Viking News

Instead of posting a new blog every day, I’m just going to keep adding to this one. I’m going to use this blog as a diet journal. It’s more fun than doing it in a boring notebook.

3/20/08

Meal 1: 10:15am - 1 scoop vanilla whey, 1 tbsp orange gatorade powder, 1 tsp glutamine mixed in 8 oz water, 1 leanfire inferno capsule.

Meal 2: 11:15am - 10oz nonfat milk, 2 eggs, 1/2 bag asparagus stir fry mix.

Meal 3: 2:30pm - 1 scoop vanilla whey in water, 1 lean quizine (steak, peppers, & cheese on flatbread)

Meal 4: 5:30pm - 1/2 large can of turkey, 1 cup veggie stir fry, 1 medium potato w/ BBQ sauce & a small salad with diced ham, shredded cheese and bleu cheese dressing. (I don’t know the exact measurements because I bought it at work.)

Meal 5: (preworkout) 8:15pm - protein shake: 1 scoop vanilla whey, 1 tbsp. orange gatorade powder, 1 tsp. creatine, 1 tsp. glutamine, 10 oz water.

Meal 6: (postworkout) 10:30pm - protein shake: 1 scoop vanilla whey, 2 tbsp. orange gatorade powder, 1 tsp. glutamine, 10oz water.

4/9/07

Meal 1: (preworkout) 7am - protein shake: 1 scoop vanilla whey, 1 tbsp. lemon/lime gatorade powder, 1 tsp. creatine, 1 tsp. glutamine, 10 oz water.

170 calories. 20 protein. 13 carbs.

Meal 2: (postworkout) 9:20am - protein shake: 1 scoop vanilla whey, 2 tbsp. lemon/lime gatorade powder, 12 oz nonfat milk, 8 oz water, 1 tsp. glutamine.

355 calories. 32 protein. 33 carbs.

Meal 3: 11:20 - 4 eggs, 2 pieces multi-grain toast

500 calories. 28 protein. 45 carbs.

Meal 4: Southbeach Diet Meal + 2 cookies (approx. 500 extra calories!)

270 calories. 30 protein. 10 carbs.

Meal 5: 8 oz turkey, veggies.

500 calories. 40 protein. 15 carbs.

Meal 6: strawberry smoothie

My wife and I are having a baby girl in a month.  I’m hoping to stick with a strict diet between now and then.  I know it’s gonna be harder on my body to work out while taking care of a baby, so I figure I ought to be hardcore now while it’s easy.  Not that it’s ever easy, but it is compared to being a new parent.  Here’s what I ate today:

 meal 1: 8:30am 2 eggs, 1/2 bag frozen veggies stir fried, 1 scoop whey in water, 1 leanfire inferno capsule.

meal 2: 11:30am 1 metr-x crispy apple pie protein bar.  The best protein bar ever, by the way!

meal 3: 2:30pm salmon & pasta lean cuisine, 1 scoop whey in water multivitamin, vitamin c, 1 leanfire inferno capsule

meal 4: 5:30pm 1 cup stir fried veggies, 6 oz boneless skinless chicken, 1 medium potato, small salad with 1 tbsp olive oil&vinegar dressing.

meal 5: 8:15pm (pre-workout) gatorade cream-cicle shake (1 scoop vanilla whey, 1 tbsp. orange gatorade powder, 1 tsp. creatine powder, 1 tsp. glutamine powder, 10 oz water).

meal 6: 10:30pm (post-workout) orange gatorade cream-cicle shake (1 scoop vanilla whey, 2 tbsp. gatorade powder, 12oz non-fat milk, 1 tsp. glutamine

 This, w/ similar healthy substitutions is what I plan to stick to.  Wish me luck. 

So 2008 kicked off a month and a half ago.  My brother and I have been working out together 4 days a week at my home gym.  Things have been going well.  I’m getting stronger than I’ve been in a while and my brother is just beginning so he’s advancing quickly.  It’s a good time for both of us.  I bench pressed the most I’ve ever done this past week with 260 lbs for 6 reps on my own and 1 assisted rep.  I felt pretty good about that.  My arms seem to be stronger than they have been in the past also.  So far 2008 is going well in the gym.  I hope it stays that way.