I've had a stressful last couple of days...and my stomach has been fairly upset. Now keep in mind that this hasn't stopped me from eating things that would make me feel bad....in fact I headed more that route. Makes sense, right?
I started both days out with cereal, and on both days I had two Trader Joe's green chile and cilantro tamales for lunch. Kinda bland and boring (even with the green salsa and red hot sauce I used). I also had my afternoon shake of papaya juice, orange juice, and raspberries mixed with the strawberry lean body powder plus carnitine. Both days I missed the next meal that I should have had.
Yesterday I went to boot camp. I was kinda bummed that I missed my meal before it since I feel like it works better for me and was even suggested by the trainers. I was thoroughly worked over though. One of the best workouts I've had. I'm still sore and kinda dread the soreness that is bound to set in tomorrow. It's ok though. I go again tomorrow night!
Last night I just had some leftover rice from the night before...I think that's all I had. Oh wait! I had some reeses pieces.
The only difference between last night and tonight was tonight I had pizza. I had two slices of pizza on wheat crust with garlic sauce (rather than red sauce), lime chicken, and bacon.
I should have eaten again, but my stomach is a bit on the upset side. Also, the pizza sits too heavy in me. Doesn't really allow me to eat anymore. I'm glad I don't eat it as much as I had been.
Tomorrow's a new day, and I hope to be back on track.
One last thing. Sorry this is written so horribly. Turns out it's a bit hard to write for two days when mixing the two days into a paragraph. That should teach me a lesson about skipping a day of writing.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Free For All.
My day started out normal with my bowl of cereal in rice milk. But as the day started to progress I realized I didn't really have any edible proper food in the house. There was no way I was leaving the house today. The streets were blocked off with a parade and streets were packed with people. I then decided it was time to order some Thai food.
I wasn't sure if they would deliver today, but they actually did. I ordered fried wontons, Thai bbq chicken, and fried rice with only egg in it.
I pretty much ate this stuff at different times throughout the day. Started with the wontons, few hours later had the chicken, and a few hours after that some rice. I chased it all down with some reeses pieces. Like the title says, free for all. I figured one day here and there isn't so bad. I stayed up with the vitamins though. Also stayed up on my liquids.
It was nice to stay in bed all day though. Surprisingly I wasn't sore from the ride yesterday...ok I'm a little sore from the seat, but muscles aren't sore.
All in all not a horrible day.
I wasn't sure if they would deliver today, but they actually did. I ordered fried wontons, Thai bbq chicken, and fried rice with only egg in it.
I pretty much ate this stuff at different times throughout the day. Started with the wontons, few hours later had the chicken, and a few hours after that some rice. I chased it all down with some reeses pieces. Like the title says, free for all. I figured one day here and there isn't so bad. I stayed up with the vitamins though. Also stayed up on my liquids.
It was nice to stay in bed all day though. Surprisingly I wasn't sore from the ride yesterday...ok I'm a little sore from the seat, but muscles aren't sore.
All in all not a horrible day.
Burned and Worked Over!
Today was what seems to be turning into our weekly bike ride. We tend to head out to the bike path and ride out at the beach for hours.
Since we were getting a start earlier than I'd normally like, I kinda rushed my way out of the door this morning. I had to make sure I had enough energy to ride. I cut my bowl of cereal in half and then added a protein shake. Part of the lighter meal was that I knew were planned on grabbing food early into the ride.
A few hours passed before were actually started to ride. So by the time we were getting started I was quite hungry. We stopped at a place that was basically a roach coach, but it was in an actual building. I had two chicken soft tacos with cheese and salsa. It was pretty decent and would hold me over for a while.
Our ride consisted a lot of back and forth and meeting up with others. Once we finally found each other we went for the long haul part of our ride. We had done about 6 miles, and we were about to hit up 12+ miles in a single run (with a couple of breaks lasting a few minutes). My friend pointed out that my seat was too low and I realized he was right. I raised the seat and my ride became a lot easier. My knee was in pain before that.
Towards the end of that trip...well technically it was half way, but I don't count it as half way since going back is more of a slight downhill ride. Very slight, but much quicker. Anyways, at about half way we all decided we were fairly hungry. We were going to go further up the beach, but there were no paths to get to them. We would have had to ridden on the road, and that's not even safe to drive on usually. It was then time to hurry up and head back so we could eat.
By the time we hit the base of our area two of the people had to leave. So the rest of us went to a place that we'd been to before seperately, but none of us really enjoyed it this time. But while there I had a burger with bacon, cheddar cheese, bbq sauce, and half of a baked potato. I had a strong desire for red meat and felt the burger was a must.
We made it back to the cars and packed up, and then we killed a few hours. We were all fairly full, but some other people called us to meet up with them. Unfortunately it was at a pizza joint. I ended up eating two slices of cheese pizza and 6 hot wings with blue cheese dressing.
Currently I'm having a few sunflower seeds and then I'm heading to bed. I plan to stay in doors all day.
Since we were getting a start earlier than I'd normally like, I kinda rushed my way out of the door this morning. I had to make sure I had enough energy to ride. I cut my bowl of cereal in half and then added a protein shake. Part of the lighter meal was that I knew were planned on grabbing food early into the ride.
A few hours passed before were actually started to ride. So by the time we were getting started I was quite hungry. We stopped at a place that was basically a roach coach, but it was in an actual building. I had two chicken soft tacos with cheese and salsa. It was pretty decent and would hold me over for a while.
Our ride consisted a lot of back and forth and meeting up with others. Once we finally found each other we went for the long haul part of our ride. We had done about 6 miles, and we were about to hit up 12+ miles in a single run (with a couple of breaks lasting a few minutes). My friend pointed out that my seat was too low and I realized he was right. I raised the seat and my ride became a lot easier. My knee was in pain before that.
Towards the end of that trip...well technically it was half way, but I don't count it as half way since going back is more of a slight downhill ride. Very slight, but much quicker. Anyways, at about half way we all decided we were fairly hungry. We were going to go further up the beach, but there were no paths to get to them. We would have had to ridden on the road, and that's not even safe to drive on usually. It was then time to hurry up and head back so we could eat.
By the time we hit the base of our area two of the people had to leave. So the rest of us went to a place that we'd been to before seperately, but none of us really enjoyed it this time. But while there I had a burger with bacon, cheddar cheese, bbq sauce, and half of a baked potato. I had a strong desire for red meat and felt the burger was a must.
We made it back to the cars and packed up, and then we killed a few hours. We were all fairly full, but some other people called us to meet up with them. Unfortunately it was at a pizza joint. I ended up eating two slices of cheese pizza and 6 hot wings with blue cheese dressing.
Currently I'm having a few sunflower seeds and then I'm heading to bed. I plan to stay in doors all day.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Light Day
Today ended up being a long and stressful day. I still managed to handle my meals, but boot camp was canceled. I was sorta thankful with that...though I was excited to actually go three times in the same week. I'm sore as hell still.
I started the day off with cereal and rice milk, ate the second half of my sub from yesterday, had a greens+ bar (some basics."
For dinner I decided to make some hamburger patties. I added in worchestershire sauce, soy sauce, garlic, ginger (no not a redhead), white pepper, season salt, and cayenne pepper. I didn't have anything else with it. A few hours later I had the second edition of that meal. Just some more patties.
The part to take notice of is the reeses pieces I had later in the evening. It wasn't that minute, but I wasn't all that happy about it. Then I remembered that it's ok to have the occasional item. It's good to have a "cheat" in there so I don't go crazy later on.
Biking at the beach tomorrow. Should be great times. Hopefully I get a decent workout in from it.
I started the day off with cereal and rice milk, ate the second half of my sub from yesterday, had a greens+ bar (some basics."
For dinner I decided to make some hamburger patties. I added in worchestershire sauce, soy sauce, garlic, ginger (no not a redhead), white pepper, season salt, and cayenne pepper. I didn't have anything else with it. A few hours later I had the second edition of that meal. Just some more patties.
The part to take notice of is the reeses pieces I had later in the evening. It wasn't that minute, but I wasn't all that happy about it. Then I remembered that it's ok to have the occasional item. It's good to have a "cheat" in there so I don't go crazy later on.
Biking at the beach tomorrow. Should be great times. Hopefully I get a decent workout in from it.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
A late start with some basics...
Today was a regular non-eventful day. I started with my bowl of cereal (honey nut cheerios with vanilla rice milk). I also shot the day off with an ounce of the green envy daily detox. I'm not quite too sure about it, but I thought I'd give it a shot. It's quite horrible tasting, but luckily an ounce is simply two tablespoons.
A few hours later I hit up subway. If it's good enough for Jared (played out?) then it's good enough for me (yeah played out). I ordered a foot long club on honey oat bread. It contained ham, turkey, roast beef, pickles, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and ranch. I only ate half and I saved the other half for another time. Maybe tomorrow.
I had an afternoon shake (containing papaya, raspberries, orange juice, and the lean strawberry powder + carnitine). Roughly 16 ounces.
I went with a friend to a Brazilian joint for dinner. I had some filet medallions with some mashed potatoes and broccoli. You'll learn I'm not really a veggie eater. By not really I mean not at all. So the broccoli was a good step for me.
I finished off my night with my protein shake in 6 oz of vanilla rice milk. I chased it with a slice of ham and a slice of turkey.
Tomorrow is boot camp. I'm insanely sore today. I can only imagine what tomorrow has in store for me.
A few hours later I hit up subway. If it's good enough for Jared (played out?) then it's good enough for me (yeah played out). I ordered a foot long club on honey oat bread. It contained ham, turkey, roast beef, pickles, oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and ranch. I only ate half and I saved the other half for another time. Maybe tomorrow.
I had an afternoon shake (containing papaya, raspberries, orange juice, and the lean strawberry powder + carnitine). Roughly 16 ounces.
I went with a friend to a Brazilian joint for dinner. I had some filet medallions with some mashed potatoes and broccoli. You'll learn I'm not really a veggie eater. By not really I mean not at all. So the broccoli was a good step for me.
I finished off my night with my protein shake in 6 oz of vanilla rice milk. I chased it with a slice of ham and a slice of turkey.
Tomorrow is boot camp. I'm insanely sore today. I can only imagine what tomorrow has in store for me.
Long Drawn Out Day.
Today I was a bit late in realizing that I hadn't been drinking water. In fact I didn't realize it until I was a while into boot camp. I started to fill ill from all of the water I was drinking while there. It's never good to have water sitting in your stomach as you try to push yourself physically. Another lesson that goes along with that is to eat a proper meal before going. I'll explain my intake today and you'll see what I mean.
I started my day out as I normally do. A bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios with vanilla rice milk. I measured out the cheerios after I poured them to see where I had been hitting and it's 1 cup. I haven't measured the milk yet. That's going to take a different process to figure out. It'll be easy, but just more effort than I felt like taking this morning.
My next meal came about 4 hours later (cutting it a bit too close). I had left the office and got Thai food. It's a bit of a ritual with me to the point of when I walk in the lady there asks, "same thing?" Well "same thing" consists of a half Thai bbq chicken, egg fried rice (only egg and rice), and Thai iced tea. Not the best meal for me, but it only happens once every two weeks. I only say not the best meal due to the Thai tea. Everything else is fairly standard for me.
I had to meet up with someone that had been doing work at my office all day. We had questions for each other, but I had a couple of appointments I had to go to first. It made me a bit late in getting back to the office. I only include this because it sets up why my next meal was poorly executed.
While talking to the person in my office I ran over to make myself a cup of green tea with clover honey. I have recently re-read about the benefits of green tea, and about how it's a good idea to drink it a few hours before working out. It gives enough energy to allow the body to step up and work a bit harder as well as a nice minor cleanse of the system.
I was stuck at the office for a while and sadly I only had enough time to eat a green's plus bar. Realistically, I should have eaten a proper meal before heading to work out, but I figured something was better than nothing. Once again this was cutting the food process down to the wire. I should have had the bar within two and a half hours of the last meal, but it was around 4 hours instead.
I hit boot camp and soon felt like I was dying. As I mentioned before I hadn't drink enough water for the day (about 3/4 of a litre for the day up until that point). I drink about a litre in half the time of the course. This weighed heavy on me. Congestion also made it a bit rough on the breathing, but I got through it the best I could. I can feel myself getting stronger and tell that I'm doing more than when I first started. It's a process though. It hasn't helped that I wasn't able to go consistly in the last few weeks, but today was my second session in a row (they train roughly every other day).
On another night in which I'm not soon to fall asleep I'll describe some of the exercises we go through.
For my last meal I heated up the other half of my food from yesterday. I had two tacos and a little less than a cup of rice. There was some left over that I took a few bites of later in the evening too. Once again, it was later than I should have eaten.
Since I've been home from boot camp I've drank about another litre of fluids (water and propel).
I have more to say, but I'm falling asleep. It's time to call it a night.
I started my day out as I normally do. A bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios with vanilla rice milk. I measured out the cheerios after I poured them to see where I had been hitting and it's 1 cup. I haven't measured the milk yet. That's going to take a different process to figure out. It'll be easy, but just more effort than I felt like taking this morning.
My next meal came about 4 hours later (cutting it a bit too close). I had left the office and got Thai food. It's a bit of a ritual with me to the point of when I walk in the lady there asks, "same thing?" Well "same thing" consists of a half Thai bbq chicken, egg fried rice (only egg and rice), and Thai iced tea. Not the best meal for me, but it only happens once every two weeks. I only say not the best meal due to the Thai tea. Everything else is fairly standard for me.
I had to meet up with someone that had been doing work at my office all day. We had questions for each other, but I had a couple of appointments I had to go to first. It made me a bit late in getting back to the office. I only include this because it sets up why my next meal was poorly executed.
While talking to the person in my office I ran over to make myself a cup of green tea with clover honey. I have recently re-read about the benefits of green tea, and about how it's a good idea to drink it a few hours before working out. It gives enough energy to allow the body to step up and work a bit harder as well as a nice minor cleanse of the system.
I was stuck at the office for a while and sadly I only had enough time to eat a green's plus bar. Realistically, I should have eaten a proper meal before heading to work out, but I figured something was better than nothing. Once again this was cutting the food process down to the wire. I should have had the bar within two and a half hours of the last meal, but it was around 4 hours instead.
I hit boot camp and soon felt like I was dying. As I mentioned before I hadn't drink enough water for the day (about 3/4 of a litre for the day up until that point). I drink about a litre in half the time of the course. This weighed heavy on me. Congestion also made it a bit rough on the breathing, but I got through it the best I could. I can feel myself getting stronger and tell that I'm doing more than when I first started. It's a process though. It hasn't helped that I wasn't able to go consistly in the last few weeks, but today was my second session in a row (they train roughly every other day).
On another night in which I'm not soon to fall asleep I'll describe some of the exercises we go through.
For my last meal I heated up the other half of my food from yesterday. I had two tacos and a little less than a cup of rice. There was some left over that I took a few bites of later in the evening too. Once again, it was later than I should have eaten.
Since I've been home from boot camp I've drank about another litre of fluids (water and propel).
I have more to say, but I'm falling asleep. It's time to call it a night.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
The Lessons of Vitamins and Repetition
Today I explain how I am a creature of repetition. It's fairly important to have habits when it comes to things like vitamins, but I tend to have them when it comes to food too.
Like usual, I started my day off with my bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and vanilla rice milk (Rice Dream). One day I'll have to measure it out to see what the actual standings of it are.
A few hours later I had tacos...yes, again. When I cook I tend to cook for a few days at a time. The chicken tacos were exactly what I had the day before for lunch. Same quantities and all.
For a late afternoon snack I walked up to the juice shop for some smoothie action. As I walked in I was greeted with, "Do you want what you usually get?" What I usually get is some papaya juice mixed with orange juice and raspberries. It's added to a strawberry protein powder with a bit of l-carnitine.
For dinner I had two chicken soft tacos (these were ordered and very basic). They consisted of a plainish chicken with cheese and a couple of corn tortillas for each taco. I also had about a half of a cup of Mexican rice. I finished a good portion of it, but didn't finish it off until a couple of hours later.
The last thing I consumed for the night/day was another protein shake. This one is more of a milk based shake. I use 6oz of vanilla rice milk for my recommended two scoops of powder. The powder is Biochem Sport's 100% whey protein. Quite tasty.
Now I know rice isn't the best thing for a evening/night time meal/snack, but at least I'm eating something. My strongest concern is getting in 4-5 meals/snacks a day. I've long been in the bad habit of just 2 or so meals a day. It's easy to skip breakfast and I work to avoid that habit now.
I debated on heading to the gym after work for some cardio, but I'm fairly sore from yesterday's workout and tired from a tiring day at the office (excuses I know).
Now I'll list my daily vitamin intake.
I start my day off of MRM's Beyond Basics multi-vitamin. This is the only vitamin I won't take at night due to being worried about being wired out when it's time to go to sleep. Then, at night I take 1000mg vitamin d3, 1000mg vitamin c, 1200mg calcium, and I usually take 50mg zinc. It's time to replenish that.
Also, today I started taking Jarrow's msm. I heard it suggested for joint fluidity last night and I felt it was time to start up on it again. I never really took it consistently in my prior experience with it, but I hope to stay on track with it this time.
Overall I am feeling progress in my energy and abilities. I'm pushing forward and it's starting to pay off for me.
Like usual, I started my day off with my bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios and vanilla rice milk (Rice Dream). One day I'll have to measure it out to see what the actual standings of it are.
A few hours later I had tacos...yes, again. When I cook I tend to cook for a few days at a time. The chicken tacos were exactly what I had the day before for lunch. Same quantities and all.
For a late afternoon snack I walked up to the juice shop for some smoothie action. As I walked in I was greeted with, "Do you want what you usually get?" What I usually get is some papaya juice mixed with orange juice and raspberries. It's added to a strawberry protein powder with a bit of l-carnitine.
For dinner I had two chicken soft tacos (these were ordered and very basic). They consisted of a plainish chicken with cheese and a couple of corn tortillas for each taco. I also had about a half of a cup of Mexican rice. I finished a good portion of it, but didn't finish it off until a couple of hours later.
The last thing I consumed for the night/day was another protein shake. This one is more of a milk based shake. I use 6oz of vanilla rice milk for my recommended two scoops of powder. The powder is Biochem Sport's 100% whey protein. Quite tasty.
Now I know rice isn't the best thing for a evening/night time meal/snack, but at least I'm eating something. My strongest concern is getting in 4-5 meals/snacks a day. I've long been in the bad habit of just 2 or so meals a day. It's easy to skip breakfast and I work to avoid that habit now.
I debated on heading to the gym after work for some cardio, but I'm fairly sore from yesterday's workout and tired from a tiring day at the office (excuses I know).
Now I'll list my daily vitamin intake.
I start my day off of MRM's Beyond Basics multi-vitamin. This is the only vitamin I won't take at night due to being worried about being wired out when it's time to go to sleep. Then, at night I take 1000mg vitamin d3, 1000mg vitamin c, 1200mg calcium, and I usually take 50mg zinc. It's time to replenish that.
Also, today I started taking Jarrow's msm. I heard it suggested for joint fluidity last night and I felt it was time to start up on it again. I never really took it consistently in my prior experience with it, but I hope to stay on track with it this time.
Overall I am feeling progress in my energy and abilities. I'm pushing forward and it's starting to pay off for me.
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