4/21/13
Breakfast: oatmeal with protein powder, dark chocolate peanut butter, and a banana
Snack: whole wheat bread with natural pb; chocolate almond milk
Lunch: 1/2 grilled chicken, mozzarella, and pesto panini; baby carrots
Snacks: organic dark chocolate almond granola with vanilla greek yogurt; handful of cashews and raisins
Dinner: grilled salmon with brown rice and green beans
Snack: clif bar; pear
4/14/13
Breakfast: oatmeal with cookies and cream protein powder, banana, and dark chocolate peanut butter
Snack/mini-meal thing: slice of bread slathered in peanut butter; fiber one bar; apple
Lunch: turkey burger on a slice of whole wheat toast with a laughing cow cheese, spinach, tomato, and avocado; cucumber and baby carrots on the side
Snack: grapes, strawberries, and pineapple
Dinner: panera: 1/2 fuji apple chicken salad, 1/2 turkey avocado blt
Snack: Greek yogurt with blackberries, raspberries, and fiber one cereal; (unpictured) apple crumble that my mom makes omg to die for.
4/11/13
Pre-track: clif builders bar
Lunch: two slices of toasted ezekiel bread with a scrambled egg, chicken, cottage cheese, spinach, tomato, and baby carrots on the side
Snack: chocolate coconut water; apple; fiber one bar
Snacks: bag of trail mix with my tea; Greek yogurt with fiber one original cereal
Dinner: whole wheat pasta with chicken and broccoli
Snack: orange; clif bar
Breakfast: whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter/dark chocolate peanut butter and banana
Lunch: whole wheat rollup with laughing cow cheese/chicken/egg white/tomato/avocado/cucumber and baby carrots; apple: luna bar
Snack: orange; greek yogurt with fiber one cereal
Snack (unpictured): trail mix (cashews/almonds/peanuts/brazilnuts/hazelnuts/raisins/cranberries); red grapes
Dinner: chicken with broccoli and brown rice
Snack: cottage cheese and a clif bar
4/9/12
Breakfast: dark chocolate peanut butter banana overnight oats
Post-meet lunch: turkey burger on a whole wheat english muffin with a laughing cow cheese, spinach, tomato, avocado, and baby carrots
Snack: orange and a peanut butter balance bar
Dinner: panera up2: 1/2 fuji apple chicken salad, 1/2 turkey avocado blt on whole wheat
Snack: luna bar and grapes
Snack: Ben and Jerry’s strawberry shortcake greek frozen yogurt
Breakfast:
-chocolate peanut butter banana overnight oats
Lunch:
-chicken/egg white/spinach/tomato/avocado/cucumber whole wheat rollup
-baby carrots
-bag of trail mix
Snack:
-chocolate brownie clif bar
-apple
Dinner:
-cottage pie
-strawberry banana Greek yogurt
Snack:
-chocolate chip fiber one snack bar
-giant brownie omg delicious.
Today was really productive and I’m ending on a happy note. It was a rest day except for doing some core, and I have practice tomorrow. I don’t think it’ll be too hard, since I’m coming off a meet yesterday and going into one on Monday. I’m hoping I’ll be doing either 400 or 800 repeats at ideal mile pace so I can get a sense of the pace I should be at.
Breakfast:
-blueberry pancakes
-pear
Lunch:
-strawberry Greek yogurt with fiber one cereal and cheerios
-gala apple
-smores luna bar
Snacks:
-dark chocolate peanut butter banana oatmeal
-slice of whole wheat bread with peanut butter
Dinner
-fajita on a whole wheat wrap with refried black beans, chicken, avocado, and tomato salsa
Going to pack up my work stuff (since I did so much work today I’m gonna give myself the night off!), shower, and watch a movie with my parents.
3/24—rest day intake
Breakfast: chocolate peanut butter banana oatmeal
Snack: apple and dark chocolate almond milk
Lunch: toasted Ezekiel bread with cream cheese spread, spinach, tomato, and a fried egg with cracked pepper; pear; banana chocolate chip kashi bar
Snack: strawberry greek yogurt and grapes
Dinner: chicken in sauce, brown rice, and green beans
Snacks: luna bar; Ben and Jerry’s chocolate fudge brownie fro-yo
Today was actually really great. So here’s a long update post about it :)
Started off with my 8am alarm, since I had track practice at 9. The distance team (nine girls and about twenty boys) loaded onto a bus and drove about half an hour into New York to a mountain state park, and did a trail run there. The route I ran was about 4.5 miles along a really pretty and scenic path, overlooking the forest, the lake, and the harbor. There were gentle ups and downs, and a few pretty steep hills, including the very top one, which I’m pretty sure took literally two full minutes to run up. Which is a LOT when you’re going a solid pace and it’s UPhill. But when we finished I felt amazing. My shoes and the back of my pants were covered in mud and I felt pretty legit ;) I also had a really fun time with the girls on the team. We’re all friendly towards each other, and I absolutely love running with all of them.
We did some strides and then got back on the bus and arrived home at around 11:30. I showered, washed my hair, and tried on a bunch of dresses my mom had bought me. I loved all of them, and they pretty much fit me. Some were a bit big, but I’m sure I’ll grow into them soon! I made myself a delicious lunch and ate while watching the office, and then started work. Sigh.
Read through a bio lab and finished an entire bio chapter outline, which leaves me with reading through the second lab, studying for math, and reading the New York Times for tomorrow.
I also did five loads of laundry, including my pajamas, sheets, and towel, so everything is super clean and I love it. I’m determined to get over my sickyness this weekend. Tomorrow is a rest day, which I have never been more excited for. When I switched to distance the workouts suddenly got much longer and harder than what I did on the sprinting team and I didn’t ease myself into it, I just dove right in. So my left knee and both shins have been complaining for the past two weeks. So I have my first rest day since I started distance tomorrow, and I am taking it very seriously. Lots of yummy food and physically not being on my feet too much because I need to heal up for this coming hard week, which includes our first scrimmage!!!!
This afternoon I also went to get my passport picture taken, since my passport has expired and I’m traveling this summer. It’s been hanging over my head for weeks now, so finally getting the picture taken and making arrangements to finish the process tomorrow is a huge relief.
I ate dinner with my family for the first time in a really long time, since my dad has been traveling pretty much nonstop for the past two months and is never home, and my mom never eats dinner anymore. And then I did some ab work (which always feels so great), finished up some homework and the laundry and am now in bed and I’m gonna wind down the night by reading some hamlet before I fall asleep.
Overall it was a really productive and fun day, and I think I did good amounts of productivity, socializing, and self-care.
Food-wise, I thought I got my appetite back on Friday, but all through today I realized I’m still not really feeling up to eating, and this evening was rough because I feel like I had to keep cramming food in when I didn’t even feel like eating. But now that it’s done I’m happy :)
Breakfast: chocolate peanut butter banana overnight oats
Lunch: turkey burger on a whole wheat English muffin with a laughing cow cheese, avocado, tomato, spinach; baby carrots; glass of pineapple
Snacks: apple; chocolate peanut butter balance bar; coconut water
Dinner: brown rice, grilled chicken, and green beans
Snacks: blueberry Greek yogurt with strawberries; cashews, peanuts, and raisins; chocolate brownie fro-yo
Currently noshing: a clif bar because as I was editing this I got a twinge of hunger which is awesome (:
I really hope tomorrow is as good as today was. Goodnight!
3/17/13 —sick day :/ I didn’t feel like eating any of this urgh
Breakfast: chocolate peanut butter banana oatmeal
Snack: apple and almond butter
Lunch: whole wheat toast with mince meat, spinach, and baby carrots
Snack: grapes, strawberries, and a clif bar
Dinner: subway 6” 9grain honey oat with turkey, lettuce, tomato, and cucumber
Also tried having a handful of trail mix just now before bed but it made me feel so sick :/ I hope I’m better tomorrow.
3/16/13
Pre-track: clif builders bar and an apple
Post-track breakfast: oatmeal with dark chocolate peanut butter, cookies n’ cream protein power, and a banana
Lunch: whole wheat rollup with egg white, chicken, spinach, tomato, avocado, and baby carrots
Dinner: chicken stir fry from houlihans (I ate with chopsticks! Yay for learning new things)
Snacks: peach Greek yogurt with fiber one cereal; dark chocolate almond granola with dark chocolate almond milk (omg A+)
Typical school day intake:
Breakfast: chocolate peanut butter banana overnight oats
During school: bag of trail mix for the morning; chicken/avocado/egg white/spinach/tomato wrap plus baby carrots for lunch; clif bar before practice
Dinner: Huge helping of cottage pie
Snacks: Greek yogurt with cereal and strawberries and a pear
Evening snack: whole wheat peanut butter sandwich (with a ridiculous amount of peanut butter), apple
3/10/13
Ugh I couldn’t get a photogrid layout that worked haha so it’s just awkwardly laid out and kind of out of order…
Breakfast: dark chocolate peanut butter banana oatmeal
Snack: clif bar
Lunch: 6” subway 9 grain honey oat with chicken breast, avocado, cucumber, tomato, and lettuce
Snacks: strawberry Greek yogurt with fiber one cereal and strawberries; apple; handful of trail mix
Dinner: cottage pie; toasted Ezekiel bread with a laughing cow cheese, tomato, and spinach
Snack: pear; dark chocolate almond milk
And I’m about to go have something else…probably a luna bar, or maybe toast with peanut butter hmmm.
Lauren, 18. Documenting the ups and downs of my life. Learning just how deep my passion for running lies. I play volleyball and run track, and am improving every day. I'm passionate about health and wellbeing, and am an aspiring health sciences major. I'm discovering that I actually like who I'm becoming. My daily life includes running, some yoga, lots of yummy food, blogging, making lists, music, and trying to stay on top of my work. My goal is happiness and healthiness. And I'm achieving it one day at a time (:
