Friday, January 15, 2010

DB's log 01.14.2010

Breakfast:
-two egg white omelet with wilted spinach
-1/2 cup cottage cheese

Lunch:
-Whole Foods hot bar, although I can't list everything I got...I stuck to very small portions of the healthiest looking things:  sesame kale, green beans, lentils, wild rice, couscous, quinoa, chickpeas.  It only weighed 0.5 lbs.
-1 goddamn good banana (read notes)

Snacks:
-2 Indian chakri snacks
-a few tortilla chips with salsa
-the crust off my sister's grilled cheese sandwich (desperate!)
-1 ginger chew

Dinner:
-squid with rice, cabbage salad, and (gulp) fried plantains
-a few chips with salsa
-a few sips of soy oatmeal shake

Beverages: 
-2 glasses of water
-small green tea latte with skim milk and a little sugar
-a few sips of a terrible butterscotch truffle martini I made

Exercise:  I failed.  I attempted to get up this morning and do some of my routines I've learned from my trainer but I was so sore I couldn't push my way through it.  I only worked out for about 5 minutes before giving up.  I legitimately was sore to the point of wincing anytime I stood up or sat down or went up or down stairs today, so maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself.

Notes:  HOL-Y CRAP, all I could think about this morning was bananas.  Bananas, bananas, bananas.  Finally at lunch I ate one and it was GREAT!  I was suspicious about this intense craving though so I googled "banana muscles" (HA!) and it turns out that the potassium in bananas helps with muscle cramping (which can be attributed to low potassium intake).  Read more here.  I didn't do as well today...we ate dinner at Irazu and it was hard for me to find something healthy to eat and to avoid the chips.  I did a better job at watching my chip intake that I thought I would though.  I'm from Texas...gorging on a big pile of greasy chips is inherently part of my culture.  All the snacking I did was at night, which I think was a result of not snacking throughout the day.  I also did not drink nearly enough water, which isn't good for my poor sore muscles!

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