Archive for March 31st, 2008

Today’s Totals - Mar 31st, 2008

Exercise: 90 mins treadmill, 30 mins strength training

Water: 20 cups

Food: 2604 calories (30% fat, 36% carbs, 32% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet with cheese, pecan cherry bread, jam, orange (551)

AM Snack: protein shake, almonds (299)

Lunch: onion soup with baguette and cheese, smoked ham, apple (556)

PM Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, soy nuts (337)

Dinner: balsamic pork tenderloin, snow peas, butter, salad w/dressing (598)

Late Snack: protein shake, fruit salad, biscotti (264)

Well, that’s me for the day.  It’s still above freezing so the rain we’ve had is slowly chipping away at the piles of snow and the ice on the pool.  It really does feel like Spring is on the way.  I’m pretty tired from my workout today.  It’s just crept up on my during the evening, so this could mean a good night’s sleep.  Tomorrow I’ll add the weight loss for the month to the  stats page and consider my goals for the coming month.  I did very well for March, although the plans/goals changed during the month.  That was with the addition of the strength training program, not because I couldn’t meet them.  :)

Exercise - Mar 31st, 2008

The morning was 2 x 30-min sessions on the treadmill. In the afternoon I did a 15-min warm-up on the treadmill, followed by:

  Sets Reps Set 1 Set 2
A: Deadlift 2 12 35/12 40/12
B1: Dumbbell Shoulder Press 2 12 14e/12 16e/12
B2: Wide-grip Lat Pulldown (Pullover) 2 12 12e/12 12e/12
C1: Lunge 2 12 10e/12 12e/12
C2: Swiss-ball Crunch 2 10 10 10

Where there is a single number that confirms that I did the number of reps called for. Where there are two numbers the first is the amount of weight I used, followed by reps.

And I followed with another 15 mins on the treadmill. I think I might even have done more than the 24 lunges during the first set. Silly me, I think I was still counting to 15 each. I admit that except for the pullovers, I think I find this set of exercises a little easier. And easier just means I don’t feel like I’m dying in the middle of the routine. :)