Food & Exercise -- 3/26/2004 (yesterday)

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Chris Braun - 27 Mar 2004 13:04 GMT

Food:

7:00 (driving to meeting): chocolate ready-to-drink protein shake

9:30 (meeting food): 4 oz. mixed fruit chunks; 1/2 cinnamon raisin
bagel

11:30 (meeting food): 2 oz. cheese ravioli & 2.5 oz. Italian sausage,
with tomato sauce; 1 cup tossed salad w/ 2 tbsp Italian dressing

3:00 (after workout): creatine

5:30 (after massage): 1 oz. "Atkins Crunchers" -- low carb chips

20:00 (home): salad w/ 96g grilled salmon, 2 cups mixed greens, 2 oz.
mushrooms; 2 tbsp f/f balsamic vinaigrette; 3 mint meringue cookies

Totals: 1348 calories, 43g fat (29%), 157g carbs (46%), 84g protein
(25%) -- rather low on protein; I was going to eat more but I opted
for going to bed as I was falling asleep

2:00 -- exercise: Tom took me into an empty aerobics studio, piled up
a bunch of mats around a square on the floor, and then had me practice
"bailing out" of missed Olympic lifts. Then I did some lifts for
real, going a bit heavier than we usually do in practice. This is the
last heavy workout I will do before the meet.

Shoulder warmups

Classic snatch: 2x3x15kg/33lbs; 2x3x20/44; 2x1x25/55; 1x1x27.5/60.5 (a
PR for me, post injury and weightloss), 1 missed try at 27.5/60.5; 2
missed tries at 30/66; 2x1x25/55

Clean warmups -- some front squats and presses at 25/55

Sets of 1 clean, 3 jerks: 2 at 25/55; 2 at 30/66

Classic clean and jerk: 3x1x35/77; 3 tries at 40/88 -- all fine
cleans, first jerk incomplete, second with too much press to be legal,
third perfect (40 is my current competition max. I hadn't jerked 40
before in the gym. The clean is no problem, but the jerk depends on
the shoulder so is my weak point.)

Chris
262/157/ (145-150)

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susanjoneslewis - 27 Mar 2004 17:30 GMT

<5:30 (after massage): 1 oz. "Atkins Crunchers" -- low carb chips>

Are these any good? I have been very hesitant to try any marketed "low
carb" products, simply because of the price and It's my feeling that the
industry is making a circus out of low carb stuff.
I also think that I have done fairly well with just eating good ole
food, in smaller portions and in healthier ways. The only food
substitute that I use at this point is Splenda. But "chips" would be
nice to have every now and then I think if they were reasonable in price
and really low carb like they claim.
I am trying hard to make my WOE as natural as possible without any
marketed products.

Susan
260/198/140

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Chris Braun - 27 Mar 2004 18:22 GMT

><5:30 (after massage): 1 oz. "Atkins Crunchers" -- low carb chips>
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>Susan
>260/198/140

I wasn't too crazy about the Atkins Crunchers. I was in a Vitamin
Shoppe and was hungry and wanting a snack, and I didn't feel like
anything sweet like a bar. I don't count carbs, particularly, but
this had an ok nutritional profile. The Genisoy protein chips taste
better, but they come in larger bags (3.5 servings, I believe) and I'd
rather not be tempted to eat the whole bag :-).

The nutritional profile for 1 oz. of the Atkins Crunchers is: 100
calories, 4g fat, 8g carbs, 12g protein. There are a couple of fiber
grams which they subtract from the carbs. For the Genisoy chips, 1
oz. has 110 calories, 2g fat, 15g carbs, 8g protein. I don't know
about fiber, as I don't include that in database.

I agree that real foods are better, but (a) there are times I am
guided by convenience, and (b) I think I do pretty well to keep my
calories and macronutrients in line with my goals, and I don't beat
myself up too much to try to eat perfectly otherwise. If I feel like
chips, I look for a reasonable choice and eat them. If an energy bar
fits into my diet -- and since I like the ones I eat -- I'll eat that.
It's worked ok so far :-).

Chris
262/157/ (145-150)

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