. I'm thinking something like this:
Runs will be 400's m,w,f with quickie 3 milers on th and fr and one 8 miler on saturdays and sundays off from running.
Weights will be 3-4x a week.
Food probably around the ratios I stated above with prot and carb switching ratios based on the day. Carbs focused in the morn and around workouts.
Question: my cals so far today are only 883 and I'm full and satisfied but again I don't want to fizzle out for my workouts. Unless I change something, by bedtime I will probably be around 1500 and thats eating more than originally "planned" I just can't believe how low the calories are coming together on fitday. At 5'5 and 136, shouldn't it be a bit more than that? Also do the cals from things like olive oil and other "add ins" just add in calories without much energy. Example, if I have 400 cals of olive oil, should I really be considering that as a fuel source? I know I need to include in calories for the day, but if my goal is to have enough energy to workout and not get sick, do I really count those?
|