Today was as good as it gets in terms of nutrition, with the exception of sodium. I had a healthy amount of saturated fat, fat, protein, carbs and sugar. The things that did in my sodium were the 3 slices of prosciutto I had, 2 for breakfast and 1 for dinner. Just those three slices [...]
This week was spot on and rock solid. Nutrition was awesome with the exception of Monday that was low in protein and Saturday that was high in saturated fats. Other than that diet was great. I have managed to stick to my workout schedule with cardio every day and strength training 5 times a week. [...]
Elliptical 60 minutes 118 avg heart rate 482 calories
Considering the wide variety of foods I eat it is still pretty amazing that I can still manage to eat within 50 calories of my target for so long (within 25 calories for the past 4 days). Today I had two new items on my menu. One was a creamy green pea soup and the [...]
Today was photo day again. Not a whole lot of changes from my last one. My bicep is getting skinnier and I can see a hint of triceps now on the back of my arm. My hips went down 0.25 inches and so did my calf. Other than that, not much else has changed. I [...]
Elliptical 60 minutes 123 avg heart rate 526 calories
The other day I thought I came as close to my 1700 calorie target as possible. I was off by 2 calories. Apparently I could come even closer as today I managed 1701 calories. I think my measuring could be more off than my counting. If I mismeasured even by 1g of protein or carb [...]
My left shoulder is in pain. I’m not sure if it’s the good kind of muscle pain or the bad kind that has to do with my shoulder issue. I might have lifted a bit too much yesterday and the incline press was not good for it. I’m taking the weekend off from strength training [...]
Elliptical 30 minutes 135 avg heart rate 313 calories Elliptical 60 minutes 127 avg heart rate 558 calories
Today I ate some grilled chicken for lunch and had some turkey leg for dinner. I can’t stress enough that portion control seems to be the absolute key when it comes to proper diet. Two months ago I probably would have eaten helf the turkey leg with who knows how much rice. today I measured [...]