On high carb days, how much are you supposed to go over? For example, I try and keep myself close to 1600 cal a day, now on a high day where should I fall over the 1600 calorie mark? Far over, or just a little bit?

Meal One- 1.5 cups of Shredded Wheat N' Bran with a Tbsp of added Fiber. 2% Milk. (I had planned on buying fat free, but my Dad bought milk before I did). I had a lil over 1/2 cup of Cottage Cheese.

Meal Two- A medium sized Apple. Mmm. 2 Margaritas!*

Meal Three- 2 servings of left over Fajitas. Mmm.

Workout- Did my cardio at the gym. A mixture of the Elliptical and Stair Master.

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't been around in awhile.

My nutrition of the past week or so hasn't been the best, although I have really been trying to keep to the 5 meals a day plan.

Yesterday I completed my very first 5k! I came in at 43:37 - which completed two goals for me 1)to finish the race running across the finish line and 2) to finish under 45 minutes. It was hard, but not any harder than I had thought it might be. I'm looking at a couple races in September that I might sign up for - hopefully shave two or three minutes off my time. :)

Today my plan is to put together a bunch of the recipes I've found so that I have a good amount of ready made food that is also on plan, as well as put together my Meal Plan for the week. I think that's where I really got off track this last week, not having any kind of a meal plan set down.

Sorry I could'nt blog for the past 6 days -
Update
13/07/08
1 Oats sweetner lowfat milk egg
2 Brownrice salad chicken
3 Soup
4 Rice salad Chicken
5 ricecake cottage cheese

No exercise - I injured my right knee

14/07/08
1 Oats sweetner lowfat milk
2 Ricesalad Chicken
3 Rice salad Chicken apple
4 Ricecake cottage cheese
5 Chicken stirfry broccoli, cauliflower and pumpkin

No exercise

15/07/08
1 Oats sweetner lowfat milk chicken
2 Stirfry chicken apple
3 Ricecake cottagecheese
4 soup ricecake cottagecheese

No exercise

16/07/08
1 Oats sweetner lowfat milk
2 Chicken tomato and cucumber

It's been a couple of days, but here is the second part of my habit watching experiment. These are the annoying habits that I need to work on to really jump start my goal of getting into better shape.

1) Lack of Daily Exercise
I am a fairly active person. I am always running around at work getting things done, lifting boxes off shelves etc. I also play tennis every Sunday. The big problem I have is that I don't workout on a daily or semi daily basis. I always put it off and say that I don't have time or will put it off until later, which never happens. I don't have any issues with working out. I find it refreshing afterwards and find it to be a great stress reliever. My only issue is just going out and doing it! This is probably the easiest one to fix.

Sunday, July 20, 2008
Today, I had for breakfast which consisted of a large protein shake and grits. After attending church, we went to Cracker Barrell and I had Chicken Breast, Pintos, mustard Greens and boiled Cabbage. About two hours later, I had an Avocado Salad (Green Salad with avocado slices, tomotoes, black olives). Approx. 3 hours later I ate a can of tuna and steamed green beans. That was around 6:00 pm. Now it's approx. 8:00 pm and I am still hungry. I felt as if I have eaten all day (which I have) and can't understand why I'm so darn hungry. I know the Cracker Barrel thing isn't that healthy but we go there after church and I do try and make a healthy choice when we do go. I have protein and veggies (no bread) and water LOL

Well ...Fri, Sat & Sun consisted of about 12-14 hours of study/homework per day but still got my workout in Friday and tonight I made up a slew of food for the week - nothing fancy, just 21 Zip-locked turkey sandwiches and 7 salads in quart sized Ziplock bags and boiled a dozen eggs - NOOO excuse for missing any meals here - even got three bag lunches made up each complete w/ 2 turkey sandwiches, apple & banana.

I upgraded my sandwiches a bit by getting the only cheese I could find that was accepted by the American Heart Association - 0g fat, 4g protein and 3g carbs per slice. The bread is some Healthy Life, 35 cal/slice stuff and we're using oven roasted turkey meat at only 30 cal/slice. Not bad, each sandwich is only 155 calories, 2g fat, 14g protein and 21g carbs.