Didn't sleep well last night (woke up once or twice, thanks cat...) so I'm feeling pretty rundown today. Still got 2 workouts in though. Muscles definitely aching (in a good way) from boot camp last night, so only did crunches today. 2 sets 40 bicycles and 2 sets 20 lifting crunches.
Morning workout:
30 minutes on the elliptical, started level 8, moved up to level 10 about 12 minutes in.
Evening workout:
30 minutes on the treadmill alternating every 3-4 minutes between a 3.8 mph walk, incline of 8 and then run at 5.8/6.0 at an incline of 1.
Hit an awesome running high and did a full on sprint to one of my favorite running songs- Avenged Sevenfold's "The Beast and the Harlot." Really weird coming from a huge Britney fan, right? Haha I like different stuff!!! I've actually had this song on my running playlist for a few years now.
Anyway if you're into running PLEASE try this song out! It's about 5:43 long, and so I have it near the end of my playlist because it keeps me going. Then right at 3:28 this great guitar part hits and the way everything comes together - the increasing intensity and speed of the vocals - it's just SO great! I was running at 7.2 mph on the treadmill at this point!!! The great part lasts till about 4:16, so brings a great 45-second sprint on. Then I usually hold my rewind button down on my iPod and let that portion play a few more times. OK I think I'm done obsessing over this song...seriously, try running to it!
Food for the day:
Pre-workout: 1 tbsp Jif reduced fat on 1/2 Aunt Millie's multi whole grain English muffin
Breakfast: 1/2 cup Egg Beaters with some shredded Cheddar
1/3 cup strawberry granola mixed into what was left of yesterday's Greek yogurt (plain)
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Ginger Garlic Stir Fry w/Chicken
Snack: 8 honey wheat pretzels with roasted red pepper hummus
Dinner: Cup of Barilla whole wheat spaghetti with Ragu, some parmesan cheese, and 1 Pilsbury grands biscuit that I gave into...stay away from all those Pilsbury rolls, they are so bad. 190 calories for that one biscuit. Ugh.
My totals from The Daily Plate after my workout calories were deducted:
1,050 calories
40 grams fat
220 grams carbs - WAY high today...
31 grams fiber
79 grams protein
Lesson learned for the day: Stay away from my family's meals...!!! Thank goodness I cooked myself some wheat pasta, I wish I could get my whole family to switch over too. It tastes so much better anyway. =/
I noticed this article on Yahoo's home page last night about "bad" carbs and heart disease. Interesting, especially because some things can be confusing when you look at them on the glycemic index. I would explain more about that but I have a bird cage to clean and laundry to put away, so just read the article : )
http://health.yahoo.com/featured/94/eating-the-wrong-kind-of-carbohydrates-increases-heart-disease-risk/
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