Week 4

So last week was not impressive. the beginning of the week was great but after Thursday, my eating habits were slipping. Partner lunches at Capital Grille, traveling to Atlanta, not having the ability to cook while I'm away. It's not easy to eat healthy when you're on the road - there's fast food everywhere and time is so limited. I'm going away again this weekend so will try to pack some healthy snacks like almonds, protein shakes, and trail mix.

For workouts this week. I'm going to focus on muscle fatigue - increasing # of reps in my circuit until my muscles are ready to crap out and also upping the cardio sessions from 3 times a week to 5. As for my abs focus, throwing the 15 reps out the window. For each exercise, I'm going to work my abs for as many reps until they hurt and then do 5 more on top of that.

I want to start taking some classes but it's difficult to get out of work exactly at 5 and I have a lot of evening commitments this week picking up and dropping people off the airport and then me leaving as well on Friday to see Travis in Atlanta again. I feel as tho lately, my stress level is at an all time high, it's a quiet stress and I can feel like subconsciously building up so I need to find an outlet to relieve some of that.

Also, I'm going to bump up my dosage of Hydroxycut to 2 capsules twice a day this week. As for food consumption - strict dieting this week - no junk at all) and a higher focus on my pre workout and post workout nutrition intake. I'm also starting to take 1000 mg Vitamin C, 400 mg, Vitamin E and 1000mg of Flaxseed oil post workout.

Schedule

Weigh in on Monday: 151 (wohoo!)

Weigh in on Saturday: Unknown, the scale at Bally's in Stone Mountain, GA was not working property and proceeded to tell me I was 164 lbs (Boooo)

Weigh in on Monday afternoon: 152lbs :( boooooooo

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Workout
75 Min - Full Body Circuit Strength Training with Abs Emphasis
45 Min - HIIT Cardio (1 minute sprint/walk for 15 minutes... 1 minute uphill sprints/walks for 25 min )

Food
Breakfast - 3 egg whites, 1 yolk, green tea
Snack - None
Lunch - Tuna Tataki Salad at Cheesecake factory
Snack - Milk
Pre workout - Optimum Whey Protein Shake
Post workout - Optimum Whey Protein shake, Vitamins
Dinner - Sugar Snap peas, chicken breast

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Workout
60 Min - HIIT Cardio (30 Min elytical, 30 Min uphill sprints)

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg Cheese on English Muffin, Milk, Green Tea
Snack - Sugar Snap Peas, Almonds
Lunch - Grilled Chicken breast Sandwich with Mayo, Swiss and onions, 5 wedge french fries
Snack - Almonds
Pre Workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Post Workout - some random protein shake from the gym
Snack - Pirates Booty

Tonight at the Gym, I realized that my one hour at the gym has been invaluable. Lately, my stress level is starting to rise tremendously and my emotional balance is totally off. At the Gym, I work out - I focus on me, it's my hour, it's my body, and it's my time. As much as I hate Cardio - reaching the point in my workout where I'm just focused on breathing and my form and my legs being sore - it really doesn't leave room for much else in my little brain to be stressed. For an Hour of my day... I am truly free from everything.

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
I'm really stressed out today. Skip levels in the morning, customer call at 11, the internal system at work fighting me, not eating right cause I just ran out of time and just in general, again, I feel like nothing's moving forward with my life... not with the move.. nothing. Is it bad when someone asks how are things going and you just want to cry because there are no words? LOL - yeah, it was a bad day. I didn't cry, there's no crying in Oracle. Looking forward to my workout tonight.

Workout
75 Min - Full Body Circuit Strength Training with Abs Emphasis
45 Min - Kickboxing HIIT Cardio

Food
Breakfast - Sausage Egg Cheese on English Muffin, Milk
Snack - bowl of grapes, Green Tea
Snack 2 - 10 Almonds, Mushroom bisque
Lunch - worked thru it, no food :(
Snack - Quaker ranch rice snacks
Pre Workout - Optimum Protein Shake
Post Workout - Some random Protein Shake from the gym, Vitamins
Dinner - Chicken Breast, Broccoli

So I decided to weigh myself at the gym... I really should stop doing that midweek cause it doesn't really mean anything. I'm at 152. the ups and downs. but I gotta say, had a great workout - I switched it up and did my circuits on a Bosu ball or on the Stability ball. then I did some kickboxing and didn't stop feeling nauceus until about 2 hours after the workout. LOL.

Thursday, August 7, 2008
Ugh.... no more going on the scale until the end of the week.

Workout
60 Min - HIIT Cardio - Sprints and uphill sprints

Food
Breakfast - Sausage, Egg, Cheese on English Muffin, 2 cups Milk
Snack - None
Lunch - Boston Market Dark Chicken with Corn and a little gravy
Snack - None
Pre Workout - None
Post Workout - Random Protein shake from the gym
Dinner - Maine Lobster... mmmmmmm so yummmmy

Friday, August 8, 2008
Here we go. Today is traveling day. I obviously didn't wake up early enough to go to the gym and probably won't be able to make it today. Maybe I'll do laps around the airport if my flights delayed today. I packed almonds and some protein powder for my trip. Have gym clothes ready to go and hopefully, I'll be better than last week. I've been cranky this week - maybe I'll feel better once I get away from here tonight.

Workout
Traveling Day

Food
Breakfast - 4 egg yolks, Strawberries, green tea
Snack - None
Lunch - half of a chunky chicken salad wrap from Boston King Coffee
Snack - Fruit Cup (Strawberries, Blueberries and Kiwi)
Dinner - half of a chunky chicken salad wrap from Boston King Coffee
Snack - Soft Beef Taco, Soft Chicken Taco from Taco Bell

Saturday, August 9, 2008
Workout
Ha Ha YEEEAAAAAAAH, Travis and I made it to the gym while I was out of town! Wohoo! We went to the Bally's in Stone Mountain GA. It's a nice nice gym. There's an indoor pool, 2 racket ball rooms, 1 heavy lifting room, 1 light lifting room, cardio and general machines out on the main floor and a running track to surround the gym. The locker rooms were also huge and everything was blue - went nice with the pool I thought - very soothing. However, the dumbell selection was pathetic. had to scramble around to find my 20lb ones, and apparently 15lb dumbells just didn't exist. so jumping between 12lb and 20lb kinda blows. They were missing some key machines, nothing to work out the hamstrings that I saw - maybe it was tucked away in a secret room somewhere. and then they had the kickboxing bag that was grounded to the floor but no gloves. That, and their scale was anywhere from 8- 14 lbs off. My GOD I almost had a heart attack when it said 162lbs... lol. Nothing like having your boyfriend watch you get on the scale and it adds on an extra 14lbs just for kicks. ha ha. anyways... I thought I had a really bad workout, my heart rate was kinda low since I stopped a lot to look for equipment, but I was happy- I did everything I was supposed to and I actually made it to the gym while traveling.

Food
Breakfast - Slept in
Snack - Slept in
Lunch - Vietnamese Noodles, Ice Coffee
Snack - NA
Pre Workout - Protein drink
Post Workout - Optimum Protein Drink, Vitamins
Dinner - Watched the UFC fight at Barnacles (my free meal), dozen raw oysters, peel and eat shrimp, 2 jalapeno poppers, 1 cheese stick and 1 potato skin... mmmmmmmmm so good.

Sunday, August 10, 2008
Workout
Day of Rest - wow.... apparently I did have a pretty good workout last night, I almost hit the ground this morning when I first got out of bed. My legs haven't hurt in a while - I'm thrilled!!!!

Food
Breakfast - Slept in
Snack - Slept in
Lunch - Vietnamese Noodles, egg rolls
Snack - Dragon Fruit, Almonds
Dinner - Cheddar Cheese Combos
Snack - Bree