Wedek 3 Workout 3

Thursday was an off day. Had a PB sandwich, then almonds, then a sandwich cheese stick orange, then nothing until 7, which was 2 chicken breasts and a can of peas. I didn't count the calories or carbs, but I'm pretty certain it was all reasonable.

Friday I took the day off from work, class, and the workout. Breakfast was eggs, lunch was a a sandwich, snacks were bananas, and dinner was a tortilla thing again.

Today breakfast was a PB sandwich followed shortly by a cookie, snack was a can of beans, lunch was a tortilla thing again, and dinner was 3 chicken tenderloins with a can of peas.

I spent a bunch of money on food today. I bought some oranges, some beans, corn, peas. Eggs were requisite, but also bought some chicken breasts. Because I've been itching to try making the Pauly's Pesto from Bread and Beyond, I bought a can of artichoke hearts as well. My plan with the beans and corn is to kinda pan fry them together, though that might change, and mix it all up, dish out a bit for dinner every night. I'm gonna be trying out some different recipes from time to time beyond the bland rubber that I've been eating lately, and I'll post what I can here. Pictures are a no though, since I don't have anything that can take pictures to post them.

One thing I'd like to mention is that I'm finding it alot easier to avoid munching cookies and donuts at work. That first cookie is still hard, because I'm still half asleep, but by the point I get the time to chow down on something else (3:30am), the hunger is gone and I can deal with it as long as I keep drinking water. 
 

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The workout today was workout A. As per this week, I wore the weighted vest throughout the strength part of the workout, and then took it off for the interval cardio part.I have mentioned that I hate cardio, but this part wasn't so bad today. I did a 3 minute warmup, then did the intervals on a treadmill, which is tricky given that it can't stop or start immediately, and then pretty just sucked eggs for a short bit.

Tomorrow will be the bodyweight 200. I'm unsure if I should wear the vest for it, so I'll take a look at the workout before I do.

Week 3 Workout 2

Instead of posting everything I ate today because it's become routine, I'll just say I ate the same thing as yesterday, the same meals even, just off by an hour or two. My sense of taste isn't great, and I can eat the same thing day in day out for quite a while before needing a change.

The workout today wasn't as bad as I expected, but still tough. The weight vest made things a bit more challenging, and you can believe that my legs burned after each relevant set. The running, as always, was the worst. I really LOATHE running, but let's face it, I DESPISE being fat, and in vocabulary, loathe is less bad than despise. So, I ran. 3 minutes warmup, 6 sets of 1 minute hard 1 minute easy, and 2 minutes cooldown. The first three sets I did at 7.5 mph and 3.2mph, the last two at 6.5 and 2.5. I was pretty beat, my legs feeling a little rubbery, and I didn't feel like face planting into the treadmill. I was definitely sucking eggs by the 4 set though.

In other relevant news, I finally saw progress today. Since the last three weeks were 190 lbs, I was extremely frustrated. I was and am committed to sticking the program out, because at the worst I'd be in better shape if still having a gut. I'm pretty ecstatic about seeing that one pound drop though. For the time, it's instilled a new hope in me that should help me keep going.

Time constraints

The schedule was simple today: class work class work class class videogames. Yes, I literally only had time in that order, for that many things.

The eating went alright today. 3 eggs and toast for breakfast, almonds for a snack, ham sandwich + orange + cheese stick for lunch, no snack, 2 eggs and chicken breast for dinner, cheese stick for snack. It's about the same as the day before, so it ranges about 1000 - 1100 calories.

I've been told that maybe I'm gluten intolerant. It could be true, but I sure hope not. I've never been such before, and I'd hate to give up anything with carbs for my future. I'm hoping right now that it was just a cardio issue, and we'll see how that pans out over the next week or two.

Otherwise, today was just another day.

Frustration

I weighed in yesterday and today, you know, for the "how much do I weigh this week" part. Yesterday I got a reading saying I'd gained weight, but since the day starts at 3 for me and I weighed in at 9, I gave it a pass. I weighed in today, and apparently I have not lost any weight, but at least it's not saying I've gained.

As you can guess, this is a bit frustrating. I've stuck with the diets at least 95%, never blowing out on calories on one meal or a snack except at the VERY beginning. I've done all of the workouts and cardio and never cheated. Still, it appears as though there is little progress being made.

One thing I have noticed is that my cardio doesn't leave me sucking air. I remember that the whole reason I bought the jumprope is because running would leave me that way, and completely tired, and burnt. Jumprope has been having a smaller effect, ie getting my heart rate up, but not killing me for air or leaving me jelly-legged for several hours.

This week, one top of increasing repetitions for the A and B workouts, I'll be artificially increasing my bodyweight by using the 12 pound vest I've got. To further change things up, I'm going to switch from jogging to running. I REALLY hate running, but I'll be plain and admit that I hate being fat enough that I'll run to get rid of it. I'll have to do it later at night though, because running when it's 108 F outside is a stupid proposition at best.

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Calorie Counting for the day

Breakfast: 2 eggs and toast. 80 + 80 + 50 (yes, the bread is 50, I checked) = 210
Snack 1: Almonds (about 100)
Lunch: Ham Sandwich, cheese stick, orange. 200 + 90 + 30 = 320
Snack 2: skipped in lieu of the workout
Dinner: chicken breast with a can of green beans, orange ( 180 + 70 + 30 = about 300 )
Total: 210 + 100 + 320 +300 = 930. This is friggin crazy, because I ate ALOT today, just alot of low calorie stuff. I also ate mostly protein today. I didn't purposely try to cut my calories, that's just how it turned out.

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The Workout

 

Today was Workout A. As opposed to previously, I made the workout harder by wearing a 12 pound exercise vest. Actually it feels like 20. I'll find out. Time to complete workout A was 20 minutes. After working out, I'd also resolved to run instead of doing jumprope, so I got on the treadmill, walked real fast for 3 minutes, then did my intervals: 30 seconds very hard, 30 second easy. I didn't really cool down, but I did sort walk around panting my lungs out. I did not wear the vest for this; that would have been suicide.