2010.03.15 - W3D5 - 163

Today, I woke up and decided that I should jump back down to the 1-2 workout, rather than stay at the 3-4 workout.  I'm still going to be doing the same amount of time that I was doing before, it's just that I want to do more of the workout and not stop half-way through a more difficult workout.

I looked at my time-schedule, and with the 1-2 Sculpting (29 minutes) and Sweating (36 minutes), I will finish this DVD the end of May.  This will be the 3-month anniversary of starting the workout - and the midpoint of my 6-month goal.  I think this will better allow me to build up a good strength/cardio base and better tackle the 3-4 cardio and the higher number of pushups in 3-4 sculpting.

Exercise

I did 23 minutes of 1-2 sculpting today.  This brought me almost to the end of the workout, since the last 2-3 minutes is cool-down.  Included in my workout was the 7-7-7 WTD that I dread.  Well, I did the first and second set (WT), but still failed on the D.  I rolled over like a dead dog and used the free weights to get another weak 7 out of me!!

Using the Perfect Pushup device, I got 8 of each type of pushup (the first set of regular and the second set of wide grip).  I have 21 workouts to get from 8 pushups to 15 pushups.  This is an increase of 7, so I have to increase by 1 pushup every 3 workouts (actually 2 - regular and wide grip).  That shouldn't be too bad!!

Diet

Breakfast - Oatmeal, Skim Milk, Protein Powder, Blueberries, Strawberries
Snack - 3 slices Turkey Bacon
Lunch - Tuna Sandwich (I keep forgetting my fruit!!)
Snack - 1 Tbl Almond Butter
Dinner - Pita Pizza with 20 Veggie Sticks
Snack - 1 Cup Vanilla Frozen Yogurt (100 Cal)
Snack - 10 Jelly Beans (50 Cal)

Jess and I have also been planning our future dinner ideas.  We want to start having real family dinners.  It may seem kind of cheesy, but we are having a theme each night.  There will generally be a main course, 2 sides, and a dessert.  We may add some more variety in the future, but for now, we have 1 theme for each day:

Spaghetti Sundays - Pasta type dish, breadsticks, salad, Italian ice
Mexican Mondays - Mexican dish, bean or rice side, cinnamon tortilla chips, fruit salsa
Two for Tuesdays - Sandwich, Soup, Salad, Cookie
Wacky Wednesdays - Build your own Pizza or Burger, Breadsticks or Fries, Salad, Smoothie or Shake
Thanksgiving Thursdays - Turkey, Mashed Potatoes, Green Bean Casserole, Pie
Fishy Fridays - Fish dish, french fries, salad, cupcake
Salad Bar Saturdays - Salad bar with chicken, pasta salad, brownie

I am going to find the calorie content of each meal and make sure that I don't eat too much.  This will give me plenty of practice at recognizing not only proper serving sizes, but also combinations of food to get the calories I need.