Food 1/2/2008

Today I ate:

• Peanut Butter Creme Power Crunch, 8:30 AM, 190 Calories
• Subway 6-inch Turkey Sub (no cheese), 12:00 PM, 280 Calories
• Apex Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Square, 2:30 PM, 210 Calories
• Apex Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Square, 5:30 PM, 210 Calories
• 4 oz Bionaturae Whole Wheat Fusili, 6.5 oz. Enrico's Pasta Sauce, 7:15 PM, 449 Calories

1339 Calories Total

Workout 1/2/2008

I worked out today, running on time, and I also started out a half hour earlier than usual, as I expected the gym to be packed with the newly resolute. The gym was a little busier than uusual, and there were unfamiliar faces, but mostly it was okay. Nevertheless, I will be waking at 5:00 instead of 5:30 for the next few weeks. Today was upper body day:

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Bench Presses, Smith machine, 60/60/60 (plus 44.5 for the bar)
• Barbell Curls, 55/55/55 (using the "fixed-weight" barbells)
• Dumbbell Front Raises, 17.5/17.5/17.5 (alternating arms)
• Dumbbell Lateral Raises, 12.5/12.5/12.5
• Dumbbell exercise for rotator cuffs I can't find online, 10/10/10
• Seated Rear lateral Dumbbell Raises, 10/10/10
• Dumbbell Shoulder Press, 22.5/22.5/22.5
• Dumbbell Shrugs, 55/55/55
• Triceps Pushdowns, 80/80/80
• Cable Seated Row, 105/105/105
• Lat Pulldowns, 95/95/95
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

Bench Presses were harder than usual today for some reason, and the Triceps and Rows are always a pain. I had to up the intensity on the Recumbent bike to 13 to keep my heart rate up, too.

Food 1/1/2008

Today I ate:

• Triple Chocolate Power Crunch, 11:00 AM, 195 Calories
• Cranberry C Monster Odwalla Bar, 1:20 PM, 220 Calories
• 1 low-fat whole-wheat tortilla, 2 tbsp barbecue sauce, 2 oz. chicken, 1/2 oz. lowfat cheese, 2 tbsp onion, 3:00 PM, 290 Calories
• 2 Wasa Light Rye crispbreads with 2 tablespoons of fat-free cream cheese, 5:15 PM, 90 Calories
• 2 ounces Chicken, 1 ounce Shredded Carrot, 2 ounces Sliced Mushrooms, 5 ounces Trader Joe's Curry Simmer Sauce, 6 ounces Brown Rice, 7:30 PM, 381 Calories

1166 Calories Total

Workout 1/1/2008

I worked out today near my house, running about 5 minutes late. Today was lower body day:

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Hamstrings, 105/120/120/120
• Quads, 120/120/120
• Hip Adductors, 170/180/180 (the equipment is different at this gym, and the same weight is harder than at my usual gym)
• Hip Abductors, 150/140/140 (the equipment is different at this gym, and the same weight is harder than at my usual gym)
• Cable Crunches (I do this standing up), 160/160/160
• Leg Presses (hamstrings/glutes/quads) at 250/250/250
• Calves, 250/250/250
• I tried something new that I saw someone doing, I sat is if doing a row, but pulled baxk by extending my lower back and pulled the weight, I'll call these cable back extensions from now on (I can't find a link), 100/130/130/130
  
• Cable Wood Chops, 100/100/100
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

Food 12/31/2007

Yesterday was my free day:

• 6 Pillsbury Cinnamon Rolls, 8:30 AM, 900 Calories
• 12 Pieces Trader Joe's Espresso-filled Chocolates, 9:0 AM, 450 Calories
• Fish Sandwich, Onion Rings, Cup of Clam Chowder (white)(I didn't eat much of it, it was really bland), Large Lemonade, 2:30 PM, Let's call it 1550 Calories
• Kentucky Fried Chicken- 2 Original-Recipe Chicken Breasts, Cole Slaw, Biscuit, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (I didn't eat all of the potatoes), Tropicana Pink Lemonade, 7:30 PM, 1466 Calories Total
• I ate a bunch of snacks at a party, and had a couple drinks. I'm having trouble finding all the items and have better things to do with my day. Let's call it 1500 Calories.

5866 Calories Total

Workout 12/31/2007

I worked out yesterday near my home, running about 15 minutes late. Yesterday was upper body day:

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Bench Presses, Smith machine, 60/60/60 (plus 44.5 for the bar)
• Barbell Curls, 55/55/55 (using the "fixed-weight" barbells)
• Dumbbell Front Raises, 17.5/17.5/17.5 (alternating arms)
• Dumbbell Lateral Raises, 10/10/10
• Dumbbell exercise for rotator cuffs I can't find online, 10/10/10
• Seated Rear lateral Dumbbell Raises, 10/10/10
• Dumbbell Shoulder Press, 20/20/20
• Triceps Pushdowns, 85/85/85
• Cable Seated Row, 100/100/100
• Lat Pulldowns, 100/100/100
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

Forgot the shrugs again, dang it.

10 Pounds!

I weighed myself yesterday officially, and had lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks, including the holiday week, which was awesome. I have now lost a total of 83 pounds since September 18th. That's 17.6% of my total weight at the start, 21.4% of my current weight, 33.2% of my rough target weight loss of 250. Thinking more clearly, however, my goal is more a 36-inch waist (I was 34 in college). I am changing the muscle composition of my body and will undoubtedly find that my weight is different at that level of fitness than when I had a purely runner/biker's body in college. AT any rate, it's all rough now, I just want to keep getting healthier. By the way, I bought new jeans, and my jeans are down from a 54-inch waist to a 48. Though the 54s were never tight, 52s didn't fit. So more than 4 inches off my waist, good progress.