The work week is over! I feel good to have made it through another week. I am tired! I will be sleeping in tomorrow then getting to the gym, no setting the alarm this time.
This morning I switched things up and did not park new the main gym. I instead parked by the smaller fitness center and worked out there. It was cold and raining and I did not feel like hiking across campus today. I needed to be parked close to my office since I was going to be moving things back home today. I had a blender and some other small items that needed to be brought home.
The place was pretty empty. I decided it was treadmill time so I jogged 2 miles and then walked 5 minutes for 30 minutes total on the treadmill. I was feeling beat from a long week and took the easy way out, I did the exercise bike for 20 minutes then called it quits. I could have and should have done more but laziness got the best of me. I guess you can call doing 50 minutes of cardio in the morning lazy. The afternoon workout was a lighter one too. I went back to the fitness center and jogged another 20 minutes as a warm-up. from there I decided to use the universal weight machines for a quicker easier workout, and for a change of pace.
Overhead press
75lbs-10,10,10,10
chest press
100-10,10,10,10
triceps curls
62.5lbs-10,10
75-10
leg press
200-10
240-10,10
curls
75-12,12,12
This lifting session was about a 4 on a scale of 10 ,ten being the hardest effort. This was ment to get the blood pumping but not over work my muscles. I had pushed it a few times this week and felt like I should skip the weights today but I did not want to only have a 20 minute cardio workout as my time spend going to the gym
My eating today was pretty good. I did feel hungry at times and forgot to pack carrots, but I did have a special K bar and yogurt to take the edge off when needed. When I was home and making dinner I went a little wild. I felt like some bacon so I chopped up 2 pieces and got it going in the pan. I added collared greens and red pepper and ate that as a snack while cooking the real dinner.
The main dinner started with eggplant, skinned, and cut into cubes. I cooked it in some olive oil and added red pepper and collared greens.
I then added a can of fire roasted tomatoes and seasoned the heck out of it. I used garlic powder, red and black pepper, cilantro, cumin, and basil. similar stuff I would put in a chili. I also cooked some asparagus and chicken as the protein. Here is what the finished product looked like.
This meal was an overdose of veggies! I am sure this will be good for my digestive system. My nutritional breakdown for the day was off, but not by much. I consumed 49% of my calories as carbs, 23.3% as protein and 27.6 % as fat. I should have had more protein and less carbs. I will do better tomorrow. I am curious how tomorrow morning’s gym session will be with more carbs. I might have another breakthrough day, or a flop. Time for bed so I can dream about it.
