edibart’s BodyBlog

OK, so I have a passion for two things in life, first is working out and second is cooking.  Seeing as how I can’t workout anytime in the foreseeable future, I figured I’d share some of my recipes with you.  I thought I would post one recipe per week and see how you people like it.  These recipes fall in line with the Zone Diet. If you aren’t familiar with the Zone Google it and take a look.  Anyway this lifestyle in addition to exercise has helped me shed almost 30lbs of excess body fat in 4 months. The bet part of it is I have more energy than ever before.  My wife has lost 17lbs in just over 2 months.  Anyway here’s my recipe for BBQ Chicken and sautéed vegetables: 

4 oz skinless/boneless chicken breast 

2 Tbsp BBQ sauce  

2 cups red bell pepper cut into thin strips 

2 cups green bell pepper cut into thin strips 

1 cup mushrooms 

1 1/2 cups onion 

1 Handful of fresh baby spinach 

1 tsp olive oil 

Directions:  Cook chicken in 1/3 tsp olive oil over medium heat until cooked through.  Add one Tbsp BBQ sauce per side and continue cooking for approx 1 minute per side.  While chicken is cooking, sauté peppers, onion and mushrooms over high heat in 2/3 tsp olive oil until cooked through and slightly darkened.  Lay handful of spinach onto serving plate and place cooked chicken over spinach.  Serve with vegetables on side. 

Nutrition label: 

28 Grams protein 

36 grams carbs 

4 1/2 grams fat 

Ok so there it is.  If any of you try this please let me know what you think and also feel free to share any recipes you may have.

Thanks,

Eric

I don’t know where CrossFit comes up with the names of some of these workouts but their effective at any rate.  So last night I put my wife and daughter as well as two of our friends through this workout.  Here’s what they did:

Three rounds of:
Wall-ball, 10 pound ball, 8 ft target (Max Reps)
Sumo deadlift high-pull, 35 pounds (Max Reps)
Box Jump, 16" box (Max Reps)
Push-press, 35 pounds (Max Reps)
Row (Calories)

In this workout you move from each of five stations after a minute.The clock does not reset or stop between exercises. This is a five-minute round from which a one-minute break is allowed before repeating. On call of "rotate", the athletes must move to next station immediately for best score. One point is given for each rep, except on the rower where each calorie is one point.

 Now this workout was scaled down for them because they are only a week into CrossFit, but the prescribed workout is using a 20lb ball, 75lbs on the push press and sumo deadlift, and a 20" box for the jumps.  Trust me they were all toast when this one was over.  Hell if I can’t kick my own ass for a while, I might as well kick theirs!!

So I am two weeks post op and I am starting to regain some mobility in my shoulder.  I still have to sleep on my back, and most nights I have to prop my right side up with a pillow.  The pain is still pretty constant, with some relief when I sit with my arm across my lap.  I have been staying busy by training my wife and daughter on the CrossFit routines.  They have taken to it very nicely and are showing great signs of progress.  Well that’s about it for today, not that anyone reads these anyway but it’s therapeutic for me!

I had surgey on Monday to repair my bicep tendon.  Turns out the tear was worse than they first thought.  But the rotator cuff was not so they left that alone.  There were some bone chips floating around in there so they removed them as well.  I spent 1 night in the hospital and I am home recovering now.  This really sucks because my right arm is completely immobilized and I am a righty!  They say it will be three months before i can even start lifting light weights again, and 4-6 before i am back to normal.  I am off work for 30 days and I dont know what I am going to do with myself!