Tuesday, May 15, 2012

May 15


Day 2 of my "diet."   Here's my food log, weight, exercise, and thoughts.

before exercise:  about 1/10th serving of housemate's smoothie (leftovers).  1/2 small watermelon

after exercise (rest of breakfast, almost lunchtime though):  cooked veggies

Lunch:  my favorite salad of late topped with homemade soy yogurt.  The fruits du jour were strawberries and blueberries, same as yesterday.

Snack at work:  carrots (1 lb);  sugar snap peas (1/2 lb).

Dinner:  repeat salad topped with seed mixture and d'angou pear vinegar

"Dessert":  small bowl of frozen peas and sweet corn (microwaved to thaw), with a little d'angou pear vinegar stirred in.  

Nutritional information:
Calories: 1392; protein 68 g; fiber 76 g.

Weight:  131.2.  That's more my typical weight of late.  Now I want to lose some.  I definitely have belly fat to get rid of.  

Exercise:  Rode my road bike 26 miles along my favorite route.  This was wonderful.  

Thoughts/notes:

  • I suspect I need fewer calories to lose weight.  maybe 1300-1350.  I could cut back on my fruit.  I'll do that after tomorrow (I've already purchased tomorrow's).  It's interesting how few calories we older women need.  
  • I had lunch with a friend at a fast-food restaurant.  She had a burger, fries, and coke.  I like fast-food restaurants because they don't care if I bring my own food to eat.  We ate outside and had a nice time.  Some day maybe there will be fast food nutritarian restaurants!
  • I need to remember not to buy the blueberries even though they are on sale, as they have been kind of tasteless lately.
  • One great thing I've learned from Fuhrman and experience is that I don't need to eat before or during exercising unless it's an all-day thing.  But for typical 1-2 hour workouts, it's unnecessary, as there is plenty of fuel in my liver (glycogen stores).  For a 3-4 hour bike ride, an apple or banana during a break is good.  I'll definitely be hungry when I'm done though.  My usual lunch will taste really good after this.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you find that you drink much water during the day? During or after exercise? I find that I don't drink more than a glass of water a day unless it is really hot outside (which rarely happens here).

KristiW

kneecap said...

I don't drink too much water. maybe 2 glasses or 3. it's partly out of boredom. if I don't want to tackle something at work, I'll make a cup of herbal tea. I'd say 2 glasses are what I actually feel thirst for. I don't sweat much though (little to do with my diet or health). Most people sweat more than me when exercising so I'd expect them to need more.