Food Log 8/29/05

Breakfast:
Smoothie: (1/2 cup Minute Maid Light, 1/2 cup Soy milk, 1 pouch POS2, Banana, 1/2 peach)
Lunch:
Turkey Salad Lunch (light canned turkey, shredded carrot, chopped celery, Cajun seasoning, 2 TBSP Fat Free Miracle Whip, spinach, and Snowshoe naan bread)
1 1/2 carrot sliced
1 TBSP Fat Free Ranch
7 up plus


Running Totals:
Calories:768.5
Fat:11.5
Carbs:128.8
Protein:57.5
Fiber:11.8

**Recovery is the name of the game today!! My protein intake is going to be up. A quick note about protein vs carbs. Carbs turn into glucose which enters the "Krebs Cycle" (I could go into this but it is long and drawn out, but think of it as your metabolic motor engine). Once the glucose enters the Krebs cycle, it is immediately converted to and used as energy. If you take in too much glucose and don't exercise or expend the excess glucose it is turned into fat (weight gain). If you don't take in enough, you starve your major organs of energy needed to maintain daily function. This is why low carb diets don't work. You starve your brain and other organs of the energy it needs and you fail. Protein, once it enters the body it is broken down and the first place it goes is to any areas that need to be repaired (muscle recovery). If there are not any areas that need to be repaired then and only then can it be used for energy. If you don't have enough carbs in your system there are areas that need to be "repaired" and the protein will fill that void. If you take in too much protein your body will get rid of it, through urination. If the protein levels are rediculously high, you stress your kidneys. This leads to horrible problems (kidney infections, UTI's, Ketosis, and other major problems). So along with an adequate amount of carbs, I am going to make an atempt to up my protein intake to repair my legs and other damaged areas from this weekend!! (Namely my arms and back).
**I think I might do a cardio session tonight. If you are interested, see you at 8 in the aerobics room.

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