Feeling a bit slow/sluggish today
Dave, Val and I went for a walk around the fields and in the woods this morning.
Then I ate 5 macintosh apples and a glass of veggie juice (romaine, celery, carrot, apple) - there was some juice leftover from Dave making Val's lunch.
Around 1:00, went for a 25-30 minute bike ride. Felt really tired and sluggish (jet lag catching up?).
Came back and ate a banana smoothie (8 small bananas)
took a nap
snack - some pineapple (maybe about 2/3 to 3/4 of a pineapple). hurts my teeth when I eat too much of it.
Dinner - 1.5 glasses OJ. lots of romaine, with some veggie pate (very little pumpkinseed in this - dave put maybe .25 cup in the whole recipe, and I didn't have half of it...). one ounce of Val's avo
Totals for the day
Calories: 2069 (86%C, 6%P, 8%F)
Friday, November 09, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Ah, emotional rest
Last night I arrived at Dave and Val's house, where I'll be staying for the next week. Words cannot express how glad I am to be here, and how grateful I am to be among family. I'm so grateful to be in Ohio, which in a lot of ways feels like home to me, as I went to college here those were some wonderful years. Autumn is my favorite season, and I'm so grateful that I get to see the beautiful colors on the trees - I was worried I'd missed it, being out in the CA desert. It is wonderful to be with, for a change, people who are role models for the lifestyle I live. For a change, I have physical companionship in this - I'm not living this lifestyle among people who are doing something else. I'm not with people who wonder why anyone would want to do this (and occasionally, when lonely, I must admit I think that myself). It's really nice. Val's pregnancy is going along very smoothly - no morning sickness or fatigue. She feels great. Dave told me that their friends don't believe them when they tell them. Sigh =).
This morning I got to sleep until I woke up (7:30 a.m. - not bad, considering I am in Ohio, and was in California yesterday).
We played with some of their toys to warm up for going for a walk (Val stopped running at about 4.5 months in. They still rode bikes while it was warm, but lately they've been walking). Then we went for a walk nearby. The leaves are so beautiful. Dave brought along some hand weights and he did some lunges and footwork and stuff during the walk. Then he handed the weights to me and I played with them for a little bit.
We stopped and took some photos.
When we got back to the house, Dave and I went out into the garden. We picked a few concord grapes and raspberries. I snuck into the greenhouse and picked a couple of ripe cherry tomatoes (shh, don't tell!).
Then we continued our breakfast inside. I had a pineapple, a few sips of OJ, and two stalks of celery.
In the afternoon I had the chance to catch up on some things, like sending photos to people.
I walked to the track (about a mile and a half away). Then did some running (sprinting the straightways, walking or jogging the curves, for about 15 minutes). Then walked back to the house.
Ate - 1 pineapple
Dinner - Banana blueberry smoothie (about 4 bananas, 1 cup blueberries?), some dates (about 10 maybe?), some lettuce (1/2 a head of romaine?) and....
I tried durian for the 4th time...and this time I actually liked it! I've never liked it before. Usually I just couldn't get past the "oniony/garlicky taste" - I didn't want my fruit tasting like that. But today (maybe because I've been craving onions and garlic lately?), I LOVED it.
Just goes to show...be willing to try things you didn't used to like, because you might change your mind. For example, before I went raw, I didn't like papaya or celery at all, but now I love those foods. So be willing to try =).
Totals today (approximate, since I didn't measure everything and I am guessing):
2203 total calories (88%C, 5%P, 7%F)
Going to bed...hope to sleep well tonight!
This morning I got to sleep until I woke up (7:30 a.m. - not bad, considering I am in Ohio, and was in California yesterday).
We played with some of their toys to warm up for going for a walk (Val stopped running at about 4.5 months in. They still rode bikes while it was warm, but lately they've been walking). Then we went for a walk nearby. The leaves are so beautiful. Dave brought along some hand weights and he did some lunges and footwork and stuff during the walk. Then he handed the weights to me and I played with them for a little bit.
We stopped and took some photos.
When we got back to the house, Dave and I went out into the garden. We picked a few concord grapes and raspberries. I snuck into the greenhouse and picked a couple of ripe cherry tomatoes (shh, don't tell!).
Then we continued our breakfast inside. I had a pineapple, a few sips of OJ, and two stalks of celery.
In the afternoon I had the chance to catch up on some things, like sending photos to people.
I walked to the track (about a mile and a half away). Then did some running (sprinting the straightways, walking or jogging the curves, for about 15 minutes). Then walked back to the house.
Ate - 1 pineapple
Dinner - Banana blueberry smoothie (about 4 bananas, 1 cup blueberries?), some dates (about 10 maybe?), some lettuce (1/2 a head of romaine?) and....
I tried durian for the 4th time...and this time I actually liked it! I've never liked it before. Usually I just couldn't get past the "oniony/garlicky taste" - I didn't want my fruit tasting like that. But today (maybe because I've been craving onions and garlic lately?), I LOVED it.
Just goes to show...be willing to try things you didn't used to like, because you might change your mind. For example, before I went raw, I didn't like papaya or celery at all, but now I love those foods. So be willing to try =).
Totals today (approximate, since I didn't measure everything and I am guessing):
2203 total calories (88%C, 5%P, 7%F)
Going to bed...hope to sleep well tonight!
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Back to Blogging!
Ok. Back to blogging. Time for some nutritional self-awareness =). time to do it well. No better time than now.
Today's food -
lots of grapes all day at the airport while traveling (maybe 5 pounds worth)? - 1 meal on the first flight, one meal on the 2nd
Arrived at Dave and Val's!
evening meal - 1 barhi date. 1.5 cups pineapple. big salad - romaine lettuce, tomatoes with tomato-red pepper-orange dressing.
Numbers for the day:
Total calories - 1901 (92% C/5% P/3% F)
Time for sleep, since I got up at 2 a.m. Welcome back!
Today's food -
lots of grapes all day at the airport while traveling (maybe 5 pounds worth)? - 1 meal on the first flight, one meal on the 2nd
Arrived at Dave and Val's!
evening meal - 1 barhi date. 1.5 cups pineapple. big salad - romaine lettuce, tomatoes with tomato-red pepper-orange dressing.
Numbers for the day:
Total calories - 1901 (92% C/5% P/3% F)
Time for sleep, since I got up at 2 a.m. Welcome back!
Monday, April 23, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
How do you cut costs? Go where the food is!
From: harley (cpe-139-168-195-246.sa.bigpond.net.au)
Subject: go where the food is..
Date: April 21, 2007 at 4:20 pm PST
In Reply to: How do you cut costs? posted by herbi on April 19, 2007 at 4:30 pm:
i watch the parrots in my area. i follow their calls and feast on fruit with them. or is it that they follow me on my bike?
i had grapes off the vine yesterday, persimmons off the tree for lunch and a salad mix at wholesale price cos i did some painting at my organic groccers shop. and i also give him tips on optimum eating and trainig from the skills i learnt at dougies events. everybody wins.
this lifestyle is so cheap. i have people on this board that life in my area. they complain that its too exspensive to be raw. yet i feast on free fruit daily..i guess people will look for excuses to justify doing what they really want. my excuse for not eating cooked food is that it takes up too much time, resources, money and makes me feel like the cooked goop it really is.
i hear oats are cheap from the pig farmer co-op. same thing but we pay 10-100times more for it at the shop.
And here's what I posted, about my bulk buying experience in Colorado:
From: Bethany (host-72-174-33-204.gdj-co.client.bresnan.net)
Subject: Just one of me...
Date: April 22, 2007 at 11:09 am PST
In Reply to: Re: can you buy in bulk? posted by herbi on April 19, 2007 at 6:57 pm:
I just moved to a small agricultural town in Colorado for the next 5 months. I immediately made friends with the owner of the local grocery store, who is quite helpful and was happy to order produce by the case for me!
I got a case of organic bananas (40 pounds) for $22! That will take care of much of my breakfast and lunch calorie needs for the better part of a week (I'm pretty active...I train a bit and now I'm working on a farm). He also got a good deal on those tomatoes-on-the-vine from his distributor, which he passed on to me and gave me an 11-pound box of tomatoes for $7! Also, he gave me a box of 18 ataulfo mangoes for $9 (which was half of what he was charging if you bought them individually)!
Since he is giving me such good prices by the case, I will continue to buy by the case. When I placed my next order, I made sure to thank him profusely =).
If I don't QUITE make it through all that food...there are plenty of other people here who eat produce, and I can pass along my savings to them, too!
Hope this helps...
Subject: go where the food is..
Date: April 21, 2007 at 4:20 pm PST
In Reply to: How do you cut costs? posted by herbi on April 19, 2007 at 4:30 pm:
i watch the parrots in my area. i follow their calls and feast on fruit with them. or is it that they follow me on my bike?
i had grapes off the vine yesterday, persimmons off the tree for lunch and a salad mix at wholesale price cos i did some painting at my organic groccers shop. and i also give him tips on optimum eating and trainig from the skills i learnt at dougies events. everybody wins.
this lifestyle is so cheap. i have people on this board that life in my area. they complain that its too exspensive to be raw. yet i feast on free fruit daily..i guess people will look for excuses to justify doing what they really want. my excuse for not eating cooked food is that it takes up too much time, resources, money and makes me feel like the cooked goop it really is.
i hear oats are cheap from the pig farmer co-op. same thing but we pay 10-100times more for it at the shop.
And here's what I posted, about my bulk buying experience in Colorado:
From: Bethany (host-72-174-33-204.gdj-co.client.bresnan.net)
Subject: Just one of me...
Date: April 22, 2007 at 11:09 am PST
In Reply to: Re: can you buy in bulk? posted by herbi on April 19, 2007 at 6:57 pm:
I just moved to a small agricultural town in Colorado for the next 5 months. I immediately made friends with the owner of the local grocery store, who is quite helpful and was happy to order produce by the case for me!
I got a case of organic bananas (40 pounds) for $22! That will take care of much of my breakfast and lunch calorie needs for the better part of a week (I'm pretty active...I train a bit and now I'm working on a farm). He also got a good deal on those tomatoes-on-the-vine from his distributor, which he passed on to me and gave me an 11-pound box of tomatoes for $7! Also, he gave me a box of 18 ataulfo mangoes for $9 (which was half of what he was charging if you bought them individually)!
Since he is giving me such good prices by the case, I will continue to buy by the case. When I placed my next order, I made sure to thank him profusely =).
If I don't QUITE make it through all that food...there are plenty of other people here who eat produce, and I can pass along my savings to them, too!
Hope this helps...
it doesnt really matter how you feel when you put the first step from your bed to the floor, what matters is how you feel after an hour hard running!
From: harley (cpe-139-168-195-246.sa.bigpond.net.au)
Subject: Re: Dr. D, please help with bananas/fruit at night
Date:
April 21, 2007 at 4:06 pm PST
In Reply to: Dr. D, please help with bananas/fruit at night posted by Andie on April 21, 2007 at 3:07 pm:
the more tired i wake up, the more energy i will have that day. i learnt this from one of the best marathoners in the world. he said' it doesnt really matter how you feel when you put the first step from your bed to the floor, what matters is how you feel after an hour hard running!'
he went on to explain how the body has been storing and refueling overnight and that going from fully laden to full flight can feel awkward but youll get used to it.
the best races ive ever had are when i wake up the 'tiredest'. sure ive woken up in the morning when ive been fasting and jumped out of bed, but i wont be jumping around after a 30 mile run like i do when i eat sufficiently. yet when i did that 30 mile run recentley i was looking for all the reasons to stay in bed that morn. but all i found was excuses. the reasons where all ready up the mountain waiting for me.
are my facts backed by science? no.do my beliefs let me ride my bike for days on only 3 hours sleep a day. yes.
we just have to ask what matters more. how we feel that first few minutes out of bed or middle of the day when we are calling on the carbs we ate the day before?
as what we eat today, powers us tommorrow. carb up today and carve it up tommorrow.
maybe try eating early before going to bed.i used to worry about how i felt in the morn. but as long as nobody stole my legs and arms whilst i was sleeping, im only focusing about how i feel when im out on the road. cos to me that is all that counts.im a road warrior, not a carb load worrier.
Subject: Re: Dr. D, please help with bananas/fruit at night
Date:
April 21, 2007 at 4:06 pm PST
In Reply to: Dr. D, please help with bananas/fruit at night posted by Andie on April 21, 2007 at 3:07 pm:
the more tired i wake up, the more energy i will have that day. i learnt this from one of the best marathoners in the world. he said' it doesnt really matter how you feel when you put the first step from your bed to the floor, what matters is how you feel after an hour hard running!'
he went on to explain how the body has been storing and refueling overnight and that going from fully laden to full flight can feel awkward but youll get used to it.
the best races ive ever had are when i wake up the 'tiredest'. sure ive woken up in the morning when ive been fasting and jumped out of bed, but i wont be jumping around after a 30 mile run like i do when i eat sufficiently. yet when i did that 30 mile run recentley i was looking for all the reasons to stay in bed that morn. but all i found was excuses. the reasons where all ready up the mountain waiting for me.
are my facts backed by science? no.do my beliefs let me ride my bike for days on only 3 hours sleep a day. yes.
we just have to ask what matters more. how we feel that first few minutes out of bed or middle of the day when we are calling on the carbs we ate the day before?
as what we eat today, powers us tommorrow. carb up today and carve it up tommorrow.
maybe try eating early before going to bed.i used to worry about how i felt in the morn. but as long as nobody stole my legs and arms whilst i was sleeping, im only focusing about how i feel when im out on the road. cos to me that is all that counts.im a road warrior, not a carb load worrier.
One of the best mornings I've had in a long time!
The rest of last week was mostly spent recovering. I was very sore and stiff on Tuesday morning, and I ran anyway. It was hard. I loosened up a bit during the run, but afterwards I was more sore and stiff than I had been before! Farm work is more tiring than I thought it would be, and I realized that I REALLY needed to catch up on sleep.
So that's what I did for the rest of the week...no morning workouts, just sleeping in until it was time to start working.
Last night I was feeling a bit discouraged...I felt like marathon training wasn't fun, and that maybe I should not run a fall marathon this year. I knew that I needed to run 5-6 miles this morning, and that last weeks 4-5 miles felt really difficult, so 5-6 would probably be more so. I went to bed...
Today was my day off, which was why I planned the long run for today.
When I woke up, it felt good to lay in bed as long as I wanted. When I finally got up, I looked at the clock: 8:07 a.m. And it was the strangest thing...the sky was blue, it was bright and sunny...and I felt like going for a run! So I said, "ok, I'll do my 5-6 miles...no need to make any final decisions about a marathon yet, and I don't want to close any doors."
Here in Colorado, I really don't have a way of gauging the mileage, so I'm just going for time. Assuming a 12 minute mile, that would mean I need to run for one hour to do 5 miles. If I was REALLY slow (15 minute miles, which I highly doubt), it would be only 4 miles per hour. So my mileage is really just rough estimates. So I figured that in order to ensure that I ran 5-6 miles, I'd need to run for 1 hour and 30 minutes. So that was today's goal.
Well, I got outside, and I was determined to take it nice and easy to start, since I hadn't done any running in the past few days (just recuperating from being stiff and catching up on sleep!). I enjoyed it right away.
What a wonderful run! I discovered a trail along the Colorado river about 45 minutes into the run, so instead of turning around and going back at that point, I just kept going! I couldn't believe that it felt so easy today, after weeks of having running feel very difficult! Even though my goal was to run for 1:30 today, I didn't even turn around until 1:17! So my total run was 2 hours long today...somewhere between 8 and 10 miles, instead of the 5-6! And I thought that 5-6 would kill me =)!
This was so encouraging to me. I had a little trouble hitting the ground running after returning home from Costa Rica. I pretty much had a week and a half of very poor sleep (due to stress) that really took it's toll on my energy levels and on my recovery, and so running and training felt like huge chores and seemed to break me down even more. So having a fabulous run after a few days of good rest and recovery (and a week and a half of catching up on sleep!) reassured me that I did not lose all my endurance...my body was just plain TIRED. And now it's catching up! Excellent! And I didn't even carry any food/water with me...imagine if I had food/water! I probably would have gone farther!
So that's what I did for the rest of the week...no morning workouts, just sleeping in until it was time to start working.
Last night I was feeling a bit discouraged...I felt like marathon training wasn't fun, and that maybe I should not run a fall marathon this year. I knew that I needed to run 5-6 miles this morning, and that last weeks 4-5 miles felt really difficult, so 5-6 would probably be more so. I went to bed...
Today was my day off, which was why I planned the long run for today.
When I woke up, it felt good to lay in bed as long as I wanted. When I finally got up, I looked at the clock: 8:07 a.m. And it was the strangest thing...the sky was blue, it was bright and sunny...and I felt like going for a run! So I said, "ok, I'll do my 5-6 miles...no need to make any final decisions about a marathon yet, and I don't want to close any doors."
Here in Colorado, I really don't have a way of gauging the mileage, so I'm just going for time. Assuming a 12 minute mile, that would mean I need to run for one hour to do 5 miles. If I was REALLY slow (15 minute miles, which I highly doubt), it would be only 4 miles per hour. So my mileage is really just rough estimates. So I figured that in order to ensure that I ran 5-6 miles, I'd need to run for 1 hour and 30 minutes. So that was today's goal.
Well, I got outside, and I was determined to take it nice and easy to start, since I hadn't done any running in the past few days (just recuperating from being stiff and catching up on sleep!). I enjoyed it right away.
What a wonderful run! I discovered a trail along the Colorado river about 45 minutes into the run, so instead of turning around and going back at that point, I just kept going! I couldn't believe that it felt so easy today, after weeks of having running feel very difficult! Even though my goal was to run for 1:30 today, I didn't even turn around until 1:17! So my total run was 2 hours long today...somewhere between 8 and 10 miles, instead of the 5-6! And I thought that 5-6 would kill me =)!
This was so encouraging to me. I had a little trouble hitting the ground running after returning home from Costa Rica. I pretty much had a week and a half of very poor sleep (due to stress) that really took it's toll on my energy levels and on my recovery, and so running and training felt like huge chores and seemed to break me down even more. So having a fabulous run after a few days of good rest and recovery (and a week and a half of catching up on sleep!) reassured me that I did not lose all my endurance...my body was just plain TIRED. And now it's catching up! Excellent! And I didn't even carry any food/water with me...imagine if I had food/water! I probably would have gone farther!
Monday, April 16, 2007
Look how much I ate!
Yesterday's training was supposed to be 4-5 miles. I had no way of telling the mileage, so I ran for 60 minutes and hoped that got me enough (don't see how it wouldn't...unless I was really THAT stiff). My hamstrings were REALLY tight and it took me a while to get into it.
My hamstrings are really tight today as well. I'm moving pretty slowly...I feel like an old lady! Farm work is TOUGH! =) But I'm sure I'll get used to it soon. Training is specific...so since I've never really done this type of work, my body will take a period of time to adjust.
I hope I feel loose enough tomorrow morning for my training run...the bending over and weeding is tough on the hamstrings after a while.
But enough complaining. Other than feeling stiff, I feel fabulous. I feel as though I'm in better health than I've ever been in (and I probably am!). It feels great to be so active...and now I REALLY enjoy my food.
Speaking of food...it's been a bit of an adjustment there, too. For the first few days on the farm, I was eating something along the lines of this: watermelon for breakfast, bananas (sometimes with celery) for lunch, tangerines followed by a huge salad for dinner (tangerine juice for dressing, usually). Or maybe instead of the salad, a blended veggie soup (toms, cukes, pepper, celery). Then I would crave dried fruit late at night before bed. So I realized that even though I am eating "as much fruit as I care for" during the day...it's not enough calories for my much more active lifestyle here on the farm! I didn't see how I could cram in many more bananas at lunchtime, since I was already pretty much at my limit (11, 12, 13 bananas...how much more can I eat in one sitting, haha)...so for the past 2 days I tried replacing the watermelon with more bananas at breakfast. Works like a charm! 9 bananas down the hatch in the morning! And no nighttime cravings! Perfect =).
So, today was a "rest day" in terms of training...but my job was hard work! I ate:
Breakfast - 9 bananas blended into a smoothie
Lunch - 13 or 14 bananas and 2 stalks celery blended into a smoothie
Dinner - 10 large honey tangerines. 4 or 5 tomatoes. Did some evening chores, then made a HUGE salad: 2 romaine hearts (shredded fine), 5 tomatoes (chopped), 1 orange bell pepper (chopped), a few leaves cilantro (chopped), and 1 haas avocado (chopped, and the first overt fat I've had in a week). Tossed that all together, than ate it inside whole romaine leaves, like a taco (used 2 more romaine hearts for the shells!).
I can't believe I ate that much! But it doesn't feel like "too much", and I probably won't have any cravings tonight, haha. Seriously, though, I don't feel like I'm going to burst at all! But it took a damn long time to eat all that food. It was SO good though.
Can't wait until height of season, when I get most of my produce for free and fresh from the farm!
My hamstrings are really tight today as well. I'm moving pretty slowly...I feel like an old lady! Farm work is TOUGH! =) But I'm sure I'll get used to it soon. Training is specific...so since I've never really done this type of work, my body will take a period of time to adjust.
I hope I feel loose enough tomorrow morning for my training run...the bending over and weeding is tough on the hamstrings after a while.
But enough complaining. Other than feeling stiff, I feel fabulous. I feel as though I'm in better health than I've ever been in (and I probably am!). It feels great to be so active...and now I REALLY enjoy my food.
Speaking of food...it's been a bit of an adjustment there, too. For the first few days on the farm, I was eating something along the lines of this: watermelon for breakfast, bananas (sometimes with celery) for lunch, tangerines followed by a huge salad for dinner (tangerine juice for dressing, usually). Or maybe instead of the salad, a blended veggie soup (toms, cukes, pepper, celery). Then I would crave dried fruit late at night before bed. So I realized that even though I am eating "as much fruit as I care for" during the day...it's not enough calories for my much more active lifestyle here on the farm! I didn't see how I could cram in many more bananas at lunchtime, since I was already pretty much at my limit (11, 12, 13 bananas...how much more can I eat in one sitting, haha)...so for the past 2 days I tried replacing the watermelon with more bananas at breakfast. Works like a charm! 9 bananas down the hatch in the morning! And no nighttime cravings! Perfect =).
So, today was a "rest day" in terms of training...but my job was hard work! I ate:
Breakfast - 9 bananas blended into a smoothie
Lunch - 13 or 14 bananas and 2 stalks celery blended into a smoothie
Dinner - 10 large honey tangerines. 4 or 5 tomatoes. Did some evening chores, then made a HUGE salad: 2 romaine hearts (shredded fine), 5 tomatoes (chopped), 1 orange bell pepper (chopped), a few leaves cilantro (chopped), and 1 haas avocado (chopped, and the first overt fat I've had in a week). Tossed that all together, than ate it inside whole romaine leaves, like a taco (used 2 more romaine hearts for the shells!).
I can't believe I ate that much! But it doesn't feel like "too much", and I probably won't have any cravings tonight, haha. Seriously, though, I don't feel like I'm going to burst at all! But it took a damn long time to eat all that food. It was SO good though.
Can't wait until height of season, when I get most of my produce for free and fresh from the farm!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
I feel so happy, grateful, and good!
Today I feel better than I have in my whole life, I think! Now that I'm in CO, and all the stress of the past few weeks is gone, I've finally been able to sleep again.
I can't believe how good I feel.
Today I just walked...no running, but a fair bit of walking. Probably at least 4 miles.
A lot of resting today too.
Watering plants in the greenhouse with a watering can is a good anterior deltoid (front shoulder) workout! =)
I can't believe how good I feel.
Today I just walked...no running, but a fair bit of walking. Probably at least 4 miles.
A lot of resting today too.
Watering plants in the greenhouse with a watering can is a good anterior deltoid (front shoulder) workout! =)
I'm blogging again (may take a few false starts though!)
Ok! I'm finally settled in Colorado, and head-over-heels in love with it! My marathon training is starting! After 2 weeks of no sleep, I'm finally able to sleep through the night again! Good news all around!
Gotta get used to eating more again...I'm a lot more active than I was in my office job! Weeding for hours works your back and your biceps and doesn't feel hard while you are doing it...but afterwards you are TIRED! =)
Yesterday:
Before breakfast - Did a jog/walk, just for enjoyment, into town. About 50 minutes round trip. Stretched.
Breakfast - 1 personal sized watermelon
We mostly did greenhouse work and a bit of walking around the farm in the morning. Nothing too strenuous...
Before lunch - 3 sets push-ups (it may just be my imagination, but these felt easier than they had in a while!), 3 sets jump squats, 3 sets ab work.
Lunch - 11 bananas, 1/2 a large bunch celery.
Afternoon - greenhouse work and about 2 hours of weeding the strawberries and garlic.
Dinner - 6 large honey tangerines. 2 large bowls veggie soup (tomatoes, cuke, pepper, celery). More tomatoes (they needed to be eaten).
Later - 1 head cauliflower, 1 pepper, more tomatoes. Finally I realized it was sweet that I needed...will need to get used to eating more fruit during the day! Had some dried figs.
Woke up this morning not sore at all from the weeding! I feel great from all this activity!
Gotta get used to eating more again...I'm a lot more active than I was in my office job! Weeding for hours works your back and your biceps and doesn't feel hard while you are doing it...but afterwards you are TIRED! =)
Yesterday:
Before breakfast - Did a jog/walk, just for enjoyment, into town. About 50 minutes round trip. Stretched.
Breakfast - 1 personal sized watermelon
We mostly did greenhouse work and a bit of walking around the farm in the morning. Nothing too strenuous...
Before lunch - 3 sets push-ups (it may just be my imagination, but these felt easier than they had in a while!), 3 sets jump squats, 3 sets ab work.
Lunch - 11 bananas, 1/2 a large bunch celery.
Afternoon - greenhouse work and about 2 hours of weeding the strawberries and garlic.
Dinner - 6 large honey tangerines. 2 large bowls veggie soup (tomatoes, cuke, pepper, celery). More tomatoes (they needed to be eaten).
Later - 1 head cauliflower, 1 pepper, more tomatoes. Finally I realized it was sweet that I needed...will need to get used to eating more fruit during the day! Had some dried figs.
Woke up this morning not sore at all from the weeding! I feel great from all this activity!
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Back from Costa Rica!
Back from Costa Rica! Been catching up on sleep, and swamped with the holiday, but here are a coupl'a photos!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
One last building session before Costa Rica!
Morning training (a total body building session):
3 sets step-ups on bench
3 sets romainian deadlifts
3 sets walking lunges
3 sets swiss ball hamstring curls
3 sets barbell squats
3 sets seated calf raises
3 sets assisted chin-ups
3 sets chest dips
3 sets assisted pull-ups
3 sets push-ups
3 sets straight arm pull-downs
3 sets flat bench dumbbell flyes
3 sets posterior delt raises
3 sets upright rows
3 sets anterior delt raises
3 sets dumbbell shoulder presses
3 sets preacher curls (dumbbells)
3 sets rotating biceps curls
3 sets triceps kick-back
3 sets dumbbell curls with lift
3 more sets triceps kickbacks
3 sets cable crunches
3 sets hanging abs
3 sets roman chair oblique crunches
3 "sets" (one each!) decline bench sit-ups.
If that's not a workout, I don't know what is! Last lifting before Costa Rica!
After workout - 10 or 11 or 12 bananas
Second meal - 4 mangoes. 1 pint grape tomatoes. 1 orange bell pepper. 1 head cauliflower
Third meal - 3 pints grape tomatoes. 1 head cauliflower.
3 sets step-ups on bench
3 sets romainian deadlifts
3 sets walking lunges
3 sets swiss ball hamstring curls
3 sets barbell squats
3 sets seated calf raises
3 sets assisted chin-ups
3 sets chest dips
3 sets assisted pull-ups
3 sets push-ups
3 sets straight arm pull-downs
3 sets flat bench dumbbell flyes
3 sets posterior delt raises
3 sets upright rows
3 sets anterior delt raises
3 sets dumbbell shoulder presses
3 sets preacher curls (dumbbells)
3 sets rotating biceps curls
3 sets triceps kick-back
3 sets dumbbell curls with lift
3 more sets triceps kickbacks
3 sets cable crunches
3 sets hanging abs
3 sets roman chair oblique crunches
3 "sets" (one each!) decline bench sit-ups.
If that's not a workout, I don't know what is! Last lifting before Costa Rica!
After workout - 10 or 11 or 12 bananas
Second meal - 4 mangoes. 1 pint grape tomatoes. 1 orange bell pepper. 1 head cauliflower
Third meal - 3 pints grape tomatoes. 1 head cauliflower.
Monday, February 26, 2007
Steak knives are good for slicing mangoes.
Morning "training"
3 sets sit-ups (2 with twisting)
Close to an hour of shoveling snow! That's a tough workout for the back!
Breakfast - 1 large papaya. 3 mangoes.
Ate pretty much all day the rest of the day. No overt fats, but plenty of dried fruit...
3 sets sit-ups (2 with twisting)
Close to an hour of shoveling snow! That's a tough workout for the back!
Breakfast - 1 large papaya. 3 mangoes.
Ate pretty much all day the rest of the day. No overt fats, but plenty of dried fruit...
Sunday, February 25, 2007
First post in 3 days! Did a lot of walking on Friday and Saturday (several hours). Friday, I'm sad to say that I had a bit of an evening almond extravaganza...probably due to not enough fruit in the daytime. So, I spent Saturday recovering a bit from that.
Morning training today:
Indoor cycling class at my mom's gym. Wasn't nearly as fun as indoor cycling in Chicago...but a very good workout. Then, I ran 10 sprints (one track length each).
Breakfast - 5 bananas, 1/2 a papaya.
Lunch with my brother - lots of pudding: banana/papaya and banana/date
Dinner - some baby bok choy. 2 mangoes. 1 small orange. lots of salad (baby spinach, tomatoes, red peppers).
Being out of Chicago is doing me SO MUCH GOOD. The sunshine and fresh air is awesome. My skin is glowing! Can't wait for Costa Rica.
Morning training today:
Indoor cycling class at my mom's gym. Wasn't nearly as fun as indoor cycling in Chicago...but a very good workout. Then, I ran 10 sprints (one track length each).
Breakfast - 5 bananas, 1/2 a papaya.
Lunch with my brother - lots of pudding: banana/papaya and banana/date
Dinner - some baby bok choy. 2 mangoes. 1 small orange. lots of salad (baby spinach, tomatoes, red peppers).
Being out of Chicago is doing me SO MUCH GOOD. The sunshine and fresh air is awesome. My skin is glowing! Can't wait for Costa Rica.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
What an active day!
Today I went for my first long run in a while. Probably somewhere between 8 and 10 miles. Went on the bike path here in NJ. Included some hill training too. Took a few walk breaks (there were some icy patches!).
Breakfast - 7 bananas.
Then I went into the city. Carried a heavy backpack around.
Lunch at Caravan of Dreams with a friend - 2 live pink lady smoothies (orange, apple, mango, strawberry, plantain) and a large mixed green salad.
More walking, carrying.
Dinner at home - 7 fuyu persimmons. 1 large bowl tomato-basil-celery soup (.75 pounds tomatoes, 2 stalks celery, 4 leaves basil, blended in food processor). 1 date.
Today is the 6th day in a row of meals as opposed to grazing. It feels excellent! It's amazing how easy this is to do now that I'm not trying to distract myself with food from an office job! It feels so effortless. When I was working, it felt like such an effort.
Breakfast - 7 bananas.
Then I went into the city. Carried a heavy backpack around.
Lunch at Caravan of Dreams with a friend - 2 live pink lady smoothies (orange, apple, mango, strawberry, plantain) and a large mixed green salad.
More walking, carrying.
Dinner at home - 7 fuyu persimmons. 1 large bowl tomato-basil-celery soup (.75 pounds tomatoes, 2 stalks celery, 4 leaves basil, blended in food processor). 1 date.
Today is the 6th day in a row of meals as opposed to grazing. It feels excellent! It's amazing how easy this is to do now that I'm not trying to distract myself with food from an office job! It feels so effortless. When I was working, it felt like such an effort.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Just DO it!
Ok, now that I've had a chance to breathe, after moving out and driving, I'd like to write about a conversation I had with Dave on Saturday night. I think we were talking about how my weight had actually gone up since Health and Fitness Week (september 2006), not down. Dave would have guessed that I had lost weight, he said. Since I've been doing a lot of strength work, I said that of the 8 or 9 pounds I had gained since then, I was willing to believe that 4 or 5 (at most) of those pounds are muscle, and the rest was fat, due to emotional eating, etc.
Dave then told me about a friend of theirs (him and his wife, Val) who had trouble keeping weight off on different raw food programs. He said to this friend, "you really should try to do 8-1-1." She responded that she had tried it, and it didn't work for her. To that, he said, "[insert friend's name here], you really have to DO it. Most people who think they are doing it are actually not. Unless you've experienced it at an event or something, it's hard to REALLY understand how to do it." She said, "ok, I'm willing to try it. Tell me what I have to do." Long story short, she's been following the program to the letter since Thanksgiving, and she's lost 3o pounds!
Hearing that story really made something click for me. Yes, I've been living healthfully, but have I actually been DOING 8-1-1 these past few months? Probably not. The emotional eating nut extravaganzas are one aspect that isn't serving me well (and probably the main reason I've packed on a few pounds this winter!). But another key aspect I haven't been following is that on days when I've been working in the office (5 days per week), I often eat 4, 5, or 6 times per day rather than the 2 or 3 times per day that would be much better for me.
So, hearing the story of Dave's friend caused me to remember something in Doug's book, and then it came together why I was struggling with this. Here's the excerpt from Doug's book, The 80-10-10 Diet (page 239, in the FAQ section, under "why didn't the 80/10/10 diet work for me?". hope he doesn't mind the quote!):
Today's workout:
25 minutes on elliptical machine to warm up
2 minutes rowing machine
arm circles
Upper body strength workout (almost all sets to failure within 5 reps):
3 sets negative assisted pull-ups
3 sets assisted chest dips
3 sets negative assisted chin-ups
3 sets push-ups
3 sets straight arm pulldowns (7 reps failure)
3 sets flatbench dumbbell flyes
3 sets upright rows
3 sets rear delt flyes
3 sets front raises
3 sets preacher curls
3 sets assisted triceps dips
Today was a recovery day for my legs/core, which surprisingly aren't too sore! Hooray for fast recovery, facilitated by sleep!
No breakfast
Lunch after workout - lots of persimmons and bananas. 2 stalks celery.
Went for a bike ride in the afternoon - short and easy (I can tell my legs are not fully recovered from yesterday!). Rode to the grocery store and back. (About 1 hour 10 minutes total, including about 20 minutes in the store?).
Dinner - 2 small papayas. papaya-tomato-basil soup (yum!!!!): 2 small papayas, 1 pound tomatoes, four leaves fresh basil. nappa cabbage-papaya-lime wraps (yummm!!!!!): 1 small head nappa cabbage, 2 small papayas, juice of 1/2 a lime.
Fourth day in a row of meals, not grazing. It feels really good, and light. =)
Dave then told me about a friend of theirs (him and his wife, Val) who had trouble keeping weight off on different raw food programs. He said to this friend, "you really should try to do 8-1-1." She responded that she had tried it, and it didn't work for her. To that, he said, "[insert friend's name here], you really have to DO it. Most people who think they are doing it are actually not. Unless you've experienced it at an event or something, it's hard to REALLY understand how to do it." She said, "ok, I'm willing to try it. Tell me what I have to do." Long story short, she's been following the program to the letter since Thanksgiving, and she's lost 3o pounds!
Hearing that story really made something click for me. Yes, I've been living healthfully, but have I actually been DOING 8-1-1 these past few months? Probably not. The emotional eating nut extravaganzas are one aspect that isn't serving me well (and probably the main reason I've packed on a few pounds this winter!). But another key aspect I haven't been following is that on days when I've been working in the office (5 days per week), I often eat 4, 5, or 6 times per day rather than the 2 or 3 times per day that would be much better for me.
So, hearing the story of Dave's friend caused me to remember something in Doug's book, and then it came together why I was struggling with this. Here's the excerpt from Doug's book, The 80-10-10 Diet (page 239, in the FAQ section, under "why didn't the 80/10/10 diet work for me?". hope he doesn't mind the quote!):
Why didn't the 80/10/10 diet work for me?
People come to me at times having tried this method of eating unsuccessfully. Upon examination, I found almost invariably that they were not actually doing what I recommend. As I truly desire to help people succeed, I want to mention here several key factors that people often overlook when adopting the 80/10/10 lifestyle.
You are not following 80/10/10 if:
- Less than 2% of your total calories come from vegetables and leafy greens. For true health, I recommend consuming 2 to 6% of calories from leafy greens. For 4% of your calories to come from vegetables on a 2000-calorie diet, you would have to eat roughly a pound of greens per day.
- Your caloric intake is insufficient to maintain your desired body weight.
- You burn less than 1/5 of your total calories through physical activity (at least 400 calories per day if you average 2000 calories).
- Your habitual sleep pattern doesn't meet your body's needs.
- You eat all day long rather than one to four meals a day.
- You lack emotional poise (your lifestyle is sufficiently stressful to cause your system ongoing adrenal exertion).
- You expose your fully (or substantially) unclothed skin to moderate sunlight less than 30 minutes per day. (Our bodies require approximately 15 minutes of sunlight exposure per day to produce sufficient vitamin D. I would consider 30 minutes a day a healthful minimum...remember, our species wasn't designed to live indoors.
So, that's the excerpt. Anyway, it really hit home that in order to distract myself from a job I didn't enjoy, I would eat...munching and grazing all day. Dave's story about his friend inspired me to "just do it." I know from experience that the program works really well, when I actually follow it!
The past 4 days, I've actually been following the program (eating meals, not grazing), and it feels great! I feel like the digestive load is much lighter when I'm not constantly eating.
Today's workout:
25 minutes on elliptical machine to warm up
2 minutes rowing machine
arm circles
Upper body strength workout (almost all sets to failure within 5 reps):
3 sets negative assisted pull-ups
3 sets assisted chest dips
3 sets negative assisted chin-ups
3 sets push-ups
3 sets straight arm pulldowns (7 reps failure)
3 sets flatbench dumbbell flyes
3 sets upright rows
3 sets rear delt flyes
3 sets front raises
3 sets preacher curls
3 sets assisted triceps dips
Today was a recovery day for my legs/core, which surprisingly aren't too sore! Hooray for fast recovery, facilitated by sleep!
No breakfast
Lunch after workout - lots of persimmons and bananas. 2 stalks celery.
Went for a bike ride in the afternoon - short and easy (I can tell my legs are not fully recovered from yesterday!). Rode to the grocery store and back. (About 1 hour 10 minutes total, including about 20 minutes in the store?).
Dinner - 2 small papayas. papaya-tomato-basil soup (yum!!!!): 2 small papayas, 1 pound tomatoes, four leaves fresh basil. nappa cabbage-papaya-lime wraps (yummm!!!!!): 1 small head nappa cabbage, 2 small papayas, juice of 1/2 a lime.
Fourth day in a row of meals, not grazing. It feels really good, and light. =)
Monday, February 19, 2007
Breakfast - 2 small papayas
25 minutes on treadmill (hill intervals)
Leg workout/core workout:
3 sets step-ups
3 sets romainian deadlifts
3 sets walking lunges
3 sets swiss ball hamstring curls
3 sets step-ups
3 sets barbell squats
3 sets cable crunches (is that the right name? I don't think so)
3 sets hanging abs
3 sets roman chair oblique crunches
3 sets sit-ups on decline bench
3 sets roman chair extensions
Lunch - lots of persimmons
Took a nap in the afternoon.
Dinner - 1/2 a pineapple. 3/4 large papaya. 1/2 pound baby spinach.
25 minutes on treadmill (hill intervals)
Leg workout/core workout:
3 sets step-ups
3 sets romainian deadlifts
3 sets walking lunges
3 sets swiss ball hamstring curls
3 sets step-ups
3 sets barbell squats
3 sets cable crunches (is that the right name? I don't think so)
3 sets hanging abs
3 sets roman chair oblique crunches
3 sets sit-ups on decline bench
3 sets roman chair extensions
Lunch - lots of persimmons
Took a nap in the afternoon.
Dinner - 1/2 a pineapple. 3/4 large papaya. 1/2 pound baby spinach.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Snow training with Dave!
Snow training with Dave!
Running/walking/racing/backwards/hills in snow, for about a half hour. What a tough workout! Dave is such an inspiration.
Drove all day.
Breakfast - persimmons
Lunch - persimmons
Dinner - tangerine juice (almost a half gallon), huge salad (lettuce, pepper, tomato, cabbage)
Running/walking/racing/backwards/hills in snow, for about a half hour. What a tough workout! Dave is such an inspiration.
Drove all day.
Breakfast - persimmons
Lunch - persimmons
Dinner - tangerine juice (almost a half gallon), huge salad (lettuce, pepper, tomato, cabbage)
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