Weekly Calories and Pup Nutrition
This is a tad late, but that’s better than never! Last week I worked out for a total of 3:41 and burned 1,878 calories. Not too bad for jumping back into working out out after being sick for a few days. The weather here has been awesome so Greg and I have been getting outdoors and walking/running as much as possible. Another reason for that is we are running a 5k on April 30th! I’m so excited and nervous! I’ve never done a race before, but I can’t wait to be running along with the crowd!
Lemme tell you though.. running outdoors is so much different than the treadmill. I know you’re probably like well, yeah of course it is.. but this is all new to me. I love running outside though and I think the scenery makes it go by so much faster than being in the stinky gym watching ESPN (ugh, yes, that’s all my gym offers besides CNN & Fox News). Luckily this 5k is pretty flat the entire way and it’s along a Dogwood trail so it will be gorgeous out!
I’m going to do some running with Greg and Pepper where the race will be so I can see what it’s like and get used to it before the race. Pep can’t get enough of this weather and wants to be outside all day so I’m excited to take him out more often.
Speaking of Pepper, I was at Earth Fare the other day and decided to head down the pet aisle to get him a treat and noticed they had a lot of dog foods on sale. Now I know this is horrible, but I never gave much thought to what I was feeding him. I always bought him the higher priced food and assumed that was better than the cheaper stuff and that was that.
I grabbed a bag of Wellness just to check out the ingredients and was really surprised. Here’s what they are if you can’t read the text on the photo:
Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Oatmeal, Ground Barley, Ground Brown Rice, Tomato Pomace, Rye Flour, Canola Oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Tomatoes, Rice Bran, Deboned Whitefish, Natural Chicken Flavor, Carrots, Spinach, Sweet Potatoes, Apples, Blueberries, Ground Flaxseed, Ground Millet, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Minerals [Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite], Vitamins [Beta-Carotene, Vitamin E Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement], Choline Chloride, Taurine, Mixed Tocopherols (a natural preservative), Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chondroitin Sulfate, Chicory Root Extract, Garlic, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum, Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation products
It had veggies like sweet potatoes (which I know he loves), spinach and even blueberries and apples! I thought I might as well try it out since it was fairly cheap and see how it went. It suggests you gradually incorporate it with the old food and when I did Pepper would eat all of the Wellness mix out and leave the old stuff! I picked up the old brand of food to see their ingredients and now I kinda see maybe why:
Ground Whole Corn, Meat And Bone Meal, Ground Whole Wheat, Corn Gluten Meal, Animal Fat (preserved With BHA and Citric Acid), Wheat Mill Run, Chicken By-product Meal, Natural Flavor, Salt, Rice, Potassium Chloride, Vegetable Oil (source of Linoleic Acid), Vitamins (Dl-alpha Tocopherol Acetate [source of Vitamin E], Choline Chloride, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate [source of Vitamin C*], Vitamin A Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Biotin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement [Vitamin B2], Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement), Dried Vegetables (Peas, Carrots), Minerals (Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Potassium Iodide), Added FD&C Colors (Red 40, Blue 2, Yellow 6, Yellow 5).
Seriously. Pepper usually annoys the crap out of me and will totally eat some disgusting things, but the lil’ dude deserves better than that! I’m really happy that I’ve started the switch over and I should have the old food phased out by the end of the week. I haven’t noticed any changes except how he only eats the new food, but I will keep an eye on anything and give updates.
We used to feed our cats Purina One and then switched to a way better quality food. It was amazing to see that in just a few months their coats became really thick and shiny. It really does make a difference.
I was reading reviews for Wellness and shinier/healthier coat kept popping up. He has really long, thick fur too so I hope it helps out!
i’m in the market for a heart rate monitor and i love that you can track your calories burned. is it fairly easy to use? do you just reset it every week? i don’t know anything about the different models but i am doing some research =)
Mine is the Polar FT7 and it’s amazing! You don’t need to reset- it holds up to 16 weeks of data (It holds 99 training files total)! It’s really easy to use and the watch isn’t bulky and the chest strap is really comfortable. I love it!
sold!
Way to go girlie! That’s awesome that you will be doing your first race soon! I’ve never done one myself, but I’d love to one day. I just started running again and have been lucky to get some nice weather the last couple of days. It is SOOOO much better than being cooped up inside. I don’t go to a gym now, but I remember the days of staring at a tv screen the whole time….hated it! And I can’t even read the captions at the bottom of the screen or I get dizzy! So all I’m doing is watching people’s lips move! Blah!
The weather has been a lot warmer lately, but there’s been a lot of rain. I just went and got fitted for proper running shoes today and I can’t wait to try them out! I’m hoping warmer, sunnier weather is headed our way!
Ugh, the tvs at the gym are so bad! Sometimes I try and read the captions and get dizzy too! haha