29 September + Stats

Exercise
1000m swim (500m freestyle, 500m backstroke)

First exercise I've done all week, and I'm very happy with it. Hardly rested at each end - got it done in about 35 minutes - 10-15min quicker than last time.

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (1100) : cous cous, pea and feta salad
Meal 3 (1200) : 2 soy meat, cream cheese and mushroom on rye
Meal 4 (1500) : 3 muesli bars
Meal 5 (1700) : Lentil pattie, steamed veggies, vege and pasta soup
Meal 6 (1930) : Strawberry milk, wafer biscuits
Meal 7 (2200) : Cheese

Stats
Weight: 73.1kg (base -4.0,last -3)
BF%: 18.1 (base -1.5, last +1.7)

BF increase combined with weight loss pretty well means the last month's muscle growth has been disapeared. Luckily the fitness component seems to have stuck around.

Grr, Arrg

Been a few days since the last update, and with good reason. Since Sunday I've had a bastard of gastro bug.

On Sunday I had a 4 hour drive, which took me almost double that thanks to vomit stops every 15 minutes. Couldn't even hold down water. By the last hour my tounge was swolen, vision was blurred and I was getting quite disoriented. Really shouldn't have been on the road, but I didn't have much choice because the later it got the worse I got, and I didn't wanted to be stuck on the side of the road all night.

Just as I got home the diarrhea kicked in to complement the vomitting.

On Monday I weighed myself... 71.8kg. That's a loss of 4.3kg in a day... scary stuff. By Monday arvo I was keeping down liquids and the vomiting had stopped. By Tuesday I could keep some very basic foods, and had put back on 400g.

Wednesday (today) was fairly good, some more interesting food, and the diarrhea finally cleared up. My stomach is mostly feeling settled, but other than that I'm weak, exhausted and flabby! There's no doubt that that 4kgs was mostly muscle and water, though I haven't been game to do a BF test yet.

Hopefully I'll be back at work tomorrow, my wife and son are looking like they're mostly over it too so don't need me to stay home and help out. I'll take the rest of the week off exercise and try to gradually build back up to a decent diet. To date it's mostly consisted of water, lemonade and icy poles.

22 September + Stats

Exercise
1000m swim (500m freestyle, 500m backstroke)

Very happy with that - it's the furthest I've ever swam.

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (0900) : muelsi bar, pepsi
Meal 3 (1200) : 2 cs
Meal 4 (1500) : Brekkie to Go Boost Juice
Meal 5 (1700) : Vege sausage, steamed veggines
Meal 6 (1930) : 2 toasted cheese, tvp and pineapple on rye sandwiches
Meal 7 (2200) :

Stats
Weight: 76.1kg (base -1.0,last +0.3)
BF%: 16.4 (base -3.2, last -0.0)

21 September

Exercise
Jog to park 1 from work (5min)
3x7
* reverse pushup
* leg raise
* incline pushup
* tricep press
* pullups (2,2,1)
3x11
* situps
* hindu squats
* bootstrappers
Jog to work (1min jog, walk the rest)

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (1100) : Vegmite crumpets
Meal 3 (1400) : chocolate milshake
Meal 4 (1600) : vegemite crumpets
Meal 5 (1700) : vege sausage, steamed veggies
Meal 6 (1930) : 2 toasted cheese, tvp and pineapple on rye sandwiches
Meal 7 (2200) : mixed seed and almonds

Forgot to write up yesterday's - no exercise and food was OK.

19 September

Exercise
Jog to park 1 from work (5min)
3x7
* reverse pushup
* leg raise
* incline pushup
* tricep press
* pullups (2,2,1)
3x11
* situps
* hindu squats
* bootstrappers
Jog to work (1min jog, walk the rest)

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (1100) : Lentil loaf, Pepsi Max
Meal 3 (1400) : Yoghurt
Meal 4 (1600) : Lentil loaf
Meal 5 (1700) : vege pattie, steamed veggies
Meal 6 (1930) : vegemite crumpets
Meal 7 (2200) : cheese

Bit more back on track today. Exercise was good, but more exhausting than usual. Body seems to have held up OK, although my right shin isn't particularly hapy.

19 September

Just losing it lately. Not remembering, or caring to much, about keeping this updated. Only realised yesterday that I forgot to take measurements on Saturday!

Today was a work conference. Food was something like:
Porridge
Coffee
Coffee, 2 spinache and cheese pasties
Spinache and cheese canelloni, 2 peices of cake
light beer
vege hotdogs, steamed veggies, pasta

No exercie - RDO.

Like I said, I'm just losing it. Up late, always distracted, no focus on anything. Feel like a zombie.

16 September

Exercise
I've pulled up pretty sore today. Not only is my left foot sore from yesterday, the shin splints in my right leg seem to be coming back. As a result, I'm taking the day off to try and give myself a bit of a break.

I think its time I got some professional help with my shin splints. They keep coming back, and it always destroys my routine.

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (1100) : Shake, coffee

Hmm, forgot to fill this in yesterday, and now I can't remember!

15 September

Exercise
None to speak off, but I spend the day rearranging the garage. Fair bit of lifting, nothing too strenuous. Downside is I hurt my left foot, not sure how, but it's tender if I put too much pressure on it.

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (1000) : Cottage cheese, soy meat and avocado on rye, Pepsi Max
Meal 3 (1200) : 3 muesli bars
Meal 4 (1500) : Vegemite crumpets, Pepsi Max
Meal 5 (1700) : Soy patties, steamed veggies, yoghurt and fruit
Meal 6 (1930) : vegemite and cheese crumpets
Meal 7 (2200) : V small chocoloate, 1.5 light beers

14 September

Exercise
Jog to park 1 from work (5min)
3x7
* reverse pushup
* leg raise
* incline pushup
* tricep press
* pullups (2,2,1)
3x11
* situps
* hindu squats
* bootstrappers
Jog to work (3min jog, walk the rest)

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge
Meal 2 (1000) : Lentil loaf, Pepsi Max
Meal 3 (1200) : steamed veggies
Meal 4 (1500) : yoghurt
Meal 5 (1700) : lentil loaf, steamed veggies
Meal 6 (1930) : vegemite crumpets
Meal 7 (2200) : cheese

13 September

No exercise - work lunch. Postponed until tomorrow.

Food
Meal 1 (0800) : Porridge.
Meal 2 (1000) : Pasta w/ TVP, Pepsi Max
Meal 3 (1300) : Indian - palak paneer, rice, naan. 5ish glasses wing
Meal 4 (1500) : Cholcolate milkshake
Meal 5 (2000) : Cholcolate

Wow... that's fucking terrible.