Getting back into Exercise

Not too bad a diet day yesterday. Calories were a little high but as I’ve said before I’m not giving up my treats no matter how much I want to lose weight. The good news is that I got enough fibre and the nutrient proportions were dead on. However, I was still having problems with timing. I managed to have a mid morning snack at the right moment and lunch about 2 ½ hours later. I was due to have another snack at 5:30 or 6:00pm but I’d only finished having two mince pies at 3:00pm and thought we would be having supper before 7:30 so didn’t bother. But then I got to talking to my parents on the phone and next thing I know we’re having dinner at 9:00pm. I don’t think I ended up eating more than I would have otherwise, but I certainly felt quite tired and gloomy all evening.

In fact I’ve had a somewhat gloomy weekend so maybe more time in the gym and on the road will help. They do say that a regular exercise program is just as effective as most antidepressants at lifting mood. Not to mention how good it feels to progress in my training routines, being able to do the hard exercises or run a new distance. So I’m actually looking forward to starting training again today and getting back into my normal eating and exercise routines. I did OK last week at keeping the calories down but I would rather run to lose weight than diet. Hopefully all my hard work will show up in my monthly measurements on Thursday!

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
1946.28	121.31g	219.72g	61.85g	0	24.67g
	25%	45%	29%
Calories burned through exercise:		Rest Day

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
09:00	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Whole Scrambled egg with 2 egg whites	3 eggs
	Bob's Red Mill Pure Oats	40g
	with Sultanas	20g
	Sainsbury's pure squeezed orange juice	200mL
12:00	Brazil nuts	6g
	Cashews	17g
	Red Apple	about 125g
14:30	Fresh Roasted chicken breast	175g
	Waitrose prepared fresh broccoli, leek and cabbage	116g
	Sainsbury's Taste the Difference apple sauce	7g
	Sainsbury's Taste the Difference Cranberry sauce	33g
15:00	Sainsbury's Freefrom Mince Pies	2 pies
	Orange, mango and cinnamon tea	250mL
17:15	Green Tea	250mL
19:00	Camomile, honey and vanilla tea	250mL
21:00	Baked salmon	100g
	Merchant Gourmet Red and White Quinoa	100g
	Frozen peas	100g
22:30	Ellactiva Chocolate Calcium Chew	1 chew
	500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 pill

Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.