Back On Track

Two days worth of training to post so I'll just get right to it.

Monday

Training:
Strength and Stretch day done at home with spri-tube and floor work for biceps, triceps, deltoids, chest, back, abdominals, inner/outer thighs, and quadriceps.
Time: 30 minutes
Calories Burned: approximately 130

Nutrition:
Calories: 1480 (under)
Carbs: 236g (over)
Protein: 90g (over)
Fat: 28g (under)
Sat Fat: 10g (under)
Sodium: 1,450 (under and too low)
Cholesterol: (under)

So overall - not a huge amount of calories burned but not a lot taken in either. I'm still low on my fat and high on my carbs/protein. Sodium is way too low! And I did not feel like working out. It was cold and I just didn't feel like leaving my apartment to only go lift weights. I compromised by doing my workout at home. I got it done... but using body resistance and a piece of tubing is just is not nearly as hard as lifting actual, heavy weights.

Tuesday:

Training: Hill Run Day
2 miles hill run on the treadmill consisting of warm-up/walk and then a 4 incline run at 4.5 mph until 1 mile reached, 0.10 jog with 1 incline to recover a little, 1/2 mile run at 5 incline, and then a no incline run and a little walking to cool down.
Time: 29:49, Average 4.02 mph or 14:54 minute/mile
Calories Burned: Approximately 180

The run felt good. I kept it slow due to the incline and the first mile at 4 incline was comfortable. That 1/2 mile at 5 incline was hard though! It took a lot of will to keep running at that pace and incline for a half mile but even though I was breathing heavy I wanted to do it so I pushed through. I'm glad I did. My workouts have not been that hard and when I finish I find myself thinking I can be pushing harder. So today, when it got hard, I just remembered that and decided to push it finally! I don't want to rush my training and do too much because I am trying to build up slowly and avoid injuries... but I really want to be doing more too. Thankfully, things should be getting harder and harder every week!

Nutrition:

Calories: 1,890 (over!)
Carbs: 275g (over)
Protein: 103g (over)
Fat: 54g (over)
Sat Fat: 12g (top of range)
Sodium: 3,500mg (over)
Cholesterol: 49mg (under)

Um. Oops?

I actually had a good day with my eating and then went out for sushi with a friend and my eyes were bigger than my stomach! And well, it's sushi... it's blasphemy to leave any not eaten... so I did the best I could (not smart) and even still had to bring home half a spicy tuna roll! Okay. I should have skipped the ginger salad and only gotten one roll. I stand by the miso soup and nigiri though.

This is the first time I've been over on my fat totals. While it's good that I don't go over in this area a lot - for a heart patient, fat intake is pretty important to keep low. That being said, I did have salmon sushi and that is "healthy" fat... it was the shrimp tempura roll that was a bad choice. At least my saturated fat (the one that just loves contributing to plaque buildup in arteries) is still in range... barely...

I just love sushi and it is healthy... it was just TOO MUCH of a good thing tonight. Extra calories equals extra pounds - no matter where those calories come from or how healthy those calories are. And yeah, no matter what some people might tell you about carbs or protein or fat, extra calories = fat. End of story.

Eh, at least it was only an extra 265 calories... I'm just feeling really full right now. :) And now that I think back, I have not eaten enough calories the past two days. I've been just under the low end of my goal range. Could be my eyes were taking direction from my metabolism which had decided there had not been enough fuel for the past couple of days and wanted to stock up a little. Okay, so that's not exactly scientific but the body will get what it needs if you let it... or I'm just trying really hard to rationalize a sushi splurge!