Breakfast - 1 pancake, 1 egg, 1 toast, 1 turkey bacon, 1 glass orange juice
Snack - 1 granola bar, 1 cup coffee
Lunch - Sandwich (home made: ham, dijon mustard, pepper jack cheese, wheat bread), 1 serving chips, 4 apple slices, 1 diet caffeine free diet Pepsi.
Snack - 1 granola bar, diet pepsi
Dinner - 1 cup of chicken marinara
Workout:
20min Bike 80rpm (escalated incline by 1 up to 9 min then de-escalated by 1 for the last 9 min)
20min treadmill (3mph)
5min on the Elliptical (all I could stand)
2 set of 10 on all ab machines
2 set of 10 on all leg machines
Pool work
2 breast stroke lap
4 kicking laps
4 butterfly lap
2 power walking lap
2 porpoising(up&down free dives) lap
2 underwater only lap
Needless to say I'm whooped from this. Tomorrow is my "Last Chance Workout" before my weigh in on Saturday. So I'm being as regimented as possible tomorrow to ensure maximum weight loss.
There are many reasons why drinking diet sodas and coffee are bad for brain health. The caffeine in these beverages is addictive, especially if you are drinking four or more sodas a day. Caffeine constricts blood flow to the brain and dehydrates the brain, which leads to premature aging and makes it harder to think quickly.
ReplyDeleteDiet sodas are especially bad because artificial sweeteners are as much as 600 times sweeter than sugar and can activate the appetite centers of the brain, making you crave even more food. One study comparing rats that ate yogurt sweetened with sugar with rats that ate yogurt with artificial sweeteners found that the rats eating the artificial sweetener ate more than the other rats and gained more weight. Diet sodas are not a health food. -From Huffington Post
I was addicted to diet soda so I know this is like telling you the love of your life is evil but...it is.
Anything sweetened naturally is better. Stevia sweetened drinks are becoming more popular. I like Vitamin Water Zero and SOBE Lifewater both 0 calories but good. I'm just trying to help. Keep your courage up, you're doing great!!!