Chocolover - July 13th to July 20th

Have been MIA for sometime!! Need to get back and good about logging everything!

I am not losing weight yet, so I need to start measuring myself to keep a tab if i am losing inches. As an FYI to all girls here- I talked to June, a pacer from naperville group, and he said that sometimes marathon runners gain weight in their first year as they are building muscle (they lose inches, which is great), but their is a possibility that they might not keep a tab on the food due to increased appetite *after* their training is over.

I put on weight last year ; I ate well during the training, but when the training stopped in September, due to my increased appetite, I didn't keep a tab on what i was eating versus burning.

As of now, as you all are training- definitely eat well. June mentioned that if I don't eat well while training, I will get weak and catch a cold. And ofcourse, OPOC, agree- we need to keep a watch on what to eat *during* the training too! And *after* training for sure.

Here's a really good website to know more about diet for novice runners and also good carbs versus bad carbs..

http://www.runnersworld.com/article/0,7120,s6-242-304--7771-1-1X3-3,00.html

Hope this helps..

Sunday-
Breakfast- Oatmeal with raisins, 1 sugar, almonds. A cup of coffee- skim milk with bru coffee and 1 sugar.
Snack- Fruits- 1/2 pear, 2 to 3 strawberries, 1/2 peach
Lunch- got tempted with Indian food- 2 - 4by 3 inch nans, 1/2 cup dal makhani. 1/2 cup gobi aalo sabji, 1/2 cup chicken curry. 1/2 cup kesar kulfi ( could have avoided this)
Snack-2 to 3 dates with 3 walnuts
Snack- Afternoon coffee with 1 cup skim milk, nescafe powder, 1 sugar
Snack- low fat string cheese (60 cals)
Dinner- salad- spinach, lettuce, little brocolli, few grapes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, 1 tablespoon tuscan balsamic dressing.
After dinner- small piece of dark chocolate

Workout- Ran 10.5 miles, stretched.

Monday
Breakfast- 1 cup of coffee- skim milk with nescafe and 1 sugar. 1.5 cup cooked oatmeal with raisins and one tablespoon walnuts
Snack- fat free pain yogurt (80cals), 1 coffee with splenda and half and half
Lunch- low fat string cheese (60 cals), salad- spinach, lettuce, little brocolli, few grapes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, 1 tablespoon tuscan balsamic dressing.
After lunch- 1/2 sugar cookie (3 inch in diameter! could have avoided this!)
Snack- apple, small chocolates (around 50 to 75 cals)
Snack- plum
Snack- evening coffee- 1 cup skim milk with nescafe and 1 sugar
Dinner- falafel and chicken wrap- 3 inch diameter, 6 inch circumference pita with 2 falafels, 2 pieces of chicken, cucumber tahini, lettuce.
After dinner- piece of dark chocolate (75 cals)

Workout- none

Tuesday

Breakfast- 1 cup skim with bru coffee and sugar, 1.5 cup cooked Oatmeal with 2 tablespoon raisins, 1 tblspoon walnuts
Lunch- Turkey sandwich- 2 wheat bread with 2 slices turkey, 1 cheese slice, lettuce, tomato
Snack- 1.5 soya milk with chocolate sprinkle and splenda
Snack- Hersey’s kisses (around 125 cals)—could have avoided.
Snack- fat free plain yogurt
Dinner- 2 cups chole, with 1 cup rice and ½ nan
After dinner- coconut icecream (not sure about the calories- 300 to 400 maybe?)
Piece of dark chocolate

Wednesday
Breakfast- 1 cup skim with bru coffee and sugar, 1.5 cup cooked Oatmeal with 2 tablespoon raisins, 1 tblspoon walnuts
Snack- blueberries, rasberries
Lunch- Amy’s low fat burritos- 280 cals
Snack- carrots, radishes with hummus
Snack- 1.5 cups of soya milk (150 cals) with chocolate sprinkle and splenda
Snack- dent on the diet- peanut butter crackers (200 cals), fat free fruit snacks (170 cals)à need to burn extra 370 cals..

Workout-