A Day In Your Life...

healthy_me

I'm new to this website and am curious what a day in your life looks like with regards to food and exercise. I'm always looking for new ideas.

Here is mine:
January 26th

Breakfast:
Yoplait white chocolate strawberry fat free yogurt (100)
Sliced Pears (80)
Granny Smith Apple (80)
= 260

GYM:
8 mile run
10 minute cooldown (HRM said 1054 calories burned)
15 minutes sauna

After Gym Snack
1 cup of grapes (around 65 calories)
3oz bolthouse baby carrots (35)
= 100

Lunch:
Whole Wheat Bagel (250)
Fat Free Cream Cheese (30)
Sliced Ham (45)
Spinach (15)
Banana (110)
= 450

Afternoon Snack:
Peaches (80)
All Bran Garlic Herb Crackers - 23 crackers (153)
Yoplait Fat Free Yogurt (100)
= 333

Dinner:
Vegetable Soup 2 cups (120)
2 slices country hearth bread (90)
grilled chicken slices (110)
Heinz Ketchup (20)
Green Bell Pepper slices (35)
Tangerine (40)
= 415

Night Snack:
1 cup of grapes (65)
South Beach Living Chocolate Delight Bar (100)
= 165

TOTAL: 1723

EDIT: Forgot to add my water intake! I drink 3L of water a day

I always have a hard time getting in my calories when I have long runs. Sometimes I have 10-12 mile runs where I burn 1300-1500 calories so it's really difficult for me to make my net calories higher.

healthy_me

I'm new to this website and am curious what a day in your life looks like with regards to food and exercise. I'm always looking for new ideas.

Here is mine:
January 26th

Breakfast:
Yoplait white chocolate strawberry fat free yogurt (100)
Sliced Pears (80)
Granny Smith Apple (80)
= 260

GYM:
8 mile run
10 minute cooldown (HRM said 1054 calories burned)
15 minutes sauna

After Gym Snack
1 cup of grapes (around 65 calories)
3oz bolthouse baby carrots (35)
= 100

Lunch:
Whole Wheat Bagel (250)
Fat Free Cream Cheese (30)
Sliced Ham (45)
Spinach (15)
Banana (110)
= 450

Afternoon Snack:
Peaches (80)
All Bran Garlic Herb Crackers - 23 crackers (153)
Yoplait Fat Free Yogurt (100)
= 333

Dinner:
Vegetable Soup 2 cups (120)
2 slices country hearth bread (90)
grilled chicken slices (110)
Heinz Ketchup (20)
Green Bell Pepper slices (35)
Tangerine (40)
= 415

Night Snack:
1 cup of grapes (65)
South Beach Living Chocolate Delight Bar (100)
= 165

TOTAL: 1723

EDIT: Forgot to add my water intake! I drink 3L of water a day

I always have a hard time getting in my calories when I have long runs. Sometimes I have 10-12 mile runs where I burn 1300-1500 calories so it's really difficult for me to make my net calories higher.

nopogal

How many miles a week do you do? How many days of the week do you run? I'm just curious.

healthy_me

I run 5 days a week with 2 days of cross training.

It really depends on the miles a week because some weeks I back it off and other weeks I really push myself to do two longer runs.

This is my schedule this week:
January 26th - 8 miles
January 27th - 5 miles - 15 minutes bike, strength training
January 28th - cross (stair climber 35 minutes, bike 20 minutes, 15 minutes incline walk 15% incline, and strength training)
January 29th - 7 miles
January 30th - 6 miles and abs
January 31st - 9 miles
February 1st - cross (60 minutes spin, 20 minutes elliptical, strength training)

So 35 miles this week.

Cerabell18

This is my plan for today, but my morning varies. A few times a week I do my swim in the morning rather than in the evening, or will run rather than swim.

Wake Up 4:30 AM

20 Minute Bicycle Ride on Trainer (168 Cal )
20 DVD Workout (Right now I'm doing the 30 day Shred, today was day 5) (187 Cal)

Breakfast: 280 Calories Total
Thick & Creamy Key Lime Pie Yogurt - 100 Calories
Green Apple - 60 Calories
Fiber Plus Granola - 120 Calories

Snack:
Banana - 90 Calories

Lunch: 440 Calories Total
1/4 Loaf Taco Turkey Meatloaf - 280 Calories
Small Salad - 100 Calories
Jello Pudding Cup - 60 Calories

Snack :
Popcorn - 100 Calories

Dinner: 400 Calories Total
Chicken Spaghetti - 300 Calories
Small Salad - 100 Calories

Total Consumed - 1310 Calories

I still have about 100 calories left from my exercise in the morning in case I want another snack :laugh:

Cerabell18

I run 5 days a week with 2 days of cross training.

It really depends on the miles a week because some weeks I back it off and other weeks I really push myself to do two longer runs.

This is my schedule this week:
January 26th - 8 miles
January 27th - 5 miles - 15 minutes bike, strength training
January 28th - cross (stair climber 35 minutes, bike 20 minutes, 15 minutes incline walk 15% incline, and strength training)
January 29th - 7 miles
January 30th - 6 miles and abs
January 31st - 9 miles
February 1st - cross (60 minutes spin, 20 minutes elliptical, strength training)

So 35 miles this week.

Seattle Marathon!! Wow, I've only done the half and it was a kick in the pants.

RunningSteph

Today
4:30 am - 4 mile run, 20 min bike
7:00 am - breakfast of egg beaters, low fat cheese and whole wheat toast
10:00 am - coffee with cream and a large orange
12:00 am - 60 min of strength training
1:00 pm - turkey sandwich on whole wheat
4:00pm - frozen blackberries and raspberries with yogurt
6:00 pm - large chicken ceasar salad

gperry227

I wish I could run a mile. Are you hungry througout the day?

healthy_me

I run 5 days a week with 2 days of cross training.

It really depends on the miles a week because some weeks I back it off and other weeks I really push myself to do two longer runs.

This is my schedule this week:
January 26th - 8 miles
January 27th - 5 miles - 15 minutes bike, strength training
January 28th - cross (stair climber 35 minutes, bike 20 minutes, 15 minutes incline walk 15% incline, and strength training)
January 29th - 7 miles
January 30th - 6 miles and abs
January 31st - 9 miles
February 1st - cross (60 minutes spin, 20 minutes elliptical, strength training)

So 35 miles this week.

Seattle Marathon!! Wow, I've only done the half and it was a kick in the pants.

Well, the GOAL is to do the marathon even if I am crawling by the end. 10 months to prepare should be adequate I hope. It's more of a mind battle with me. Sometimes I am in the zone and can run for miles and miles and other times my mind plays games with me and I am done after 3 miles.

healthy_me

I wish I could run a mile. Are you hungry througout the day?

Sometimes. It depends on how many miles I logged that day.

I find that I get hungry after eating dinner. And my dinner's aren't small at all so I know it's more of an emotional issue because I used to always binge at night so I'm really trying to get that under control. I don't pay much attention to the calorie goals on this site because I figure since I run so much and as long as I am under 2000 a day, I am good. I've lost over 75lbs in 9 months so something is working!

Wolfena

OK - I'll go. I'll pick a typical workday for me.

7:15am-ish Drink a 20 ounce bottle of water while heading to the convenience store for coffee.

7:30am-ish Stop for a 24 oz coffee at the convenience store and eat breakfast while driving to work (usually an apple and either a South Beach protein bar or a Fiber bar of some sort)

8am-10:30am ish - continually snack while sitting at my desk on the food I brought with me (usually a second apple or banana, a baggie of grape tomatoes and baby carrots, sometimes a baggie of peanut butter puffins or Quaker cinnamon oatmeal squares cereal and often a hard boiled egg or 2 hard boiled egg whites) If there is candy in the bowl near the fax machine I fight with myself all day not to eat any (hershey kisses, tootsie rolls, hard candies, etc)

12pm-ish - Lunch, usually a 6 ounce fat free yogurt and either a roast beef, turkey or chicken breast sandwich on half a pita or half a tortilla wrap - sometimes I'll bring a Smart Ones type frozen dinner to heat up in the microwave or buy a bowl of soup down in our company store. Another 20 ounce bottle of water is consumed.

While sitting at my desk after lunch, I'll drink another 20 ounce bottle of water, or sometimes I'll buy a diet soda in the company store instead if I'm feeling sleepy. I continue to tell myself I do not need any candy from that bowl!

3-4pm ish - head home from work and have a snack when I get home, usually a fiber snack bar or more fruit and a 12 ounce glass of water from my fridge.

4pm-ish, feel guilty because I don't feel like exercising. Sometimes I make myself do it anyway and will spend 30-60 minutes biking, walking, jogging, ellipticaling, etc (usually only 2 days during the work week do I actually exercise lately- I put forth more efffort on the weekends)

5:30-6:30pm - dinner - typically 600-700 calories, always some sort of meat, vegetable/salad & pasta/potato/rice. Rarely is it ever the same meal, I love variety and cooking! Another glass or two of water from the fridge is consumed.

7-8pm, talk myself into NOT snacking on everything in sight - I must tell myself I am NOT hungry!

8:30-ish pm, bedtime snack - often will be a cup of hot tea or diet hot cocoa with air popped corn or some strawberries with fat free cool whip- or maybe a Smart One's dessert or Vitatop muffin or whatever other fruit I may have in the house.

9pm - fall asleep dreaming of food.

:bigsmile:

AugustBaby1973

5:30AM CST Wake Up....shower
5:45AM dry off, robe, fix breakfast for myself--usually yogurt and Special K with strawberries, w/1% milk
6:00AM getting breakfast ready for the kiddos--I try to cook a nice breakfast for them daily! If not, they eat cereal (Honey Nut Cheerios or Fruit Loops) :smooched:
6:20-6:45AM getting kids up and ready for school, making sure they brush teeth and wash faces
6:45-7:00AM getting myself and youngest child dressed
7:15AM--kiss the oldest child goodbye, and out the door and on my way to drop the youngest off at school
7:20-7:55--I'm "car dancing" while I'm in traffic! Singing, and popping the fingers, and holding the mid-section taut while driving to work! :laugh:
8:00AM-4:30PM at work...i walk 20-30 minutes throughout the day at a brisk pace to get some exercise, and I also walk 3 times a week during a portion of my hour lunch...at least 30 minutes :happy:
4:30-5:00PM Car dancing in traffic again!! :laugh:
5:00PM--picking up the little one from daycare and riding another 30 minutes home in traffic hearing about his wonderful day!.....and, finally....5:30pm---exercising with the oldest child! Then, down and out!

Cerabell18

I run 5 days a week with 2 days of cross training.

It really depends on the miles a week because some weeks I back it off and other weeks I really push myself to do two longer runs.

This is my schedule this week:
January 26th - 8 miles
January 27th - 5 miles - 15 minutes bike, strength training
January 28th - cross (stair climber 35 minutes, bike 20 minutes, 15 minutes incline walk 15% incline, and strength training)
January 29th - 7 miles
January 30th - 6 miles and abs
January 31st - 9 miles
February 1st - cross (60 minutes spin, 20 minutes elliptical, strength training)

So 35 miles this week.

Seattle Marathon!! Wow, I've only done the half and it was a kick in the pants.

Well, the GOAL is to do the marathon even if I am crawling by the end. 10 months to prepare should be adequate I hope. It's more of a mind battle with me. Sometimes I am in the zone and can run for miles and miles and other times my mind plays games with me and I am done after 3 miles.

Have you ran the course before? It is so much fun, especially when you are at the top of the express lanes looking back down 5th Avenue and seeing thousands of people behind you. I didn't do the half last year because i hadn't been training enough but i am totally going to do it this year. Their finisher's shirts are my favorite thing to work out in and I missed the 2008 one and am not going to miss out on another. Mine are starting to get ragged from wear!

I'm with you on the "zone". Some nights I can run for an hour or so and not even be winded, other times I can't even make it 2 blocks before needing a break.