Another 5 minutes Ma!
Again, I was tired all day yesterday. I have to wonder if it’s due to eating few carbs. I did come up short on my sleep for both of those days so I know that was part of it. Anyway, I only had a 45 minute window to lift in the evening. So, I went heavy and focused on upping my intensity on this back day. I think it was a decent workout. My abs are sore from Mondays core session which is great. I don’t remember the last time my abs were sore.
I ate very clean throughout the day but I knew dinner would be a challenge. It was my wife’s birthday yesterday so we celebrated with our two children at the Portland Steak and Chophouse. I didn’t eat the calamari that was ordered nor did I eat any of the bread served. I ordered a New York steak instead of my usual Rib Eye. It was a 14oz piece so it was a pretty big piece of meat; of course I ate it all. Instead of a potato side I had them substitute with green beans. I also had steamed broccoli which is normally served with cheddar cheese sauce which I had them keep in the kitchen. Since we were celebrating, I had a Bloody Mary prior to our meal and we ordered a bottle of red wine (I had about 1-2 glasses). My wife had dessert but I passed, didn’t even try it. So, was I perfect? No, but I don’t harbor any guilt either. It was a good time, for her BDay present, before dinner we went and bought a ring she has been wanting. The day before we got her a new SUV. Now, that wasn’t part of her BDay but the timing wasn’t bad.
Today, I woke around 5:30am. However I decided to skip my cardio today. I had a headache come on while I was sleeping which didn’t help. After Mon and Tue where I felt tired all day long I was concerned about repeating today. I have some stuff going on at work which requires me to be sharp. Today is a day where I decided to listen to my body and it was telling me to stay in bed for another hour and get some rest. I think this will mean that I will have better intensity tomorrow when I get back in for my morning cardio.
I don’t think I’ll be able to lift tonight since I need to stay late for work and then run over to coach my daughter’s soccer team at 6:30p. It’s that time of the year which means scheduling my workouts just became more complicated. Especially since my son starts soccer this year which means we’ll be doing soccer 5 days a week between the two kids.
