Day 8 - Struggling with Taste

Monday, June 15, 2009
This is probably a good place to catalog my workouts as well as food log.

6 am: CrossFit Workout of the Day (WOD) = "Jumping Fran"

5 RFT (rounds for time):

21 Thrusters @ 50# (women)

21 Double-unders (sub regular jump rope at 2:1 ratio)

Total time - 21:51

I should probably be eating something before I work out in the morning because your blood sugar dips so low overnight. But at 5:30 a.m., it's hard to fathom putting food in your stomach.

8 am: Egg scramble with 1 whole egg, egg whites, spinach, mushrooms, ground turkey; 1 kiwi fruit, blueberries

11 am: Ziploc bag of baby carrots - I really like cooked carrots, but I get tired of raw ones after about 3 or 4, if I don't have something to dip them in. I'll have to make some guacamole tonight. I ate the whole bag that I brought, but it never satisfied me. I was just as hungry when I finished as I was when I started. Probably because I wasn't digging the taste, so my brain wasn't getting the "I'm full" signals.

12:45 pm: Salad with ground turkey, diced red and yellow peppers, diced cucumber, olive oil and crushed red pepper. The peppers are sweet, which is good. It's just the salt I'm really missing. I'm trying to train my taste buds to not need things quite so salty. There's plenty of naturally occurring sodium in eggs, meat, etc.

3 pm: 1 orange

5 pm: 1/2 a cantaloupe with walnuts - I have never been a big cantaloupe fan. I've been trying to eat more of it, though, because of its low glycemic load. This snack was so not what I wanted today, though - I was literally choking it down. Cantaloupe must be mixed with sweeter fruit from now on - like berries or kiwi.

8 pm: Sirploin tips sauteed in canola oil with onions, simmered in tomato sauce made from pureed tomatoes, lemon juice, garlic powder and pepper; broccoli sauteed in olive oil with garlic

8:30 pm: 1 sliced banana with almond butter and honey - Dinner was okay tonight, but I felt like everything I ate today was severely lacking in taste!! Ended the day feeling unsatisfied, deprived even. Convinced myself I "deserved" this little dessert.

But, planned ahead for tomorrow. Made a big batch of guac for my carrots tomorrow, and have two spice-rubbed pork loins cooking in the oven.

I'm feeling a tiny bit dejected because I feel like I am pretty darn conscientious about my workouts and nutrition. Yet, I am still carrying 10 - 15 lbs (depending on the day) that I've never been able to shed. Not hitting the cardio hard enough is my diagnosis. Just only so many hours in the day!