CELESTE GIVES UP

Today wasn’t my favorite. I woke up at 5 a.m. to take Sara to the airport, had a billion appointments and was supposed to have a double header for soccer. The second game started at 9:30, and I feel like ass, so I skipped out and headed home. I drove like 200 miles today and didn’t get to spend more than like 30 minutes at home before running off to my next engagement.

5 a.m. wake up
5:30 go to the airport
6 - 7:30 gym
9 - 10 boot camp
10:30 - 12 SAT tutoring
12:30 - 2:30 Fit for my Family content meeting
4 - 6 academic tutoring
7 - 9 indoor soccer

Tomorrow, I’m running trails for the first time in Fountain Hills (aka 45 minutes away), so I have to wake up at 5 again. For the third day in a row.

Exercise log:

• Gym: 20 miles spin bike, abs
• Boot camp: tabata body weight circuit, partner resistance band work, 60/15 intense cardio circuit
• Soccer: running around clutching my gut for 50 minutes

Sorry for the negativity today. I’m just tired of constantly feeling awful. Hopefully my weird rib shooting pains will subside and I can continue on with life tomorrow. Thanks for all of the encouragement.

Switching it up.

Pros:

• Started the day off with a nice run
• Finishing teacher training for the week
• A relieving phone rant to my mom about idiotic teachers
• Setting up my first trail run with one of my training partners!
• Lifting the food log burden off of my shoulders
• Damn good dinner and then froyo

Cons:

• Started the day off at 5 a.m.
• Spilling burning hot oatmeal all over my hand and the floor
• Feeling like an alien is trying to escape my abdomen … since 2 p.m.
• Having to do incline treadmill pushing with before-mentioned alien baby wreaking havoc
• Realizing I have to wake up at 5 a.m. again tomorrow

Exercise log:

• Run: 4.5 miles with K (included 1 tempo mile, and some 400 repeats)
• Gym: 15 miles spin bike
• Training: Resistance band leg stability exercises, treadmill pushing (full incline with belt off, so we have to use momentum to push for anywhere up to 60 seconds at a time), big resistance band partner running mechanics

Food journaling has been crucial to my weight loss success. Whether on a post-it or in this tumblr, keeping track of my consumption has held me accountable. Journaling truly facilitated my 15-pound loss in the past 6 months.

With that said, I think it’s gone too far. I’m not oblivious; I can and will admit that I’ve become obsessive about it.

I’m constantly thinking about where I’m at for the day, how many calories I have left, what I could eat for x amount of calories, etc.

I do not want or need to lose any more weight. I do want and need to learn to maintain without being calories obsessed. I eat quality foods and maintain healthy habits, and these should encourage and propel my positive, fit lifestyle.

Food and calories should not rule my life, and I’m done letting them.

• B: cereal with blueberries
• S: 1/3 cup edamame, Kashi granola bar
• L: egg whites, spinach, bell peppers, shredded chicken; yogurt with blueberries and Fiber One bran
• S: mini kettlecorn bag, an apple
• D: sliced barbecue chicken on a sandwich thin, side salad, 1/2 Jamba light smoothie
• De: instant oatmeal with blueberries, some cereal, a pumpkin pancake (post-workout munchies? ugh.)

Exercise log:

• Incline walk on treadmill: 3.75 miles, 10% 

• B1: oatmeal with blueberries and a spattering of granola
• B2: pumpkin pancakes
• S: roasted edamame, small Fiber One bar
• L: egg whites, stir fry veggies, Arctic Zero with Fiber One
• S: NF yogurt with blueberries and Fiber One
• D: fajita vegetables with some steak, spinach, scoop of beans and pico
• De: 1/2 protein shake, cereal

Exercise log:

• Run: 3.5 miles with K
• Gym: 3.5 miles incline walk (10%), arms
• Training: stretching and foam rolling (my legs were toast after yesterday’s leg workout)

P.S. - Sometimes I read people’s food logs and die. There will seriously be like … three things on the list. They are either 1. killing themselves or 2. full of shit. 

• B: oatmeal with blueberries, 1/3 apple
• L: English muffin with egg whites, steamed veggies, plain NF yogurt with berries and Fiber One
• S: 1/2 grapefruit, Clif bar, 1/2 Jamba light smoothie
• D: stir fry vegetables, defrosted and delicious Italian egg drop soup
• De: Arctic Zero with 1/2 banana, Fiber One
• S: plain Cheerios with blueberries, handful edamame and nuts

Exercise log:

• Boot camp: glutes and hamstrings strength work
• Gym: 25 miles spin bike

Lots of exercise + waking up at 5 a.m. = lots of food. Delicious. I definitely took in about 2,100 calories today, and it felt good. I’m still a bit hazy on how to manage eating when I’m up so early/running, but I’m attempting to figure it out.

Sunday, June 12 food log:

• B1: PB+J English muffin, Fiber One bar
• B2: pumpkin pancakes
• L: 1/2 salad (sans dressing) + fruit from Paradise Bakery
• S: cereal, tall light coconut creme frappe
• S: small Fiber One bar, trail mix
• D: grilled and shredded pork, chicken and veggies (bell peppers, onions, eggplant and zucchini)
• De: Arctic Zero with half banana and Fiber One
• S: defrosted mini strawberry oat pancakes

Exercise log:

• Run: 7 miles easy with Kelsey
• Gym: 10 miles spin bike, a few ab exercises

I am so happy to be home. Our road trip was fun, but I am so sick of eating out. Oof. Plus, driving 6 hours and avoiding fast food means no real lunch. Bummer.

Turns out I counted calories today. Tomorrow will be a good today to start the adventure of not counting, since I’m going to have a heavy duty long run.

Saturday, June 10 food log:

• B: banana, cereal (275)
• L: yogurt parfait, 2/3 cereal and milk bar (260)
• S: apple, orange (160)
• S: gnu bar, fortune cookie (150)
• D: scrambled egg, Boca burger, 1/2 pita, broccoli (255)
• S: oatmeal, 1/2 apple, blueberries (160)

Total: 1,260

Exercise log:

• Treadmill: 4 mi jog (6, 6.5, 7, 7.5 MPH), 1 mi incline walk (15%)

Counting calories is too hard on vacation. So I’m going to forego it for the time being. Let’s see how this goes.

• B: English muffin with a little PB and jelly, cornflakes

• L: Egg white frittata with veggies and goat cheese, fruit salad

• S: 7.5 oz froyo, gnu bar

• D: House salad with balsamic vinaigrette on the side, a few of Jo’s sweet potato fries

• De: Apple

Exercise log:

• Run: 5 miles with 2 miles walk warm up/cool down and 5 stadium runs

• Biking 6ish miles around town

• Walking at least 4 miles

Only I manage to eat healthier than normal on a road trip. Also, I remembered that I hate Subway. I can make a sandwich a trillion times better for less calories.

Tuesday, June 7 food log:

• B: oatmeal: 120

• S: Clif kids bar: 120

• L: Subway turkey sandwich, minus some bread: 270, apple: 70

• S: tangelo : 50, berries: 100

• D: wahoo fish, sautéed veggies and salsa: 300 (or less)

• S: Luna bar: 170, berries: 30

Total calories: 1,330

Exercise log:

• Biking about 10 miles around Santa Barbara

• Walking around town … a lot

Tomorrow morning calls for a run. Thrilled.

I spent most of today running around like an idiot. Two tutoring appointments, boot camp, grocery store, errands, writing down a trillion to do lists, packing, etc. As a result, I only worked out once! I think this is the first time I haven’t done double duty in a long time. I’m impressed with myself.
Monday, June 6 food log:

• B: protein pancakes: 120, yogurt with blueberries: 80
• L: 2 eggs whites, 1/2 yolk scramble with asparagus: 120, oatmeal with blueberries: 115
• S: split protein shake with Jo: 165, nuts + cheerios: 200
• D: chicken stir fry with steamed veggies: 300, fortune cookie: 30, rice cake: 45
• S: heel of lo-cal bread with some pumpkin butter: 45, oatmeal with chopped apple and blueberries: 180

Total calories: 1,400

Exercise log:

• Bootcamp: Cardio heavy 2 min work/30 sec rest circuits

• B: (pre-run) cereal: 220, (post-run) bagel thin w/easy CC: 175
• L: egg white, stir fry veggies: 75, oatmeal with blueberries: 110
• S: Arctic Zero float: 30, yogurt with blueberries: 60
• S2: Clif kids bar: 130, random cereal handfuls: 50
• D: salad with small ass scoop of linguine + clam sauce: 250, berry crisp with scoop yogurt: 250 (rough estimates from mom’s dinner)
• S: oatmeal with baked cinnamon apple: 190

Total calories: 1,530

Exercise log:

• Run: 6.2 miles easy with Kelsey
• Gym: 17 mi spin bike, arm weights

Saturday, June 4 food log:

• B: Cereal: 175, Fiber Plus bar: 120
• L: 1/2 Pei Wei kid’s meal: 250, yogurt with fruit and Fiber One: 175
• S: Luna Bar: 180
• D: spinach with salsa: 40, stir fried veggies: 35, 4ish oz. salmon: 160
• De: Arctic Zero with Fiber One: 120, instant oatmeal: 130

Total calories: 1,385

Exercise log:

• Walk: 1 mile with Nono
• Boot camp: 20/10 Tabata work out
• Gym: 15 miles spin bike

• B: Cereal: 150, Clif kids bar: 130
• L: egg whites, chicken and veggies: 195
• S: yogurt with berries: 150, popsicle: 15
• S: edamame with some nuts: 150
• D: 1/2 Pei Wei kids meal (steamed chicken, brown rice and veggies): 255, bowl Fiber One with blueberries: 120
• De: Arctic Zero with Fiber One: 100, bowl instant oatmeal: 110

Total calories: 1,375

Exercise log:

• Run: 5K in 22:19
• Gym: 3.7 mile incline walk (10%), 7 mi spin bike

• B: cereal: 150, pancakes: 120
• S: yogurt with blueberries: 125, gnu bar: 130
• L: egg white, asparagus and zucchini: 70, 1/2 chicken breast, spinach and spoonful of black beans: 105
• S: diet root beer float with Arctic Zero: 35, apple with FF yogurt: 115
• S2: Fiber Plus bar: 120, Fiber One cereal with blueberries: 100
• D: small cup veggie broth with broccoli and onion: 50, split salad with spinach and strawberries: 150
• De: 7.5 ounces froyo (cherry amaretto!!): 200

Total calories: 1,470

Exercise log:

• Run: 4 miles with Kelsey (warm up + 2 tempo miles + cool down)
• Gym: 10 miles spin bike, abs
• Training: running mechanics + treadmill hill intervals (15% incline at 8-9 MPH for 25 seconds … repeat 3,402 times)