Speaking of food (I love to cook!!) Here are today's eats and YESTERDAY'S workout.
B: Panera egg and cheese breakfast sandwich, open faced (I only wanted 1/2 the bread).
S: A few bites out of a bag of Gardetto's Snack mix
L: 1/2 turkey sandwich (turkey, mayo, cheddar) on whole wheat bread, a cup of raw veggies.
D: Lemon pepper salmon (4 oz before cooking), 1/2 cup mashed potatoes, 1 cup steamed veggies.
Workout yesterday:
Squat: 2x6 at 105, 1x5 at 115
Bench: 3x6: 60, 65, 55
Tricep press: 3x8 at 15
Dragonfly: 3x10 at BW
Activity Yesterday: 30-45 minutes of shooting hoops with the boy. We sprinted back and forth a few times on the court and mostly just walked around half-court. 15 minute walk at work (it's raining and I have no umbrella with me so probably not doing that).
Today's Eats:
B: 1 packet maple brown sugar oatmeal, 1/2 cup milk
S: 1 string cheese, 1 homemade ginger raisin bran muffin
L: Potluck (will update this one later)
D: Hormel microwave turkey (1.5 servings) 1 ear of corn, veggies.
I am planning to go lift tonight, and we will see how that goes/if that goes. I had an allergic reaction last night (asthma and a small patch of hives, no hospital necessary, just benedryl, calamine lotion and xopenex), and I feel rather worn out today from that. So we'll see.
Lunch was 1 veggie egg roll. 1/3 cup of chicken/veggie pasta (more chicken/veggies than pasta in this one), 1 peanut butter cup cookie, 1/2 cup veggies and fruit, 1 piece of mini pumpernickel bread with a little bit of spinach dip on it. It was a little bit of several things
It's been a while since I've been here. I feel bad for following the challenge through to almost the end and then dropping it, but I changed focus mid-month and forgot about pics until the day after. Right now I'm nursing a sore behind - I fell down the stairs on Wednesday and think I bonked my tailbone really well, so I'm not sure what weights I'll be doing right now.
I found my stat info from a year ago when I started the mid-year challenge, and in the past year I've gained a lot of strength, and am ten pounds lighter from this time last year.
I just restarted NROL4W. I'm not sure if I'm going to work it all the way through or use Stage 1 as a bridge to Hypertrophy I in NROL, or if I'm going to go on to strength 2 (or 3). I've also added back in some distance running (2.5-5 miles 2 times a week or so), because I have been missing runs. I'm happy with my body's appearance, and what it can do. We were at a baseball game July 4th and I got complimented on my legs, asked if I worked out, because of their muscular appearance. The great game combined with that compliment really made my day, so I was happy.
Enough with the babbling, on to eats (I've been blogging about my food, lol) and workout. Today was one of those days where I really wasn't hungry, so it looks light.
B: Kashi GoLean, 1/2 cup blueberries, some cinnamon toast crunch (less than 1/4 cup) in 1 cup skim milk.
L: Cedarlane Chicken Burrito Verde, Green Grapes
D: Southwest chicken salad minus dressing but with the lime sauce at McDs with iced tea.
Workout: 1 hour walk through the neighborhood whilst on the phone with a friend. :-)
Yesterday's Eats:
Breakfast: 1 blueberry pancake with cinnamon butter (homemade) and real maple syrup, 1 banana pancake with almond butter, milk
Lunch: 1 piece leftover veggie pizza
dinner: beef teriyaki stir-fry over veggies with a little rice.
no workout, was exhausted.
Today's Eats:
B: 1 homemade whole wheat blueberry muffin, 3/4 cup nonfat plain yogurt with 1/2 banana sliced in, 1 cup grapes, blob of almond butter.
S: 1/2 banana, peanut butter filled pretzel bites
L: 2 pieces homemade pizza, cherries!
D: 2 homemade chicken tenders (made with rather big chicken tenderloin pieces), 1/2 cup mac and cheese, 1/2 cup broccoli, cheddar cheese on top and bbq sauce on the side.
PWO: don't know yet :-)
Workout: 30 mins elliptical trainer, 30 mins playing catch with The Boy, 20 mins upper body weights. Tailbone still hurts :-(
Hey, lib, good to see you posting again! Sorry about your tailbone, ouch! You really have made some good progress over the past year. I didn't realize. I wouldn't feel too bad about the challenge...a lot of people didn't make it to the end. Sometimes life gets in the way.
Sounds like you're on track at the moment, just not sure what path you are going to head down. No matter what you chose though I think you'll do pretty well on it!
Thanks guys! I want to keep lifting to maintain strength and muscle mass, but I want to incorporate two runs a week into what I'm doing. I started running nine years ago and it's a hard habit to kick. I've been lurking in fengshway's log to see how she does it and I'm impressed with her determination, strength, and accomplishments :-)
I haven't been here in a while! Since I'm not doing any challenges for the foreseeable future, how do I get my log moved to the general training log area?
Lately, I"ve been working on getting my butt back into the gym (was out with a cold for a week), and changing up my eats a bit for more balance in terms of protein, carbs, fat. Been running and working my way up on endurance, but also still lifting, though not using any particular program right now. Will probably gear up with NROL in a few weeks, tho :-)
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