Day 7 of 45

(I've made the decision and commitment to step up my health and fitness in preparation for my first sprint triathlon.  I plan on keeping a daily journal on my progress.  Check out my plans here: http://bit.ly/ixs0xO)


Today is supposed to be a rest day according to the Insanity calendar, but as I mentioned in my initial post, I'm going to use the rest days to work on a stage of the triathlon.  I had wanted to get in some swimming but unfortunately our pool is closed so I hopped on a stationary bike instead.  The goal was to do 6.2 miles (10km) at a pretty good pace.  This was my first time getting on a bike in a long time so I took it easy at first because I wasn't sure what to expect.  I'm happy to report though that I did pretty well I think.  I was going at a consistent speed, or level according to the bike, for the first mile or two.  Then I sort of zoned out and was thinking about other things; before I knew it I had gone up another level (which was about a 33% increase in speed) and felt great.  I kept up that pace and reached 6.2 miles in 19:48.  The funny thing is that I didn't want to stop, so I decided to go 2 extra miles.  I finished with a mile cool down for a total of 9.2 miles pedaled.  Overall, I felt pretty good and am pretty confident I'll do good at the sprint triathlon.  I can't wait!


Meals
Chocolate Shakeology w/ skim milk and peanut butter
Peanut butter and jelly toast
Pulled pork and potato salad
Fat free yogurt
A couple chocolate chip cookies (Maddie and I made cookies :) )
Chopped Salad


It doesn't exactly look like the best day in the world and I didn't stick to my meal plan, but it really wasn't all that bad either.  I only had a small portion of the pork and potato salad, and the two cookies I ate only came out to about 110 calories according to the package.  I'm not all that sure the chopped salad from Portillo's is all that health either.  I've looked up the calorie count in the past and get numbers that range from 350-500.  How accurate that is, I don't know; but if it's anywhere around there I'm okay.


Favorite Meal
Oops!  Forgot to take a picture, had to pull this from the internet.  It's the chopped salad from Portillo's. Yum!

Exercise
Stationary Bike
9.2 miles
30 minutes
350 calories burned