The NROL4W -- It's Vomitastic!

[RedWifey]

Yesterdays food:

• Wilson Egg Scramble: ~4 eggs, 1/2 c spinach, shitake mushrooms, 1/4 c shredded colby jack cheese
• Workout shake: TrueProtein whey (~30 g prot), 1 cup 1% milk, 1 banana
• Chicken deli meat sandwich: 2 slices 100% Whole wheat bread, 1/2 T mayo, 1 t mustard, sliced red/yellow/orange peppers, 2 oz chicken
• chicken and ww wheat thins
• 2 broiled pork chops with apple sauce, steamed spinach, 1/4 C 3 bean salad
• 1 ice cream bar dipped in chocolate to celebrate our 9th anniversary

Today's workout
HIIT: 21 minutes
Warm up 3 minutes
Intervals: 1-3 @ 6.5 mph for 1 min with 2 min @ 4.5 for recovery
4-6 @ 7.2 mph for 1 min with 2 min @ 4.2 for recovery
Distance ~1.6 miles

Will post food later.

[fengshway]

nice job on the workouts and on the anniversary celebration!

[RedWifey]

Yesterday's food

• 2/3 serving of Cass' oatmeal with almonds
• Jason's deli turkey wrap, with one trip to the salad bar = spinach, peppers, cheese, apples, mushrooms, small bacon bits
• small salad with 1/2 can tuna
• 2 pork chops with apple sauce, small serving 3 bean salad

Today's food

• Wilson's egg scramble with toast and low sugar jelly
• chicken slices with ww wheat thins
• slim fast post workout shake
• chicken sandwich...identical to Wednesday
• 1 cheese stick, sargentos spicey
• Mache salad and grilled tenderloin, for our anniversary
• 1/2 of some crazy chocolate cake, for our anniversary

Today's workout
Squats: set #1: 10@ 45 pause 5@ 45lbs, set #2: 5@ 45lbs, 10@ 10lbs
Pushups: set #1: 15 from knees, set #2: 8 from feet, 7 from knees
Seated Row: set #1: 15 @ 60, set #2: 10 @ 60, 5 @ 50
Step ups: 2x15@20
Prone jackknife: 2x8

I was in serious serious pain this week in my quads from the squats...way to heavy on the first trip to the gym, so you'll notice I was a bit more reasonable today. I had WAY better glute activation on both squats and step ups...YEAH! Pushups were another good thing: I've never even tried one "from the feet"...always assumed I couldn't do any, and to think that I got 8--WOW!

Ear filled up again today, and several times today my right eye ball flashed HOT and then it went away...WEIRD!

Hitting the sack...later taters!

[RebeccaC]

Great workouts girl. Weird ear thingy... and eyeball flash, yikes. Glad it went away. When I get eyeball flashes I know I have a migraine brewing.
Hope you have an illness-free weekend for everyone!

[Victoria]

Originally Posted by UConnJulie

How's the avocado tuna salad? I have it dogeared in my book, and was planning to get the ingredients on Friday when I shop ... is it as yummy as it sounds?

We haven't been having enough problems with our books, and now you have to go and bend the pages...geez!!! Just kidding, Jules!

Jamie, your workouts and eats are looking really good. I suppose it's a good exercise to post meals, though I do record them in a journal, just not in my log. Maybe I should start doing that too. Great start, girl!!! You are the pushup queen!

[RedWifey]

Thanks Rebecca and "Victoria" .

Tracy, I figured if I wasn't going to count calories, which is waaaay too time consuming, I would at least list meals. We'll see how it goes.

And, I totally feel like you, Tracy, on the sushi thing...that doesn't even remotely sound interesting or tasty. Ewwww!

Rock on dudes!

[kfisherx]

I'm with Roland on this one. Because I live so far out in the boonies there are times I cannot (or don't wanna drive rather) go to the gym so I have devised workouts for home. I have only very basic stuff here to include a jump rope and a 15 lb db set and a pull up bar and a swiss ball. I can do a kick ass workout with bw and can do step ups, pull ups, push ups, prone jack knife, 1 leg squats, (working towards the pistol), and tabatas all day long. In fact some of my best workouts are in the home.

So do a little planning and next time baby gets sick try a different workout on for size even if it is cooler at the gym you might find this to be fun. Also if that really doesn't work for you try getting a yoga DVD or Pilates one and follow that for a day. Moving is moving and anything that keeps you from stopping completey should be better than nothing.

Good luck and remember that they do eventually grow up....

[RacerBill]

Originally Posted by RedWifey

Pushups: 8 from feet

Woohoo! You're a whole lot stronger than you think you are.

Originally Posted by RedWifey

I had WAY better glute activation on both squats and step ups...YEAH!

Excellent! I've been working on the same thing.

[missjane]

You rocked those pushups! I am so jealous!!! GREAT JOB!

[RedLefty]

Yep, the Lewinsky-style pushups are a thing of the past.

[tkinsley]

Originally Posted by Lost Dog

I know you can't go to the Y if a kid is sick, but could you do some workout at home? We could workup a bodyweight or db complex that won't interfere with your NROL4W workout, if you want to. If you hit a day where you can't get to the gym, but need to workout, postpone the official workout and use the home workout(s).

Let me know.

You know, Jill's pretend fitness boyfriend has a few tricks up his sleeve for home-style ass kicking... on those days when you can't make it to the Y.

Kick some tail, lady!

Tina

[UConnJulie]

Nice workouts Jamie!!!

RL, no naughtiness in here!!! It's not listed NSFW!!!

[RedWifey]

Oh Puh-lease Julie, you schooled me on the squats: 105#. Dude, only in my dreams! You rock!

And re: RL, he only operates in NSFW mode...it's the workouts, they boost his testosterone!

[Lost Dog]

Originally Posted by RedWifey

Let me see what I can do, I really like the structure of getting to the Y (plus the fact that I get to be by myself on the way there and back! ) We've just gotten through two bouts of stomach virus so maybe we'll be well for a while.

But thanks dudes!

Today, I've gotten the kids to school, ran at the Y, and I am ready for the day.

I'm with you, 100%. After my 8 days of kids (and no other adult), I dreamed of the gym. ...and silence.

[RedWifey]

Saturday food:

• Fiber One cereal (no protein powder)
• I avoided chick-a-lay with the family and opted for my ww chicken sandwich with peppers, mayo and mustard
• finished the second half of my Fri dessert
• 2-3 (can't remember) slices of thin crust, veggie lovers pizza with chicken

Sunday food:

• Fiber one Cereal w/ protein powder and raisins
• 1 piece veggie pizza
• 1 turkey patty w/ ketchup mustard and steamed veggies
• 3/4 apple with peanut butter
• turkey burger out, with a few of Jack's french fries, a side salad, and 1/4 of a cookies and cream milk shake

So, as you can see, there wasn't much compliance with the NROL4W eating plan but I feel like I am continually making better and better choices on "family days."

Jack ran fever Friday night and has continued low grade fever for much of the weekend and his cough hasn't even remotely let up, but I am thinking that I am going to dope him up with Tylenol and Dimatapp and run to the Y and do my workout B...just not use my alloted 1.5 hours for showering and getting ready. And if I go in the late morning there won't be that many kids there and I won't feel so bad about spreading whatever germs he may have.

[RedWifey]

So, no workout this morning, but I am going to do my best to exercise, do swim lessons, and grocery shop all before supper time...wish me luck and no traffic. Oh yeah, I promised the kids we'd go to the park so we have to do that too!

Whew, everybody hang on!

[RacerBill]

I swear, Jamie -- you should just change that "Senior Member" tag to "Supermom." I don't know how you do it!