Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Day 37 -- Tuesday

Exercise
Roller derby practice (2 hrs)

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: Chili, potato salad
Dinner: falafel sandwich, corn chips

Day 36 -- Monday

Exercise
Rode bike to and from work (14 mi total)
Lifted weights
- front squat
- stiff-legged deadlift
- bench press
- overhead press
- bent-over row
- lat pulldowns
- plank and other core exercise

Food
Breakfast: crepes with cinnamon and whipped "cream"
Lunch: bibimbap
Snack: brownie
Dinner: whole wheat noodles, soy sauce, 'chicken'-style strips

Days 29 - 35

I have been worse than ever at keeping up with this blog and now probably can't remember the details of all the days I have missed. I have no hope of remembering what I have eaten, but I'll put what I can remember of my exercise all in one post.

Day 29, Monday: lifted some weights, but did some power cleans and jerks rather than my usual routine
Day 30, Tuesday: no exercise
Day 31, Wednesday: rode bike to and from work (14 mi total)
Day 32, Thursday: roller derby practice (1.5 hrs)
Day 33, Friday: no exercise
Day 34, Saturday: no exercise
Day 35, Sunday: no exercise

I have been working late in the evenings and on the weekends. I hope it settles down soon.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Day 28 -- Sunday

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: cereal with soy milk
Snack: toast with margarine and jam, coffee
Lunch:
Snack:
Dinner:

Day 27 -- Saturday

Went to look at some flats. Once again, an appointment was cancelled, but we did get to look at one.

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: full breakfast at pogo
Dinner: chickpea dal, brown rice
Snack: toast with margarine and jam

Day 26 -- Friday

Exercise
Rode bike to and from work (14 mi total)
Lifted weights
- deadlift
- good morning
- db bench press
- db military press
- one arm row
- lat pulldown
plank and other core exercises

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: veggie burger and fries
Dinner: dumplings, spring rolls, mystery dish with rice, apple pie with ice cream

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Day 23 -- Tuesday

Bah--when trying to delete a double posting I accidentally deleted the wrong one, so now Day 23 is in the wrong order!

Exercise
Roller derby practice (2 hrs)

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: pizza (no cheese), small mixed salad
Dinner: chickpea dal, brown rice

Day 25 -- Thursday

I worked at home today, so didn't ride my bike in. And we were supposed to look at flats (though we found out both appointments were canceled as we were on our way) so we didn't go to practice.

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Snack: coffee
Lunch: gnocchi, garlic bread
Snack: white chocolate
Dinner: spicy dal, coconut rice

Day 24 -- Wednesday

Exercise
Rode bike to and from work (14 mi total)

Food
Breakfast: cereal with soy milk, crumpets with margarine and jam
Lunch: bean soup, brown rice, roasties
Snack: brownie
Dinner: smoothie, wholemeal noodles with "chicken"-style strips

Day 22 -- Monday

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: ?
Dinner: ?

Day 21 -- Sunday

I have been really bad and haven't been posting every day, which means I am forgetting what I have eaten. I can remember the exercise part, but not all of my food. I'll try to remember what I can, but there will be lots of missing bits.

Exercise
Roller derby practice (3 hrs)

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: ?
Dinner: ?

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Day 20 -- Saturday

I have a lot of derby this weekend, which is one reason I was not so worried about not exercising Thurs and Fri. I also lifted weights today.

Exercise
Lifted weights
- front squat
- stiff-legged deadlift
- bench press
- overhead press
- bent-over row
- lat pulldown
Plank and other core exercise
Roller derby practice (2 hrs)

Food
Breakfast: cereal with soy milk, crumpet with margarine and jam
Lunch: spicy dal, garlic bread
Snack: ?
Dinner: ?

Day 19 -- Friday

I did go in to work, but I didn't ride my bike.

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: veggie burger
Dinner: veggie stew with brown rice

Day 18 -- Thursday

Worked at home and didn't go to practice.

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Snack: coffee
Lunch: wholemeal spaghetti with veggie mince
Dinner: gnocchi and garlic bread

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Day 17 -- Wednesday

Exercise
Rode bike to and from work (14 mi total)

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Snack: half a Naked raw bar
Lunch: falafel burger and chips, latte
Dinner:?

Day 16 -- Tuesday

Exercise
Roller derby practice (2 hrs)

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Snack: latte
Lunch: stroganoff with wholemeal linguine
Snack: brownie
Dinner: hummus wrap
Snack (post-practice): small amount of leftover spaghetti

Monday, March 2, 2009

Day 15 -- Monday

Worked at home, so didn't ride my bike, but did lift weights at least.

Exercise
Warm up (skating style exercises)
Lifted weights (deadlift, db bench, db military press, one-arm row, lat pulldown, plank and other core exercises)

Food
Breakfast: cereal with soy milk
Snack: crumpets with margarine and jam
Lunch: stroganoff with wholemeal linguine (homemade)
Snack: smoothie
Dinner: schnitzel burger

Day 14 -- Sunday

I really need to do this more often as I obviously cannot remember what I have eaten for very long.

I think my exercise went pretty well this past week (though I didn't really exercise this weekend, I am OK with that as I need rest now and then to progress), but now I really need to improve my diet.

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: cereal with soy milk
Snack: crumpets with margarine and jam
Lunch: tofu ravioli with veggie mince and garlic bread
Dinner: Mushroom stroganoff with whole wheat linguine (homemade)

Day 13 -- Saturday

I didn't do any proper form of exercise but did walk around quite a lot as we went to check out a neighbourhood we are considering moving to.

Exercise
None

Food
Breakfast: cereal with soy milk
Lunch: ?
Dinner: ?

Day 12 -- Friday

I can't really remember what I ate, so my food list is definitely not complete.

Exercise
Rode bike to and from work (14 mi total)

Food
Breakfast: smoothie
Lunch: veggie burger and onion rings
Dinner: ?

Day 11 -- Thursday

I worked at home, so I didn't get to ride my bike to work. I did, however, have another meeting near my office, so I was able to ride to that.

Exercise

Rode bike to and from meeting (14 mi total)

Food
Unfortunately can't remember, though I know I had a smoothie for breakfast!