How did I hit it right on the target? I'm going to bed early. Regardless, I will reach 2250 today.



Walked just shy of 11,000 steps today.

I had to go to the doctor AGAIN today for this recurring tendonitis in my right elbow. It really hurts right now and I will take a pain killer (which I RARELY do) and go to bed. My powerlifting trainer has been helping me correct my form and I believe I will get over this.

This situation and others I have considered recently have brought a basic concept to my mind. One of those concepts that are deceptively simple, yet truly difficult to actualize:
You can't do the right thing, until you know what that is.

I believe an incalculable amount of effort, resources, energy and time are put toward doing the wrong thing. I will write about this in future entries. When my arm isn't killing me.  ¶ 8:03 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio 18 one-minute intervals with warm up and cool down!
Did a full lap of The Tower in 11 minutes today. So I do 18 intervals and I decide to go home and do Turkish Get Ups for my cool down. Uh, NO. My body was havin' none of that. Too tired!

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

This morning I will steam a small amount of brown rice, I need only about 2/3 cup total. I will poach eggs. For lunch today I will buy chicken and lettuce/salad at MacKelly's. I will have chicken defrosted for meal#5.

1
7:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/protein drink
done.


2
10:00
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/poached eggs/protein drink
Having it now. As usual, it's very filling and will take me a while.


3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/lettuce
Two bites of chicken and I'm done. Forcing down my lunch the best I can. If it takes me till 2pm to finish it, I'll get it finished.

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
I have a 3:15 doctor's appointment so I should be home in time to have this meal no later than 4:30-4:45.
GRRRRRRR as usual I screw up Meal#4!!! I left the doctor and it was the perfect temperature out so I decided to walk home. Ate nearly 2 hours late. New Plan: I ordered some stuff today from a place that will be sending a free shaker bottle. I will continue to carry my leather backpack to work and always have the bottle with a baggie of protein powder. AT ALL TIMES!

Did you know ephedra was legal in certain compounds? YES. And I ordered some. Following instructions!!

OK My arm really hurts. Must stop now.

5
8:30pm
28P/6g fat
round steak/almonds  ¶ 4:54 AM 0 Comments

  My calorie burn will reach 2145 today. I did 8200 steps.

I find myself rapidly improving overall! I did four sets of bench presses with 40lb dumbbells, a weight I could barely handle even just a few weeks ago. I had been at 35lbs and couldn't seem to break through but now I have! I lost track of how many Turkish Get Ups I did with 20lbs and was able to get through two with 25lbs! It was very difficult and when I twisted my wrist up in the handle a little I knew I'd better wait until I got stronger. A 25lb kettlebell can certainly snap your wrist right off! But I think I will be able to handle soon. I want to practice Turkish Get Ups every day.

I think this nutritional program is damn near MAGIC.  ¶ 9:16 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Another change of 2 percentage points in my bodyfat this week! My weight remains stable in a narrow range but there are obvious changes in my physical appearance and measurable improvements in my abilities.

Morning supplements
green tea extract and chocamine

40 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
I knew I could do it! This morning I finished three full laps of THE TOWER in 38mins and 30seconds. Shelby wants FORTY MINUTES so he's gonna get FORTY MINUTES. I took the elevator from the top floor down to eight floors below my own and climbed on home! I was a lovely sweaty mess.

This morning I will poach eggs and steam rice to bring with me. I need about 1 1/3 cups of brown rice for today including meal#1 before I leave for work. I have grilled steak from last night. I will have chicken defrosting.
all done

1
6:30am
25C/28P
a little more than 1/2 cup brown rice
brown rice/protein drink


2
10:00am
15C/28P
a little more than 1/4 cup brown rice
SO not interested in eating anything. Working on getting poached eggs down and will supplement with some protein drink. The rice won't be too hard to finish but I have no appetite or any interest in food at all right now.


3
1:00pm
20C/28P
a little less than a 1/2 cup brown rice
steak/brown rice. took me forever to get this meal down


4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
protein drink/lettuce/almonds
I'm eating this late because 1. Meal #3 took over an hour for me to finish anyway and 2. I just plain screwed up and stayed at the office without a plan. I'm going to start carrying Meal#4 with me so that I don't miss it.
I'm having a protein drink because I want to work out in about an hour and because I really don't feel like eating anything anyway.


5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
Chicken/almonds  ¶ 4:40 AM 0 Comments

  My weight actually went up this week but my physical abilities are expanding and my bodyfat dropped another two percentage points.

I feel an extremely high need to have a completely compliant, productive week. I need to feel I am pushing very hard.  ¶ 9:58 PM 0 Comments

  My lowest burn and steps day in a while!! Well, I've needed some rest! Because I did so well with the 15lb kettlebell at training on Thursday, I decided to go ahead and get a 20lb-er for Turkish Get Ups. I tried it when I got home and it is just right: Very challenging! Making the advancement up to 25lbs should probably take me a little while!

Will just barely make 1950 calories today! I am going to a brunch tomorrow; I plan on staying out and walking for a nice long while.  ¶ 10:19 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio See my previous entry! I'm giving my knees a break this morning!

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

1
7:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/protein drink


2
10:00
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/poached eggs/protein drink


3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
I tried steaming chicken with lemon juice. It was OK. Needed mustard. Also had lettuce of course and peanut butter. Which I eat right off the spoon!

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
I was out so all I had was a protein drink and my fishoil caps

5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat
chicken/almonds  ¶ 6:57 AM 0 Comments

  I have returned from the Land of the Nearly Dead



Good thing it was a high burn day because I ended sleeping away a big percentage of it! I got home yesterday afternoon, ate Meal#4, put on a DVD (Grey Gardens) and laid down to watch it. I vaguely remember waking up somewhere around 7ish and I ate the rest of the chicken for Meal#5. Switched the TV to some channel and fell back to sleep. Woke up to see Conan for a few seconds before passing out once again.

Woke up at 6:30 this morning. I may have been asleep for 14+ hours, I'm not entirely sure! Normally I have a session with Zak on Saturdays but we did it yesterday, hence my high burn day being Friday. Got in 10,923 steps.

I have been feeling the effects of my workouts constantly and I think I need some recovery time. Today and tomorrow I think I will stick to walking. I want to hang out in the sauna and read two books.  ¶ 6:41 AM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Will not be doing my stair climb this morning. I have a session with Zak at 6am down in the South Loop.

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

1
4:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/protein drink

VERY good hard workout!!


2
8:00
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
have this meal as soon after workout as possible
the lady at Starbucks did not want to mix up my protein powder with a Venti Iced Tea. Hello???? I had to tip all the change from a $5.

3
12:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/lettuce
good thing I have these notes because I totally forgot to take the fishoil! It has taken me over an hour to eat this lunch. I just really didn't want anything more after the first couple of bites


Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
Got home fairly early and got this meal down. Chicken.


5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat
Woke up somwhere around 7ish and ate this. Chicken.  ¶ 3:58 AM 0 Comments

  Good strong day! Really tired and have a lot to do before I can get to bed. I will reach

2412 calories burned

by midnight tonight. I burned 260 calories during my workout session.

I did 12611 steps today! 2524 of them were climbing stairs.

I did the Turkish Getup at the gym today with a 15lb kettlebell. It was easier than I thought it would be to handle. The balance of it makes all the difference. Makes me wonder if I should give a 20lb-er a try. I know 25lbs. is going to be too much!  ¶ 9:04 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Day 1 of Week Four!!!

Morning supplements
green tea extract and chocamine

40 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
Hauling out of bed to climb stairs every friggin' morning gets to be a drag. But I am at the point where I just GET UP AND GO DO IT. There's no way I will come to this blog and say I didn't. Or say that I did less than I was supposed to. I did not feel like doing it this morning at all and I even fought that battle in my head while I was climbing, talking myself out of finishing, talking myself back into it. I would look at what floor I was on and tell myself I would be such a loser if I stopped!

On Monday I made it two full laps of the Tower then finished the 40 minutes at the 50th floor. Made it to 52 today. I know, THREE flights from the top??? I couldn't pull out another step! I will get there, it's very close.

This morning I will poach eggs and steam rice to bring with me. I will have chicken defrosting for dinner when I get home from training.

1
6:30am
25C/28P
brown rice/protein drink


2
10:00am
15C/28P
poached eggs/brown rice/protein drink
got the eggs down. really do not want anything else! I will get it all down.


3
1:00pm
20C/28P
protein drink/finish up the brown rice

Need to pick up something to be the veggies for Meal#4 WHICH I WILL EAT ON TIME DAMMIT!

3:00-4:00 Workout with Saran.
I threw a giant tractor tire around! It was fun!


4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
Have protein drink soon after workout. Bring something from MacKelly's in a baggie or something! And your almonds! Have this meal ON TIME!!!
Mission accomplished here.


5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
chicken/almonds  ¶ 4:09 AM 0 Comments

  Abs Day at Chez Dag Did a good upper body dumbbells workout last night so I wanted to focus on abs tonight. I was really happy to be able to do 10 Turkish Get Ups with 10lbs and then pulled out two more with 15lbs! It was definitely MUCH harder but also because I had to make do with a 15lb dumbbell instead of a kettlebell to give it a try and the balance is just not the same. I think it is worth to go by Fitness Factory this weekend and pick up a 15lb kettlebell.

Moved on to 100 Russian Twists with 25lbs, 75 Get Up Sit Ups with 25lbs, and 100 Reverse Crunches. It's difficult to challenge my abs anymore. I think I will get ambitious this weekend and set up my chinning bar at the right height to do reverse crunches on the Swiss Ball. That's not just hard, it's death-defying!!!



I will just go over 2K even if sedentary the rest of the day which I intend to be. Will go to bed as soon as I write up my plan for tomorrow and wash up from dinner. Got in 7200 steps today.  ¶ 7:59 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Last Day of WEEK THREE!!

18 one-minute intervals plus warm up and cool down
I'm just not happy until I'm blinded by the sweat pouring into my eyes
I was a little bit faster this morning. Yesterday I finished the 18 intervals four floors away from my floor; today I was one floor away.

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

This morning I will grill chicken and poach eggs to bring with me. I have brown rice from yesterday. I will eat Meal #4 on time today!!!!!

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/protein drink


2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice cake/poached eggs/protein drink

3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/lettuce

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
Eating on time!!! chicken/lettuce

5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat
filet mignon/almonds  ¶ 4:55 AM 0 Comments

  I bench pressed 40lb dumbbells tonight! I have been unable to break through that and tonight I was able to do it and it didn't even seem that difficult. I was also able to concentration curl 25lbs. Shelby says I am building muscle by this point and it's definitely showing.

Walked nearly 18,000 steps today! But I did miss meal #4 and ate it two hours late. I need to improve on that.

I can hardly believe it's been three weeks. I'm a fourth of the way. I'm far enough along that it all seems like habit now. I've become quite inured to the program and its rigors and restrictions. I feel like it's a critical balance I do not want to disturb. Besides, I can feel it WORKING. I feel great.

  ¶ 9:58 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio 18 one-minute intervals plus warm up and cool down

I was thinking this morning how it now seems like the normal thing to roll out of bed and start climbing stairs. At four friggin' thirty in the morning.

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

I will poach eggs and steam brown rice this morning. I'll defrost filet for when I get home

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/protein drink

2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice really fills me up; even just 1/3cup. I have eggs with me today, I will try to get one down and do the rest of my protein with a drink


3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken and lettuce from Mac Kelly's

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
I walked part of the way home and I am eating too late; 6:15. I should have arranged to have a protein drink two hours ago.
2.5oz of chicken, I'll do the rest of the protein with a drink. Hugely full. will try to get some lettuce down.


5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat
protein drink/almonds  ¶ 5:33 AM 0 Comments

  It's a CLOSE day!!! Just like this afternoon when I kept just missing every bus and train...



I will pass 2K before midnight even if I fell asleep right now! But I am sad I only made 9800 steps today! Walk more tomorrow!!! It's cool to see that I do nearly 2700 on the stairs in the morning.

I am very tired. I will get in bed before 9pm tonight. I have my plans for tomorrow ready to go.  ¶ 8:36 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Morning supplements
green tea extract and chocamine

40 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
two laps of the tower plus 48. I think by the end of this week I should be able to do the tower three full laps in the required time

This morning I will be grilling a steak on the George Foreman to have for lunch, setting up chicken in the crockpot for dinner, and steaming up brown rice for the day's carbs. I will pack everything in portions to take to the office.
Did not make enough rice will need to pick up a package of rice cakes

1
6:30am
25C/28P
brown rice/protein drink
got it down

2
10:00am
15C/28P
I have about 44P of filet mignon with me today so I'll split it between meals #2 and 3 and supplement with a protein drink. Beef is very substantial for me anyway.
1 rice cake is exactly 15C!


3
1:00pm
20C/28P
brown rice/filet mignon and roast chicken from Mac Kelly's


4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
I am SO not interested in eating ANYTHING. Not even 12 almonds. But I will!


5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
chicken/almonds  ¶ 5:00 AM 0 Comments

  Weekend Stats Getting on the Tanita scale today I saw a five percentage point change in my starting bodyfat percentage. My photos also show a visible change around my waist. I am also seeing changes in my legs, primarily my lower legs and around my ankles.

Yesterday was my usual big calorie burn Saturday. Also did more than 17,000 steps:



The program is definitely continuing to be a challenge! But I feel and see changes that are highly motivating! Keeping good notes is key so that I always know what I need to be doing!  ¶ 10:49 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio 18 one-minute intervals plus warm up and cool down
I stayed in bed a little longer today and I even entertained thoughts of not climbing but I had an odd feeling that I needed to climb. So of course I did.

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
rice cake/protein drink


2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
rice cake/poached eggs/protein drink

3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/lettuce/pb

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
filet mignon/lettuce with balsamic vinegar
I broiled two slices of filet on the George Foreman. I will eat half now, half for meal#5 and get the rest of my protein from a drink. I find that VERY filling.

5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat
filet mignon/protein drink/almonds  ¶ 4:16 AM 0 Comments

  I started my day with 144 flights of stairs. It made me feel amazing! I am extremely tired tonight. I earned it. My calorie burn will reach about 2500 by midnight even if I go to bed right now. Which is what I'm going to do! You can see my stairclimb and my workout with Saran in my calorie burn graph. My workout with her today hit 320 calories for the hour. Everything I do feels easier. I am certain I have improved my endurance and range of ability. I am sure I can work harder.



When I climb the stairs I am noticing that the physical work requires three components: energy, physicality, and breath. I am noticing that they are not always in sync! It's interesting to feel which starts to run down first and how I can compensate with the others.

My legs will start to hurt but I am still not winded so I keep climbing. I might feel like I'm low on energy to continue pushing but my body won't feel tired at all so I keep climbing. My breath seems to last the longest. I don't start to need to catch my breath until about the last 30 floors or so. And even then, 10 or 20 seconds are all I need. I keep climbing.  ¶ 8:18 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Morning supplements
green tea extract and chocamine

40 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
I kick my own ass quite well. Little low on gas this morning but I pushed on through the longer session Shelby has instructed me to do. Two laps of The Tower plus 40 more flights.

1
6:30am
25C/28P
brown rice/protein drink


2
10:00am
15C/28P
brown rice/poached egg/protein drink


3
1:00pm
20C/28P
brown rice/poached egg/protein drink

3pm-4pm: Workout with Saran
Have meal 4 protein immediately afterward
Really good hard session Thinking about doing a sauna and getting into bed very early. So long from the express bus on Lake Shore Drive

4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
had the protein at the gym. lettuce with balsamic vinegar/pb

I am home and deeply tired. The sauna is heating up. I'm gonna hang out down there, get in the shower, have meal #5 and crawl under the covers with the AC crankin'. I have GOT to rest.

5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
protein drink. I'm too tired to eat.  ¶ 4:38 AM 0 Comments

 

I'm so tired and sleepy. Still, I broke 2K again and got to over 11K steps today! My boss told me today that since I've been on this regimen I have been more even-tempered. I can get pretty high-strung. Could be a few reasons. I feel really good about what I'm doing and I'm feeling very in control of it. I eat so often my blood sugar and energy levels are quite stable. I start every day with some pretty strenuous cardio. I haven't worked at home the last couple of weekends. And there might be one other reason...but I won't get into that one.

Still, I don't feel really good about today. I worked a 12-hour day and that never fails to derail something. I wanted to work out tonight and I didn't have time. I didn't get home until 8:30 so I didn't get to bed as early as I wanted. I'm very productive at work, especially now that I have my own office so I need to watch these long days. I really don't have time for that! I set all my own work schedules really so I need to give myself a break and accept that I DO get a lot done. I don't have to go crazy about it.  ¶ 9:33 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Today will mark the end of two full weeks!

18 one-minute intervals plus warm up and cool down
Climbing to the top of my building without any breaks is the regular way to do it now. It's clearly within my ability to keep going. I think I first started climbing the stairs in my building sometime in 2006 and it was a big deal to make six floors.

Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
yams/poached eggs/protein drink

2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/protein drink

Probably hittin' the chocamine too hard. It tastes really good in my chai!!!

3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/dark lettuces

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
protein drink/overpriced "garden salad" little plastic bowl of lettuce from 7-11

I'm eating an hour and a half late!!! I'm staying at work to get caught up on some stuff

6pm: I can't seem to consume a thing. I don't know why. I took a few bites of this little salad and a couple sips of the protein drink and I feel completely, totally full. I'm tired and sleepy and just want to lay down. I'm trying to get some work done and get on a bus for home. I feel so strong and so indestructible I forget what an Achilles Heel I have and how it will sometimes demand my respect and humility.

5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat  ¶ 5:08 AM 0 Comments

  I'm sure it's a low burn day. I did not work out because I did last night. I'd hoped to walk today but it's STILL raining in Chicago! I haven't even had the Bugg on for a few hours as I did a sauna.

I feel REALLY good, I'm feeling very good on the stairs each morning. I'm certain my conditioning is improving. I'm seeing some physical changes. My legs are definitely a bit smaller and this morning I noticed a depression forming below my hip bone. Subtle physical differences that are emerging seemingly so quickly. It really amazes me! This makes a rigorous regimen like this become self-motivating!

Postscript next day! Turns out I burned 2030 calories this day and walked nearly 9000 steps!! Who knew!  ¶ 8:10 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

Shelby wants an increase to high intensity for 18 one-minute intervals
Done deal

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
rice cake/protein drink

2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
brown rice/poached egg/protein drink


3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter

The salad bar across the street has slices of chicken breast. Today for lunch I got some dark leafy stuff and 3 ounces of chicken. I was hungry for about three bites and now it's a struggle to get the rest of it down. It'll be time to eat again before I get this finished.

picked up some pure peanut butter at the farmer's market in the plaza at the post office. Just peanuts! I don't know WHAT this would cost at Whole Paycheck! I'm allowed a whole teaspoon. Yummmmm, decadent.


Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine


4
4:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/cucumber slices

home and eating by 4:30. chicken from the crockpot. It actually tastes really good but I completely do not want it. I'll get it down. My last meal of the day is going to be a protein drink!


5
7:00pm
28P/6g fat
I went ahead and grilled the little piece of filet mignon that's been defrosted in my fridge since yesterday. Damn good but you know, frying meat in butter really DOES make it taste better!  ¶ 4:25 AM 0 Comments

  I have lost a total of 10lbs but only two pounds of that was from the last week. I did not wear the BodyBugg yesterday. It was a high carb day with no morning cardio and a Sunday so I took the opportunity to give myself a recovery day. I've really been working very hard and I might be forgetting the necessity of recovery time.

Shelby wants me to kick up my morning cardio a bit so I will start that tomorrow. If this keeps going I may need to move to a taller building!

I'm going to bed early tonight. My calorie burn is 2037; projected to be 2214 by midnight. My steps today were 10,992!  ¶ 9:18 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Morning supplements
green tea extract and chocamine

30 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
Two laps of THE TOWER you bet

1
6:30am
25C/28P
oatmeal with vanilla protein and cinnamon
plan on making poached eggs and yams to bring with me, plus the crockpot chicken I made Sunday
--all done

2
10:00am
15C/28P
yams, protein drink, poached egg

I wanted to split my protein between eggs and protein drink so I ate two poached eggs and now I'm trying to get these yams down and I'm ready to puke! And I haven't had my protein drink yet!!! This is gonna take awhile.

3
1:00pm
20C/28P
yams, chicken, poached egg

green tea extract and chocamine

I either lost my bag of green tea capsules on the bus or I forgot them at home!!!

4
4:30pm (actually 2 hours late)
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
protein drink/cucumber slices/almonds

This mid-afternoon meal is often a problem for me because it's around the time I'm heading home from work. I should just take care of it with a protein drink at the office so I don't run late like I did TODAY!!!!!

upper body dumbbell workout and abs work


5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
protein drink/6 almonds  ¶ 4:18 AM 0 Comments

  High Day: No AM Cardio High Day: No AM Cardio
Yay I can sleep in!!

Morning supplements
fat burners

1
9:30am
30C/22P
oatmeal mixed with Jay Robb vanilla protein

2
12:30pm
25C/22P
protein drink, yams

3
3:30pm
25C/22P
I don't have any chicken made yet, I'm just having a protein drink and more yams

fat burners

4
5:30pm
20C/22P

5
20C/22P

6
8:30
22P/unlimited vegetables
broiled steak, lettuce  ¶ 9:01 AM 0 Comments

  I was out late last night so the BodyBugg kept recording past my usual 10pm end-of-day time:



My neighbors gave a party and that was a challenge to find something to eat. I find that less difficult than trying NOT to eat everything that might be there. I just drank bottled water and chatted with everybody all afternoon.

I was out last night and just had a dinner salad as my vegetables for meal #4. I had a protein drink before I went out.  ¶ 8:58 AM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

30 minutes cardio, high intensity for 15 one-minute intervals
A little low on gas this morning but I got it done

1
5:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/rice cake


7am-8am training with Zak
Very hard workout today really focused on shoulders and back plus worked biceps to failure four times while doing an alternating triceps exercise
Very disappointed it's too cold and rainy to walk!!!

2
8:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/rice cake Bring to gym!

3
12:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
grilled 95% lean sirloin patty/lettuce/pb

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine
Despite these, I laid down and fell asleep for 2 hours

4
3:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
My neighbors gave a party. I had a plain hamburger patty and pickle slices

5
8:00pm
28P/6g fat
protein drink/almonds  ¶ 4:38 AM 0 Comments

  I had reset my daily calorie target on the BodyBugg below 2000 because I was NEVER making it!!!



I kept very busy today, I looked for many opportunities to walk. I did 13,500 steps today!

Tomorrow is training with Zak and many other plans for the afternoon and evening. I am really looking forward to Sunday weigh in and photos for Shelby!  ¶ 10:36 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine


30 minutes cardio, high intensity for 15 one-minute intervals
I got to bed late last night and then I slept very badly. When the alarm went off at 4:30 I just couldn't get up. I went back to sleep for an hour. It's casual Friday so I've got my Doc Martens on. I will get in lots of walking today

I am out of a few things; gotta wing it today.

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/poached egg/rice cake


2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/rice cake



3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
rotisserie chicken/lettuce greens/pb

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
chicken/cucumber slices/pb


5
8:00pm
28P/6g fat
protein drink/peanut butter  ¶ 6:29 AM 0 Comments

  I had a realization this evening that I have two trainers, a nutritionist, and a plastic surgeon. What does this say about me???



Another really good day!! Completely compliant with my eating plan, I really enjoyed feeling so strong on the stairs this morning and I had a great workout with Saran. I was a mere ONE HUNDRED steps away from my 10K target!!! Dang, if it wasn't a half hour past my bedtime I'd take a quick walk around and get those 100 steps right now!!

Funny, I can't remember anything in particular I was doing today that would have resulted in that calorie burn pop up that shows every half hour. It's also interesting to note that my steady-state stair climb burns as many calories as the interval style pretty much.

And yeah you bet I did DAY TWO of the One Hundred Pushups Program!  ¶ 10:33 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Morning supplements
green tea extract and chocamine

30 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity

Had an AWESOME morning on the stairs today!! I did the whole building without stopping! I didn't even realize I was doing it. The cardio style on Med Carb days is steady-state. Today I just kept climbing and climbing and by the time I looked up I was on my own floor! I put the iPod on a song I really liked and pushed on, right up to 55! There was no one on the elevator so the ride back down was quick; I lost less than one minute. I took only a 45-second rest at the mid-point of my second round of the building. Wow, I feel great!!!!

It's training day with Saran so I will keep the food very light

1
6:30am
25C/28P
will treat myself to the oatmeal with vanilla protein and cinnamon
plan on making poached eggs and yams to bring with me, set up chicken for dinner in the crockpot

2
10:00am
15C/28P
yams, protein drink, poached egg


3
12:30pm
20C/28P
yams, protein drink, poached egg

3pm-4pm: Training with Saran

4
4pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
Bring protein powder and almonds to have at the gym right after my workout; have the rest of this meal as soon as I get home


5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
4oz chicken breast, 6 almonds  ¶ 4:38 AM 0 Comments

  First week DOWN I'm really pleased the week is zippin' by! I'm looking forward to a weigh in on Sunday.



I am hitting 2K every day! I got in a lot of walking today. But you can see that my activity was spread out and I worked very hard on the stairs this morning.

I already have my whole first week behind me! Eleven more to go.  ¶ 9:19 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine
This chocamine tastes pretty good with some sweetener! I put it in my chai tea at work

30 minutes stairs, high intensity for 15 one-minute intervals
I slept in a smidge today so I did the 15-minute high intensity segment with one minute of kettlebell swings for warmup and three minutes for cool down

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/poached eggs/yams
super busy this morning! I grilled a steak on the George Foreman, cut it up and packed it for today. Baked two garnet yams for my day's carbs. The two yams were small and barely make a cup. Poached 4 eggs, had two at home; packed two for my day. Cleaned up my kitchen. I HATE coming home to mess. Made it to the 7am bus

2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/yams/poached eggs


3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
leafy lettuces from Mac Kelly's/grilled steak


Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
I am meeting a friend this afternoon and I proposed we meet at Whole Foods. I'm sure I'll find something to eat there. I will have some protein powder with me just in case

Forgot the protein powder at the office but had rotisserie chicken breast. Took a while to get it down. Lettuce and cucumber slices from the salad bar. Had peanut butter when I got home.

5
8:00pm
28P/6g fat
protein drink, peanut butter  ¶ 9:39 AM 0 Comments

  Two-Fer Tuesday! REALLY have not felt like eating today!!! But I am sticking with the eating plan.

As much as I really wanted to see my total hit TWO-K, I need to get to bed!! I will reach about 2090 cals before midnight, even if I were to fall asleep right this very second.



I came upon this program on another blog yesterday and decided to add it to my workout routine because I do pushups anyway. I like structure and goals!
One Hundred Pushups

It's a gradual daily program and there's a page where you can log your progress. Give it a try!

Last night I did an upper body workout. This evening I focused on lower body and abs. I am doing kettlebell swings with great ease these days. Obviously I need to kick that up a notch! Calf raises, abs work, too...it's pretty hard to get me really hurtin'. Go to ELEVEN!

I am VERY PLEASED I was able to get back to Turkish Getups! I made five on my right side but only three on my left. I think I was too tired and should try starting on my left side as it seems to be weaker and MUCH less coordinated.  ¶ 9:44 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Morning supplements
Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine
New stuff. Normally I do not feel the effects of this sort of stuff much but I will give it a try because it's on the program

30 minutes stairs, high intensity for 15 one-minute intervals
A little tough today but I got the job done

1
6:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/brown rice
steamed up rice this morning; got my carbs for the day. also poached 2 eggs. Made it to the 7am bus

2
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/brown rice/poached egg


3
1:00pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
get some lunch from Mac Kelly's

Went by the Tuesday Farmer's Market at the plaza of the main post office. There's a huge Calder sculpture there. And on Tuesdays, chocolate chip cookies and scones as big as your face. I got some sugar snap peas. I hope it was OK to eat 'em 'cos baby I DID. Not even a whole cup.

Fat burners: Green tea extract and chocamine

4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
The sugar snap peas ended up making me feel bad. They must be more fibrous than I thought. I got that horrible bloated, overwhelmingly sleepy feeling. So that's the end of them!

I am not very interested in eating anything right now, I'd rather work out and I don't like to do that with anything in my stomach so I suppose I will do a protein drink.

BodyBugg says I will hit my 2K target at midnight if I am sedentary from this moment up until midnight so I'd better get movin'!!!


5
8:00pm
28P/6g fat
I had been planning on having a little steak but I couldn't deal with the idea of eating. I had a protein drink and peanut butter for the 6g fat.  ¶ 4:42 AM 0 Comments

  Another 2K Day

I am really pleased with this. For the longest time I hardly ever went near 2000 cals in a day! Nice distribution of activity today. I also got in just shy of 9000 steps. I was going to walk more but I needed to get home and eat.

I am experiencing an increasing indifference toward what I am eating. I liked the oatmeal I had this morning. I had almonds and peanut butter this evening. But I am completely accepting what I have to do and not missing anything I am setting aside for this program. I have been ONE HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANT and I intend to stay that way.  ¶ 9:53 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Morning supplements
fat burners: waiting for an order to arrive

30 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
97 flights, baby!

1
6:30am
25C/28P
going to try the oatmeal and protein powder
oatmeal was great! perfect
poached eggs, made rice, set up the crockpot. Made it to my regular bus!

2
10:00am
15C/28P
Brown rice, protein drink


3
12:30pm
20C/28P
1 Lundberg brown rice cake, poached eggs, protein drink

REALLY REALLY do not feel like eating anything!!! But I will get it down. Might take me awhile.

4
3:30pm or as soon as I get home from work
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
protein drink, lettuce with balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon peanut butter

I really don't feel like eating anything so I'm not going to have my protein partly from a poached egg and partly from a protein drink. Just adding more powder to the protein scoop. I'm having one of those days when I DO have some hunger but no appetite. Being empty feels good to me. I am forcing down this protein drink and dreading the thought of four whole ounces of chicken later. That will feel very substantial to me. I'll probably fall into a coma so I should just plan on going to bed early!

Dumbbell workout and abs


5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
4oz chicken breast, 6 almonds

Got that chicken down. Cooked the fuck out of it. Dang I forgot to have my almonds!!!!! Peanut butter AND almonds today! Wow.

I constantly have dishes to do now.  ¶ 5:15 AM 0 Comments

  My calorie burn is lower today.



I did the stairs and a brief workout and I wanted to go out but it was gloomy and rainy all day. Tomorrow I will do the stairs in the morning and a regular workout with weights tomorrow evening.

I am SO SICK of eating!!!!! But I've got my plans for tomorrow. I will not miss a meal!  ¶ 10:02 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio I stayed in bed this morning then did a few things around the house. I never have an appetite in the morning anyway. So I'm starting late but will space my meals out correctly through the day. Gotta get that cardio out of the way...

Morning supplements
out of fat burners until an order arrives

30 minutes stairs, high intensity for 15 one-minute intervals

I am supposed to do 15 one-minute intervals of 45 seconds moderate intensity, then 15 seconds hard as I can. Fifteen 15-second intervals. That's 225 seconds. Three and three-quarter MINUTES. That's it. That's all the consultant asks me to do. I thought about that as I climbed the stairs. I pushed the intensifying fatigue aside by doing the math in my head. I realized that if I cannot work at my highest effort for less than FOUR MINUTES only four times a week, that would be beyond lame-ass.

1
10:00am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/brown rice


2
1:00pm
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink/brown rice


3
3:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
Egg beaters/protein drink/cucumber/pb on a spoon

4
6:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
Molecularly-altered CHICKEN!/lettuce with balsamic vinegar/pb

5
9:00pm
28P/6g fat
Oh god I still have to eat MORE? Please no.

I had a protein drink and almonds because I'm still just about ready to puke  ¶ 9:15 AM 0 Comments

  Personal Best!!! I know what you're thinking. Did she really eat TWELVE almonds? Isn't that out of control? Crazy decadent??? No I can handle it. Almonds are used for "healthy fat" and 12 of them equal about 6g of fat. But yeah, I ate them one at a time.



So why the hell didn't I keep going and do 20,000 steps today??? DAMMIT!!! This is probably my highest recorded calorie burn for one day. And this included a NAP!

I am very pleased to be getting ideas for how to make this work conveniently and efficiently. It can't take over my life and be dictating how I spend my time if I am going to last until the end of August!  ¶ 10:40 PM 0 Comments

  Breakthroughs in Culinary Molecular Science I faced the enemy and I CONQUERED. I have found a way to eat CHICKEN!! White meat chicken is a real problem for me. It can make me really sick or at the least, feel like I have a brick in my gut. But chicken breasts are a staple for high-protein, bodybuilder-style diets. My powerlifting trainer is eating chicken and rice CONSTANTLY. Really. Seven in the morning, he's scarfing down a tupperware-full.

After minimal experimentation I have discovered that slow cooking the breast ALL FREAKIN' DAY ON HIGH will make it shred so easily I think I found a way to split its atoms.

I have also been poaching Egg Beaters and I really like them. This is another terrific breakthrough for me because I have had problems with scrambled and hardboiled eggs in the past. The Egg Beaters are all whites but poach up moist. I tried putting one in the fridge to see what it would like later and it was like enjoying a cold hardboiled egg. Six grams of protein in a small volume, just a quarter-cup of the Egg Beater liquid.

Everything new takes acclimation and a learning curve. I am really pleased to be finding some strategies I think will get me through August!  ¶ 5:21 PM 0 Comments

  Low Day: High Intensity Cardio Morning supplements
out of fat burners until an order arrives

30 minutes stairs, high intensity for 15 one-minute intervals

Made it 20 minutes for 90 floors. Worked really hard and got quite winded! Had getting on the bus on time on my mind


1
5:30am
28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
protein drink

7am-8am Powerlifting with Zak
15g carbs

2
8:30am
15C/28P/3 fish oil gelcaps
have protein drink at the gym, brought brown rice for meals 1 and 2 and ate it at the gym

Walked about 2.5 miles before getting on the bus to come home.
Got home and fell dead asleep until 1pm


3
1:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
Poached egg beaters, 1/2 scoop protein drink, lettuce with balsamic vinegar, that tiny little amount of peanut butter

Damn I'm sick of eating. And I have to do this until the end of AUGUST!!!


4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/2 fish oil gelcaps/1 teaspoon peanut butter
CHICKEN!!!/lettuce with balsamic vinegar/that luxurious peanut butter in that decadent serving

going for a walk, probably for a couple hours
Walked for about 2 miles in between rides on the EL

5
7:30pm
28P/6g fat
protein drink and TWELVE almonds! Yes, TWELVE.  ¶ 4:53 AM 0 Comments

  I will not make it to my calorie burn target today:



You can see where I did the stairs this morning. I kept trying to get out and take a long walk today but I kept doing things for work and around the house.

Chicken is still a problem. I slow cooked a chicken breast for TEN HOURS on low but it still took me over a half hour just to get 3oz. down. I had to take a bite and let it settle before I could take another. I'm going to try cooking it for the same time at a higher temperature.

Cardio tomorrow morning and powerlifting at 7am downtown in the South Loop. Should be a nice day. If I can manage my food I will walk awhile.  ¶ 10:09 PM 0 Comments

  As the day goes on, I am not very interested in eating. For a program like this I have two things going for me: I don't care much for food variety and I can be generally indifferent toward food. But I have come to like the convenience and time savings of not eating much and not caring, enjoying food only when I have the time and interest. Eating every few hours is a big pain!

I worked at home today to get acclimated. I tried poaching eggs (just one failure before success!) and I have chicken slow cooking in a crockpot. I can see how I am going to need some strategies to be able to manage this well day to day. I'm thinking I might set up the rice steamer each night and turn it on first thing in the morning for my day's carbs. And this $10 Target crockpot might just be pressed into service every single day! A trainer at my gym told me about mixing oatmeal with vanilla protein powder but that might actually be too substantial for me to consume in one meal.

I feel a little tired today. I'm wondering if the very high protein intake is using up a lot of my body's energy. I always feel better the less I eat. This is going to take some real work!  ¶ 4:57 PM 0 Comments

  Medium Day: Low-Moderate Intensity AM Cardio Morning supplements
2 Stacker2

30 minutes stairs, low to moderate intensity
Did 104 flights

I am working from home today

1
7:30am
25C/28P
Protein drink, rice cakes


2
10:30am
15C/28P
Brown rice, poached eggs, protein drink


3
1:30pm
20C/28P
brown rice, protein drink

3:00pm
2 Stacker2

4
4:30pm
28P/2 cups vegetables/6g healthy fat
protein drink, lettuce with balsamic vinegar, 1 tablespoon peanut butter

5
7:30pm
30P/3g fat
3oz chicken breast, 6 almonds  ¶ 7:05 AM 0 Comments

 



Today was very tough but I got through it well. I found it quite difficult to eat as much food as a high carb day calls for. Protein drinks HAVE substance so even though I drank my protein for four meals, it was difficult to get it all down. The big issue today though was my training session. I probably should not do high carbs on a training day since I am more comfortable not eating for two to three hours before my session. I had been grazing all day up to one hour before my session and I really was not 100%! Have to make an adjustment!

In the past month or so I have seen my daily calorie burn increase. I got my BodyBugg last fall and found that even on training days I usually burned about 2000 calories in a day, usually a bit less. To go over 2000 took a HUGE effort. My doctor said that was normal for my age. But of course the whole idea here is to kick up my metabolism and get my bodyfat percentage to drop so I'm very pleased to see the improvement. I think starting the powerlifting training has contributed to that. I'm hoping that by now adding in this very focused nutritional program, I will get the results I'm after.  ¶ 10:51 PM 0 Comments

  High Day: No AM Cardio Morning supplements
2 Stacker2

1
5:30am
30C/22P
1/2 cup Oatmeal, 1-1/2 scoop protein drink

2
8:30am
25C/22P
half of my brown rice for the day, protein drink

3
11:30am
25C/22P
other half of the brown rice, sliced turkey from Mac Kelly's

4
2:30
20C/22P
4 rice cakes (nibbled on throughout the afternoon no doubt), protein drink

2 Stacker2

3pm-4pm
Workout with Saran
5 (protein)
22P
Post-workout protein drink

5:30
5 (carbs)
20C
1/2 cup Oatmeal

6
8:30
22P/unlimited vegetables
broiled steak, cucumber slices, steamed green beans

6:30am
Already too much food! I usually don't eat that much oatmeal! It's going to take me awhile to get a whole protein drink down.

1:45pm
To get through this six-meal, high carb day I'm having to eat pretty much every half hour. It's VERY difficult for me and making me very sleepy. This is going to be pretty rough. The five-meal, low and medium carb days ought to be easier. It doesn't help that I have my trainer session today and I usually don't eat a couple hours before that. I've tried to keep it pretty light and won't consume anything past 2:00. Still, this is arduous so far. It was just coincidence that the high carb day fell on trainer day. I will speak to my consultant about if we should change that.  ¶ 4:10 AM 0 Comments