Ok, I need a serious kick in the ass. I notice that for the last week, with the exception of 2 or 3 days, I have eaten at least 1 thing each day that shouldn't be in my food options...I'm not about to get down on myself, but COME ON, ME!! I'm a little upset that I get swayed so easily and don't seem to have the willpower to turn down ANYTHING! It really bothers me! I just thank god that I have not slacked on the water and working out. That is really what is saving me from totally losing my cool. You don't even want to know what I ate today (you will know, I would just prefer you didn't haha). But, on the upside (since I really should just be focusing on the positive) I did a great workout today, and it looks like I may be doing it a couple days a week from now on! A friend of mine owns a gym that specializes in training with kettlebells and I did an introductory session today. Now, I keep touting spinning as this be-all/end-all full-body workout that compares to nothing else. I also bragged that I have thighs of steel. The workout today crushed all those claims. I felt my muscles trembling by the time I was finished (and I only did about 40 min, if even that!) and I was sore in places that I THOUGHT I had previously been working out already! Now don't get me wrong I still love spinning and will still obviously be doing it consistently...but cycling, treadmills and elliptical machines really can't substitute legitimate strength training, so in addition to what I'm already doing I'm going to try to add 2 days a week of the kettlebells to my exercise regimen. I will know my new workout schedule for sure in a couple days. Some things I learned in class are 1: I have pretty much no upper arm strength (i kind of already knew this) 2: I seem to pick up on form pretty easily, definitely a good thing 3) My leg squats leave much to be desired and 4) I am in better overall shape than I anticipated! There was another girl in the introductory class who was built very similarly to myself, and I was able to do all the workouts (and then some) whereas she couldn't. Now I am not even remotely criticizing her, but normally I am THAT GIRL...the one that can't finish an exercise and can't push herself the extra mile...but I think the month of slowly conditioning my body has at least gotten me noticeably more tolerant of exercising. I worked up a sweat and was sore but I wasn't so out of shape that I had to give up. It's really motivating to see myself gradually improving, at least in that regard! I also decided that I am going to hold off on weighing myself and try to put less importance on my actual body weight (in pounds) for now...if I am going to be strength training and building muscle, trying to constantly monitor my actual weight will probably be psychologically detrimental to me since I might not see the kind of number decline that I would like to see...I think I will weigh myself once a month instead of every couple weeks or every week. I will weigh myself Monday morning so I can kind of get a checkpoint/starting off point, but then after that it won't be until the end of March, end of April, and so on.
OK the part I've been dreading...my daily food diary
Breakfast:
-1 (pack of 2) Trader Joe's granola bars
*crumbly and messy and delicious
Lunch:
-3 pieces of KFC fried chicken
*OK in my defense I had NEVER had KFC before, someone heard me say this and returned with a bucket of chicken. There is a first time for everything. It was good but I pretty much felt sick all day after eating it.
Dinner:
-1 beef taco, 1 chicken burrito, rice
*The food ingredients were fresh and easily identifiable. The taco had seasoned fresh ground beef, lettuce, tomato & onions in a spicy red sauce...the burrito was simply seasoned grilled chicken in a flour tortilla with red sauce, guacamole and melted cheese on top. I ate the small serving of mexican rice on the side but didn't eat the refried beans.
-1 glass of unsweetened iced tea with 1 sweet & low
*My favorite thing to drink when eating out!
Dessert(?)
-1 small cappuccino with 1 sweet & low
*Mostly foam (which ended up staying at the bottom of the cup) and a very small amount of coffee (or espresso, whichever)...I recently read that a small cappuccino is one of the healthiest drinks you can order at a coffee shop. It was tasty too. Decaf next time though. Someone please remind me, DECAF!!!
So, as much as I didn't eat MUCH today, KFC certainly is one of the worst choices...although, the chicken underneath the breading is all white meat real chicken...hmm wonder what the nutrition facts are for those...I'm going to go look now! one sec...460 for all that I ate...wow that's actually NOT as bad as I thought! Not nearly! Ok I really don't feel so bad! I mean quality-wise it really isn't healthy since it's fried but I expected to earn 1,000 calories chowing that down so this is a relief! Note to self, "extra-crispy"=more calories. I can't find the nutrition information for the mexican restaurant I went to, but the portions were not big and everything was fresh and authentic so I'm not TOO concerned...I actually don't think I went as overboard as I originally thought...but I need to keep myself in check as far as food quality goes from now on because eating fried chicken is just dumb haha. Alright I don't feel so bad anymore. Let me just note that I had a cappuccino and it has amplified my panic mode. I seriously think that if we look back at any posts I've written after drinking late-night coffee I've been in panic mode and freaking out. At least it's predictable but MUST be kept to a minimum! And why can't I EVER remember to order decaf??
OK the part I've been dreading...my daily food diary
Breakfast:
-1 (pack of 2) Trader Joe's granola bars
*crumbly and messy and delicious
Lunch:
-3 pieces of KFC fried chicken
*OK in my defense I had NEVER had KFC before, someone heard me say this and returned with a bucket of chicken. There is a first time for everything. It was good but I pretty much felt sick all day after eating it.
Dinner:
-1 beef taco, 1 chicken burrito, rice
*The food ingredients were fresh and easily identifiable. The taco had seasoned fresh ground beef, lettuce, tomato & onions in a spicy red sauce...the burrito was simply seasoned grilled chicken in a flour tortilla with red sauce, guacamole and melted cheese on top. I ate the small serving of mexican rice on the side but didn't eat the refried beans.
-1 glass of unsweetened iced tea with 1 sweet & low
*My favorite thing to drink when eating out!
Dessert(?)
-1 small cappuccino with 1 sweet & low
*Mostly foam (which ended up staying at the bottom of the cup) and a very small amount of coffee (or espresso, whichever)...I recently read that a small cappuccino is one of the healthiest drinks you can order at a coffee shop. It was tasty too. Decaf next time though. Someone please remind me, DECAF!!!
So, as much as I didn't eat MUCH today, KFC certainly is one of the worst choices...although, the chicken underneath the breading is all white meat real chicken...hmm wonder what the nutrition facts are for those...I'm going to go look now! one sec...460 for all that I ate...wow that's actually NOT as bad as I thought! Not nearly! Ok I really don't feel so bad! I mean quality-wise it really isn't healthy since it's fried but I expected to earn 1,000 calories chowing that down so this is a relief! Note to self, "extra-crispy"=more calories. I can't find the nutrition information for the mexican restaurant I went to, but the portions were not big and everything was fresh and authentic so I'm not TOO concerned...I actually don't think I went as overboard as I originally thought...but I need to keep myself in check as far as food quality goes from now on because eating fried chicken is just dumb haha. Alright I don't feel so bad anymore. Let me just note that I had a cappuccino and it has amplified my panic mode. I seriously think that if we look back at any posts I've written after drinking late-night coffee I've been in panic mode and freaking out. At least it's predictable but MUST be kept to a minimum! And why can't I EVER remember to order decaf??
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