February 6th, 2008 by Cynthia
I've got to be quick here, but though I got up late and was tempted to skip breakfast, I did not!
I was also tempted to have a less than ideal breakfast, i.e. just eat an apple with peanut butter or have a glass of milk with some protein powder and I did not do that. I still had to be fast, so I made a very quickie omelet, egg whites, one omega-3 egg, alpine lace swiss cheese, sliced tomato and a half orange sliced on the side. Topped with a couple tablespoons of Newman's own pineapple salsa. I'm progressing as a short order cook... had the whole thing done and ready to serve in 20 minutes, with assorted implements and cutting boards etc in the dishwasher and rinsing.
Tasty, compliant and a better deal since I will be working my heart out in the pool this noon.
February 6th, 2008 by Cynthia
This is obviously a habit I really need to buckle down on and correct. It's just that I don't feel hungry in the morning particularly and it is so easy to sit in front of the computer and tell myself "I'll just check email and then eat." And then an hour or two goes by and no meal.
That's particularly hard on the Precision Nutrition plan, because a skipped meal is the equivalent of a 10% meal. And I only get 3-4 of those per week if I want to be 90% compliant. If I skip a meal, then that's an opportunity to have had a treat gone. I know the reasoning, it's that if you skip meals, instead of firing your metabolism, you may be slowing it.
I'll do better.
I'm channeling Yoda here... there is no *try*, there is only DO. 
Other than the skipped meal, I did OK. 5 meals down, all compliant.
Speaking of Precision Nutrition... guess what?
I was meandering about on the web and completely by accident, found a review of the new Gourmet Nutrition 2.0 cookbook on diet blog! I pretty well agree with the entire review, only I'll add that I am somewhat of a beginning cook and the PN cookbooks are very helpful in terms of telling you how to prepare the recipes and giving good tips on variations. So they are useful even for those who are not confident cooks!
On to the day's eating...
Meal 1 = Skipped
Meal 2 = Egg white omelet with one yolk. Alpine Lace reduced fat swiss. Chock full o' veggies, green pepper, yellow straightneck squash, onion and mushroom. Half an orange sliced on the side.
WORKOUT = 22 minutes on the Nordic Track. Average heart rate 134, max heart rate 147. 1.6 miles.
Meal 3 = Chai blueberry smoothie. Green chai tea, cottage cheese, serving whey protein (low carb), greens supplement, flax meal, frozen blueberries and Torani raspberry Splenda syrup.
Meal 4 = Spinach and chicken salad. Cucumbers, half avocado, red onion, green pepper and some peperoncini pickles. Fat free dressing. (Walden Farms brand, sugar free, fat free zero calorie Honey Dijon.)
Meal 5 = PN Greek burgers again with Mediterranean salad.
Meal 6 = Blueberry power yogurt.
Our street has nicely thawed again... so no impediment to my getting to water aerobics today! I hate missing that, because aside from it being a very good workout, it's about the only workout I can really go to town on right now. You see, I have plantar fasciitis, i.e. arch and sometimes heel pain in both feet. It's irksome, because it means a lot of exercise like walking is out and most weight exercises for the lower body are too. With water supporting me some, it is better and it's both a cardio and resistance workout. Sometimes even the water aerobics gets my feet sore.
I did a good thing and iced them for two hours while we watched Biggest Loser tonight. That always helps, but I am not always patient enough to sit and do it. It involves rolling a frozen water bottle under my feet, there's not enough room under my desk so the couch is the easiest place. But I am rarely there unless I am watching TV, and I don't do much TV.
Time to sign off... and go finish cleaning the kitchen up.
