I also love the HIIT's - great concept. Short, effective workouts - sign me up!! HIIT - High Intensity Interval Training; they are all about speed. Fast, quick workouts where you're supposed to burn more fat then a normal cardio session. It supposedly speeds up your metabolism so you burn more during the day...I know I definitely have more energy the next day! It's what Insanity is as well, only for some reason Chalene's are a lot more enjoyable; at least to me they are.
After our workout Tabitha and I went for a 25 minute run. It was hot, humid, and down right miserable. We actually maintained a decent pace (I think we just wanted to get it over with); we both felt light headed when we were done. Doesn't matter how much water you drink on days like today the weather just zaps all your strength. I'm so glad it's not supposed to be as hot over the weekend and most importantly - on race day!
So, anyway, tomorrow is supposed to be a rest day, but I'm doing TF 45EZ (it's 43 minutes long) instead since I have my race on Sunday - just switching up the two days. I'm also getting up early and doing some laps around the parade field with my friend Michele (probably do 3 or 4 laps; each lap is 1.2 miles).
I sat down and went over the TF food guide today. Read through it and figured out my numbers. It said my goal should be 1940 calories a day. I've got some work to do. My friend Patty said that sometimes she'll plan out exactly what she's going to eat that day. I always figured that was too much work, that I'd rather just grab something when I was hungry. Well, we see where that has gotten me - 9 months and only 12 lbs. SO, I wrote down some things for tomorrow. A snack to eat before breakfast to keep me from being hungry on my walk...I'll eat breakfast afterwards, and two other snacks plus my lunch. I didn't write out a dinner yet since Chris will be off work for the next 3 days. I'll run some ideas by him in the morning and then write it down. See how that works for me. It won't take me anytime at all to sit down in the evenings and jot down a few food ideas for the next day.
Believe it or not I've actually got a lot of the food already in my cupboards...I was surprised. Turns out that we are doing pretty well with our choices, I'm just eating too many of them in one day! *Face palm* I think it's just how I pair them. My meals are a little bigger then they "need" to be, so I'm going to make some modifications and see how it goes. Right now my stomach is growling up a storm, but I've already had a smoothie after my workout and a protein bar, so I'm sipping on tea (sleepytime) and then headed to bed. Trying not to give into the urge to just dump salsa in the jar and munch away. I figured maybe if I sit down and write out my thoughts it'll keep me away from the snacks that keep calling my name.
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