Sooo I finally got the guts to try turkey bacon. I was looking for an approved protein source, and turkey bacon is approved since it’s pretty darn low fat. It doesn’t crisp up like normal bacon.. and it’s baconesce, but not really bacon. It’s not a poor substitute though if you want the “bacon” ish flavor.
Yesterday wasn’t to o bad for Farrell’s. I think I’m going to be moving up in my resistance bands next round. BUT I have learned that I have NO adductor or abductor muscles. Geez my hips were cramping up after that. I also had to field a cramp in the front of my calf which was less than pleasant. BUT I made it all the way through. I did a little better at situps… not where I want to be yet, but I’m getting a little bit better. I just need a few more little bits to get to at least being able to do all the workouts the way they are supposed to be. It’s progress and I’ll take it. I’m also pretty happy that I can handle a little more for some of the str training.
Today will be cardio, and I’m curious to see how that’ll go. I want it, and am aiming for it to go better than Monday. Overall for me, this is just hard stuff. I’m pretty proud of myself for not throwing in the towel last week when I felt like my everything was going to fall off.
I went to the nutrition seminar yesterday and learned a few interesting things. Such as apparently most daily vitamins like Centrum aren’t very useful because they aren’t absorbable due to the compounds that give them their shape. They recommend the liquid daily vitamins over the standard ones. They even said that my gummy ones were better than a “typical” kind. Wasn’t planning on receiving that answer I gotta tell you. I also learned that they would prefer we only have one protein shake a day. They want us to eat real food, not live on protein bars & shakes. I get it, but I think I’m going to ignore it and keep on keeping on… because frankly preparing YET another meal each day is just not in the cards. I have enough trouble making 4. Protein shakes are convenient, provide nutrients, and are highly portable. Add a kashi bar for carbs, or similar and tada instant meal. They also gave an interesting version for a chocolate protein shake.
10 oz skim milk
6 oz pasteurized egg whites “all whites”
1 Tsp of hershey’s chocolate
http://www.eggwhitesint.com/go/bodybuilding-protein.htm
This is more or less a pretty cheap protein drink. They also recommended it for kids who won’t eat meat.
They also broke a few people’s hearts when they said that nuts cannot be used as a protein substitute because they are not a complete form of protein. They do not contain some of the proteins that other sources of protein do that the body cannot produce on its own. BUT they had a big sigh of relief when they pointed out that if you added cheese (or similar) with it then you could count it because the cheese does contain the proteins in question.
They also keep pointing out that we need to eat 45 minutes after we work out, and it must contain good protein. More or less if you don’t eat and provide something for your body to use to repair, it’ll either go into storage mode or burn the wrong stuff. This is one I actually have a really hard time complying with because it takes longer than 45 min to get home, get a shower, and make dinner. SOOO we probably need to plan accordingly or get creative. Perhaps even switch out our late snack which almost always includes a protein shake for dinner. Just have dinner around 9pm and our late snack right after we get home. That would solve having a “fresh” dinner and the inability to get dinner in in the timeframe provided.
Food for thought anyway.
Some of the stuff I mentioned above I already knew, but didn’t always comply with. The nuts thing I didn’t know. I thought they were a standard source of protein, but they’d already told us that we weren’t allowed to have them more than once a day anyway. So for the most part it was a moot point.
I find it ironic that I purchased a bunch of no carb noodles, and now have to make sure I get enough carbs. LOL oOOOH well. I did pick up some rice noodles from the organic section that fit the qualifications and have exactly the amount of carbs I need for a meal in a serving. I figure it’s worth giving a try. I can add a little bit of cheese and meat for flavor and hopefully have a meal that fits all of my requirements, but still contains pasta.
Anyway that’s about all for yesterday.
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