Day 271 - 273: 18 miles + Recipe + Burning Question: Why am I SO hungry? + Caloric Math

Monday was a pretty blah day. I woke up not really tired, but just feeling like crap. Sore throat, stuffy nose, sneezing, cough – you name it. Traffic on 400 was a total skank and so I was a little late. NO fun. I got lots done at work though and walked 3.5 miles during lunch, and 3 miles after work. Yes – I walked 6.5 miles. Why? I honestly lost track of time after work – I was reading – trying to finish Over My Dead Body already – I’ve been “reading” it for months! Anywho. I raced home, had yummy DIY pizzas and passed out. I DID try a new treat – cat cookies from Trader Joe’s! I’m a fan! In other news – guess what is back on the shelves? My beloved Kashi dark chocolate oatmeal cookies. Praise the lord! I hope they never recall them again. Silly FDA. I ended up at 1,764 calories, 238 carbs and 51 fat grams. Here’s what I ate.




Tuesday. SSDD. Rolled in to the office, worked, walked 3.5 during lunch, worked, and walked 2.5 after for a total of 6 miles. I hopped on the highway straightaway to let little Reuben out (Austin had a golf thing with clients). We had dinner (those Trader Joe’s pitas + guac + pico + roasted chicken patties) and watched Veronica Mars – LOVE IT! Then I read some book and passed out into a Benadryl-induced coma. I ended up at 1,797 calories, 35 fat grams and 269 carbs. WAY too many carbs, and a little high on calories. Or is it high when you walk 6 miles? I don’t know. Here’s what I ate.



Wednesday was another rough day on the sick side. OMG –when will this end? I worked, walked, worked and walked again haha – see the pattern?! I ended up getting in 5.5 miles, and I made a new recipe when I got home –Chicken Marsala – LOVED IT! (source unknown – SAD!) Here’s the recipe!! (sorry the pic is SO bad - eek!)




.1.5 tbsp all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp salt
½ tsp Lemon Pepper
2 boneless thinly sliced chicken breasts (8 oz.)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup sliced Baby Bella mushrooms
½ tsp Oregano Leaves
4 tbsp marsala or slightly sweet white wine
½ tbsp lemon juice
½ tbsp Parsley Flakes
5 oz. barilla angel hair
Spray butter

Set a pot of water to boil and measure out noodles. Mix flour, salt and lemon pepper in a small bowl. Spread on to a large plate. Lightly coat both sides of chicken with mixture. Heat olive oil in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken to pan and add noodles to pot. Cook noodles for 6 minutes and drain. Cook chicken about 5 minutes, turning once, or until lightly colored. Remove chicken from skillet to a warm plate (I mircowaved a plate for two minutes, put chicken on it and covered it with foil). Add mushrooms and oregano to skillet; cook for 2 minutes. Stir in wine and lemon juice, and bring to a boil. Add Parsley Flakes and remove from heat. Put noodles on plate, lay chicken over it, and spoon sauce over it. It had 488 calories, 63 carbs and 9 fat grams, but like most of my meals you can easily take down the pasta and add mushrooms to bring those calories and carbs down!

After dinner Austin left for poker and I settled in for TV & Reuben time! I ended the day at 1,872 calories, 251 carbs and 49 fat grams. Yes – I suppose it’s high again?? Here’s what I ate. I’m in bed watching SYTYCD now – I’m loving it!!!

So… played around because I’m way curious as to why my 1,700-calorie ceiling keeps getting broken and here is what I figure:

• I went here and found that at 5’2”, 115 pounds, age 26 I burn 1,317 calories doing NOTHING. Clearly 1,317 isn’t perfectly accurate – I’m a little taller than 5’2”, weigh a little less than 115 (today) and I will be 27 next month (O.M.G.) but STILL let’s go with it.
  Let’s say I burn another 150 calories all day walking around, standing, getting ready, etc., taking me to 1,467 burned.
• Then I walk 3- 5 days per week. I always walk at least 15 minute miles (4 mph). According to here, each mile burns 59 calories. I typically walk at least 4 miles per day so when I walk four I burn 236 calories, five I burn 295, six I burn 354 or six and a half (most I walk in a day) I burn 384. So this means I burn 1,703, 1,762, 1,821 or 1,851.

Is this math making sense? Is the 150 calories in #2 not enough or too much? I dunno, but if this is right then it makes sense that I’m SO HUNGRY during the week. However, I guess I need to consume fewer calories during the week to offset my booze-it-up weekends. Hmmm. I have a headache now. Thoughts??? Help, friends!

K- now I’m officially out and off to see your bloggies! Hope you all had good hump days!