Balance is hard for me...it's hard to balance everything. Family time, quality family time that is. Work, exercise, diet.
Today is a non-workout day for me. My ramp up session is tomorrow but I didn't really have time to run today. I worked until 6:00, came home and had dinner with the family around the table for some nice face to face time, now putting the kids in bed and it's already 8:30.
Then I'm gonna snuggle on the couch with Reese for a little bit of quality time with my wife. I'm not willing to give up family time, I can't afford to give up work time, so exercise time gets pushed to the side. I should have gone for a twenty minute run today for the last of my week 5 "couch to 5k" workouts but it aint gonna happen.
I also need to learn balance in my diet. Not sure if I'm eating too much or not enough. Any fellow crossfitters wanna fill me in?
I had two fried eggs and two small sausage patties for breakfast.
12 grapes for a snack
6 oz. filet mignon and a spinach salad for lunch
1/4 sandwich size ziploc of mixed nuts/seeds for a snack
(broke down and got a taco bell beef burrito cause I was hungry)
then for dinner had about 4-6 oz. roasted pork tenderloin and about 2 cups broccoli.
My only breakdown came late afternoon on the way home and I was hungry and couldn't seem to will myself to wait until I got home and grabbed a burrito.
I need enough protein to fuel the body change, but not too much to make it slow going, and not too little to make me prone to eat too much of the wrong things.
Guess I'll keep on working and spending time with my family, keep hitting crossfit at least 3 times a week and try to get in as many runs as I can while I keep tweaking the eating.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
balance
Posted by Heath at 6:29 PM
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3 comments:
At a vague guess, I think your eating is just fine for now (except for the Taco Bell! :) )
I'm sure Jennie or Bill (or another) could give better input as to macronutrient ratios for you, but at a glance, I don't think there's too much - you seem to be eating a pretty decent balance so far. Still, wouldn't hurt to ask one of them - or just tweak it in a week or so depending on how you're feeling?
Beth is right, your diet on this day was SPOT ON. Except for the Taco Bell, of course. Keep almonds handy, as that will be the best, most portable snack for you. I'm not sure what was included in your spinach salad, but as long as it was olive oil, you were good!
Thanks guys....the taco bell is our households first default when nothing is planned for dinner. bad habit we need to break. Dave, the spinach salad was simply spinach leaves and some balsamic vinagriette.
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