22 January

Exercise:
None

Food:
Fairly bad day today. Ate every meal out, except for a shake at night.

Meal 1: Poached eggs, mushrooms, semi-sundried tomatos, toast
Meal 2: Chocolate thickshake(!!)
Meal 3: Various sugary things
Meal 4: Shake

21 January

Exercise:
Stretching

Food:
Meal 1 (1030): Shake, scrambled eggs + toast
Meal 2 (1430): 1 1/2 Baked + refried bean toasted sandwiches, Vegemite and cottage cheese tortilla
Meal 3 (1830): Shake
Meal 4 (1900): Salad
Meal 5 (2100): Yoghurt
Snack (2230): Sugar free icecream

Next Thursday I'm going to Queensland to see my wife's family for a long long weekend, so I'm going to try and fit my week's worth of weights into the first half of the week.

I seem to have a bit of trouble giving my non-weights stuff the same sort of priority. Need to address that.

20 January

Bit more sleep last night.

Exercise:
Weights - Deadlift (70kg) 10 sets of 4; Situps (29.5kg) 10 sets of 4

Food:
Meal 1 (0730): Shake
Meal 2 (1030): Spaghetti with TVP, spinach and tomato sauce
Meal 3 (1300): Shake
Meal 4 (1430): Yoghurt and jam
Meal 5 (1630): Shake
Meal 6 (2000): Pad Thai

Weights was good today. Felt like quitting at about set 8, but pushed through which is always nice. Wife's family is down for a visit, hence the Pad Thai for dinner.

19 January

Almost no sleep last night. Having the day off work to look after my wife. Also have a friend's farewell dinner tongiht.

Exercise:
None

Food:
Meal 1: Shake
Meal 2: Vege bagel
Meal 3: Shake
Meal 4: Pumpkin risotto

Unfortunately no time/energy to run tonight.

17 January

Very tired this morning for some reason. Had the alarm set for 5:30 but couldn't force myself to get up till 7. Wasn't in bed that late last night either (10:30 at the latest) but I did get woken up a few times during the night. Hopefully I'll be able to pull myself together for weights at lunchtime.

Exercise:
TFS
Weights - Deadlifts (58kg), Situps (24.5kg). 3 sets of 10 each. Should have been 5 sets but I couldn't do it.

Food:
Meal 1 (0700): Shake
Meal 2 (1015): Spaghetti with TVP, spinach and tomato sauce
Meal 3 (1300): Shake
Meal 4 (1500): Spaghetti with TVP, spinach and tomato sauce
Snack (1600): Yoghurt + jam
Meal 5 (1800): Shake
Meal 6 (2030): 2 bean, cottage cheese and spinach tortillas

After today's effort I think I'll have to re-think my program a bit. I was really pushing to get to 10 reps on all 3 sets (of each exercise) that I could complete. Part of the problem is that my grip and lower back aren't used to the weight, so the higher reps really knock em around. The weight is 65% 1RM, which is just right for 5x10 for upper body. Lower body just can't handle it though, so I think I'll stick with 3x10 for the rest of the program. Bit dissappointed, but it's not like I held back atleast.

18 January

Exercise:
TFS and light stretching
Weights - Bench (54kg) 10 sets of 4; Bent over row (54kg) 10 sets of 4

Food:
Meal 1 (0630): Shake
Meal 2 (0930): Spaghetti with TVP, spinach and tomato sauce
Meal 3 (1230): Shake
Meal 4 (1400): Yoghurt + jam
Meal 5 (1730): Shake, 2 vege hotdogs

16 January

First up, apologies for the 11, 12 and 13 Jan post being out of order. Not sure what happened and don't have the time to muck around and fix it just now.

Exercise:
Yoga (gentle) and TFS to wake me up at 5:30. Ugh.

Food:
Meal 1 (0630): Shake
Meal 2 (0930): Shake
Meal 3 (1245): Dahl and rice
Meal 4 (0245): Yoghurt and jam
Meal 5 (1630): Shake
Meal 6 (1900): 2 baked bean, refried bean and cottage cheese toasted sandwiches
Snakc : Sugar free icecream

Couldn't do weights at lunchtime today (doctors appointment, looking at a car) so now it's 5pm and I'm having trouble getting motivated.

Quite annoyed at myself to not pushing through with weights tonight. Whole week will be out now, unless I can manage to do legs and abs at lunch tomorrow and run tomorrow night.

15 January

Nice relaxing day today. Woke up, cooked breakfast, went for a swim and then headed down the coast on our way home. Camping was lots of fun and (other than the chips) I haven't ended up feeling too greasy. Missed yesterday's run and today's yoga, but that's OK. If I'm not flexible with my weekends I'll never do anything, and that's no fun.

Exercise:
Swam in the ocean for half an hour or so.

Food:
Meal 1 (0900): Fried eggs, mushrooms and tomato
Meal 2 (1230): Hot chips
Meal 3 (1600): Yoghurt + jam
Snack : Tiny sugar free icecream cone+
Meal 4 (1930): Nachos
Snack : Sugar free icecream


OK, so the diet sorta took a nose dive today. It was nice to have a day off though. Tomorrow will be interesting - busy day at work, plus a doctor's appointment and the possibility of buying a car. Somewhere in there I'm planning on fitting weights in. Legs and abs have been sore since Thurs, but today aren't too bad. Should be fine by tomorrow, but I'll be interested to see how I perform.

14 January

I'm 26 today, and my wife's taking me on a suprise camping trip! Should be fantastic fun, and hopefully my crap consumption won't be too high.

Exercise:
Stretching this morning. No TFS and because of camping I won't run as scheduled.

Food:
Meal 1 (0730): Shake
Meal 2 (1000): Natural yoghurt with low joule strawberry jam
Meal 3 (1230): Chocolate thickshake
Meal 3 (1500): Shake
Meal 5 (1700): Vege hotdogs

Legs and abs are quite sore still from Thurdsay. Chest, back and arms are a bit sore from yesterday, but legs and abs are more noticable.

13 January

Feeling a bit sore this morning, as is usually the case after leg+ab sessions. Feels good though. Home for weights at lunch again today, and if my legs aren't too wobbly will run tonight to make up for tues.

Exercise:
TFS
Weights: Bench (44kg), Bent over bar row (44kg). 5 alternating sets, 10 reps. Haed to rest between reps on the last bar row set.

Food:
Meal 1 (0700): Shake
Meal 2 (1000): Dahl and brown rice
Meal 3 (1330): Shake
Snack (1445): Yoghurt
Meal 5 (1630): Dahl and brown rice
Meal 6 (1900): Pad Thai (restaurant)
Snack (2200): Yoghurt (natural)

Too sore for running tonight. Quite a good day though. Overall I'm quite happy with how my first week back has gone. Actually taking an hour (or more) off for lunch and exercising, rather than working straight though really makes the day easier. Not to mention, I can work a really long day and not miss weights because I'm too exhausted by the time I get home.

Have to upload this stuff soon - getting quite a collection!

12 January

Bad night last night - only got about 4 hours sleep. Gonna try, but I'm not too confident that I'll have enough in me to do deadlifts at lunch today. TFS was hard enough, and it's dead easy in comparison.

Exercise:
TFS
Weights: Deadlifts 70kg, Situps 27kg. 3 reps, 10 sets each

Food:
Meal 1 (0815): Shake
Meal 2 (1230): Dahl and brown rice
Meal 3 (1300): Shake (pre)
Meal 4 (1400): Shake (post)
Snack (1700): Sml peice of carrot cake, 2 snack size time outs
Meal 5 (2100): Marinated tofu
Meal 5 (2200): yoghurt

I'm really happy with myself for pushing through with weights. Damn near killed me, but it was a fantastic feeling to finish the last set. Had coffee in each shake today, which I think has propped me up a fair bit. Gonna crash hard tonight though, and I've gotta stay back at work till after 6!

Food was a little but off though so I've been damn full since 2pm.

11 January

Exercise:
TFS
Run - 7m33s

Food:
Meal 1 (0700): Shake
Meal 2 (1030): Dahl and brown rice
Meal 3 (1330): Vegetarian calzone
Meal 4 (0630): Shake
Meal 5 (0900): Vegemite and CC tortilla

Had a work lunch today (hence the calzone) so couldn't come home to do weights. It was nice and overcast tonight, so I decided to run tonight and do weights tomorrow lunch. If my legs are up to it, I'll run tomorrow night too.

The run was good, though shorter than I'm capable of because I was finding my route as I was going. Shoudl be able do push it out a bit further next time.

Food was a little light on today because of the big lunch.

10 January

Exercise:
TFS to wake myself up again
Was meant to go running tonight, but it's almost 10pm and still stinking hot. Think I'll just have to toughen up

Food:
Meal 1 (0700): Shake
Meal 2 (1000): Spaghetti + sauce (TVP + tomato)
Meal 3 (1230): Spaghetti + sauce (TVP + tomato)
Meal 4 (1430): Tofu, spinach and cottage cheese tortilla
Snack (1600): 2 Strawberries and cream lollies
Meal 5 (1800): Shake
Meal 6 (2130): Dahl + brown rice

I should probably explain what I'm actually doing from TFS. Basically it's just Dands (hindu pushups), V-Ups and Bootstrappers - 2 sets of 10 reps each. All 3 are suprisingly tiring, and I could only push out another couple of reps (or maybe another set) if I really pushed myself. As it is, I'm just using it to get my blood pumping of a morning so there's no need to really push.

Still pretty pumped from yesterday - it took me all my time not to do my lower body session last night (instead of tomorrow). It'll be too hot to run at lunchtime today, so I'll leave it till it cools down tonight. I have to find a new route too which should be fun.

As an aside, I'm hoping I'll be able to keep this blog quite up to date now that I've actually put some thought into it. I'll just save each day's blog on my USB drive (so I can work on it at home or at my normal work PC) and upload them in bulk when I get the chance to use the work PC with unlimited net access.

9 January

Well, um. Yeah. Keeping this updated without net access at home is a royal pain. Hopefully now I'm back at work it shouldn't be too difficult.

The last week has pretty much consisted of painting the house (no other exercise) and eating mostly OK, but with decent amounts of sugar free ice cream and jam. All that's ending now though - back at work means back into the routine, which means back into good eating + exercise.

I live walking distance from work now, so I'm going to try going home at lunch and doing weights. Today's the first day.... and despite haveing to re-arrange the garage a bit to have enough room I'm hopeful. Actually I'm going to try to make updating this blog part of the lunchtime routine too.


Anyway, food:
Meal 1 (0630): Shake
Meal 2 (0930): Spaghetti + sauce (TVP + tomato)
Meal 3 (1230): Spinach and beans
Meal 4 (1430): Shake (post w/o)
Meal 5 (1530): Vegemite and CC tortilla
Meal 6 (1830): Shake
Snack (2000): 2 slices of marinated tofu
Meal 7 (2130): Tofu, spinach and cottage cheese torilla

Exercise:
Quick TFS to wake me up

Lunchtime weights was fantastic. Lots of energy all arvo, and it made the day go quick. Plus it was just good to lift again. Squished my little finger between the bar and the bench which was a little crap, but other than that it was a pretty good session. I've re-started the program I posted a while back and hopefully will have a bit more success with it this time.

Bed time and energy levels are still high. This exercise thing is pretty cool ;-)