My Resolutions for April are two-fold: weekday daily exercise, and raw/barely-processed food consumption. Here's how I fared on Thursday, April 15th:
Exercise
Power Pump in the morning, followed by 25 mins elliptical, and 3 sets of racquetball.
In the evening, I also went for Yoga.
It was good.
Food
Breakfast: half cup of Fiber One cereal, half cup of MultiGrain Cheerios and a serving of banana strawberry yogurt. This violates the raw/barely-processed food edict, but I really wan't feeling the pull of yet another round of dhal bukhara! This was followed-up with almonds and an apple.
Dinner #1: a small bowl of dhal bukhara (yes, still!!) with a nuked bag of Wal-Mart's Mixed Garden Medley veggies and taters.
Dinner #2: a can of tuna mixed with leftover salad dressing from Chipotle from last week when I got myself a salad, plus two stalks of diced celery.
Late night/early morning snack: went to bed early, but was wide awake at 2am. Grrr! And I was hungry... ended up snacking on quite a few stalks of celery.
Showing posts with label Power Pump. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Power Pump. Show all posts
Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
April 13th: Power Pump, elliptical and racquetball!
My Resolutions for April are two-fold: weekday daily exercise, and raw/barely-processed food consumption. Here's how I fared on Tuesday, April 13th:
Exercise
Power Pump with C (with light bar, was feeling a bit wimpy), followed by 20mins elliptical, followed by two sets of racquetball (I lost, again!). Was pleasantly sore all day -- and why not, I'd worked out for a total of over 4.5hrs within 18 hours!
Does doing laundry count as exercise? :D
Food
Early breakfast: (and I mean early -- 4am!) a bowl of the dhal bukhara
Breakfast: a soft-boiled egg and half an avocado with a handful of almonds
Dinner: a large bowl of dhal bukhara mixed with a can of tuna, with two handfuls of almonds
Note: Didn't drink enough today!
Exercise
Power Pump with C (with light bar, was feeling a bit wimpy), followed by 20mins elliptical, followed by two sets of racquetball (I lost, again!). Was pleasantly sore all day -- and why not, I'd worked out for a total of over 4.5hrs within 18 hours!
Does doing laundry count as exercise? :D
Food
Early breakfast: (and I mean early -- 4am!) a bowl of the dhal bukhara
Breakfast: a soft-boiled egg and half an avocado with a handful of almonds
Dinner: a large bowl of dhal bukhara mixed with a can of tuna, with two handfuls of almonds
Note: Didn't drink enough today!
Friday, April 9, 2010
April 8th: dhal bukhara
My Resolutions for April are two-fold: weekday daily exercise, and raw/barely-processed food consumption. Here's the report for Thursday, April 8th:
Exercise:
The early morning Power Pump with K was nowhere near as good as with C on Tuesday. Yes, this is the same K who had me not enjoying Turbo Kick on Monday morning. Hmmm. Well, now I know. I'll still stick to early morning workouts until my vacation starts... once I get back, I'll probably not bother with any of K's classes. Sorry hun, but you and I just don't seem to click :(
Since my arms were still sore from Tuesday's Power Pump workout, I went ahead and used the lighter weights for today's workout. So the fact that I hardly broke into a sweat - was that from the low weights, poor exercise structure/instructor, or yes?
Later in the evening, I went back for a session of Yoga - bonus!
Food:
Post-workout snack: an apple
Breakfast*: two soft-boiled eggs, Greek yogurt, and cheating potato chips with water to drink
Pre-dinner snack: an apple, followed a while later by more cheating potato chips
Dinner: two bowls of my dhal bukhara experiment (read the full write-up at Life After Work).
Late night snack: too many wasabi almonds, lots of water.
Wow was the dhal filling! And the double exercise session was good too. Today was a good day.
* was SO tempted to cheat for breakfast, i.e. talk the hubby into a horseshoe or something, but I figured I was almost at the end of the week, and I give myself license to be bad on weekends, so why not wait? Phew! One temptation faced and overcome!! :)
Exercise:
The early morning Power Pump with K was nowhere near as good as with C on Tuesday. Yes, this is the same K who had me not enjoying Turbo Kick on Monday morning. Hmmm. Well, now I know. I'll still stick to early morning workouts until my vacation starts... once I get back, I'll probably not bother with any of K's classes. Sorry hun, but you and I just don't seem to click :(
Since my arms were still sore from Tuesday's Power Pump workout, I went ahead and used the lighter weights for today's workout. So the fact that I hardly broke into a sweat - was that from the low weights, poor exercise structure/instructor, or yes?
Later in the evening, I went back for a session of Yoga - bonus!
Food:
Post-workout snack: an apple
Breakfast*: two soft-boiled eggs, Greek yogurt, and cheating potato chips with water to drink
Pre-dinner snack: an apple, followed a while later by more cheating potato chips
Dinner: two bowls of my dhal bukhara experiment (read the full write-up at Life After Work).
Late night snack: too many wasabi almonds, lots of water.
= = =
Wow was the dhal filling! And the double exercise session was good too. Today was a good day.
* was SO tempted to cheat for breakfast, i.e. talk the hubby into a horseshoe or something, but I figured I was almost at the end of the week, and I give myself license to be bad on weekends, so why not wait? Phew! One temptation faced and overcome!! :)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
April 6th: pistachios!
My Resolutions for April are two-fold: weekday daily exercise, and raw/barely-processed food consumption. Here's the report for April 6th:
Exercise:
This morning was my second time round doing the early morning Power Pump with instructor C. Perhaps it's because he's older, or perhaps it's just the format of the class that's more mellow, but find I enjoy this class quite a bit. Then again, I've always preferred focused controlled attention to weights & reps, rather than a frantic running through of sets.
For this workout, I also upped the weight of the bar: last week I used two 2.5lbs discs; this time around I took the next level up, making my bar weigh just over 10lbs. It made a huge difference, and by the time we were done with the various bicep curls, I was doing one rep for every two counted by the instructor!
Then came about 45mins of racquetball with the hubby.
About two 500mL bottles of water were consumed just in the morning - yay!
Food:
Pre-workout snack: pistachios!
Breakfast: banana chips, a ¾ boiled egg, and pistachios!
Afternoon snack: pistachios!
Dinner: "tuna guacamole" made by mixing a can of tuna with an avocado, diced onions, leftover mild salsa from Chipotle, and a dash of red wine vinegar. And pistachios!
Night snack: some grapes.
... I've been plagued by loose bowels for a few days now... not sure if it's my system adjusting to the food change, or if there's something specific I ate that's upsetting my system. Either way I'm just gonna grin and bear it! :p
Exercise:
This morning was my second time round doing the early morning Power Pump with instructor C. Perhaps it's because he's older, or perhaps it's just the format of the class that's more mellow, but find I enjoy this class quite a bit. Then again, I've always preferred focused controlled attention to weights & reps, rather than a frantic running through of sets.
For this workout, I also upped the weight of the bar: last week I used two 2.5lbs discs; this time around I took the next level up, making my bar weigh just over 10lbs. It made a huge difference, and by the time we were done with the various bicep curls, I was doing one rep for every two counted by the instructor!
Then came about 45mins of racquetball with the hubby.
About two 500mL bottles of water were consumed just in the morning - yay!
Food:
Pre-workout snack: pistachios!
Breakfast: banana chips, a ¾ boiled egg, and pistachios!
Afternoon snack: pistachios!
Dinner: "tuna guacamole" made by mixing a can of tuna with an avocado, diced onions, leftover mild salsa from Chipotle, and a dash of red wine vinegar. And pistachios!
Night snack: some grapes.
... I've been plagued by loose bowels for a few days now... not sure if it's my system adjusting to the food change, or if there's something specific I ate that's upsetting my system. Either way I'm just gonna grin and bear it! :p
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)