Workout
Today I remembered another one of Tony’s lines as I completed the resistance workout. “You just brought up the level!” I moved smoothly from one exercise to the other. My only breaks were the 30 seconds (more or less) between circuits, and the two times I changed the plates on my weights. I had a better calorie burn than previous days. As a matter of fact, it was a very respectable calorie burn compared to the P90X arm/shoulder/bicep workouts. I know the point of those is to work on the “glamor muscles,” but they aren’t very aerobic. Anyway, at the end of the workout, I felt just as sore and tired as with some of the P90X resistance workouts.
It took me 60 minutes to complete the workout. I really don’t know if can it be any shorter. I mean, I really didn’t take long breaks, and even my weight adjustments only added a few minutes. Oh, I was writing stuff down, but wouldn’t Tony include that in his timing? Maybe not.
In order to avoid more weight adjustments, I am trying a higher weight with less reps on certain exercises. It’s another way to add variety, I suppose.
Nutrition
For lunches this week, I switched from salad to vegetable soup. I do enjoy salads, but now that the soup is made I can just grab it and go.
I still have a lot of brown rice and quinoa in the fridge. Tony recommends half-cup servings, so if you cook a cup, which doubles or triples after cooking… Doing the math… Carry the two… Just kidding! Anyway, if you don’t eat rice or quinoa every day, it takes a while to get through even that much. So I am adding rice or quinoa and some canned beans to my soup.
I stocked up on Zone Perfect and Pure Protein bars on my latest Costco trip. Yes, it’s processed food, and the Zone Perfect has more sugar than the protein bars, but they are for use as needed. As I think about it, I really haven’t been eating much packaged food at all.
I did eat a half brownie my wife brought home. Foiled again! My calorie count was about the same as yesterday, 175 surplus. Still working on that.
Health and well-being
Once again, I am working with less than five hours’ sleep. This is a tough problem to fix.
I am feeling some stress from what I am spending on groceries, when you combine it with the family’s needs. We are not making extravagant meals, for sure, but it all adds up. I do get some funny looks when I come home with the pricey coconut oil or some kind of supplement. There’s room for improvement there, too.
