So I was in kettlebell class last night and during the toughest exercises the instructor kept saying, "How bad do you want it? A minute of torture for a great a** - you can do this!" It was very encouraging and made me think about how I keep sabatoging myself in the kitchen, despite all my hard work in the gym. This, plus a recent e-mail about clean eating gone wrong (I eat clean, except when I don't) made me realize how I'm really just lying to myself. Either I want it, or I don't. Thus begins my training/"diet" log.
My stats:
age = 39
height = 5'8"
weight = about 175 - haven't weighed myself in a while, too discouraging, plus my scale said I had 38% bodyfat. I find that hard to believe, though I definitely have too much fat. Maybe I'm just kidding myself...
Recent workout history:
Have run and trained in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for 3+ years
Hired personal trainer last October to get strong enough to do chin-ups
Stopped working with him in March (never did get those chin-ups)
Started NRLW in March - interestingly, I did the whole program except for stage 6 - fear of failure?
Started NRL in August, started following the fat weight lifter plan (sorry - that's what I call it in my mind) Did break-in and FL-II, but didn't finish out all of FL-II because of boredom and feeling lost (see below).
Current workout schedule:
Working FL-I
I am having a lot of trouble figuring out what to do and what my goals are, dealing with time management issues (full-time job, two kids involved in their own sports, etc), wondering if I'm trying to workout too much/do too many things (though I love all of them), wondering what I need to do with my diet so I'm not bingeing at various times. I feel lost and I'm just floundering.
Here is my workout "plan", though most weeks I don't get everything in, usually skip either one run or one jiu jitsu class because something else comes up:
Mon-NRL workout at lunch, kettlebell class and jiu jitsu class in evening during daughter's swim practice
Tue-3 mile easy run at lunch
Wed-kettlebell class and NRL workout in evening during daughter's swim practice
Thurs-5 mile tempo or speed run at lunch, kettlebell class and jiu jitsu class in evening
Friday-NRL workout in evening during daughter's swim practice, sometimes HIIT on elliptical or bike, depending on energy level
Saturday-long, easy run usually 7-8 miles
Sunday-off
Diet
As I said earlier, I try to eat clean most of the time (I know some of you hate that term, but I do think it's important to eat as few processed foods as possible and I don't know what else to call it). I consciously eat protein and carbs at every meal, snack and eat 5 to 6 times a day, and have no worries about eating fats (love them!). I am not good at tracking my foods except in my head, which I know is a problem. However my biggest problem, I believe, is that some days are absolutely perfect in my mind and I will have 3-4 of these days in a row, then I will go off the deep end and eat everything in sight. I am now thinking that maybe I'm not eating enough on those "perfect" days? The job of this log is to help me figure that out.
I'm going to start with yesterday's stats, and then go from there:
Breakfast
egg whites (I do not measure/weigh food - know I need to)
wedge of laughing cow cheese-light swiss
Arnold sandwich thin-whole wheat
handful of raw arugula
black coffee
Lunch - did not run, too hot, figured I could do it today instead
homemade black bean soup (black beans, tomatoes, jalapenos, spices, Greek yogurt)
arugula, almond, celery, parsley salad with olive oil and lemon juice dressing
Snack
apple and mozzarella stick
3 giant peanut butter cookies that we had at work (justified in my mind because I have a hard evening ahead - I know!!)
30 minute kettlebell class
60 minute jiu jitsu class
Dinner
1 whole tomato, sliced
2 Arnold sandwich thins - whole wheat
(Didn't eat more because I had eaten those cookies earlier...)
I am open to any and all advice/criticism. I feel fairly well-versed in diet and nutrition, but don't always practice what I know. I think actually logging will help me stop justifying my self-sabotage, and I'm hoping for some reality checks and some "WTH were you thinking - you're only kidding yourself!" posts from other readers. Thanks!!
For what it's worth, I think your first step should be to figure out what works for you with regards to fat loss. And then you've got to string together those 3 or 4 good days until they make up 30 - 40 good days, then measure your progress and reassess.
The secret is finding an approach you can live with and then sticking with it.
I think you're in the right place. There are a lot of successful people here who have followed a variety of different approaches to achieve their fat loss successes. Lots of journals, lots of approaches, lots of good forums, lots of great information.
Yesterday's stats:
Breakfast
egg whites
wedge laughing cow cheese
arnold sandwich thin
black coffee
Lunch
black bean soup
arugula, celery, parsley, almond salad
Snack
Not hungry, so didn't eat
Run
after work - 1m warm-up, 6x400 + 400 recovery, .5 m cool-down, total of 4.5 miles. Didn't have time to do 1 mile cool-down.
Dinner
1.5 cups whole wheat fettucine
1 cup turkey, vegetables, and alfredo sauce over top
Gym workout
Squats
95 x 15
95 x 12
95 x 12
Cable row
37.5 x 15
37.5 x 12
37.5 x 10
Incline dumbell press
3 x 20 x 15 - need to increase weight next time
Rotational lunge
25 x 8 legs are really tired, probably from last night's class and
20 x 10 today's run, so went down in weight
20 x 10
Supine hip extension
3 x 15
Swiss ball crunch
3 X 15 I didn't weight these, just concentrated on form
Easy stationary bike ride - 30 minutes
Snack
1 square of dark chocolate
1 cup of milk
I was fine then, not hungry at all. However, about 1 hour later I was watching tv and not tired but ready for bed. I then ate:
2 handfuls of Kashi fire-roasted vegetable crackers
3 big spoonfuls Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream (that was all that was left in the container, thankfully!)
1 small bowl Just Bunches cereal with milk
I was thinking that I wasn't even hungry, but eating a little something would help me to be sleepy. But it turned into more than a little something. I'm realizing this is a bad time of day for me - I need to either just go to bed or drink hot tea.
Plan for the weekend:
weigh and measure foods, but still eat what I want/feel I need in order to track
buy a special tea to have at night
Need to get long run in this weekend - today really should be a DOR given my run yesterday, but I really like to have Sundays off. Maybe I'll switch, though. I'll decide later.
For what it's worth, I think your first step should be to figure out what works for you with regards to fat loss. And then you've got to string together those 3 or 4 good days until they make up 30 - 40 good days, then measure your progress and reassess.
The secret is finding an approach you can live with and then sticking with it.
I think you're in the right place. There are a lot of successful people here who have followed a variety of different approaches to achieve their fat loss successes. Lots of journals, lots of approaches, lots of good forums, lots of great information.
Thank you!! I agree, I need to figure out what works - I keep trying different things but don't give them long enough to work. I feel like I have 75% of it figured out - if I track what I'm eating and my workouts in the same place that will help. Plus, I need to be more scientific about it, it's not worked for me to just wing it.
Hey! I made it to your journal. Well, we have a lot in common except the foods we like to eat. I am a junk food junkie and I am so used to eating highly processed foods, that I love them! So, at least you have that going for you!
I understand completely about finding what works for you. I have tried a lot of different ways to count and I finally settled on the one method I didn't like in the beginning. I started writing everything down, but I hate to write and do all the work of adding stuff up, so I tried to do it all in an Excel program. Then I realized I was walking around with no clue of how much I had eaten and it didn't leave room for me to have a splurge now and then, or even just to eat something different in place of my plan. It was too much for me to try to carry that program around and look it up on a computer, so I went back to writing. Then, I decided to try dailyplate.com. Worked for a while, cuz it was free and I could just pop on the computer and pull the site up anywhere, except they allow for too much editing to be done by people anywhere, and a lot of their info was wrong. So I am finally back to writing everything down and using calorieking.com to look up unknown foods. Calorieking is awesome, but to log, you have to pay and I am not a cheap person, but decided I didn't want to spend my money on that. SO! I will say, the one thing that helps me to stay with the counting is to measure things out and write them down the night before, for breakfast and lunch and morning snack. Since I don't have access to food while at work except what I bring (I am a teacher), that pretty much keeps me on track. There is always food that people bring now and then and it's never good for you, but what I have found is that after doing all that work the night before, I am not willing to stray from that and make all that work be for nothing! Good luck and I will be visiting often!
Hello from a fellow runner and kettlebell enthusiast (though I haven't really been working w/them regularly for the past few months now). I'd love to take a BJJ class as well, but that will be put on hold until I finish my half-marathon in Dec.
A lot of us here are still working on balancing workouts/eating well/just being healthy overall, incl. myself. Just a few minutes ago, I just did a major faceplant into a huge bag of Doritos. In my mind, my 12 mile run this morning justified that indulgence, even though it doesn't.
I feel like I have 75% of it figured out - if I track what I'm eating and my workouts in the same place that will help. Plus, I need to be more scientific about it, it's not worked for me to just wing it.
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However my biggest problem, I believe, is that some days are absolutely perfect in my mind and I will have 3-4 of these days in a row, then I will go off the deep end and eat everything in sight
Perhaps you only need to track that 25% where you are eating everything in sight, and see how many calories you tend to go over what you plan. Your 75% is fine and under control... So track only the 25%, and then perhaps you can then find a solution, be it intermittent fasting to recover those calories, or, some game you make up to stop that mini-binge mini-compulsion.
It seems it's all about the food. You have plenty of exercise/activity. Those little "everything in sight moments," as quick as a thunderstorm, are wiping out your hard work and deficit.
Lily, I actually bought a Blackberry because I thought it would help me to log stuff on-the-go. I hate writing stuff down, too!
Thanks for reading my log, NYC_Native. The kettlebells are so much fun, and a great workout, though I'm always wondering why I torture myself with it during class. Good luck with your half training - that's hard work, but you have to love the feeling of accomplishment!
Etana, what a concept!! Reading your post was such an eye-opener to me. I don't even need to track or worry about what I eat before I get home during the week, so why waste time on that? I should be concentrating only on the evenings and the weekends. It makes perfect sense, but it was not so clear to me before. Thank you!! This is exactly why I need to keep a log .
Lily, I actually bought a Blackberry because I thought it would help me to log stuff on-the-go. I hate writing stuff down, too!
I log stuff on the go all the time. In fact my entire program is on my phone which uploads it straight to google docs.
I have never really tried kettlebells as they are not that popular over here. I am interested in your bjj background as I am a huuuuuuuuuuge mma fan. I also train muay thai.
Today's food and workouts. I'm going to follow Etana's advice and only worry about the problem areas. I'm still going to record what I eat for now, though, because I'm thinking I might need extra calories at some point during my day so that I'm not feeling the need to binge at night:
Breakfast
1/2 cup egg whites - 60
1 whole wheat english muffin 120
1 wedge laughing cow cheese 35
a few leaves of raw spinach
black coffee
Snack
Balance Pure energy bar 190 (I don't usually eat these, but I've had success in the past with weight loss when I eat an energy bar in the am)
Lunch workout - did not want to go, but did anyway.
Deadlift
135 x 3 x 15
DB Shoulder Press
20 x 3 x 15
Bulgarian Split Squat
20 x 15
20 x 10
20 x 10
Mixed Grip Lat P/D
75 x 15
75 x 12
75 x 10
Rom. DL
85 x 3 x 15
Russian Twist
10 x 3 x 15
Lunch
1 cup whole wheat fettucine 175
1 cup mixed veggies - squash, turnips, sweet potatoes 180 (estimated)
banana 100
Plan for rest of the day:
Snack
Greek yogurt 90
peach 60
Kettlebell class
BJJ class
Dinner
1/2 cup roast turkey breast 120
1 cup cooked snap peas and carrots 50
whole wheat tortilla 90
Maybe a square of dark chocolate and some Mate Chocolate tea. Depends on how I feel. Looking back over my menu, I'm having a high carb day, even my veggies are high carb. Even though I haven't had dinner yet it would be hard to change it, as I'm having leftovers. So, without the chocolate, my calorie count will be approximately 1270, with the chocolate it will be 1410. I have estimated a calorie use of 915 (work-outs only), based on an on-line calculator. Hmm....this doesn't even account for my basal metabolic rate, which is 1560. So if I eat the chocolate, I'm in about a 1,000 calorie deficit for the day. This might be too big for me, I know 500 is typical. I'm going to try this for the next couple of days, see what happens. I may end up having to get a heart rate monitor and actually weigh my food, too, but I'm going to try to be less rigid at first.
I am interested in your bjj background as I am a huuuuuuuuuuge mma fan. I also train muay thai.
I love, love, love BJJ!! I'm not very good at it (I'm old and not all that aggressive) but it is so much fun. Plus, I'm a runner and the challenge for me has been to go from the mostly linear, non-mental/zoning out aspects of running to the working in all planes, physical chess game of BJJ. It's amazing how technical a sport it is, and how long it takes to master. I belong to a great club where nearly everyone competes, but there's no pressure to do so. It is also a fantastic workout-I leave the dojo completely soaked in sweat after each class.
I always wanted to do muay thai, but there are no practitioners in my area. I did kickboxing for awhile before getting into BJJ, but I know it's not the same. I don't think I would do the muay thai now, though, I have fears of getting hurt! How long have you trained in your art?
I actually wanted to do MMA but they don't really have many gyms over here. I joined up with a muay thai gym which is excellent and produces a lot of European and World champions. I have been doing it for a number of years now.
If you are going to train muay thai, you are likely going to get a little bruised and battered and thats even if you don't spar. I didn't spar at my last lesson and my shins were all bruised and I had a huge bruise on my stomach where my instructor had decided to demonstrate a kick on me. But in a twisted sort of way I enjoy it.
I may end up having to get a heart rate monitor and actually weigh my food, too, but I'm going to try to be less rigid at first.
What will you use the heart rate monitor for? If you are planning to use it to count how many calories you burn, keep in mind they are not really that accurate. The most accurate device to see what you burn in an entire day is a bodybugg or something like that.
If you are going to train muay thai, you are likely going to get a little bruised and battered and thats even if you don't spar. I didn't spar at my last lesson and my shins were all bruised and I had a huge bruise on my stomach where my instructor had decided to demonstrate a kick on me. But in a twisted sort of way I enjoy it.
And that is why I'm ok with not having an opportunity to learn muay thai at my age . I would have definitely loved it 10 years ago, though. I come out of BJJ with weird little bruises all the time, but there isn't the hard force contact in BJJ (except during takedowns) that there is in muay thai.
Lily, I didn't know that about the heart rate monitors. I will definitely do some research before I go that route - thanks!!
Yesterday:
Followed the rest of the plan, ate the chocolate and tea, but also had a peanut butter sandwich because I was really hungry about an hour after class. This brought my total calories to 1698, with a deficit of 777. This seemed ok, as I slept well last night and did not wake up starving this morning.
Today:
Breakfast - 215 cals.
1/2 cup egg whites
whole wheat english muffin
cheese wedge
salad greens
coffee
snack 220 cals
macadamia nut cookie -because it was there at work. So that was what I ran for today? I need to be much more thoughtful.
Plan for the rest of the day:
Dinner 302 cals
1 cup Black bean soup with lettuce and tomato wrap
Snack 140 cals
chocolate square and tea
total cals for day estimated 1595, total deficit estimated 223 cals. I may walk on the treadmill for an hour tonight, which would take my deficit to 760. I should seriously consider that.
I didn't plug your food in, but at first glance it doesn't seem like you are getting enough protein. Do you know how many grams of protein you are taking in?
I don't know how much protein I'm getting - I definitely eat more than I used to because I do try to get it at every meal and snack, but it should probably be more. It's funny that as I've kept the log this week I am finding that I'm not actually eating as well as I thought I was. I'm trying to avoid counting and weighing stuff, but I don't think I'm going to be able to get away with that if I'm seriously trying to improve my diet and lose some fat. My goal for this week was just to track - I think my goal for next week will be to track macros.
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Yesterday:
I did not follow my dinner plan - I was so hungry when I got home, that I ate another energy bar, then a banana. I then decided to eat a pb sandwich and just call all that dinner. I did walk on the treadmill for 50 min, then had my piece of chocolate. I was hungry later, so measured out a bowl of cereal. Totals for yesterday: 1901 calories eaten, 2293 burned. Deficit = 392. If I had eaten my yogurt and peach for snack instead of the cookie in the afternoon, I would have been able to make it to dinner without problems. When I'm hungry, I tend to go for more high-carb foods, even though I know that higher protein foods are more satisfying for me.
Today:
B = 215 (egg white sandwich)
Plan:
S = 190 (protein bar)
Workout = FLI A3 today - will log in weights and reps later
L= 318 (roast turkey and veggies over salad, banana)
S = 150 (yogurt and peach)
No kettlebell class tonight - I have a work thing to do from 5:30 until 8:00, which is also going to mess up my dinner. No plan as yet for dinner - maybe get a sub from Subway, or if I'm not hungry beforehand, I'll probably go home and eat cereal. I usually do ok eating cereal that late at night, and tend to be satisfied with it.
Tracking my foods is definitely making me more conscious of my choices, even though I'm trying not to deviate too much from what I typically do. I'm beginning to see patterns that I suspected were problems, but also other things, like I don't really eat as many vegetables as I think I do or eat as balanced in general as I thought.
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I didn't plug your food in, but at first glance it doesn't seem like you are getting enough protein. Do you know how many grams of protein you are taking in?
I went back and added up yesterday's protein - 93 grams. It's an estimate, as I did not measure how much turkey I had for lunch, or check labels on the tortilla, etc. Definitely need more protein.
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And that is why I'm ok with not having an opportunity to learn muay thai at my age . I would have definitely loved it 10 years ago, though. I come out of BJJ with weird little bruises all the time, but there isn't the hard force contact in BJJ (except during takedowns) that there is in muay thai.
Well thats perfect for you. BJJ is an art that I would like to try at some point but I don't have time for more than one martial art at the moment. I am a huge fan of BJJ.
I do not want to post, but if I really want to do this right, I have to. Yesterday turned into a horrendous day. Full disclosure - I used to weigh about 85 pounds more than I do now, about as unhealthy as one can be. I got my act together and got down to a normal weight, changed a lot of habits, and developed a healthy addiction to exercise. I've been my new self for about 4 years now, except that I put on 15 pounds over time, but that has stabilized over the last year. Ever now and then, though, I will have a day where I eat like I used to - yesterday was a particularly bad one of those days.
I started off the day typically, good breakfast, had my a.m. snack. I've been spending a lot of time thinking about my eating and exercising habits and about how this log is going to help me tweak those last pieces of the puzzle that I can't seem to get figured out by winging it. Am I stressing a little about that? Maybe - I definitely do sometimes take myself out of stuff because I think I won't be able to do it right.
It was the perfect storm - spent the day planning my guest lecture for an undergrad class last night (I always stress and get nervous about these things), uncertainty about my lunch workout (I had forgotten that I promised a co-worker to walk at lunch, how was I going to get my strength training in?), last day of the month (when I allow myself to eat what I want - had forgotten that when I was mentally planning my day), a feeling of this is it - after today I won't be eating whatever the hell I want, and self-sabotage (can I really do this?).
After my morning snack, I was wanting something sweet - this is a cue to me that it's going to be a bad day. I have been able to curtail this by eating nuts, but didn't think about that yesterday. I'm not sure why I have the occasional craving for something sweet, I'm still working on that...I remembered there were cookies in the breakroom, so I went and got two. About 15 minutes later I thought I wanted just one more than I would be fine. Well, there were donuts in there then (I work in a very unhealthy environment!). I was able to limit myself to one.
Lunch time came, and my friend said she wasn't going to be able to walk today. So I got in my car intending to go to the gym, but went to Arby's instead. I was thinking last day of the month, I'm getting ready to fix all my bad habits, one last trip through fast food. I almost never eat fast food. By the time I ate my regular roast beef sandwich (no sauce) and curly fries I was in such a mental fog. It was everything I could do to keep from falling asleep, and I had to work on this lecture!
As I couldn't concentrate on my work, I decided to run out to the store, where I promptly bought three Hostess packs (1 for me, 1 for each of my kids). After eating my cake, I felt so sick.
The work day finally ended, and I headed over to the university. Stopped to get an iced coffee on the way because of feeling so sluggish. Well darn if I didn't decide to eat one of the other cakes on my way. Somehow, I was able to do the lecture, which was well received - I don't know why I stress about these, I do them twice a year and they almost always go well.
When I got home, there was pizza. As awful as I felt and as bad as my stomach hurt, I ate two slices (as if this matters, they were small and I took the cheese off them - I don't like this particular pizza). I finished up with a scoop and a half of ice cream with sprinkles on top. Thinking back, I ate this stuff at home because I was too embarassed to tell my husband why I shouldn't eat anything.
Needless to say, I am not at all hungry today, and I feel like I'm hungover.
So, the positives that came out of this are:
-I logged it (in the past I would have just "forgotten" about it)
-I've already started with a new day (usually, I'll take several days to get back on track, getting a little bit closer to normal eating each day)
-I am going to make a "stress day" plan
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Pack extra snacks that I really like - almonds, string cheese, just in case I need them
Regardless of what the workout plan is for the day, reserve the right to either go for a run or a walk in the woods - give permission to myself to walk!!!
Treat myself to a coffee drink in the afternoon
Decide that I will eat more food on a stressful day, but it will be food that I like and that will not make me sick
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as one who struggles to eat in normal amounts, never mind eat little enough to lose weight, i recognize how hard it is to publically admit your difficulty. i sympathize with your need to put a plan in place to deal with eating when stressed. there will always be food around and stress isn't going away forever, either. i hope your plan works well for you.
for me, as a compulsive eater, accepting that stress makes over-eating inevitable is like an alcoholic accepting that stress makes drinking inevitable and the momentary relief that eating provides ultimately gives me one more thing to be stressed about. it works much better for me to take on difficult situations even when they hurt than looking for relief elsewhere. i call it the "last rep principle". the last rep of a good set often hurts, but the gains come from repeatedly dealing with the discomfort and getting it done one more time.
Part of it is that "this is the last day" feeling. That happens to me too. The funny part is that it happens often. So, it's often the last day I can eat something? I think it might help to take it one day at a time, but I'm not sure; I haven't figured it out yet either. In any event, when days like that are rare don't worry so much. Take it as a learning experience, like Wookie said, and move on. I like your plan too. They never used to be my thing, but I'm learning that plan's are good.
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Plus, my desire to remain stunningly attractive outweighs the call of the cheesecake. mostly...
Thank you all for your words of encouragement and kind comments. I have just spent a long, beautiful weekend camping in the woods, my favorite place to be, and now I'm relaxed and ready to commit.
I've decided to change my workout routine - I'm going to take the month of October off from the heavy lifting. I'll continue with running, kettlebells, and jiu jitsu. After many weeks of eating well only to sabotage myself at the end of the day or after eating right for several days, I think I'm not getting enough planned calories. Last week's tracking experiment proved this to be true I think, even with my major setback on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday I tried to plan more calories, but I had a hard time eating them throughout the day. It will also help me to have a mental break from lifting, too - I have not enjoyed it as much over the last six weeks, and find myself constantly changing things up out of boredom.
I don't think I will lose too much muscle, especially with continuing the kettlebells. Regardless, my primarly focus for October is fat loss.
I'm also going to eat more protein, and track macros. Even though I'm not doing heavy lifting, I have found in the past that I eat better when I'm higher protein/lower carb.
So here is today's plan:
B-1 egg, 1/2 cup egg white, 1 oz parmesan cheese, 1 cup spinach
242 cals, 11.7 fat, 3.3 carbs, 29.5 protein
s - energy bar 170 cals, 6 fat, 29 carbs, 3 protein
L-4 oz turkey breast, 30 raw snap pea pods, 1 mozzarella stick, large apple 359 cals, 6.1 fat, 39.1 carbs, 39.5 protein
s - 1 container Fage greek yogurt, 1 peach 158 cals, 0.3 fat, 18.7 carbs, 20.9 protein
D-1 cup shredded chicken and salsa over salad greens 271 cals, 5 fat, 7 carbs, 45.4 protein
s-square of dark chocolate, 1 cup of skim milk, cup of hot tea 231 cals, 9.7 fat, 28.3 carbs, 10.7 protein
Totals = 1431 cals, 38.8 fat, 125.4 carbs, 149 protein
Workout plan for today:
Easy run at lunch, probably 3 miler
Kettlebell and jiu jitsu class tonight
estimated calorie burn = 1296
My son's football schedule changed, which impacts the delicate balance of getting him and my daughter to their practices, while also getting in my kettlebell and jiu jitsu classes. This week will be a trial with figuring that out. I think today will be okay, though.
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whatever you do for exercise should be fun and something to look forward to. that you do matters way more than what you do, so do your plan and enjoy it.
i remember doing the kids sports driving, luckily for me with 2 sons 1 year apart they were usually at the same place and time so i could drop them, go for a run or bike ride and pick them up. the tough part was feeding us quickly after we had all worked out.
Yesterday went according to plan, except that I didn't get in my run. The place I chose to go does not have a place to change my clothes, so I usually do that in my car. Well, there were a number of people there yesterday and I couldn't park where I felt like no one would see me. Not that I'm all that shy, but I didn't want to give a free show .
Good eating plan - felt satisfied after dinner and snack, slept well last night, woke up a little hungry this morning - perfect.
Plan for today:
B-same as yesterday-242 cals, 11.7 fat, 3.3 carbs, 29.5 protein
S-30 grapes and cheese stick-161 cals, 2.8 fat, 27.1 carbs, 8.1 protein
L-leftovers from last night's dinner - 271 cals, 5 fat, 7 carbs, 45.4 protein
S-greek yogurt and 6 strawberries -143 cals, 0.2 fat, 14.5 carbs, 20.5 protein
D-3.5 oz Spinach ricotta ravioli with 1 cup sauce and 30 green beans with 1 tsp olive oil - 525 cals, 19.7 fat, 70 carbs, 32.9 protein
S-square of dark chocolate - hot tea 140 cals, 9 fat, 16 carbs, 2 protein
Totals - 1482 calories, 48.4 fat, 137.9 carbs, 138.4 protein
Workout - 5 mile trail run - should be a tempo run, but I might just go easy today and enjoy the scenery.
I'm running at a place where I can change my clothes, it's a beautiful day, and I'm looking forward to the run so there will be no excuses.
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right" Henry Ford
the tough part was feeding us quickly after we had all worked out.
That is sooo true!! I'm still trying to figure that out. This is the first year where we've had to be different places at the same time - my daughter has been on swim team for several years, but this year, she moved up a level and practice went from 1 to 1.5 hours. And this is my son's first year doing something other than cub scouts every other week. We'll get there, but the dinner issue is a tough one!
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"If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right" Henry Ford
How bad do I want it?
I am a junk food junkie and I am so used to eating highly processed foods, that I love them! So, at least you have that going for you! 
In my mind, my 12 mile run this morning justified that indulgence, even though it doesn't.
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