Breakfast: Coconut breakfast quinoa topped with cherries, strawberries, and blueberries [349 calories].
Exercise: 3.76 mile walk, included two climbs up Stinchcomb hill and one climb up Hogsback. [Burn: 364 calories]
Lunch: 2/3 cup brown rice, 2/3 cup Chickpeas Romesco, approximately 2 cups of cauliflower roasted in a teaspoon of olive oil and topped with a tablespoon of asiago cheese [429 calories].
Dinner: We went to a wedding, and I consumed what I guess to be about 40 ounces of white wine. There was bread and salad, cheesy potatoes and mixed veggies, and a cupcake. I was drunk. [1862 calories].
Post-Wine Binge: A veggie burger with cheese from Burger King with a large order of fries. And after that? A half of a PB&J.
Calories consumed: 3945
Calories burned: 364
Net Calories: 3581
Showing posts with label Hogsback. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 20, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
July 3: Daily Recap
Breakfast: Coconut quinoa with a teaspoon of maple syrup, plum, cherries, and unsweetened coconut.
Lunch: Salad with spring mix, spinach, cucumber, red bell pepper, savory tofu, Amish butter cheese, pomegranate seeds, hard-boiled egg, and walnuts dressed in honey and Dijon mustard.
Exercise: The Heart Attack on Hogsback--I hopped on my bike again and rode up Hogsback hill five times. Though I don't have an exact time for my first attempt at this ride, I estimate that the ride took me about 33:30 (since my thirty minute timer went off about half way up my fifth time up the hill).
Today was hotter and my body felt like it was struggling much more than it did on my first time. And yet, my time 30:48:52!!!!!!! BOO YA!!!!! I wore a heart rate monitor this time, and my high rate on each hill got higher every time. On my fifth trip, the highest I saw was 181.
Generally, I try never to work over 175, but I'm going for short burst of INTENSE work here, and I'm fine with 181. I will say, however, that my lungs sounded a BIT weezy on my final trip, and I think I should probably go to see a doctor to see whether this is allergy related or if I have either allergy or exercise-related asthma.
My legs? They're gonna be smokin'!
There are some things that I will never be able to give up, diet-wise, even though they're not actually *clean.* One of those things, for me, is pasta with red sauce. I must have room for it in my diet. To make it work, I can make the sauce myself, use whole grain pasta, and make sure my portion size is appropriate. A good way for me to do that is to make sure that half of my dinner plate is filled with veggies.
Today, I took my first crack at trying to recreate the pasta sauce from my beloved Caffe Roma. My sauce wasn't even close, but it was still tasty. I'll keep trying!
Dinner: Brown rice pasta with homemade pasta sauce. Steamed broccoli with a touch of butter. A glass of white wine. And, though I didn't plan to eat any, a piece and a half of the garlic bread in the photo (made with Breadsmith multigrain bread, butter, garlic powder, and oregano).
There were probably some snacks that I forgot to record today. I got a bit behind with my food posting, and I may have missed some macaroons, hard-cooked eggs, and bananas in here somewhere, I just can't remember when they happened!
Exercise: The Heart Attack on Hogsback--I hopped on my bike again and rode up Hogsback hill five times. Though I don't have an exact time for my first attempt at this ride, I estimate that the ride took me about 33:30 (since my thirty minute timer went off about half way up my fifth time up the hill).
Today was hotter and my body felt like it was struggling much more than it did on my first time. And yet, my time 30:48:52!!!!!!! BOO YA!!!!! I wore a heart rate monitor this time, and my high rate on each hill got higher every time. On my fifth trip, the highest I saw was 181.
Generally, I try never to work over 175, but I'm going for short burst of INTENSE work here, and I'm fine with 181. I will say, however, that my lungs sounded a BIT weezy on my final trip, and I think I should probably go to see a doctor to see whether this is allergy related or if I have either allergy or exercise-related asthma.
My legs? They're gonna be smokin'!
There are some things that I will never be able to give up, diet-wise, even though they're not actually *clean.* One of those things, for me, is pasta with red sauce. I must have room for it in my diet. To make it work, I can make the sauce myself, use whole grain pasta, and make sure my portion size is appropriate. A good way for me to do that is to make sure that half of my dinner plate is filled with veggies.
Today, I took my first crack at trying to recreate the pasta sauce from my beloved Caffe Roma. My sauce wasn't even close, but it was still tasty. I'll keep trying!
Dinner: Brown rice pasta with homemade pasta sauce. Steamed broccoli with a touch of butter. A glass of white wine. And, though I didn't plan to eat any, a piece and a half of the garlic bread in the photo (made with Breadsmith multigrain bread, butter, garlic powder, and oregano).
There were probably some snacks that I forgot to record today. I got a bit behind with my food posting, and I may have missed some macaroons, hard-cooked eggs, and bananas in here somewhere, I just can't remember when they happened!
Monday, June 24, 2013
June 24: Daily Recap
Breakfast: My usual Monday morning breakfast, two fried eggs and a croissant from Cleveland's finest cafe.
Exercise: Monday may become my official climb day. This week I headed back to Hogsback, but this time decided to make 5 climbs on foot rather than by bike. I made five trips up (and four down) in 52.39.9. The workout was not easy, but not brutal. It was rather long and boring and I don't imagine ever getting overly enthusiastic about it, yet I'm still compelled to find out whether or not I can cut five minutes off of my time. Next week's Climb Day? Ten trips up the steps at Huntington Beach, for time. That one should be a doozy!
I'm going to continue to train for my century as if I'm actually going to go through with it. I'm still not 100% committed. I will try to fit in five hard workouts per week, leaving two days for active rest (walk, leisurely bike ride, swim, something like that). My five hard workouts will look something like this).
- 1: Climb Day (bike, stairs, or hills)
- 2: Circuit Day
- 3: Speed Training (HIIT on roadie or spin bike)
- 4: Circuit Day
- 5: Distance Day (on bike)
After my walk, I cleaned up, suffered the ill effects of my processed eats yesterday on the toilet (TMI? Never!) and sat down for some...
Lunch: This was the salad that I packed and never ate yesterday. Mixed greens topped with carrot, green bell pepper, cucumber, smoked tofu, local Amish butter cheese, a hard-cooked egg, and a few walnuts dressed with honey and Dijon mustard.
Dinner: Leftover cavatelli with marinara from Caffe Roma, steamed broccoli with a touch of butter. I may need to make it my mission to recreate this sauce. I could practically bathe in the stuff, I love it so much.
After the kiddos were in bed I had some work to do, and pulled out what I *thought* had been a bottle of sparkling water that I'd purchased at Earth Fare. Then I realized it was spring water. I was not pleased. Sparkling water with frozen grapes sounded fantastic. Spring water with frozen grapes just sounded...weird.
Saturday, June 22, 2013
June 22: Daily Recap
Pre-Workout Fuel: One slice of toasted Breadsmith Marathon Multigrain with peanut butter.
Exercise: I needed that fuel to power my planned 90 minute bike ride that commenced at 6:00am. It took me some time to settle on a route, but in the end my desire to avoid traffic lights took precedence over my desire to avoid bugs, and I headed down into the Rocky River valley for a ride on Valley Parkway.
I avoided the bike trail in favor of the roads, since it was early enough that very few people were driving in the park. Normally, I'm not a fan of the Parkway as the roads are windy and narrow in places, there is no shoulder to speak of, and the section of the road I like to stick to in traffic is pretty rough. Instead, I chose to ride farther into the middle of the lane than usual, which made for a decent ride.
...that is...for the first hour.
Again, I'm not sure that long-distance cycling is for me. That said, it was a beautiful day and I powered through 20.2 miles in just under 95 minutes. The bad thing about my chosen route is that I'm stuck riding back up that bitch, Hogsback, when I'm already gassed from a long ride. I had my heart rate monitor on this morning, and saw that my heart rate peaked at 174 on my ride to the top.
I'm a little surprised that my rides have been so slow. 12 miles per hour is a decent pace on Ol' Bessie (my mountain bike), but I feel that I should be faster on my as-yet-unnamed-roadie. I will try and add some speed work into my routine at least once a week for the next six weeks so that my century time is not horrific.
Breakfast: Coconut breakfast quinoa topped with strawberries, cherries, and shredded coconut.
At which time I headed to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo with the kiddos for a birthday party of one of the Niblet's besties. Though I said I wouldn't after that bike ride, I pushed both kids up the GIANT hill in the Bob up to the playground area, and my legs were jelly. JELLY, I say.
Snack: I managed to refrain from eating the squishy PB&J on Breadsmith bread, the bags of chips, and the princess cookies and, instead, had a fruit kabob and a piece of string cheese. Victory!
Lunch: By the time I returned home, I was overheated and exhausted and hungry and, after I put the kiddos down for a nap, I was not up for the challenge of chopping veggies for my usual salad. Instead, I blended up a smoothie of banana, spinach, strawberries, blackberries, and Vega protein powder. I dumped the entire thing in a bowl, topped it with a handful or two of Cheerios, and dug in while watching TLC's Say Yes to the Dress marathon. I watched for about five minutes...until my Sweet Pea woke up screaming and it was back to work with me.
Snack: I can only ignore the siren song of princess cookies for so long, and when I loaded Sweet Pea up to take her to Earth Fare, I saw the princess cookies that we'd taken home from the birthday, and I ate this half.
And then I ate the other one and a half (not-pictured). Cookies happen.
Dinner: We headed to our favorite little Italian restaurant with the best red sauce in Cleveland, Caffe Roma, to join our friends for dinner. I started with a salad with their house dressing before digging into my usual plate of cavatelli with marinara (I only ate half of the pasta portion). Not pictured are two mozzarella sticks (damn you, husband!) and a glass of red wine. Fantastic meal!
Dessert: Usually, we try and keep Sunday night our *dessert night*, but it was hot and we had to pass on gelato after dinner (sleepy baby), and so after the kiddos were in bed, we watched the season premier of True Blood while digging into this Snickers ice cream.
Exercise: I needed that fuel to power my planned 90 minute bike ride that commenced at 6:00am. It took me some time to settle on a route, but in the end my desire to avoid traffic lights took precedence over my desire to avoid bugs, and I headed down into the Rocky River valley for a ride on Valley Parkway.
I avoided the bike trail in favor of the roads, since it was early enough that very few people were driving in the park. Normally, I'm not a fan of the Parkway as the roads are windy and narrow in places, there is no shoulder to speak of, and the section of the road I like to stick to in traffic is pretty rough. Instead, I chose to ride farther into the middle of the lane than usual, which made for a decent ride.
...that is...for the first hour.
Again, I'm not sure that long-distance cycling is for me. That said, it was a beautiful day and I powered through 20.2 miles in just under 95 minutes. The bad thing about my chosen route is that I'm stuck riding back up that bitch, Hogsback, when I'm already gassed from a long ride. I had my heart rate monitor on this morning, and saw that my heart rate peaked at 174 on my ride to the top.
I'm a little surprised that my rides have been so slow. 12 miles per hour is a decent pace on Ol' Bessie (my mountain bike), but I feel that I should be faster on my as-yet-unnamed-roadie. I will try and add some speed work into my routine at least once a week for the next six weeks so that my century time is not horrific.
Breakfast: Coconut breakfast quinoa topped with strawberries, cherries, and shredded coconut.
At which time I headed to the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo with the kiddos for a birthday party of one of the Niblet's besties. Though I said I wouldn't after that bike ride, I pushed both kids up the GIANT hill in the Bob up to the playground area, and my legs were jelly. JELLY, I say.
Snack: I managed to refrain from eating the squishy PB&J on Breadsmith bread, the bags of chips, and the princess cookies and, instead, had a fruit kabob and a piece of string cheese. Victory!
Lunch: By the time I returned home, I was overheated and exhausted and hungry and, after I put the kiddos down for a nap, I was not up for the challenge of chopping veggies for my usual salad. Instead, I blended up a smoothie of banana, spinach, strawberries, blackberries, and Vega protein powder. I dumped the entire thing in a bowl, topped it with a handful or two of Cheerios, and dug in while watching TLC's Say Yes to the Dress marathon. I watched for about five minutes...until my Sweet Pea woke up screaming and it was back to work with me.
Snack: I can only ignore the siren song of princess cookies for so long, and when I loaded Sweet Pea up to take her to Earth Fare, I saw the princess cookies that we'd taken home from the birthday, and I ate this half.
And then I ate the other one and a half (not-pictured). Cookies happen.
Dinner: We headed to our favorite little Italian restaurant with the best red sauce in Cleveland, Caffe Roma, to join our friends for dinner. I started with a salad with their house dressing before digging into my usual plate of cavatelli with marinara (I only ate half of the pasta portion). Not pictured are two mozzarella sticks (damn you, husband!) and a glass of red wine. Fantastic meal!
Dessert: Usually, we try and keep Sunday night our *dessert night*, but it was hot and we had to pass on gelato after dinner (sleepy baby), and so after the kiddos were in bed, we watched the season premier of True Blood while digging into this Snickers ice cream.
Monday, June 17, 2013
June 17: Daily Recap
This morning I had my usual two eggs with a perfect, flaky, buttery croissant. As a special treat, I had a fresh, hot cruller that I am still fantasizing about. The pictures will never, ever do them justice.
Lunch: I needed to lighten things up after that carb-laden breakfast and one hell of a post-breakfast workout, so I opted for a smoothie. Almond milk, a small banana, a few handfuls of spinach, frozen blackberries, and a scoop of Vega protein powder. Dee-licious!
Dinner: I needed some more green, so I had mixed greens topped with cucumber, green pepper, carrot, savory tofu, smoked Swiss cheese, and a hard-boiled egg topped with honey and Dijon mustard.
Snack: I was a bit peckish before bed, and settled for a bowl of 2% cottage cheese topped with a fresh, chopped peach.
Exercise: Today I decided to try and see how many times I could ride my road bike up Hogsback Hill in thirty minutes. Hogsback Hill is one angry bitch of a hill that winds down into the Rocky River valley, and I usually seek it out on days that I just love my life a little too much and I need to ratchet up the heartbreak and misery a little bit.
I managed to make it up the hill about 4.5 times before my timer went off. I climbed the rest of the way without stopping and have decided to make this Hogsback work-out a regular for me. I'd like to try to shave a few minutes off of that time, and get it significantly under thirty minutes for five climbs. It's a tough workout, but I know it'll help me get in fantastic shape!
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