The cost (or lack) of eating healthy!

I always hear people talking about how expensive it is to eat healthy - it isn't.  It is more difficult to plan meals than not planning meals which ends up causing you to go out and buy a meal that is marketed as healthy (maybe is, maybe isn't).

Try planning your meals for one week - you might spend two-three hours actually sitting down and analyzing the Calories in each meal and determining how much you need in a given day; however, it will allow you to spend less time preparing and return noticeable results. 

I got off track..

of my diet that I had worked hard to create a routine and a habit.  It was hard getting started and easy to follow, but even easier to turn one cheat day, into two, into three, into my old habit of "I work out all the time so I do not need to watch what I eat".  Wrong, I need to watch what I eat so I can continue to get results I want.


Anyway, I was motivated to write this post because to help me get back on my diet, I made a ton of salads tonight!  I actually enjoy eating a big salad; used to hate it but now it is something that I crave.  I made a bunch so if I slip up on planning a meal, I can just grab a salad - I have snack, medium, and large sizes for any occasion. 

Every single one of the salads are pretty big; the smaller ones are about the size of a side salad at a restaurant and the medium/large salads are as big as an entree you would order.

What is even cooler is that I made 17 salads for less than $.75 per salad!!

For the price you would pay for one meal at a restaurant or two meals at a fast food joint, I made 17 meals!  Also, my wife loves them as much as I do!

You do not need to eat salads all the time, the point is to plan your meals, save money, get results!

My salads have:

Lettuce

Carrots

Turkey Bacon

Tomato

Egg

Colby Jack Shredded Cheese

Parmesan Cheese

Cucumber

Leveling Up!

I am getting ready to go to bed but I wanted to drop a quick line as to what was on my mind today! 

I used to play a lot of video games and I know the excitement of making progress in the game; especially a game where you can develop your character.  Developing your character is called leveling up - each level you gain (by playing more) your character gets stronger and usually gets some feature or power that you have been looking forward to.

These games that allow you to level up your character requires a lot of time to play and it made me wonder how much time I wasted leveling up in a video game when I could have been leveling up in real life!

Don't waste your time - exercise, learn something, spend time with family or friends!  You will be surprised at the achievements that you can earn in real life compared to the ones that you will eventually forget about in a video game!

Demotivation, Work

Training is going great!

I have not been posting much because my blog has not had much traffic and I started to lose motivation for my posts.

THE GOOD NEWS

I have not lost motivation for my training!!!  My injury is practically non-existant and I am more confident than ever :)  This past weekend I went on a 56 Mile bike ride with a 4 mile run afterwards.

I will start to post more and I might even start adding a few more videos and pics.

EXCITED

A few months ago I applied to be part of a program, at work, that would involve a team of people to document my training for the Half-Ironman and other health related activites that I participate in; I WAS SELECTED!  My health journey will be reported to over 250,000 people who work for at&t which also includes some pretty cool video follow-ups that I am very excited about.

Ride to Rockport!

Ride to Rockport and back

After being stung by a bee on the head yesterday, I decided to give the 56 mile ride another go; afterall, I was looking forward to it.

My friend Aaron and I left about 5:35AM and took a break when we got to the riverfront in Rockport; we asked a few kids to take this picture:




All in all, it was a great trip.  I will probably start making this Rockport ride a weekly thing :)

Ouch!!!!!

My head hurts and my legs look like the front of a vehicle grill!

I started out on a 56 Mile Ride and 5 Mile Run this morning.

7.5 miles in a large insect flew right into my helmet vent; I felt it crawling around so I stopped to take off my helmet and felt and awful pain.  A bumble bee flew in and stung me!  I had never been stung before now and it hurt like heck.  Ashley came and picked me up.

While I was waiting for my ride I had a homeowner that lived close by offer to help but I did not feel that I needed anything.  I, also, had another rider stop and ask if everything was okay.

I rode out in a rural area and there were a lot of small bugs.  My legs look like the front of a car grill, bugs are plastered all over them; yuck!

I am at home now, the stinger was not left in so I just have to deal with the occasional throbbing.  However, I think I will attempt again tomorrow!

1000 meter swim and 3 mile run

Had a great night last night at Blue Lake in Newburgh.

I am a slower swimmer but I was still able to link up with a couple others to do the longer distance.

After swimming I went on a three mile run!  My foot is feeling great and I plan on going on a long ride on Sunday.

I got some great news at work thar is going to allow me to work with a lot more people in a health/fitness capacity.  Additionally, I brought back a program that guided 15 people to finish the Half Marathon last year - expecting more participation this year!

Hello World!

Hello World has a few meanings for me:

*My son has entered the world (May 5th)
*I am back to training!!!

My son, Graysen Charles Lampton, was born on May 5th @ 8lbs12oz & 21 inches long!  I am prepared for the attention he requires to take some time away from my training; however, I will not lose focus on my goal!

This week has been a success!  I feel no discomfort while wearing shoes so I bought some new running shoes!!  Check them out in the pic below!  Just since May 16th I have already put some miles on them and my foot discomfort has not developed in to a pain. 

I went open water swimming for the first time on May 17th and I swam a slow approx. 1,500 yards!

Now for today!!!  I woke up at 6 am and went riding about 18 miles with some tri team members and enjoyed a great breakfast with them. Then I went on a 25 Mile ride!!!  I had a blast and my body feels great!  I included a pic of my awesome sunburn - I am buying a travel container so I never forget again!!!

You can expect to see more posts now that I have started training again.

I also downloaded the Blogger app to my Android so I can post quicker!