Monday the 20th…recovery, easy day

(Back to work) 5:30 am- green powder mixed w. water to swallow vitamins, shake: green tea/pumpkin/protein/raw almond butter/flax/lecithin 30 minutes- resistance training/CORE 9:00am- raw kale sprinkled w. cider vinegar, olive oil and GARLIC! :), sliced turkey and a pear 12:30 (pre-swim): organic plain goat’s milk yogurt, banana, 1/2 oz raw walnuts, 2 hard boiled egg […]

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Sunday, 18 November

Again, since training volume is lessened, the normal breakfast pre-training is substituted with a version slightly lower in starch… Green power/flax/lecithin & vitamins, 4 hard boiled egg whites, banana w. raw almond butter, 1/2c organic plain goatmilk yogurt, americano Bike workout on the Computrainer/Intervals then spinning out the legs…- 2 hours- 2 hammer gels during […]

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Saturday the 17th, taper week begins!

(Tapering for the Seattle Marathon, that is! Training volume is reduced (as is caloric intake) but I still include some intensity.) Breakfast, 7am: green powder mixed w. flax & lecithin to swallow vitamins! 1/2c egg whites prepared in tsp olive oil, small piece of potato (training run to follow), banana w. raw almond butter, handful […]

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Friday the 16th

same breakfast (at 5:30am) as the past several days- I love it and it works!! 9:00 am- (today’s 2nd meal was different than the usual protein and veg because I knew I had a track session after my last client. I needed to prepare for that and eat accordingly!) small plain goat milk yogurt, banana, […]

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Thursday, the 15th

5:30 am- usual breakfast- green powder w. vitamins, then smoothie: flax/soy/lechithin/protein powder/almond butter and pumpkin/green tea first client sessions of the day, then a 45′ weight training/core session 9:00 am – raw spinach, 3 oz sliced turkey, raw green bell pepper, mandarin orange noon- apple, 3 oz chicken, .5 oz raw walnuts, baby carrots swim […]

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“Vacation Eating??”

I overheard a conversation at the gym the other day; one woman said to another, “I was so bad on vacation; now that I’ve returned, I’m back on my diet again.” What is that? That statement speaks volumes. Just the idea that one feels they need a break from how they eat indicates that how […]

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Wednesday, November 15th

Breakfast: 7am: green powder, soy lecithin & flax meal in water (note to all who are possibly counting calories- this little concoction alone is 100 calories, roughly 30 calories each for the green powder, lecithin and flax meal. Yes, I do count calories and if you are looking to get lean, you do need to […]

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Tuesday the 13th

5:30 am- same breakfast shake as Monday and Friday! 9:00 am- meal between am clients: 4 oz salmon and broccoli w. 1/4 avocado (sound familiar? leftover from last night’s dinner!) and an apple noon- pre-swim (1hour swim) meal- 1/2 nonfat plain goatmilk yogurt, banana, .5 oz walnuts and 2 egg whites 2:30 post-swim/pre- bike (1 […]

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Monday recovery day….

Mondays are usually my off day or recovery day from training- today’s workout included an easy, aerobic run and some core strength training. 5:30am breakfast (same as Friday- I’m usually eating breakfast on the go on weekdays as I drive in to the gym to meet my 6am clients. Because of that, I need something […]

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