sle – Thursday, July 31, 2008

i went to the gym at my work this morning.  i got a good workout.

5:00 – worked on triceps for 25 minutes, then did cardio (bike) for 30 minutes

7:30 – 1 whole egg, and 1 egg white.  half of my coffee

10:30 – cantelope and mangoes

12:45 – ran errands during lunch and stopped by trader joe's to pick up a salad.  i had teh shrimp louie salad…AGAIN.  mangoes and cantelope too.

3:00 – more mangoes and nectarines

6:15 – aah im so tired.  just got home from work, and i think sean is still coming over.  i ate a very small bowl of brown rice spaghetti with lean ground beef.

7:20 – sean and i ran 3.81 miles.  it was a good run, and it helped relieve some stress that i was feeling.

8:30 – watermelon and mangoes

WARNING: I THINK FRIDAY IS GOING TO BE A DONUT DAY!  **SIGH**  IT'S THE WEEKEND FINALLY!!!  PARTAY TIME!

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sle – Wednesday, July 30, 2008

I slept pretty late last night, so I didn't make it to the gym in the morning.  I'll workout during lunch.  I want to do some strengthening exercises, and ride on the bike.

6:30 – latte and 1 full egg, and 1 egg white

10:00 – another egg white and nectarine

11:30 – did intervals on the elliptical for 30 minutes.  then worked on back for another 20 minutes

1:00 -shrimp Louie salad from trader joe's

3:00 – watermelon

6:00 – soy chips

7:30 – tran and i didn't feel like cooking so we end up eating sushi again.  i had 2 pieces of agedashi, a spicy tuna hand roll(no rice), tekka makki, and a very small bowl of soba(buckwheat noodles).  i think soba is gluten-free.  i had a little bit of white rice.

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sle – Tuesday, July 29, 2008

I overslept this morning.  I definitely gotta get two workouts in today though.

7:00 – half of my coffee and a spinach omelet. i also had some leftover carrots and beans from last night.

10:15 – a handful of raw almonds

aaah, i can't go workout during lunch today.  i got super busy.   hopefully i can stop by gold's before i go home, and lift there for a bit.  i plan on running with sean today.  heheeheee…make him do a long run.  sssshhhh!

12:21 – southwestern salad from trader joe's and some fruit

5:00 – munched on more fruit(lots of grapes!)

7:30 – sean and i went for our normal route.  my watch said it was only 2.9 miles.  we did it in 29:24.  not bad.  next time we'll take the longer route. heeehehehe

8:00 – i ate a small bowl of spinach salad and then my protein smoothie(strawberries, blueberries, some yogurt, sesame seeds, almond milk, and whey protein powder).  i also had some honey roasted peanuts and pistachios

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sle – Monday, July 28, 2008

aah, this weekend i did pretty good until my last meal on sunday. we went to claim jumpers after the movies, and i total pigged out.  i wasn't super super full, but i did have a lot of sweets.  i ordered the sunday special which was a prime rib 3 course meal.  i had a salad, shared my prime rib with tran, ate 90% of the apple muffin(SO YUMMY!), and 3 bites of creme brulee.  aaah it was delicious.  now it's monday, and i gotta get my ass back in shape

6:30 – drinking my protein smoothie.  it does't taste so bad, and it should last me until 11:00 for my workout.

11:30 – got a good workout, because i wanted to blow off some steam.  i lifted for 30 minutes focusing on biceps.  then i ran outside with my coworker.  we went 3.12 miles.  haha, we totally thought our route was longer, but i guess not.  we are going to try for longer routes next time.  good run though.

3:00 – grapes, cherries, and watermelon

7:30 – i cooked a roast beef last night.  pretty yummy.  i had two slices of beef, sweet potato fries, and boiled broccoli, beans, and carrots

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HAPPY FRIDAY

So today has to be much better than yesterday.  There was so much going on yesterday, that I didn't really eat all the stuff that I was suppose to, and I had a shitty ass workout.  Anyways, there is a BBQ today at my work.  Not sure if i'll be going or if i'll be going to the gym.

6:30 – gluten free waffle and half of my skinny vanilla latte

10:00 – had some fruit

11:00 – went to workout, and i wanted to do some cardio..but i freakin' forgot my socks again.  i lifted for a full 50 minutes.  worked on biceps and circuit training exercises.

12:40 – kale salad with almonds cranberries, and tomatoes

6:30 – wow, i've really tried to control myself till dinner but i had to snack on something.  soy chips

8:30 – went to sam's.  i did pretty good!  i had agedashi, 2 spicy tuna hand rolls with no rice, 1 sam special(although i REALLY REALLY wanted more), and the white king salmon(no rice).  it was delicious.  i had two shots of unfiltered sake.  we came home, and i had some gin and juice.  prolly equaled to one cup.  munched on more soy chips, then went to sleep.

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sle – Thursday, July 24, 2008

BLEh!  my morning sucked.  let's just say i woke up to go to the gym, but i ended up not going.  BLEH!  gotta sneak out during work and get my 2 hours in!!!

7:00 – omelet and some coffee.

10:00 – banana

11:00 – shitty ass workout.  worked on triceps for 20 minutes, then ran/walked for another 25 minutes.

6:30 – munched on some soy chips

7:30 – new york steak with sweet potato fries!  my only real meal today!

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUBBY!

Got a busy day today, so I decided that I'll rest today.

6:00 – a gluten-free waffle.  pretty freakin' yummy!  1 egg white, and half of my latte

7:30 – gosh this might be TMI, but i totally shitted out a bunch of stuff.  lol.  now my stomach is completely empty and i had to eat again.  1 hard-boiled egg and a handful of almonds.

11:45 – 1 brown rice cake…there was pizza at the meeting i went to.  i had to resist!!  DOING GOOD STEPH!

1:30 – fruit and kale chips

6:30 – gosh, i was sooo hungry but i didn't want to spoil dinner.  so i munched on some soy chips.

7:00 – so i broke my gluten-free diet for a bit.  we made spring rolls with beef and shrimp(all marinated in butter!).  i tried not to put too much butter, but oh well.  i also had some carrot cake and strawberry custard parfait.  it was YUMMY!  small portion of course.  it was hubby's birthday…i couldn't say NO!

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sle – Tuesday, July 22, 2008

6:30 – half of my latte, a small piece of ginger nut bar, and 1 egg white.

10:15 – fruit, and 1 egg

11:30 – ran outside.  close to 4 miles.  felt good!!  but main, the sun is killing me!  i lifted for 20 minutes, working on back

12:45 – trader joe's southwestern salad

2:00 – some fruit

8:30 – 4 oz salmon with kale salad

sean dissed out on the evening run to play volleyball.  i was sorta of glad that he did!  lol.

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TRAINING TIME! GO SBS!!! – 12 weeks to go!

here we go!  i've taken my much needed rest, and pigged out as much as i can   now i am ready to get my ass in shape and start dropping the pounds to reach my goal for the half marathon.  i currently weigh in at 112.2!  not too bad since i ate a lot of crap this week, and i didn't lift as much.  so i'm wondering if the weigh in is because i lost some muscle.  we shall see. 

the current plan is to run 3 short runs during the week(outside or on the treadmill), and one long run during the weekend.  i purchased my first electronic gear for the run…a new IPOD SHUFFLE!  hahaha.  now i won't have to carry the darn thing for 13 miles.  next, im getting the garmin forerunner.  this will help me keep track of my time while training, and it'll help me pace myself.  i don't want those nasty cramps during the 5 or 6 mile.

and now the diet.  i'm not going to go super crazy or anything, just continue with the diet that i've been doing. i have to continue to eat healthy grains, small portions, 6 meals a day, lots of fruit, and drink tons of water. 

the things i should focus on changing are:
-pigging out on the weekends:  gotta control what i eat when i go out
-eat more protein: i even got the whey protein powder that my nutritionist recommended
-add more sea vegetables to the diet:  gotta love me some seaweed!
-cut back on refined sugar: NO MORE TAMARIND!  my last bag is chillin' right now, and i can't buy anymore.  maybe a small dessert during the weekend, but VERY SMALL.
-eat the healthy fatty oils:  gotta love me some OMEGA 3s

the one thing i don't know if i can give up is coffee.  i'm slowly trying to take the vanilla syrup out of the equation.  i'm now requesting only 1 pump of vanilla in my espresso coffee.  since i only drink 1 cup a day(not even a cup), i don't really think it's that detrimental to my diet…is it?

6:20 – 1 scramble egg and half of my skinny vanilla latte

10:30 – watermelon and strawberries

11:30 – worked on shoulders for 25 minutes. i WANTED to run on the treadmill, and i was suppose to do uphill intervals.  my freakin' pants would not stay on and i kept on folding them so that it would stay up, but no luck.  it was very annoying, so i decided to walk the uphill intervals instead.  stayed on for 30 minutes.  WOO HOO.  the workout felt good!!

1:15 – shrimp louie salad from trader joe's

2:30 – i had some soy crackers

5:00 – went to hot yoga!

8:00 – salad with cranberries, and one bite of tran's spaghetti.  i also had some pineapple, cantelope, and watermelon.

I didn't have tamarind!!!  BUT I WAS CLOSE…but i stopped myself

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MUSCLES ARE TIRED!

today is my rest day

7:00 – half of my tall non fat 1 pump sugar free vanilla caramel machiatto

8:30 – a veggie omelete

10:30 – munched on some watermelon

12:00 – spinach salad with skirt steak.  i sorta fudged on my no gluten diet because i had a piece of white bread. 

2:15 – had half a piece of princess cake….SOOOO GOOD!

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