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27 August 2010
Well, it’s day 3 of the great experiment, and my second day of actual strength training/shake/juice combo. I’ve decided that I love the way drinking real 100% fruit juice after any workout makes me feel, might drop it down from 6 oz to 4 oz, just to try and save a few more calories. Still waiting for the ‘aha!’ moment for the protein shakes. It’s just too soon to tell. I will say I did close to the same workout today that I did on Monday (without a shake) and when I got out of my car at work, I wasn’t stiff at all. And I clearly remember being surprised at how stiff and tight I was on Monday after the same drive. So here’s hoping the benefits are quantifiable and justify the money and calories.
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26 August 2010
Well, there’s significantly less soreness today than what I usually have after a strength training workout, but I’m hesitant to say for sure it was the protein. For all I know I just didn’t push myself hard enough, or as hard as I normally do. I have a very hard time judging my level of effort/exertion. That and if I’m hungry or full. Although I’m getting much better about the hungry, it doesn’t sneak up on me as much as it used to. Fullness, still an issue. My birthday dinner was a prime example, Japanese Hibachi is another ‘like death’ for a diet. But in the end, even after stuffing myself to the point where my hubby could roll me to the car, I didn’t do as much damage as I could have, the scale says so!
I did juice again today, after my swim. I also got in my run for the 8K training. Went over on the eating, I just couldn’t really get it under control. Don’t know if it was a mental thing or an actual body telling me what I need thing.
And yes, I’m proud of my second journal entry.
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25 August 2010
Journaling, I just don’t journal. After several failed attempts in my lifetime, I had given up trying. Whether it was for a class, personal, or tracking something, I just couldn’t ever keep up with it. Some might say I’m missing out on a huge aspect of this community by not journaling, and maybe I am, but for some reason writing ‘feeling weak today, hope I don’t eat like crap,’ just to feel like you have journaled also seems to defeat the purpose. But to each his own, I guess.
So then, for those of you curious enough to be reading this entry, why am I trying again? Do I think that this time things will be different? Do I think that, with my recent big number birthday, I have matured enough to let the importance of this ritual dictate that I keep up with it? Do I just really love the way I turn a phrase? Nope, I’m doing this for a real purpose. I’m trying something new with my morning routine, workout and nutrition, and decided that the only way I’ll know for sure if this change is for the better is to actually record it.
So here goes nothing.
For a few months now I’ve been getting up in the morning to hit the rec-center. I’ve played around with what I ate before and after, but I never really put much thought into my choices, except how full I was when I was done, and when I got hungry again. After reading most of Skinny Bitch (still haven’t finished that yet) I decided to try their recommendation of eating a piece of fruit on an empty stomach, waiting a half hour, and then eating my carbs. That had been working pretty well. I also started trying to get some heavy protein in right after my workouts, usually beef jerky. (so good) I finally bought some whey protein powder, and some soy milk, and decided to do the shake thing this morning, after my strength workout. The hubby also recommended having some real 100% fruit juice right after, before the protein, which makes sense when I think back to some of the posts on the forum. Spike your sugar and then pound your protein.
But, after I inputted the juice, the whey protein, and the soy milk, added my plumcot, and a Kashi bar for carbs after the fruit, I was over 500 Kcals for breakfast. And that was before my damn coffee and work b-fast food! Total bummer.
Well, it’s 9:42am, and I’m still doing ok, empty-stomach wise. I’m trying very hard to keep busy and not think about if I’m hungry or not, should I eat, when’s lunch, all that stuff. But I also know that if I am truly hungry and wait to long, the rest of my day will be empty stomach-eat everything in sight syndrome. And who really wants that? Surprisingly, I didn’t eat the Kashi bar before my workout, and didn’t feel like total crap during. I don’t think I could do that for a cardio workout though, so more experimentation will be in order. Not that I plan on doing the shake/juice combo unless I’m strength training. The juice as soon as I got to the locker room was great, wish I had more of it. The shake was tasty, not sure how filling. And only time will tell if the protein helps with my recovery. I’m planning on doing another 2 miles when I get off today, got to keep up with the 8K training, not that it’s so hard yet.
Might have to make the shake with water, or at least try that once. Even if the Hubby promises that it will taste like crap. All-in-all I feel good about this experiment, I’m not really missing my coffee, but I think I’m going to need some actual food before lunch.
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24 August 2010
Weigh-in:
142.0 lb
lost so far:
19.0 lb
still to go:
12.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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steady weight
16 August 2010
Weigh-in:
142.0 lb
lost so far:
19.0 lb
still to go:
12.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 2.9 lb a week
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