August 15th, 2007

This morning I had an early meeting with a client and then was planning on going on a long training run. So it was important that I had something that I could eat quickly at work but would still give me a good source of carbohydrates and protein for my run. I went with a bowl of Kashi cereal and a banana. I then allowed myself an hour to digest before I exercised.


My run turned out to be much longer than I anticipated so now I'm running late (yes, let's blame the run on that one!). I was originally planning on making lunch at home before I headed back to the office but now it doesn't look like I'm going to have time. Instead I make a quick smoothie to tide me over. I make it using frozen berries, green tea, protein powder, oats, and a green drink mix. It s a perfect post-workout mix of carbs, protein, and anti-oxidants to help replenish my glycogen stores and repair my muscles. Still, I know that I'm going to be starving in the next hour so I grab a bunch of things that look appetizing so I can come up with some sort of meal later on.


Yup, I was right. I'm STARVING. Luckily I have a kitchen in my office building so I was able to take all of the pieces that I grabbed from home and make it into a meal. I made a tuna sandwich on a 100% whole wheat english muffin. For some reason I've been on a big english muffin kick recently. Who knew those Brit's made such a good muffin! It all came together very quickly and although it didn't look like much when I sat down to eat, it was surprisingly satisfying. Oh, and of course the Diet Coke. Health wise, I really can't say a single good thing about Diet Coke...but I love it almost as much as Christmas. We all have our thing(s)!


My afternoon snack was an apple and string cheese. I always try to combine a protein and a carb at each meal/snack. These are both good examples of things that you can keep in the refrigerator and last for a while. Unless of course there is a bad apple. We all know what one bad apple can do...


It's not very often that I am home at night so I had some pretty lofty plans of cooking a delicious dinner tonight. That is until I got home and realized that it is so hot that I cannot bear to turn on anything that generates heat. Honestly my first inclination was to head to any local spot with air conditioning and cold beers. But after some thinking (mostly about how I would feel looking at it on my camera later on) I changed my mind. I made a quick Lean Cuisine with a toasted whole wheat pita. Initially I was a little sad to waste a night where I wasn't working on such an on-the-go meal. However, once I got past the fact that it was full of warm brown rice and broccoli rather than cold barley and hops I really enjoyed it.


I really like plain yogurt flavored with fresh fruit as an evening snack. It satisfies any sweet cravings that I may be having as well as gives me a good serving of protein to end the day with. This is the first time that I've tried FAGE yogurt. It tastes delicious and is very low in sugar as far as yogurts go (6g). Of course this little container cost almost as much as my normal Trader Joe's Plain Organic vat, so that may be a deal breaker. We'll see. In real life it actually looked really appetizing but for some reason I couldn't get a good picture of it to save my life. Maybe because it was late, or maybe it was because I mistook my finger for a strawberry while slicing and had to take the picture sucking on my left hand. Regardless, I'm going to have to work on my food photography if I'm going to make it through this week.


So, I entered in all of the food above into my www.fitday.com account. Percentage wise I was right around 50% Carbs 30% Protein and 20% Fat. It's a little higher in carbs than I typically need, but for a day where I had a long training run it is right on the money. My calories, however, were a little low. I'm going to set that as a goal for tomorrow.

Tara