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You know when you have those days that you are going through the motions? Well I just had one… until this. This is so good it made my day great.
If you are in an office, do not turn down the sound. Turn it up loud, call all of your fellow employees to congregate and watch with you.
Spring is here! Except for the inevitable 10 more days of snow that we will get in April and May. But other than that… it is awesome.
Tam and I have been heading down to Fruita regularly, we both have races in the next 4 weeks. We have had a productive and overly-busy winter. Both of us have been working with coaches, she is working with Josiah Middaugh and I have been with Alan Christie. And it makes a difference. Tam and I both coach lots of athletes, know almost every workout that these guys give us, but simply don’t get them done if we schedule it ourselves.
These guys also take out the emotion that can screw up so many athlete’s seasons. I mean, “I feel really good today, so I am going to do another 20 miles”. Or, “I am really struggling, but I need to push harder in order to compensate”. Lastly, “I am tired and sore, I will just take the day off”.
These are very common thoughts that we ALL have. Unfortunately, in the heat of the moment, when these show up, we often listen to them. When we do that, we can unravel our training block and not have the right build or recovery block.
The most important thing to me is that it makes you accountable to something. Even if it is just to your computer screen as you check off the workouts. Before Jan 1, I maybe worked out twice a week. I knew I should start, but there was always something else to do. Since then, it has been a very consistent 8-12 hours a week. It has been a huge change and I don’t wonder if you should work out, I figure out how to fit in what my coach has put on my schedule.
Hope everyone is getting outside, it has been awesome. Here is the first ride that we enjoyed on Saturday: http://tpks.ws/KpsS
So the food journal has not been on the front of my mind over the last few days. I have been a little busy, and a little scattered. We just opened up a computrainer studio at work, and believe it or not, things have not gone perfectly. We have a lot of people that love it already, but it is like running NASA in there. But it is getting better as construction and the AV stuff is getting finished up.
Anyways, here is the food.
Thursday -
5:30am – oatmeal
9:00am – apple
11:15am – hummus and bell peppers
1:00pm Greek yogurt
3:00pm – ham, cheddar, lettuce, tomato, avacado on multi grain
7:30pm scrambled eggs, salsa on multi grain bread
Friday
5:30am – oatmeal
8:00am – banana
11:00am – Greek yogurt
3:00pm – small ham and Swiss sandwich
5:30-7:30 – edamame, 2 California rolls and about 5 Stella’s :) Maybe 1 too many…
Saturday
9am – eggs, multi grain toast
11:30am – small homemade pizza on a tortilla
3:00pm – pbj sandwich
7:30pm – whey protein after a ride and some fish – talapia
Some good, some not so good, but the scale is going in the right direction for the season/summer.
If you aren’t/haven’t, you know you should be food journalist too. – Brett
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Ok, got up around 9, ate some kashi cereal.
Didn’t get lunch until about 1:45. Broccoli and cheese soup.
Got home at around 7:30. Another bowl of cereal.
7:45 I had whole grain pasta, chicken mince, veggies, red sauce and a little cheese.
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Was not prepared for today. Well I was, but I forgot everything that I prepared. So…
Oatmeal at 5:30am
Breakfast burrito at 9. And a chocolate milk. It was very good :)
I had a long meeting so I didn’t eat again until 1:30. I had a small skirt steak at Cima. That was very, very good.
I the got home hungry, but had to get on the rollers, so I finished the day off with an egg, salsa and some sprouted sourdough toast.
Tomorrow I will bring all of the wonderful snacks that I planned for today.
If you are reading this, and are not doing a food journal but know you should. I am on for ATLEAST another 10 days. Join me.
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Brett’s Day 3.
Kashi Cereal this AM – 5:30AM
An apple at about 9.
Greek Yogurt around 11:00
Carrots and bell pepper with hummus at 12:15
Northside cafe Turkey BLT with avacado and some kettle chips. – 3pm
Oh, and a delightful chocolate glazed doughnut.
Leftovers from last night at 7:30PM. Whole grain pasta, chichken mince, a tiny bit of mozzerella, veggies and some pasta sauce.
Not a bad little Tuesday.
Anyone else tracking?
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Boy have I needed some. Let’s just say I have taken the liberty of celebrating my wife’s Xterra Triathlon Amateur World Champion title. I celebrated before she won for about a month, and then 2 months afterwards. So needless to say, the fitness level may have dropped a little.
I was sitting at a dinner party the other night and someone asked me whether I was going to do a fitness challenge. I replied, “No”. For 2 reasons…
A. I forgot I had even done one last year
B. I hadn’t thought about it.
But it got me thinking, and I thought why not? So here is what I was thinking. I have recently learned that I need to play by the rules. The rules that I set out for my clients and the athletes that we coach. I have a lot of clients that (and myself as well) like to do what they are comfortable. I have people that can kill themselves in the gym, but don’t like to embrace the whole spectrum of what they need to do to reach their goals.
Mainly, the dreaded: Food Journal.
Food is at least half of the equation. And in order to get a grasp on it, you need to know what is going in your mouth. I have tried countless times to try to keep a food journal. I usually get 2-3 days in to it. So here I am, about to add some accountability. And I would encourage others to join in.
There is no question that a basic food journal is one of the most important things that an athlete/client can do. I have been asked by 2 people to do one. I have surrounded myself with a group of “advisors” this year to help me with my training. This is because my doctor told me that I had to hire a personal trainer. I just wasn’t getting the fitness aspect in.
So here we go. 2 weeks of posting my food journal here. This is not to show whether I eat well or not. It is simply to show what I am eating. Am I going to turn into a food saint? Absolutely not. But that IS NOT THE POINT!! It is simply to become aware of what is going into my body.
Was today perfect? Nope. But here it is:
9:30AM Some Kashi cereal with almond milk. Tam likes the almond milk, so that is what we use. Water
I then rode my bike for 1:15. Then I went to work, and sat there for 3 hours longer then I thought. So a bigger gap than I would have wanted.
3:30 – Corn chips, Wholly Guacamole and a diet coke.
6:30 – Peanut Satayed Chicken in a green salad. Sweet potato, veggies. Water
There we go. That took me maybe 7 minutes.
Sometimes I might take photos, put it in an email to myself that I can read later. WHATEVER I have to do to remember what I ate is what I am going to to do. I would encourage you to too…