Blargh

So yesterday was RECOCKULOUS nutrition wise for me. I was unprepared, I hadn't planned, I was in pain... I ate whatever was presented to me and yet, somehow, I still kept it under 1600 calories for the day... and I'm fairly certain that I'm not under-estimating the quantities of what I ate. What REALLY sucks is that so much of it was CRAP... empty calories, lots of sugar... and yes... today I feel the bloat.

What I needed was protein and glycogen... I took well-good care of the glycogen... but my protein for the day was abismal.

Even when I'm not training I try to get at least 1gm of Protein per pound of lean bodyweight (around 113-115lbs) per day. I got about half that yesterday... when I'm training hard, like I am now... I definitely could use a bit more.

So, once again, its time to refocus energies on dietary discipline... prep and plan.

And just in case anyone wants to come watch me Paddle for Zamboanga our practice schedule is below:

Saturdays: on the water at 9:30a-11:30a
Sundays: on the water at 4:00p-5:00p
Mondays: on the water at 7:00p-8:00p (I don't go to this practice)
Wednesdays: on the water at 8:00p-9:00p

Every day but saturday we're in the "fancy pants" boats (thanks hollumns)... saturday we're in the "six-sixteens" or long-boats which are much easier to move thru the water than the fancy pants ones.

Oh... and if you show up early you'll get to see us doing military calisthenics in the little circle by the flag-pole at the river-place hotel... count with me, won't you? "one-two-three-ONE-one-two-three-TWO..."

I'm trying to figure out if I should be doing upper-body weights workouts with all of this rowing... I don't really have a good day to do them on that allows for any recovery before its time to row again... maybe Monday but MAN... I sure like having Monday as a rest day after the weekend... hmmm...

Posted by Lexy at April 8, 2005 07:59 AM