"Diet of a Madman!"

I decided to thoroughly capture my eating regimen for one day.  I generally try to keep it around 2500 to 3000 calories and keep my fat intake under 80 grams.  Lets see what it adds up to today.

Breakfast was 2 bagfuls, 380 cals, 6g fat) one large banana, (125/.5)and 2 cups of coffee.

Lunch was in the car on the way back from Hamilton.  One Arbys Philly and Swiss (410/20) , one large banana (125/.5), and 2 cartons of 2% milk (260/10)

 Supper.  Two pieces Presidents Choice Blue Menu chicken (300/5), two cans green beans (160/0), 75 ml fat free dressing (50/0), 2 cups fresh papaya (120/.5), one tub of fat free yogurt ( 210/0), and one large glass of skim milk (170/1)

And my usual bed time snack is 2 Del  Monte yogurt bars(120/2).

For a grand total of 2420 calories and 43.5 grams of fat.  This is probably a little less than the average as I usually eat a larger lunch.  One of my staples is of course pasta and I often eat a plateful worth more than 1000 calories in one sitting, and when I am working out I often supplement with high protein meal replacement drinks which are 250 cals. a pop.

A couple of things jump out at me.  One is that I could probably afford to eat more, early in the day.  I think even getting my breakfast up to 800 calories would not be overkill.  The other thing that was evident at least on this day, was that I could probably afford some more fat.  I still want to be careful but too little fat  will definitely hurt my training in the long run.  Fat is especially essential to allow our bodies to absorb the nutrients we provide them.  I decided to start taking a multivitamin as well and so again I need to make sure I get enough fat to support them.

Today I did almost nothing again. I will tell you it is so very hard.  It is less than 5 months to the race now and I suddenly feel woefully behind.  I will however stay the course until Saturday when I will try a longer run, but even beyond that I intend on going easy until I finish my treatments next tuesday.  By then I better feel a lot freakin better or I'm gonna be pissed!  Cause then I'm gonna drop the hammer again!!

(swim 1000 metres)

You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She’s 97 today and we don’t know where the hell she is.” –Ellen Degeneres

Love

Peter