Sunday Relaxing Run Day

I'm hungry and I shouldn't be.... I ate enough at breakfast, so what gives?!  I decide to grab the rest of the corned beef I have in the frig and it seems to be adequate.

I got up just after 7:30 this morning and headed to Starbucks around 8.  Stopping of course for a sour cream donut for the pups and a double chocolate donut for D.  I finally got a tea at Starbucks with a little coconut milk - Peach Tranquility (herbal! no caffeine!).  It was very peachy and perfect for the warmer day - summery 😌

When I got home I made this fabulous brekkie!

It has all the yum in it!  Spinach, collard greens, yellow pepper, healthy 8 mix (Trader Joe's), corned beef and pork/turkey burger mix.  I sautéed it in around a tablespoon of coconut oil.

Just before 1 I headed out for my run.  I didn't really have a set route I just wanted to enjoy the 70 degree weather!

I went through the downtown and through a peaceful trail and then I saw this! LOL - crazy!

I stopped and grabbed a water on my way back - somewhere are mile 5 or 6.  All I know is it was a slow steady run and I paused when I wanted to with no goal in mind.  Just being able to run no matter how fast or slow was what I wanted and I am happy that I could do.  3 years ago I didn't know if I was going to be able to run in the future.  I ran Boston and then a half Ironman and I fractured my hip  - the femoral head to be exact.  Just where you don't want it to happen.  So I couldn't run, but I could cross train thankfully!  I was able to keep my sanity.

After my run it was time for my post-workout shake.  I like to spoon my shake and hey, nutrition isn't always pretty but it is tasty!  I mixed my deluxe chocolate and mixed berry with half of a small banana.  I mix my shake with water, easy peasy.

I started to eat this before I took a picture!  It was so good and so many veggies!  Just what I needed and wanted!  I did add a little bit of vegetable broth that I didn't count, maybe a 1/4 cup.

Looks like a lot of food, but check it out.  Total of 1484 calories, carbs are decent at 101 grams and are only that high because of my "shake".  I'm satisfied with the protein and I think I could have upped the fat more.  

We also took the pups for a much needed walk after dinner.  Jack doesn't like to go outside, all the noises and people freak him out!  He sleeps good though and has put on a few extra pounds from not getting in his daily walks.  All the rain lately has been horrible.

So here is my ending day counts, since I just added that long walk in.  I may have a medjool date.... I don't eat much fruit and know I could have up to 2 servings per day but that hasn't happened.

Tomorrow I get to add nuts and seeds!!  YES!  Up to 2 ounces.  I will probably just have 1 tbs of almond butter in my shake at lunch - so YUM!

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A Day of Tracking Food

Saturday morning!  Yes!!  It has seemed like there was an extra day placed in my work week!  It didn't help that half the staff took Friday off, it was beautiful out (yet still cold) and it was opening day.  That means nothing was going on and it was hard to do anything at work.  I got up and took the sheets off the bed to be washed.  It's amazing how dirty they get when you have a Big Dawg that insists on sleeping in bed with you.  Fun, dirt and more dirt and fur, YUK!

I went to Starbuck's for D and got him their new Lightly sweetened iced Chai latte and the pups (and Kaat) shared their old fashioned glazed donut.  Home and got to my breakfast.  D had cereal, blah!  I cut up 3 leaves of napa cabbage, 2 large collard green leaves and sautéed those with 4 pieces of bacon and about 1/3 cup of frozen broccoli.  I put it all in a bowl that you have seen many times.  As I sat eating it I thought, this isn't enough food, I know I'm going to be hungry before the gym and doing everything I have to do today.  Grocery shopping, cleaning and giving Puppy his bath.  I decided to put breakfast on MyFitnessPal.  I added the bacon drippings since I certainly didn't drain it!  I'm going with a tablespoon since I really didn't look what was in the pan and was probably less.

Totally not enough in my opinion!  I will probably add some extra protein in a little while.  After the gym I will have my shake and half a banana.  I will continue to track throughout the day and it will probably show exactly why I am hungry at several points throughout my day.

I decided to head to get some groceries and ate 3 slices of corned beef.  Once I got home I did have some Epic Pork Rinds before heading to the gym.

It was a hamstring focused day and this was at the end of my workout.  I think this was just after the slam balls before walking on the treadmill.

I got home and made my shake/pudding with half of a small banana mixed in.  It was a nice fruity mix, this flavor is mixed berry.  Tomorrow I may just combined the chocolate and berry for something a little different.  I felt like I could have had more, but I figured dinner would be around 5 and it was 2 when I had this. (I put the pork rinds in lunch even though it was before my workout).

I did some laundry and was surprised when D got home a little early from his ride.  I found a movie to throw on for noise and started dinner.  Mine is on the left and D's on the right.  I totally forgot to weigh the sweet potato.  I figured it was about a pound and pretty much split it between us so my best guess is 8 ounces.  Even if it was higher I still think it just fine and right now I am super full!!  The downside is I haven't had enough water.

So there is my day! 

Not quite!  I ended up snacking on the rest of the epic pork rinds!

So, my overall thoughts would be that I need to eat more at breakfast, duh.  Dinner is pretty solid.  I shouldn't need to snack if I am getting adequate fat and protein in during breakfast.  So tomorrow I will experiment again.  Days I'm lifting I should have more protein.  My carbs are going to vary since I don't always eat a sweet potato at night.  I certainly need to up my fats since that will help me feel fuller.

Tomorrow is a run day and I plan on running outside midday.  So my breakfast will have to have some staying power.  Oh!  I found that Starbuck's does have an herbal tea!  I can finally get something and not feel left out!  Woo Hoo!!