Thursday – 11/27/2008 (Thanksgiving)
This day was a nice vacation day. I didn’t go all out this year with low carb foods with Thanksgiving dinner being mainly turkey and broccoli bacon salad for me. I didn’t feel the need to make the annual sausage dressing this year or any other treats. It was a nice day, and it felt good to bust out a sub 9:00 pace on the run. The ankle is still a bit dead feeling without the same bounce as the uninjured one, but it didn’t swell up afterwards. My arms are sore from the last night’s workout, but that is a good thing.
08:30 AM
1.5 cups Lettuce, 1 oz Cheddar Cheese, 1 oz Bacon Bits, 4 oz Chicken, 2 oz Gino’s Garlic Dressing
10:15 am
4.15 mile Run (8:55 min / mile)
01:00 PM
10 oz White and Dark Meat Turkey with Skin, 1.25 cups Broccoli Bacon Salad
4:00 PM
6 Strawberries, 1 oz Cream Cheese, 2 oz Mixed Nuts
6:00 PM
6 oz Turkey, 1 TBS Salsa, 1 TBS Sour Cream, 1 tsp Guacamole, 1 Large Chicken Breast, 2 TBS Ranch, 1.5 Cup Lettuce
8:00 PM
1 mock danish
Drinks:
4-cans of Diet Coke with Splenda
Daily Totals:
- Calories: 2334
- Total Carbs – 33g Carbs
- Fiber – 21g
- Protein – 160g
Reader Comments
Here Kent…what does a 10:15am run taste like? Never had one of them to eat before lol ;o) I noticed too, you eat a good variety, but dam it must cost u a fortune in grub (food).
After a 4.15 mile run to, you don’t eat til 1pm… do you not need the urge to want to eat something earlier – I understand Low Carb satisfies longer – but For instance, I eat an hour before the gym, quite a big meal (healthy of course ;o) but after a 2hour work out am starving!!!
Re: variety and cost, you’d be surprised on how cheap everything is. It being thanksgiving helped a little in the variety, but my diet is more geared around no fuss no mess (or little mess for the wife’s sake).
Was waiting until 1pm desireable after a decent pace run? Probably not, but it was Thanksgiving and turkeys take awhile to cook. I did have some broccoli bacon salad after it was made and chilled though. I am not a big fan of eating right before a run (especially a long run) as I don’t like the extra nausea. Just a little caffiene sometimes primes the pump is about it for pre-race nutrition and existing body stores. As for after, I can usually manage but I do usually start drinking like crazy.