Mission: 32/30—KFC, why can’t I resist you??

This past weekend I stayed with my buddy and his wife in Seattle. It was a beautiful weekend. No rain, plenty of sunshine and daytime temperatures reaching the mid-90s. I even went for a run that first morning I was in town. Burning some good calories and working up a good sweat. Felt pretty good about myself.

Then I went and destroyed all my hard work! Over the weekend, I had the following: KFC (extra crispy dark meat special bucket, family size cake, mashed potatoes..definitely my favorite of the fast food pantheon), Taco Bell (chili cheese burrito which they don’t serve here in the bay area, but for some mysterious reason they do in Washington, tacos and other assorted taco-like treats), some delicious omelets, fruit, bbq chicken, bbq short ribs, mochi ice cream, chocolate covered macaroons, potato chips, bacon-jelly slider(actually a good mix), duck slider, several(or more) beers, conveyor belt sushi(indeterminate amount) and a sausage egg McMuffin (courtesy of McDonalds upon my return to San Francisco). Yup, that was all this past weekend. Every single bite was yummy, but in the end, not necessarily worth it. Usually I feel healthy and clean, but after having pizza (I forgot to list it above) prior to a Sunday run, and following it up with KFC, I wasn’t feeling good. I felt heavy and bloated. In the future I’m planning on indulging only one food craving at a time.

With all that being said, on Monday I made a trip to Costco and made the purchases pictured below:
For the most part it is healthy stuff(at least healthier stuff than I had this weekend). Fruits, veggies, healthy snacks. It looks like a mess in that cart, but see how it transforms into a day of healthy snacks!
With the assistance of many containers and my fiancée, this is the food I had for snacking and lunch throughout the day on Wednesday: chopped apple; chopped nectarine; babybel cheese(to help stave off the hunger pangs);salad with veggies+fruit+cheese+vinagreitte+almonds+craisins; greek yogurt + blueberries; carrots, cucumber and baby tomatoes with hummus(and some tortilla chips); turkey+havarti wrapped in lavash. It was literally a mouthful(please forgive me for that line, but I’m writing this at 12:30 am and have boot camp at 6am!).

Even though I had nothing fried and no red meat, turns out I was satisfied and I felt good about myself (and not bloated and heavy!). I decided to not weigh myself this week, but save it for after my body has been subjected to one week of healthy yummy eating.

So I guess the moral of the story after all that rambling is that if you crave something, maybe just have bite or two… not the whole bucket. You’ll feel better afterwards. So… who’s up for some cupcakes at Off the Grid????

Have a good workout and see you next week for my week 3 update for Mission: 32/30 (what's Mission: 32/30? click here to find out) where I tell you I went a week without fried chicken!

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Mission:32/30 Week 1 Update--It hurts when I sneeze.

Pushups, sprints, dips, exercise band activities, squats(several varieties), lunges(several varieties), hills, stairs, planks, crunches, toe touchers, situps, burpees(aka up-downs), bear crawls, wheel barrows(not wheel barrels; see pictures above) sprints, jogs and of course a nice stroll along the beach with Leandra Rouse (and 17 others… geez, don’t get me in trouble with my fiancee!). Okay, so that nice stroll was a sprint/jog also known as an Indian-run or more to be politically correct, a Native American run. Actually, I think Indian run sounds better (and has fewer syllables) and unless someone has a better name for it (like up-downs in place of burpees) and since I am part Cherokee(one sixteenth) let’s stick with it.

So that was quite a week one of different exercises and though I am injury free, I am by no means pain free or sore-free. At the moment when I sneeze it feels like there is an explosion in my rib cage! Turns out, my core needs to be improved. As part of Mission:32/30(click here for more info about my mission) I hope to strengthen my sneezing muscles (my core) enough that the bear crawls and wheel barrows courtesy of Andrew May(6am and 7am class at Golden Gate Park) on Friday and the planks and spider lunges courtesy of Leandra Rouse(Old Navy and Gap instructor) on Saturday will no longer have me fearing the impending pain that comes with high pollen counts!

As for Mission:32/30 here is a quick update. So far I’m still 5 foot 4ish, but I am officially one pound lighter than last week. Of course yesterday I was one pound heavier than I was last week, so I guess I’ll need to check again next week to see which way I’m really headed. Darn unpredictable weight fluctuations associated with pastries and burritos. I may go to the store this week and see if I can find some 33/30s as an intermediary before I reach my ultimate goal of 32/30!

Also, for those of you who didn't have time to watch the full video on Facebook, below is a clip featuring Leandra and spider lunges! Please excuse the shakiness. I am currently working my way up to being an amateur video-grapher. What is below an amateur you ask? Well that’s easy… ME!

Have a good week!