My Day - March 30

I've been doing much better with my diet the past week but I need to get more sleep. After a number of restless nights I can really feel myself looking for artificial stimulants like sugar and caffeine. I must resist the temptation but must admit I caved today and had a treat! I need to work on increasing my intake of veggies...only three servings today.


Today's Menu

Breakfast:
1-1/4 C Vector cereal
1 banana
1C Almond milk
355 calories

Lunch:
vegan sesame seed pate sandwich
vegan brownie
750 calories

Snacks:
pretzels
protein bar
380 calories

Dinner:
veggie wrap
225 calories

Today's Total Calories: 1710

Today's Workout:
Crossfit

Calories Burned:  250

I pretty much ate all the calories I burned today but that's okay, sometimes you need a neutral intake day. Here is my crossfit workout, completed for time, no rest, no dropping the bar.

500 meter row
21 sumo squat high pulls (39.2 lb barbell)

21 cleans (34.7lb barbell)

21 overhead press (34.7lb barbell)

250 meter row

21 sumo squat high pulls (34.7 lb barbell)
21 cleans (34.7lb barbell)
21 overhead press (34.7lb barbell)
500 meter row
21 sumo squat high pulls (34.7 lb barbell)

21 cleans (34.7lb barbell)

21 overhead press (34.7lb barbell)

time: 17:25

My Day - March 29

I was craving the carbs today, probably due to the fact I was a bit dehydrated. I need to work on getting up from my desk more often and filling my water class. 

Today's Menu

Breakfast:
Vegan Smoothie
350 calories

Lunch:

Whole wheat toast with sugar free jam
Vegan Thai soup
granola bar

580 calories

Snacks:

protein bar
1C cantaloupe
granola bar
425 calories

Dinner:
vegan sushi
450 calories 

Today's Total Calories: 1805

Today's Workouts:

8km run (49:48)

Calories Burned: 745

A little light on the veggies but overall on track for calories based upon my workout. Until tomorrow. 

I don't recall asking for your opinion!

It's funny how commenting on people's appearance is considered socially acceptable, whether the comment is positive or negative. Believe me we all do it. Who hasn't seen a picture of someone they haven't seen for a while on Facebook and said "Oh, she's gained a few pounds." We even make comments to each other about our bodies which are not always appropriate. "I look fat!", "You look like you've lost a few pounds.", "Ugh I hate my thighs". Have you ever tried to go a single hour without allowing a negative thought about yourself or someone else enter your mind? Try it...I think people are either positive and negative in nature and for someone who thinks of themselves negatively may find it easier to think and say nice things about others.

We practice savasna in yoga, also know as "corpse pose", the intent is to lay perfectly still while beads of sweat pour down your face at the end of class and just let it happen, to just push thoughts aside as they come into your mind. It's one on the more difficult poses for people who are fidgety, I'm not but a bead of sweat rolling down my face drives me insane. Over the past few years I've learned to not move a muscle, I can lay there in complete stillness as an itch creeps across my nose or a sore muscle starts to ache, I have trained my body to obey. I have yet to master the ability to master my thoughts. Paula our yoga instructor once described our minds as an excited puppy, and it was so appropriate. The goal is to not stop thinking but to acknowledge the thoughts as they occur and gently push them aside. As I lay on the mat in savasana I usually have negative thoughts of how I performed in class, what the rest of the day has in store for me, how my ass is falling asleep. I try to embrace the practice of savasana throughout my day as negative thoughts enter my mind but who doesn't love a good bitch session with a friend or reading a trashy celebrity magazine?

My intention is to spend more time embracing positive thoughts when they come to me and acknowledging the negative thoughts but pushing them aside. Positivity breeds positivity and I think we could all use a little bit more of that in our lives.

Pollyanna signing off!

My Day - March 28

I have to say posting my daily diet and exercise on this blog is very motivating...anytime I think "Oh I could have a treat." I stop cold knowing everyone will see exactly what I'm eating. Not to worry the odd brownie will appear but hopefully rarely.

Today's Menu
Breakfast:
1-1/4 C Vector cereal
1C almond milk
1 banana
355 calories

Lunch:
toasted tomato sandwich with soy cheese
cucumber slices
vegan thai soup
550 calories

Snack:
1C cantaloupe
1 granola bar
220 calories

Dinner:
large salad with 1C kidney beans, 1/4C guacamole & 1C salsa
400 calories

Today's Total Calories: 1525

Today's Workout:  
Rest Day!

This was nutritionally a great day, I ate three servings of fruit, over seven servings of vegetables and ate protein with every meal. I got to take a day off and give my muscles a rest after that long cold run yesterday. Until tomorrow folks!