Food 11/30/2007

Today I ate:

• Maximum Protein drink (link is closest I could find in another brand), 9:00 AM, 110 Calories
  
• Turkey and Spinach Sandwich on Whole Wheat Toast with Mustard, 12:00 PM, 280 Calories
  
• Apex Iced Banana Nut Breakfast Bar, 2:30 PM, 220 Calories
  
• Apex Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Square, 5:00 PM, 210 Calories
• 4 oz. (precooked) Ground Turkey Breast, Whole Wheat Hamburger Bun, 8:45 PM, 320 Calories

1140 Calories Total

Workout 11/30/2007

I worked out today, running about 5 minutes late as ususal, dammit. Today was upper body day:

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Barbell Curls, 50/50/50 (using the "fixed-weight" barbells)
• Dumbbell Front Raises, 17.5/17.5/17.5 (alternating arms)
• Bench Presses, Smith machine, 50/50/50 (plus 44.5 for the bar)
• 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, 50/50/50
• Tricep Pushdowns, 70/70/70
• Cable Seated Row, 90/90/90
• Lat Pulldowns, 95/95/95
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

The Elliptical is not yet boring because it is still new, but it will get there soon. Still, splitting it up into 2 parts is a LOT better, I think I will keep that as a rule for now, always do 2 kinds of cardio at the end of the workout, and see if that works.

Food 11/29/2007

Today I ate:

• Maximum Protein drink (link is closest I could find in another brand), 9:00 AM, 110 Calories
• Turkey and Spinach Sandwich on Whole Wheat Toast with Mustard, 12:00 PM, 280 Calories
• Apex Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Square, 5:00 PM, 210 Calories
• Spicy Tuna Roll and 6-piece Tekka Maki roll, 8:00 PM 410 Calories

Skipped a meal yet again, only drank 2 quarts of water. Gotta get better at that...

1010 Calories Total

Workout 11/29/2007

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

• Warmup on recumbent bike, 7 minutes
• Leg Presses (hamstrings/glutes/quads) at 240/240/240
• Calves, 240/240/240
• Quads, 110/110/110
• Hip Abductors, 190/190/190
• Hamstrings, 115/115/115
• Hip Adductors, 160/160/160
• Floor Bridges, 3 sets of 10
• Cable Crunches (I do this standing up), 150/150/150
• Cable Wood Chops, 100/100/100
• Elliptical Cross Trainer, 10 minutes
• Recumbent Bike, 13 minutes

Weigh In

I weighed myself today, just sort of seeing what the last few days have done, since I am so busy I am not eating as much nor am I drinking as much. This morning I was 208 pounds. That's 9 pounds in 3 days, which is unnatural. That has to be water weight loss.

Candy

Just by way of disclosure, I have one single piece of candy sometime after supper and before bed every night. Starting next week that will be an Advent Calendar chocolate, but lately it has been a single Life Savers mint. Previously I had sugar-free mints but the store was out when I went last time, and a single Life Saver is only 15 calories. I think the chocolates are roughly 11 calories each (12 pieces is 129 calories). I almost had 2 life savers tonight because of no dinner, but I figured that was silly and I should stick with the principle of it.

Eating them probably drags out my "addiction" to sweets, just like the diet cokes I occasionally have, but it makes a nice cap to the day and it is a good reward.

This weekend I will eat the rest of the life savers on my free day, then start the chocolates on Sunday!

Food 11/28/2007

Today I ate:

• French Vanilla Cream Power Crunch, 8:30 AM, 195 Calories
  
• Turkey and Spinach Sandwich on Whole Wheat Toast with Mustard, 12:00 PM, 280 Calories
  
• Apex Iced Banana Nut Breakfast Bar, 5:00 PM, 220 Calories

Man, I really blew my schedule today. Maybe I can have my Assistant Producer remind me to eat. Just kidding, Rich, if you ever read this!

695 Calories Total