My Journal

Home, home on the range….

Today started out with the alarm waking me.  I set it so I could get to the gym early.  I got there and the lights were out.  They were open but no power.  COOL!  I don’t have to jog on the treadmill! (It needs power to work).  I opted for the elliptical stepper and did 60 minutes (these type machines are powered from their users)

After that I took care of a few things, showered, ate and got my gear ready.  Last week I invited a neighbor to join me at the target shooting range and he was interested, so today was the day.  I brought two revolvers with us,  a 9 shot Taurus .22lr  and a 7 shot Taurus Tracker in .357 magnum.  We started out light with the .22 then moved up to .38 specials in the Tracker to full load .357 magnum loads.  It was a great day of shooting.  My neighbor is a pretty good shot (he did great as a first timer with handguns).  It was unfortunate but the fun ended early with the Tracker, a spring broke in the revolver and needed to be turned in form repair. My neighbor was so worried he “broke” my revolver and was concerned about wanting to pay for repairs (he is good like that), but it is not necessary since Taurus offers a lifetime warranty on their products.  We were able to continue on with the .22lr for a some more time.  We shot about 280 rounds combined with both revolvers. FUN!

So afterwards it was some lunch, some TV and time for me to clean the .22.  I set up in front of the TV and it was clean before the show ended.   With that out of the way it was back to the gym for more cardio.

PM:
10 min stair stepper
30 min bike
11 min mile on treadmill (my knees were sore! I should have done this first)

For dinner tonight I really wanted corndogs. Crazy I know. I can’t remember the last time I wanted or had corndogs. Here is the twist…I made them myself. I bought a box of cornbread mix and some Hebrew national 97% fat free hotdogs (only 50 calories each!) and some small disposable baking pans. I mixed up the batter, poured some in the tiny pans, added hotdogs then covered them with the remaining mix. I baked them for 20 minutes and they were good to go and boy were they tasty. I also made a super salad, lettuce, tomato, grapes, apples and walnuts. My backup plan was to add chicken if the corndogs did not turn out right. No problems though, dinner was a hit!

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AM:
21 min jog
40 min elliptical stepper machine

PM:
Weights

Assisted pull-ups
leg presses
dumbbell overhead presses
cable incline bench presses
cable chest flies
cable curls
cable triceps

It was a pretty good day. I got up early, went out some today but in the end I did eat more than I should have. I am looking forward to spending tomorrow with my wife!

Another pound in the right direction.

AM:
10 min jog
50 min elliptical machine

PM:
Weight lifting
8 sets of Incline bench press
5 sets of leg presses
4 sets of ez-bar curls
3 sets of dead lifts

I was heavy on eating today. I went wrong with my “snack” of wheat crackers. I at 3 servings instead of one. That was an extra 280 calories. It also looks like I need to lay off the peanut butter for a while. I have been over doing it with the jar and have been paying for it with calories, fat and gas!

Dinner tonight was good. We had some left over chicken breast, so I combined it with tortellini, lots of asparagus, garlic cloves, red pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms, Parmesan cheese and smart balance butter.

This meal was hearty and loaded with veggies.  It also made my pee smell like asparagus!