Skuj wrote:
Impressive 5x800m L2B. As for weight, WHAT do you eat? I think the older we get the less we can get away with wrt bad foods...not saying you eat bad food, but I'm curious to know what the general quality of intake is given what you have told us.
Thanks Skuj, I was reasonably pleased with the workout, but I really should slow it down and increase the volume.
I think I could have started a 6th rep, but I don't think I could have finished it under 2:50, which tells me I did them too hard.
What do I eat? I'm not a health-food conscious person, but I don't think I'm a particularly unhealthy eater either. I usually have a bowl of whole-grain cereal w/ 1% milk and banana for breakfast. Some kind of lunchmeat or pb&j sandwich (again whole grain), yogurt, and fruit (sometimes carrot sticks) for lunch. I often have a Snickers bar (not the big ones) in the afternoon if I'm feeling lethargic, and especially on MW when I teach 5-7pm. For dinner, it's typically pretty lean meat, a vegetable, a starch (potato, rice, pasta)and a salad. We rarely eat fast food. The easiest and hardest thing to give up would be that last evening sweet treat, usually a cup of ice cream, that I would say I eat more often than not. If I have a non-water beverage, it's usually some diet soda. I could give up on a few things, but that just takes the enjoyment out of life.
Naturally, our real weekly menu is more varied than this (throw in some ethnic food or pizza now and again), but this is a typical day. Also, probably the only really "bad meal" I do is if I don't eat lunch and go home early, I might have some nachos and salsa in the mid-afternoon, instead my usual sandwich. That happens about once a week.
What I really need is portion control, and finding a way to not feel hungry all the time when I try to limit my meals. If I try to cut back on dinner, in particular, I usually have a fourth light meal, as I don't sleep well if I go to bed feeling hungry. That, I believe, is my biggest issue.
My latest dieting trick is to get a toothache. It started bugging me Friday, and by last night, it was pretty bad. Went to the dentist first thing this morning, and it turns out one of my molars had cracked and died, probably some weeks back. So the dentist pulled it this morning. That'll curb your appetite. I guess I'll get an implant sometime in a few months.