Workout Progress: Week 2, Starbucks, the Evil Empire

[mackinzie]

9/21/09 to 9/27/09

(I guess it should be health progress as well)

Monday: Breakfast, regular oatmeal with fresh peaches and a glass of milk (and a multivitamin + B12 supplement as always) Had to add some sugar to oatmeal because it was somewhat akin to eating dried out grass without it, even with the peaches. In the evening I bought a sports bra, shoes and some workout pants. Expensive but worth it. Unrelated, I also put on sunscreen every day. I'm a tiny bit afraid of skin cancer, but I mostly started doing it because I'm fair skinned and sunburn easily. It makes me feel better when I go out, like coconut smelling armor.

Tuesday: Same breakfast, this time with a little sugar and a little milk added preemptively. Good stuff. Workout partner couldn't come to Zumba but I went anyway. Still working on the coordination skills. Ate a banana and drank a glass of milk before hand. Shoes worked great. I think the combination of shoes+food (calcium, potassium) helped prevent foot cramping. My foot kept feeling like it wanted to cramp but my shoes kept it from doing so. Not as sore this time, if at all. Really sweaty, though and very red faced. But I'm Irish so that's a given. A little cold when I went outside, starting to turn fall.

Wednesday: Woke up with sore throat. Same breakfast (When I like something I eat it until I get sick of it), still good. Ended up dropping a sliver of peach on the floor. Cats went for peach, discovered they don't like it. They like fresh spinach, though. I caught cold from coworker. Got Cabo turkey club from Quiznos. Asked for small, got regular by mistake but got it for free. Only had half of it. Brought Smartwater from home so had that to drink with it (I do this every day too). I like Smartwater because it has electrolytes in it and it tastes good. Dasani gets a little minerally after it gets warmer. Aquafina's good too.

Thursday: Stayed home with congestion fest and sore throat. Felt like about 20 of those Mucinex guys were hanging around my sinuses. Got worse near the end of the day with sinus pressure. Didn't go anywhere except the couch. Bought Starbucks Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffin the previous day, had that for brunch (they only come out with those muffins in the fall so I had to get one). Had other half of sandwich from lunch Wednesday for dinner. I didn't have that much of an appetite, though, except for DayQuil and water.

Friday: Okay, so I bought two muffins on Wednesday. They were really good. Had the other one for breakfast. For lunch, had a tiny bit of nachos with lots of lettuce and water for drink (normally I have apple juice). Also had a piece of cake. Fell off the bandwagon a little but I'm crawling after it to get back on. Still had congestion and felt a little crappy but not as bad as Thursday. Forgot what I had for dinner.

Saturday: Hung out with friend, had hamburger from Burger King, bottle of water for drink. No breakfast, simply because I slept pretty late because I took NyQuil the night before. The only thing I drink that's not water now is milk. I actually like water better because it doesn't taste like I'm drinking liquid sugar and I actually feel quenched. Usually in the past if I had a lot of sugary drinks I felt bleh. Had oatmeal with peaches for dinner.

Bought furniture for house (desk and bench), so helped delivery guy bring it in. Desk was HEAVY, made me sweat. I guess that's a workout?

Sunday: Ran out of peaches, had oatmeal with bananas for breakfast. It was okay but I like the peaches better. Went to do laundry at parent's house. Had a egg sandwich on whole wheat bread. I actually liked the whole wheat bread for once. Will most likely get it again. I really enjoy 9 grain bread. Gained back two pounds over the week. Must've been water weight I shed before. Might've gained it back because of being sick? Will do better. Did better on sugar intake (normally I have a LOT more)

Next week, well, this week, back to exercise. I can actually breathe now.