Week 2 almost..

Okay so weigh in is offically tommorow but I am still doing the happy dance and next week is gonna be extreme chaos as we have vendors coming into to install a whole bunch of equipment which is going to probably mean I will miss all my workouts and rack up some extreme overtime. I am not looking forward to it in the least but we will have to see what I can squeeze in. I will stick to my eating regardless. 

 

Feb 11th to March 1st

So this is from Feb 11th when I started WW to today March 1st. I weighed in at 181.4 this morning, down from 186. The bumps are weekends (valentines day and then a mexican birthday party on saturday nights. The highest bump is the Sunday morning after.)  and also illustrate why I believe in weighing every day. If I had just looked at Mondays which is the two second from highest bumps I would not be quite so happy although personally I would understand given the Saturday night food orgy. As you can see I have ‘behaved’ a lot better this weekend.

I have eaten foods that originally would have been banned from my diet, I’ve had rice and baked potatoes with butter! white rolls and chocolate too. I’ve had carbs out of workout periods and eaten out three times this week. Is it super athlete healthy? no, will I get to 10% body fat eating like this? highly unlikely. I don’t care, I’m past that now, I am eating to lose weight not to be super healthy food snob that eschews anything in a packet. Packets are making my life easier. Steel cut oats made with water are bleugh, for the same points I can have a packet of Kashi oatmeal and a packet of quaker raisin, date and walnut  mixed and I am happy. Is it perfect? nope. Is it as super nutritious as the steel cut? Prolly not, but I am losing weight so I don’t care anymore. 

*pokes tongue out* Neener Neener Neener *lol*. 

I sound like such a kid sometimes, I have come to realise though that I can eat super healthy PN style or I can diet, not do both. This is not to say I am living on lean cuisines, I still grill fresh chicken and fish, I still have my huge bowl of organic salad greens with assorted seeds and roasted bell peppers every night. It’s just my lunches are convenience first, sometimes it’s a healthy choice steamer, sometimes an organic smoothie and a ‘craver’ etc. 

Speaking of which these are cool. ProGrade Cravers, small (180 cal) organic nutritious snack bars made with 100% organic dark chocolate. I get them through David Whitley (A kettle bell guru) at http://davidwhitley.getprograde.com/cravers. You can’t buy direct. Nobody else I gave one to at work too liked them but I think they are fantastic, I got the Peanut Butter ones, I am not exactly sure what ’spirulina’ flavour would taste like and I don’t like almonds so i figured the PB would be a good bet. They are expensive (I think it was about $2.50 maybe $3 per bar after shipping) but I am not eating them every day, 1 or 2 a week maybe. 

So yeah, life is good so far. I am very happy with this, I will come back to athlete nutrition when I get to athlete levels. 

Oh new toys recently I got a Tassimo Beverage System yesterday, I love it It’s mainly coffee as it makes espresso’s, cappuccino’s and lattes but you can get hot chocolate and tea discs as well. It reads a barcode on the disc and adjusts water amounts and brewing speed based on the type. I need to experiment with the coffee packets, the gevalia signature blend I bought for plain coffee is extremely weak so I know not to go for mild anymore. They have a pretty wide range though. Only downside is not being able to make my own discs but I can live with that.

Workouts Week of Feb 23

Monday: Jiu-Jitsu – 60 mins

Tuesday: Jiu-Jitsu – 90 mins

Wednesday: Circuit Training

Repeat circuit 5 times

• 5 x Barbell  Cleans – 65lbs
• 10 x Pushups
• 15 x Barbell Squats – 75lbs

Thursday: No training – should have been a seminar but I was exhausted and decided not to spend 40 bucks on a 3 hour seminar that would have gone in one ear and out the other.. 

Friday: No Training 

Wednesday was a killer, my legs and glutes are still sore today It looked such a simple and innocent circuit on the board. I did good squats too, our squat rack is one you have to step into, the safety bars at knee height go in a full square around you. This is actually cool as you can step back while doing squats and make sure your butt touches the bar at the back, I managed that on all 75 squats

The pushups were supposed to be ring pushups  (feet on a box, hands holding rings (like gymnasts use, we have them hanging from a pullup bar) that are level with the box) but last time I tried those I screwed my shoulder up for several weeks so I decided to work on doing normal pushups instead. The ring variation takes incredible upper body strength to hold the rings steady while you lower your body to them. I just don’t have that yet. One day though On a good note I did actually do some of the pushups on my toes, I can’t get down very far but hey it’s a start

The cleans were just tough, the two guys I was working with had to do it with 45lb plates so we compromised and used a 35 and a 10, I just stripped off the 35’s on my turn and put them back off when finished, I’m sure that burned a few extra calories on its own I did try with the full 45lbs, I could lift it.. no way I was gonna clean it though.

2 days missed training was a pain but I was also moving peoples offices at work and friday especially I was on my feet all day, moving and crawling under desks and up and down stairs like a yoyo, both days were exhausting.