Week One, Day Seven: January 18th

Workout
Prescribed Workout:
Swimming: Continuously for 15 minutes

Actual Workout:
Swimming: Continuously for 10 laps in a 50 meter pool

Eating
Lunch (3:00)
15 chicken dumpling

Dinner (9:00)
Assorted Chex Mex
Two Chewy bars

Thoughts
First, the eating: it looks like a) a light day and b) an unhealthy day. But, the dumplings had a surprisingly low number of calories and carbs, as did the Chex Mex and Chewy bars. That being said, I'll be surprised if I ingested more than 1,000-1,200 calories on the day, which is far too low. But, I woke up at 1:00, and was pretty busy after then. Sometimes, I simply forget to eat. I'm going to try and make sure this doesn't happen again.

As for the workout, you'll notice that I went from 13 laps on Thursday to 10 on Sunday. I finally found an underwater watch, so I timed myself for real, instead of simply in my head. The result? It takes me almost exactly 15 minutes to do 10 laps on a 50 meter pool. Before, I was almost certain that my times were too good to be true, so I swam 13 laps. But, I must have gone over the 15 minute mark. The workout felt good, I tried to go as many laps as possible before taking a break of any length, even if it was only for a few seconds. I also swam in the fast lane, so I was egged on by people passing me--I hate being beaten, even if it's in recreational swimming. I swam mostly breast stroke, so I'm going to focus on free style this week.

I also played about an hour of pickup basketball at night, which was fun, despite my team being destroyed. We had no subs, so I played the entire game, which, of course, involved a lot of running a jumping. That was a nice, added bonus to the day's workout. It concluded my first week on the program, which overall, felt good. There were definitely some times--Wednesday, in particular--when I questioned what the hell I was doing, but after Friday's run, it seemed to be coming together. Back in a few with the weekly weigh-in.