Bring on the Carbs!

I've decided that 3 weeks and 12 pounds into my weight loss program, it's time to start adding healthy carbs, and doing some weights.

My toe still hurts - I think I strained a ligament on the treadmill and it's been getting worse.  So I decided since I can't spend 40 minutes on the treadmill (and I don't like the bikes or ellipticals) that it was time to start the weight training.

In order to lift weights, I needed to eat some carbs.  Lunch today consisted of a south beach turkey club wrap.  260 calories, 24 grams of protein, 22 grabs of carbs.  Most of the carbs came from the two small whole what tortillas, I'm sure!  14 of those carbs were fiber so they obviously supplemented the bread with "extra" fiber).

Dinner wasn't quite as healthy - I had some fancy "Spice Sesame Pasta" .. gourmet linguini ... but made with "Enriched Semolina Wheat Flour" - ie, refined white flour.  Added to the pasta some grilled chicken and a bag of organic vegetables I picked up at Trader Joe's (brocolli, peppers, mini corn, water chestnuts, etc)... cooked the chicken and veggies up in some olive oil, then simmered in some sundried tomato salad dressing, and tossed in with the pasta.  It was a damn fine dinner!  But next time I've got to do it with a real WHOLE wheat pasta.

After dinner, I headed over to the gym for a good workout.  Did my warmups then did three different leg exercises.  Don't ask which ones, I don't know the names of the muscles, nor the equipment.  Perhaps I'll be sore tomorrow. =)

I'll continue to post daily weight updates through Sunday, but after that I'm switching to weekly weight updates... if I'm doing weights and eating carbs I don't expect to have the same kind of results that I've had in these first 3 weeks.  I'll also set a new goal (which I'll tell you all about tomorrow)