On Food Fridays I will tell you about everything I ate that day. No matter if it is a good day or not: you will see it all.
Today I had a really simple to-do list: wake up, work out, study, go to sleep. OK, I had some tiny errands that needed to be done as well but in general a boring study day. But I was abnormally hungry all day long hence the BIG portions… Still not understanding what’s going on with my appetite, hunger and eating patterns 😦
1st meal: 10 AM
Before breakfast I went running and burned around 800 calories. I was so hungry when I got back home and ate the biggest breakfast ever. Still felt hungry. Is that normal?
Post-workout breakfast
2 eggs
2 slices of bacon
2 slices of cheese
300 grams of cabbage
and
10 grams of cocoa
a dash of cinnamon
200 grams of ricotta
100 grams of buttermilk/kefir (does anyone know a normal English word for keefir?)
2nd meal: 4 PM
A mountain of beans, don’t let the photo fool you.
1 meat patty (125 grams of minced meat, 1/4 of an egg, 65 grams of grated cheese)
400 grams of frozen green beans
5 grams of olive oil
(About 40 minutes later…)
Protein waffle. Obviously I can’t clean my waffle iron properly 😀
1 egg
25 grams of protein powder
10 grams of olive oil
50 grams of kefir
300 grams of cabbage (not pictured)
Nutrition information
Macros: liberal low-carb. Total protein overkill from my protein waffle. Also you can notice quite the bit of carbs…
A really weird day. I was hungry all day long. Was this from my run in the morning? Usually I work out in the evenings or around lunchtime. If I had eaten according to my actual hunger level today, I think we would be talking about 3000+ calories. Not normal. Or is it?!
Nike Training Day tomorrow. Ready to burn around 3000 calories or more but also eat more than usually just to survive the whole event. I have to prep 3 meals to take to Tallinn with me and then figure out when I can eat between the 6 classes there. But I’m excited! Bring. It. On!
In Workout Week posts I will tell you everything about my last week’s workouts.
On Monday I had Jooks Jõud Venitus (Run Strength Stretch) again. I was pretty scared before the workout since I didn’t know how my leg would hold up. Actually everything was fine. I didn’t have any pain. I skipped some exercises and replaced them with other things but in general it was a good workout. I did hold myself back and I think it was wise to do that. Recover first, then start going harder.
Tuesday was a complete rest day. It felt so weird! A totally foreign concept to me… I went to an hour long foam rolling class. Man, I didn’t even know it could hurt so much! The front of my things were the worst, my injured hamstring felt pretty good. Hopefully this stretching and conditioning did me good. I’m going to buy myself a foam roller for sure.
Wednesday was intervals day. We did a 15 minute warm-up, then stretched a little and did some running exercises. After that it was time for intervals. 5 min jogging, then 200 m in 5:30 pace, 220 m jog, 400 m fast, 220 m jog and 200 m fast in 5:30 pace. We did 3 blocks of intervals. Overall we did about an hour of running. Last we did some ab exercises and stretches. It was an awesome workout and I was pain-free. I was so happy that my hamstring felt normal again 🙂
That’s how you smile when you’re really really happy 🙂
Thursday started off rough for me. You can read more here. But a great workout can fix a lot of things! I did BodyPump 89 with Maris for the first time. OH. MY. GOD! I LOVE THIS PROGRAM! I really really do. I gave this workout my all and felt a lot better. Also, I really appreciate everyone who left me comments or messaged me, gave support and great advice. I’m glad I can share my thoughts and feelings and my blogreaders understand me. It’s great to know that people get you and have experienced similar problems.
Friday morning began with an hour long swim. I did 500 m breaststoke, 1000 m front crawl and 600 m breaststroke; all in total 2100 m. It wasn’t the best swim ever and I felt my technique getting worse the longer I swam… Well, every workout can’t be golden. I also got the chance to relax in the sauna for some time, that was nice. In the evening I made a 1 hour 45 minute long walk to my triathlon seminar, all in total 10,43 km. That day I burned around 1200 kcal and it didn’t feel like it, I wasn’t really that tired. Awesome! 🙂
On Saturday it was time to test myself again: it was the second virtual running race. Longer post here. I also rolled with my foam roller for half an hour or so to relax my muscles.
Yup, that’s me 😀
I decided to take Sunday easier and went to Pilates. I actually isn’t an easy workout at all, especially since my arms were sore (from what? swimming? IDK). I was still sweaty and tired after the workout and wished we stretched more… I should have gone to yoga or something.
In total:
3 hours of running
1 hour 45 minutes of muscle workouts
2 hours of body and mind workouts
1 hour of swimming
1 hour 45 minutes of walking
I use sportlyzer.com for my summaries.
Before saving the summary from Sportlyzer I didn’t even realise I had such an active week. Almost 10 hours of working out but almost 4 hours were easier workouts. And my thigh is pretty much OK now. I don’t really want to use the r-word about it yet since I’m afraid to jinx it 😀
From tomorrow I will be following my half-marathon training plan for 12 weeks. I might have to change Thursday and Friday up if everything goes to plan, can’t tell you more just yet. Next week is also the Nike Training Day at Saku Suurhall. Lots of exciting stuff coming up! Game: ON!
Nourish, Train & Flourish 