a balancing act

Where I’m at now.. just trying to get through the next couple of week’s before school’s out for a nice little 3 month break. Trying to keep up with my training, but I’m taking the fortnight off from thinking too much about food.

This is what I’ve been doing:

Day 1: Shoulders/Cardio (Step class)

Day 2: Arms/Spinning, Dance/step class

Day 3: Legs, High impact aerobics (or no cardio depending on how my legs feel)
Day 4: Rest or light spinning

Day 5: Chest/Back

Day 6: Spinning

Day 7: Rest …Stretch..

As I said, having a diet break, more carbs so I can think straight and just trying to maintain endurance and energy levels, and the gym helps in some way to manage the evil stressor  that is school.

Also I just started using the workout tracker! It’s actually not that time consuming and looks quite handy. Now if only we can log our cardio workouts as well.. then I won’t feel so lazy :p

This will be my diet plan for the upcoming week. I am envisioning a severe lack of time to prepare foods.. so here it goes.

1. 1/2 cup oatbran, 1 1/2 sc whey
2. 1 1/2 sc whey, efas
3. 1 can tuna, 1 cup broccoli, efas
4. 1 can tuna, 1 cup broccoli, efas
5. 1 1/2 sc whey, psyllium, efas

It will be fun, I am sure :/

If I do well with eating and lifting for this week, the reward will be a nice trip to the hairdressers.. my hair is reaching my butt already, and the hot weather is coming, time for a makeover!

Monday 30th July

Workout: Cardio

AM: 1 hour bodystep

PM: 1 hour bodyattack (aka jumping, running and plyo squats/lunges)

I have no idea how I managed to get through all that cardio.. was feeling pretty depleted, but the stims + spiking my xtend with octane seemed to do the trick on both occasions. Hopefully the carb up will help my legs recover because there was an awful lot of high impact bouncing around.

Food!

Meal 1: 7am
5oz kangaroo
1/3 avocado
2 sticks celery
2 fish oil

< cardio >

Meal 2 10.30am
5oz kangaroo
10 almonds
2 cups chinese spinach
2 fish oil

Meal 3: 1pm
5oz kangaroo
1/2oz walnuts
2 cups chinese cabbage
1 sesa

Meal 4: 3.30pm
1/2 can tuna
1/2oz walnuts
2 cups chinese cabbage

<< cardio >>

Meal 5: 5.30pm
1/2 can tuna
1tbsp flaxseed meal
1 stick celery

<<<<Meal 6 CARBS 7.30pm>>>
1/2 cup green beans
1/2 cup asparagus
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 med banana
1 tbsp flax meal
6oz sweet potato
10 almonds
2 fish oil
2 sesa

Fitday Totals 1965cals 75f 167c 178p 52fib

Not too shabby this time around ey?

Methinks it is LEG day tomorrow!

Sunday 29th July

Workout: Shoulders, triceps, cardio

Db shoulders
Db front raise
DB side raise
Cable side/rear raise
Tricep pushdown
Close grip bench
Dippers
20-25min jog home. - (jog 1 1/2 blocks, walk 1/2 block)

4 sets of everything.. mostly got up to 15 reps, but some only 12. Strength is a little better than last week, was able to increase db by 2kg for shoulder presses.
Feeling pretty good.. the day is glorious.. however on my jog home,…. it seemed like every house was cooking up something.. I could smell banana bread, and someone was having a barbecue..

Food!

Meal 1: 6.30am
5oz kangaroo
1/2 avocado
4 sticks celery

< workout >

Meal 2 10.30am
5oz kangaroo
1/2oz walnuts
4 sticks celery
1 tomato
2 fish oils

Meal 3: 1.30pm
4oz chicken
10 almonds
3 sticks celery
1 sesa
2tsp psyllium husks

Meal 4: 3.30pm
4oz chicken
4 mushrooms
1/3 avocado
10 mixed nuts
1 sesa

Meal 5: 6pm
1 can tuna
1/3 avocado
1/2 cup pumpkin soup

Totals      1545cal      68f      68c      185p 34fibre

Saturday 28th July

Didn’t get to work out today, but I’ll resume in the morning. Diet was better today.

Meal 1: 6.30am
1 can tuna
1 tomato
4 big mushrooms
10 almonds
1 fish oil
1 sesa

Meal 2: 9.30am
4oz chicken
1 stick celery
10 almonds
1 fish oil

< insert 3hr+ exam >

Meal 3: 1.30pm
4oz chicken
1 stick celery
20 almonds
1 fish oil

Meal 4: 3.30pm
5oz kangaroo
1 stick celery
1 tomato
4 mushrooms
1/2 avocado
1 sesa

Meal 5: 5.30pm
1.5 sc wpi
3 fish oil
1 tsp psyllium

Meal 6: 8pm
3.5oz kangaroo
4 sticks celery
7 walnuts
1 sesa

Fitday totals 1613cals 66f 52c 212p 23fibre

hmm.. took some extra fibre today because I don’t seem to be getting enough, my choice of veggies for this week (celery, tomato, mushies) are barely pushing 20g a day… but I still have about 50 fat celery sticks left and 2 bags of mushrooms. I can’t wait to buy some more broc when it gets cheaper, but at the copious amounts I will eat of it and at $7 a kilo right now it’ll make me go broke for sure!

Felt a little bloated after the carb up, but otherwise, energy levels and mood seem to be pretty okay!!

Friday 27th July

Ok I failed at my diet today

Only at the end at the carb up. I got home.. was hungry, and a bit stressed as well.. and I was stuck at school all day.. bah so many excuses! and I have a huge exam tomorrow morning..but here goes..

Meal 1: 7am
4oz chicken breast
1 stalk celery
1 egg tomato
4 mushrooms
10 almonds
1 fish oil
1 sesa

Meal 2:10am
Same as 1

Meal 3: 2pm
4oz chicken breast
15 almonds

Meal 4: 4.30pm
1.5sc wpi
15 almonds

Meal 5: 7pm
4 pieces tofu
1.5stalk celery
.5 carrot
1 tsp olive oil
2 fish oil
1 sesa

Meal 6 + failed carb up :/8.30pm
4oz chicken
20 mixed nuts
1.5cups sweet corn soup
.5 cups oatmeal
1 small banana
1.5cups cereal
1 cup 2%milk
1 sesa

Totals 2388cal 88f 216c 212p

I’ll do better next time for sure.  

So I took some random progress pics ….these were after brekkie this morning…

Still have some back/waist fat but it has also has yet to leave the booty, so a positive and a negative…

Thursday 26th July - Chest, Cardio, ABS

AM: Chest
.. db incline bench 3×15
.. db flat bench 3×15
.. db low incline flyes 3×15
.. pushups 10, 15, 10 (15 was on my knees )
.. medicine ball crunches 3×20
.. fitball between leg raises 20, 13, 10, 10

… CARDIO.. (PM)
…15min elliptical trainer@level 8-10
..20min 6pack xpress class yes 20mins straight of random crunches, vsitups leg raises etcetc.. this was my first time and boy was it hell!
..20 min treadmill.. easy pace, added 2×5ish min jogs @10km

………………..

Umm what can I say about this workout.. felt like a weak newb all over again. My benching is only with 10kg dumbbells and they felt like 10 000. Weights are so embarrassing I don’t even want to write them out.

Also, I woke up STARVING at 4.30am. Drank some hot tea and fell back to bed, ate breakfast/pre-workout meal which was chicken, avocado and strawberries. These lack of carbs is good for my physique but not good for my mood! Then I went back for a nap.. and woke up about 2 hours later going hey shiiet I’m meant to be at the gym! So my stummy was growling during my first warm up set… GRRRRRRR.

Food

Meal 1: 6am
4oz chicken
1/2 avocado
1cup strawberries

<<Workout: chest>>

Meal 2:10.30am
1.5sc wpi
1 cup chinese cabbage
1 cup strawberries
10 almonds
1 fish oil

Meal 3: 1.30pm
4oz chicken
3 cups chinese cabbage
1.5cups mushrooms
12 mixed nuts
1 squirt sesathin

Meal 4: 4pm
100g kangaroo
1 cup celery
1/4 small carrot
1/4 avocado
2 fish oils

<< cardio, abs >>
Meal 5: 7pm
4oz chicken
1 cup celery
1/4 avocado
2 fish oils
1 squirt sesathin

Meal 6: 9pm
100g kangaroo
1 cup celery
10 almonds
1 squirt sesathin

Fitday totals 1630cal 69f 66c 196p 30fibre.

…….

Anyway, here’s what’s in store for the next few days in terms of food.. bought some chicken, kanga and tuna as well.. splurged on MUSHROOOMS coz they’re the best veggie ever (well this week anyway) and 4 bunches of celery… peanuts, walnuts, almonds.. and some carrots to eat when i’m in class. Well celery and carrots are a little bit better than asparagus in the middle of a lecture… heh.

Wednesday 25th July - Cardio and some more cardio

AM: 25min elliptical.. random intervals 8-12

PM: 1 hour step/jump/kicking class. This was killer hard!
….

FOOD

<Cardio>
+ xtend
+ 2 Leviathan

Meal 1: 8.30am
100g kangaroo
1 cup cauliflower
1 tomato
10 almonds
1 squirt sesathin

Meal 2: 11am
4oz chicken breast
1 1/2 cups cauliflower
10 almonds
1 fish oil

Meal 3: 1pm
4oz chicken breast
1 1/2 cups cauliflower
20 almonds

Meal 4: 3.30pm
1 1/2 sc wpi
3 fish oils

<< Cardio - 1 hr >>

Meal 5: 7:00pm
4oz chicken breast
4cups chinese spinach
10 mixed nuts
2 squirts sesathin

Meal 6: 8.30pm
100g kangaroo
10 almonds
2 fish oil

Diet Totals      1541cal      63f      49c      204p 22fibre

I’ve been eating 60 almonds a day, for the past 4 days ~10 with each meal. Tomorrow I will buy some walnuts and maybe cashews for an incredibly exciting change, and it looks like my avocado has ripened so I’ll eat that as well. Since I have no carbs to look forward to, I will be optimistic about my eating of NUTS. Heh

I haven’t had much of a carb craving at all, but tonight I tried my first "carb up" and it sure took a while to eat!

Here’s what happened today..

Workout: AM - LEGS!

* Leg extensions 3×15
* Squats 3×12
* Ham curls 3×15
* Leg press 3×15
* Stiff legged deadlifts 3×15

Strength is notably down, but I had previously been using reps in the 6-10 range. I need to work on muscular endurance, but I managed to get the quads were nice and pumpy today.

Food

Meal 1: 7.30am
4oz chicken breast
1 tomato
1 cup cauliflower
10 almonds
1 fish oil

<< Legs >>

Meal 2: 10.15am
6.5oz tuna
1 tomato
1 cup broccolli
10 almonds
1 squirt sesamin

Meal 3 - 12.30pm
4oz chicken breast
2 cups cauliflower
10 almonds
2 fish oil

Meal 4 - 5.30pm
1.5scoops wpi
10 almonds
1 fish oil

Meal 5 - 7.00pm (1st attempted CARB UP!!!)
1 cup green beans
1/2cup oatmeal
1 banana
3tsp flaxmeal
6oz sweet potato
10 almonds
2 fish oil
2 squirts sesathin

Meal 6: 9pm
4oz chicken
10 almonds
1 squirt sesathin

Fitday totals      2144      71f      157c      229p

Long lapse between meal 3-4.. I was in class and kinda forgot to drink my shake . Carb up was much deserved, but I didn’t really feel like eating it. Though when I did get stuck into it, it tasted great

Monday 23rd July

<cardio - 25min light>

8.30am - Meal 1
4oz chicken breast
1 large red capsicum
10 almonds
1 fish oil
1 sesathin

11am - Meal 2
4oz chicken breast
1 cup cauliflower
10 almonds
1 fish oil

<workout: shoulders/calves>

2pm - Meal 3
1.5 scoops wpi
3/4 cup strawberries
1/2 cup chinese broccoli
10 almonds
1 fish oil

3.30pm - Meal 4
4oz chicken
1.5 cups chinese broccoli
10 almonds
1 fish oil
1 sesathin

5.30pm - Meal 5
4oz chicken
1 cup broccoli
20 almonds

7.30pm - Meal 6
3.5oz kangaroo
3 cups chinese cabbage
3 fish oil

Fitday totals: 1659cal 65f 61c 214p  28fibre