Day 13 of my "diet." Here's my food log, weight, exercise, and thoughts.
breakfast, 9 am: about 1/8th serving of housemate's smoothie, lots of grapes (3/4 lb), carrots (1 lb) and sugar snap peas (1/2 lb).
lunch, 2 pm: 1 lb strawberries and homemade soy yogurt.
snack, 5 pm: some spinach and cabbage, not much, just felt like nibbling.
lunch, 2 pm: 1 lb strawberries and homemade soy yogurt.
snack, 5 pm: some spinach and cabbage, not much, just felt like nibbling.
dinner, 7 pm: steamed asparagus, mushrooms, and onions, with tomatoes and beans served over a bed of lettuce.
Nutritional information:
Calories: 1400; protein 58 g; fiber 76 g.
Weight: 128.0
Exercise: ran 3.5 miles, walked 1/2 mile. a little yoga in the morning when I woke up too early.
Thoughts/notes:
- everything was yummy today. We've only recently started getting organic grapes at the co-op and it was the first time I bought them (this season). yum. I ate them while prepping housemate's smoothie fruits for the week. Then, the strawberries and yogurt--YUM. I'm eating this outside on the deck:
- Dinner was an example of low-calorie density food, which goes hand-in-hand with high nutrient density and BIG portion sizes. Here I am for scale. That's a big bowl! (sorry, I'm not wearing a bra! hee hee).
- my run was surprisingly fun. I ran to a bike shop to get some chain lube, so it was a new route which I liked. I also ran faster than usual. I've started to ignore some advice I got on good-form running, which is to have a high cadence. About the only thing I've got going for me with my long legs is a long stride. If I were an athlete, I could combine the two and run really fast. But for me high cadence requires short stride and that seems to translate into very slow; longer stride and slower cadence feels more natural and turns out to be faster. Maybe it's just because I enjoy it more since it feels more natural.
- I had a lovely day.
