<p>BB, I am the same way with ice cream. If I’m going to have ice cream, it’s going to be the real deal. I think I may be getting a little food obsessed. Thanks to PlantMom, I have been baking bread regularly - have three good recipes which result in a bread with lots of fiber, low in sugar, and relatively low in carbs and calories (as in 66 calories per ounce, which yes, I do weigh). </p>
<p>PlantMom, I knew you could do it. It sounds as if you are going to turn into a runner after all. Great job. </p>
<p>NM, I used to watch the Travel channel at the gym - it was almost torture because there was this show where the host traveled around the U.S. and had different regional food specialties compete against each other. So I’m slogging away watching things like sandwiches with gorgeous bread. And I’m thinking, boy, I’d really like to eat this bread. Then that show’s run ended and now it’s bizarre foods. So now I’m watching Katie and Dr. Oz. I hope your H is doing better with his back!</p>
<p>I really ate too much today and didn’t get enough exercise. </p>
<p>Calories: 1538
Fat: 73 g
Carbs: 133 g
Fiber: 18 g
Protein: 95
Sugars: 43</p>
Looks like around 250 foot climb over about half a mile… a 10% slope for half a mile… wow.</p>
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Supposedly, for any diet soda with aspartame (a.k.a. NutraSweet), when it gets too warm it breaks down, and one of the by-products is formaldehyde. The quantities are really small though. And when it is digested the same happens, but that’s also true of other foods, too.</p>
<p>Half a workout tonight. Just one set, instead of two, on the strength exercises. Got late and I’ve got to eat dinner and fill up a backpack. Weatherman says it’s going to be a high of 35, sunny, and a gently 1 mph breeze in Lincoln, NH. So I’m headed back to Franconia Notch for a little more winter hiking. Going to climb up Lonesome Lake Trail (from Lafayette Campground) to Lonesome Lake and the AMC hut. I’ve hiked down this trail as part of a very long summer hike, but this will be a short roundtrip (under 4 miles) with about 1000 feet of elevation gain. The editor of the AMC White Mountains Guide hiked it last weekend. Here’s his article:</p>
<p>1,264 calories
59 g fat, 62 g carbs, 121 g protein (20% carbs)
13 g fiber, 6 g sugar</p>
<p>I had a bonk when I got home. I went up to rest and my body was cold, I was tired and zapped of energy. I went and had some dinner (mostly protein) and that didn’t help. So I had some eggs and a Tofurkey (decent amount of fat) and felt a lot better. I think that my body shut down on using fat for energy because it didn’t have any coming in for a long time.</p>
<p>I may be at my limit for dieting and exercising at the same time.</p>
<p>I should probably bump up my daily calories by 100 to 200.</p>
<p>Usual core/ strength/stretch. Doing more core and static stretching after workout. My knee is getting better! I guess the hip core strength rolling routine is starting to pay dividends.</p>
<p>The treadmills at our club go up to 12 mph or 5 min pace. I’ve done 400 meters at that speed but it’s a little dangerous hopping off to the side or stopping</p>
<p>Okay, Bromfield, great workout, but…
… you seem to have cursed me! My trainer threw in a rope tabata at the end of my workout and it nearly killed me off! </p>
<p>5 minute row intervals
planks, core, Pilates
lunges, OH squats, front squats, cleans, sit ups, push press
aforementioned rope tabata</p>
<p>Went to a “healthy” Mexican joint, ordered a shrimp taco sans tortilla, ditto for the pulled pork burrito. Nixed the beans and rice, too. Was hard to explain to the person taking the order. Also side of guac.</p>
<p>Cals 1037
Fat 67 g
Carbs 36 g
Fiber 16 g
Protein 50 g
Sugars 13 g</p>
<p>Slight blizzard here on hill this a.m. but the fresh snow didn’t seem to slow me down this time – actually my mile trudge was faster than normal, even though the snow obscured my trail…which means I should extend my weekday route a bit and add a hill!</p>
<p>Did a 4 mile walk today and plan on 8 tomorrow–won’t be able to walk on Sunday because we’re having another monster storm on Saturday night. Some of the women who are going to participate in the 3-day cancer walk that I’m doing in May have started a training group. I was going to go with them until I realized that they don’t go outside in February. They walk a track in a gym or go to a mall. That sounds so boring to me. I think I’ll join up with them when they’re going outside for long walks.</p>
<p>I found a low-carb noodle that actually tastes pretty good: shiitake noodles. Had them last night.</p>
<p>Back from the White Mountains (and a detour to the AT&T store on the way home to replace the phone that fell out of my backpack and will be swimming with the fishies when the ice covering Lonesome Lake melts. Argghhh…)</p>
<p>What an unbelievably awesome day. Franconia Notch got snow yesterday, so there was a fresh cover of pristine white snow on everything. Knee to waist deep off the trail. Brilliant blue sky. 29 degrees or so in the parking lot. Lots of people hiking and snowshoeing.</p>
<p>About 1.5 miles up through gorgeous forests with mountain views. At the top, I switched to snow shoes for a quarter mile walk through deep powder on the frozen lake. OMG, standing in the middle of the lake with snow covered mountain views 360 degrees around. Breathtaking with the new snow and the blue sky. Storybook day. Picture book scenery.</p>
<p>Had my snack (and lost my phone) at the far shore, near the AMC hut, then snow shoe’d back across the lake. Switched back to microspikes for the quick hike back down the trail. A leisurely 3 hours and 45 minutes.</p>
<p>Plantmom, somehow I missed your w5d3 success - woohoo! Did you feel accomplished?! Running for 20 mins straight when you are a new runner is a BIG deal!!!</p>
<p>Ran two miles on the I door track- 25 freakin laps - can’t wait for the weather to break so I can get outside more and stop this endless counting!!! Add in another mile walk on the track, a good mile walk with the dog and a little snow shoveling- feel I earned the delicious rigatoni stuffed with ricotta I made for dinner!</p>
<p>All I’d record is a bunch of huffin and puffin and then I’d lose the glasses! </p>
<p>This is a steadily uphill trail. Never super steep. Just constantly climbing on long switchbacks. About half the people were on snow shoes, about half with hiking boots and some kind of spikes. All the tree limbs were loaded down with fresh snow, so it was just spectacular, start to finish. The kind of day that you kind of dream about for winter hiking.</p>
<p>Just wore a baselayer top and a power stretch fleece. Put a down jacket on when I stopped for snack time on the shores of the lake. Could have gone in the hut, but it wasn’t worth taking the snowshoes off. People said it was colder in the hut than out in the sun… No wind makes the cold a lot more pleasant.</p>
<p>Plantmom and abasket- you guys ROCK! I am seriously proud of your stick-to-it-ivness!
I’ll think of you when I’m out there tomorrow wanting to quit my marathon. I think some really slow Maniacs (Marathon Maniacs) are going to be there, so I really won’t be last. </p>
<p>Pre-gamed with pizza and beer. Actually, I am in much less of a freak-out mode than I tend to get. I feel pretty good about this thing. The most difficult decision is what to wear to start- a throw away shirt on top of the NuMuu and long sleeved shirt or a jacket to give to H right before the start. I’m taking it all. Will be getting up at 4am. Lovely.</p>
<p>Played an hour of tennis today. I had about 600 calories before playing and it wasn’t anywhere near enough. I was fine in the warmup but was feeling ravenous after the first game and it was like this for the set (we had to leave after the score was 5-4). I could keep up well on a lot of points but at some point, could run out of gas if the point was too long. I was making more unforced errors and wasn’t serving particularly well. This is why the pros eat real meals and drink and eat calories on the changeovers. In the past, 1,000 - 1,100 calories before playing and having something on the court during changeovers worked well for me. I might have to revisit that.</p>
<p>I definitely felt lighter and faster on the court outside of long points. My right ankle also felt a lot better. I have the AirSport A60 Ankle Brace in my Amazon cart and I was planning on buying it for my right foot as the ankle was still bothering me after a month. This is the Ankle Brace that Andy Murray wears as a preventive device. I’ve also seen it on other male and female pros in matches. I don’t know if they have problems or use it for preventive purposes but that seems to be the brand that pros use. I assume that there are other players that also tape their ankles. I don’t feel that I need the ankle brace at this time as the ankle felt fine under heavy pressure.</p>
<p>Worked during the afternoon and then ran 4 miles at a comfortable pace. On the same 600 calories. Didn’t feel hungry at all. It appear that the body recharges sugar stores from fat and that happened while I was working and then I ran, apparently at a pace that the body could generate enough sugar to keep me moving from fat. I ran another mile at the Y later on with my son. Also got in some pullups at the Y.</p>
<p>So for my body, tennis uses up calories in a much different way than comfortable running does. With running, I can burn fat. With tennis, I need additional easily digestible carbohydrates along the way or I bonk. I don’t know how many calories an equivalent amount of time playing tennis compares to running because there are rest breaks but tennis is definitely more like interval work than aerobic work. BTW, my running isn’t like doing running intervals - those are probably more like tennis.</p>
<p>1347 calories (I splurged with the extra exercise)
61 g fat, 98 g carbs, 100 g protein (29% carbs)
9 g fiber, 9 g sugar (wife made peanut butter and oatmeal bars with low-sugar dark chocolate on top - I had a small bar)</p>
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<p>The real benefit of running marathons.</p>
<p>I’m just presuming of course.</p>
<p>Nice to have a support vehicle riding along.</p>