Post Weekend Bloat

Monday, January 7, 2013

Yesterday came to an abrupt end.  I wrenched something in my back playing last night and it hurt like crazy. I could hardly walk.  Fortunately it looks like it may have just been a muscle issue, it felt quite a bit better this morning and I was able to get in some exercise.  I'm still being careful though, that was no fun at all.

Considering that I had potatoes at all 3 meals yesterday it's no wonder I feel a bit bloated this morning.  Not terribly worried about it but I think that I need to do a better job on the weekends.  Between Qdoba on Saturday and the mess that was yesterday I was way over quota on carbs both day.  I'm not following a strict low carb plan but I do notice a difference when I restrict them and intend to do so.

It's going to be a hellish week, I need to get at it.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz salami, 1 slice cheddar cheese

Action shot!

Finished off the salami I bought a week ago.  A bit more than I would usually eat.  It's been a while since I had a picture of that so there you go.

Lunch:  Bowl of leftover homemade vegetable beef soup, 2 Bubbies dill pickles

Exciting?  No.  Delicious?  Yes!

This is one of the better batches I've made.  Very tasty and obviously very easy.

Dinner:  ~ 2 oz CF cajun beef jerky, 1 container Fage total yogurt with a few frozen raspberries

Grazing, not super hungry.  Yogurt was on sale at a different store this week and they had the Fage full fat version (unlike Meijer, which does not carry it) so I grabbed one.  Better flavor in my opinion, less bite, better mouth feel.  Still under 200 calories for the container.

Also:  1 glass pinot gris

Exercise:  Day 3 of C25k.  Same deal, 1 minute jog, 90 second walk, repeat x 8.  I did my usual loop, about 3 miles, but did not do the extra loops during the jogging session - the roads and sidewalks were all clear so I didn't have to worry about footing.  Pedometer clocked it at 3.25 miles in 58 minutes.  I don't "run" very fast.  It went pretty well, though the fifth interval was up a decent incline and that hurt a bit.  I have a long ways to go before I'm in any kind of shape.  Felt pretty decent otherwise.

On that subject, I'm debating as to whether I should repeat the first week stuff a couple more times.  The pros of doing so are I will theoretically build a bit more of a base before moving on to week 2 and I can monkey with the calendar so that the "weeks" start on Monday.  Then again, I'm not so sure that bumping up the intensity on a Monday is all that great, doing so on Wednesday might actually be better.  Thankfully I'll have at least an hour tomorrow morning to think about it!

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