Thursdays are normally my "night off" from school work, where we go to our favorite dive bar and throw back a few cocktails. Well, now that I have made the conscious decision to abstain from alcohol during training... NONE OF THAT! However, on future nights my abstinence will not prevent me form going to said dive bar and enjoying the atmosphere and my friends-- just no vodka sodas (with lemon & lime, thank-you-very-much). If you want to read about my boring day, go ahead and read on... however, if you want to read my theories and how I am feeling pertaining to exercise, skip down to the bold section.
Today was quite productive. I woke up, went to Nutrition, where we had "cheese tasting" today. We nibbled on about 12 different types of cheese. I only took small bites of 4 or 5 of them because I was NOT feeling up to having a belly full of cheese right before a strenuous workout. Blechhh. After class, I hit the gym and knocked out some weights, ran 3 miles according to marathon training schedule and then busted 15 mins on the elliptical. I have been working hard and decided to limit my cardio to 45 minutes today. Tomorrow is my sweet one day off per week.
I felt quite refreshed after the gym and rewarded myself with a Peppermint Coffee Frappuccino Light (one of my favorite treats, ringing in at 220 calories). I visited with a dear old friend, Drewsy, and then went home. Kevin and I had a lovely dinner with his mom at The Cheesecake Factory in Roseville and I once again opted for the Weight Management Spicy Chicken Salad. It is SO delicious. I always order it-- only 420 calories and very filling. It has just the right amount of spice and is extremely satisfying.
After trip to Costco, we decided to venture home and tackle some homework (which also included some TV watching for me).
NOW FOR THE RELEVANT PART of this post... I have always been a NIGHT exerciser-- I have most of my energy at night, and when I can I schedule my runs, weights and cardio in the evening. That being said, I do love 5 AM long runs... or 8 AM runs on the river trail. Those don't bother me one bit. However, by the end of the night I am RAVENOUS. I took in 1825 calories today (which isn't a bad thing for how active I am), but I never feel that hungry if I exercise late at night. My normal routine consists of eating about 1100 calories throughout the day, a late night workout, and then a 400-500 calorie dinner. I'm not sure if anyone else has this same problem!?! We'll see how it progresses as my training continues, because there are going to be some days that I just will HAVE to exercise in the morning.
That's enough rambling for today. Good night :)
Current Weight: Didn't step on the scale this morning :)
Exercise: 45 minutes weights, 30 minutes treadmill (3 miles plus some walking for warm up-cool down), 15 minutes elliptical ~ 600 calories (including weights)
Total kcal: 1825
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