Apparently I can get off the slippery slope of too much Christmas cheer; I just have to be really busy! I had a moment of panic on Sunday night as I was putting together my ‘To do’ list for the week when I realised that Christmas was less than two weeks away and I have a ton of things to do before December 23rd. Some involving my business, like making sure our first shipment of product arrived before December 23rd, and some were more personal items, like getting all the Christmas presents in the mail. Either way, yesterday was quite hectic so it was all could do to remember to eat at the right times. It did result in a healthier day, with plenty of fibre and vegetables, and 24% protein. I would have preferred higher fats and fewer carbohydrates as I had a resistance workout, not a cardio one, but giving my body a rest from all the fats is probably not a bad thing either.
I’m not sure that having a 1000 calorie difference from one day to the next is a good thing though. I do believe that you should vary your calorie intake from day to day depending on your activity levels, but the idea is to eat more on your workout days, not less! I’m actually a bit concerned that binging on rest days and not getting quite enough on exercise days will result in my putting on a few pounds, as my body tries to store up the binge calories to fuel my workouts. Of course, there is the added problem that working out usually suppresses the appetite for a few hours afterwards, reducing the chances of overeating.
I should probably make a greater effort to eat less on my rest days, but given it’s December and the junk food is in the house, I think it more likely that this week I will simply be upping my calories on my workout days!
The Score:
| Calories: | Protein: | Carbs: | Fat: | Alcohol: | Fibre: |
| 1695.08 | 102.68g | 220.83g | 43.50g | 0 | 31.08g |
| 24% | 52% | 23% | | ||
| Calories burned through exercise: | 445 | | |||
What I ate:
| Time | Item | Amount |
| 07:45 | 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 | |
| Gluten Free fruit muesli | 70g | |
| Alpro Soy milk | 120mL | |
| Sainsbury's pure squeezed orange juice | 200mL | |
| 09:00 | Resistance workout | |
| Lemon Lime Nuun electrolyte tablet in water | 750mL | |
| 10:45 | Sponser Protein Snack bar | 1 bar |
| 12:00 | Black Tea | 500mL |
| 13:30 | Raspberry and Echinacea tea | 250mL |
| 14:00 | New Covent Garden Pea and Ham soup | 300g |
| Tomato | 135g | |
| Total Greek yoghurt | 125g | |
| Sainsbury's frozen mixed blueberries and strawberries | 100g | |
| Quality Street chocolates | 3 pieces | |
| 14:30 | Green Tea | 250mL |
| 18:15 | Brazil nuts | 6g |
| Cashews | 17g | |
| Red Apple | about 100g | |
| 20:30 | Sainsbury's extra lean beef escalopes | 87g |
| Steamed new potatoes | 200g | |
| Steamed parsnips | 82g | |
| Steamed carrots | 57g | |
| Bisto Best beef gravy | about 5g | |
| 22:00 | 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.
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