21 Day Fix Extreme: Week 1/3

Week-beginning Thoughts:

I'm looking for something low key for this week, and think I've found it in 21 Day Fix Extreme Real Time. This program gives me a 30min workout every day, which I can choose to add running to or not. I'll also try to get back on the container bandwagon for nutrition. 

Monday

Did: 21DFX Plyo Fix, 1mi @ 8:53/mi avg

I hate plyometrics. Jumping always just feels like a great way to get injured. Especially since my calf feels a little funky today, I took it easy. Proud of myself for making it through a workout I really don't like, though. 

...then I went for a mile run just for funsies. :) It's always amazing to me how much faster I run after a strength workout where I warmed my legs up. 

Nutrition was great today. 

Breakfast: oatmeal, shredded wheat, protein coffee

Snack: graham crackers with strawberries

Lunch: 2 HB eggs, cauliflower/broccoli/zucchini/squash/ground turkey succotash

Snack: apple, lara bar

Snack: triscuits, second coffee 

Dinner: ham, zucchini, squash, celery in lettuce wrap

Tuesday

Did: 21DFX Upper Fix, + 10min HardCORE  10KTuesday @ 9:24/mi avg 

I feel like freaking super mom today. My husband's sick, so that means I've basically been single parenting since 5pm yesterday. I've been to work both days so far this week (in the office, which is its own challenge, especially when it comes to bringing enough food). I couldn't run this morning (partially because I was a little worried about my calf, but mostly because I needed to be on-call as a parent). After getting everything done in the evening, I finally made it out the door around 7:30pm. 

Running in the evening was weird. I kind of enjoyed the solitude, but it was also strange to have other people on the sidewalks, cars at intersections, and, DAYLIGHT. What even IS that? 

I felt physically fine until about 4mi in, and then my legs were a bit tired, and I started to feel my left calf tighten. Of course, I was only two miles from home at that point, so I pushed on... and then stretched out once I got home. 

Pretty proud of this dinner, too! 

Nutrition was a bit of a struggle. I'd only planned ot be in the office until lunch, and then run at lunch and go home afterwards. Instead, I was there the whole day... so I went out at lunch and grabbed some Starbucks for sustenance. Not the best choice, but I tried. 

Breakfast: greek yogurt smoothie and protein coffee

Snack: KIND protein bars

Lunch: Sbucks Tomato Mozarella panini + grande flat white

Dinner: green beams with salmon and veggies

Evening: taco shells, 2 eggs, shredded wheat (post-run)

Wednesday

Did: 21DFX Pilates
Another solo morning with the kids = workout didn't happen until the evening, but that was kind of OK since my older one did it with me :) Love sharing fitness with my family. 

Nutrition was awesome today. I planned, and I executed. 

Breakfast: oatmeal, 2 HB eggs, and green beans (fitting in those veggies/green containers)

Snack: protein coffee, banana, KIND protein bars

Lunch: greek yogurt with strawberries and sunflower seeds

Snack: carrots

DInner: steak lettuce wraps

Evening: banana

Also took a massage stick to my calf and did what I could to destroy the knot. Blergh. 

Thursday

Did: 21DFX Lower Fix, 2mi walk

I don't even remember this day. 

Friday

Did: 21DFX Cardio + 10min HardCORE

Also don't remember this day... I do recall struggling with nutrition though and eating a ton of taco shells in the morning. When I'm sick, my go-to food is always crunchy, salty things, like tortilla chips. Guess we know what this weekend has in store. UGH. 

Also hit my calf hard with massage again. 

Saturday

Did: 21DFX Dirty 30, 6.75mi walk

Got my 21DF workout done first thing with my baby this morning, and then my family opted for a 100min walk instead of our normal 10mi run (since my husband and I are both dealing with calf issues). I feel like I could run, but really want to be as healthy as possible to start Miler Method in another week, so I'm trying to rest, stretch, and roll this thing out.... 

The hardest part for me is modifying my food intake since I'm not burning the same calories I ususally do... I've learned not to eat my normal big breakfast, though, and that helps. If I can make it through the morning without gorging on the kids' animal crackers, I'm generally OK. Today, I was pretty proud of myself for making a salad for lunch (SO MUCH EFFORT when you don't pre-prep!) instead of just making another PB&J. I also did spaghetti squash and tomatoes for a hearty, filling snack later in the day instead of handfuls of animal crackers. Pretty happy with how today turned out. 

Sunday

Did: 4.06mi walk + 21DFX yoga + 0.5mi walk

Another family walk since both my husband and I are still bum, but at least I don't feel the knot in my calf anymore. Hopefully, I'll be good to go for 10KTuesday in a couple days. It's been so weird to take almost a week completely off from running. It was kind of cool, though, to have my kid run his first mile (there was a bit of fast walking, but he was definitely at least jogging for the most part-- so proud). 

Yoga was nice, though it's hard to "focus on the stillness and quiet" when you've got munchkins climbing all over you... 

Total Weekly Mileage: 7.3... Kind of hilarious to go from 70 to 7.3 in barely ten days :P 

Week-ending Thoughts:

• Um, I don't even know...  I'm glad to be doing 21DF and have some sort of "plan" to follow right now.
• I'm a bit worried about my ability to execute the mile training plan in a week, and hope I'll be healed up. 
• Nutrition is tough when I don't plan, but I'm starting to get back into a high-veggies mode. The hardest part is how limiting the green container qualifications are-- like, peas don't count as a veggie, but rather as a carb. If I'm going to have a carb, I'd rather eat some shredded wheat or oats. :P