Phase Three, Day Twelve

I've been working out, but I've been having motivation problems. Exercise really helps my mood, but push-ups are the absolute last thing I want to do when I'm overwhelmed (school) or sad (family stuff)

Yesterday I did Back & Biceps almost entirely with the 10lb weight. That's progress! But at the same time I felt a little silly... if I could do it with 8lbs of COURSE I can do it with just 2lbs more! I think I'll stick with 10lbs for the rest of the week and then switch the weight out to 15lbs. Then I can start exercises with 15lbs and drop down to eight as I need it. I'm satisfied with that. I also did pilates. That class is really starting to annoy me with stupid assignments. Now I have to track all my calories for the week, right after I got into the habit of not doing that!

Today I'm supposed to do Core Synergistics. I really sorta don't want to. :-/ Next time I do this program, I'm definitely switching something out for that!

PS: That lady up top is the opposite of how I feel right now. But I like her and her 90's style so up she went. There is good news in my life though... I'm sleeping better and waking up before my 7am alarm!

UPDATE: Well, I couldn't face up to Core Synergistics today, so I did Legs and Back instead!

Day Four, Phase Three

Move over, El Mejor Pistolero, because the new love of my life is this:Ok, so that's a damn dirty lie- how could smokey miso tofu replace a man who is refining the process of making steel-cut oats overnight in a crock-pot? It can't, of course, but as with every good lie there is an element of truth, and that is that smokey miso tofu is my favorite thing to have for lunch. I've had it pretty much every school day for two weeks. The wonderful incredible recipe is here at the wonderful VeganYumYum blog. I'm looking forward to getting the VeganYumYum cookbook in my next round of cookbook purchases.

In case anyone was wondering, I enjoy my miso tofu on a thin whole0wheat bun with Trader Joe's ailoli mustard, a slice of soy-pepper jack cheese, spinach, and some avocado if I have it kicking around.

In case anyone else was wondering, other items on my cook-book list are:
Raw Food Real World, Living Raw Food, Vegan Comfort Food, The Thirty Minute Vegan, The Voluptuous Vegan, and How to Eat, which has nothing to do with vegan/raw food whatsoever!

Otherwise, I'm pretty pooped today because of the usual rumblings and tumblings from my upstairs neighbors keeping me up all night. The most maddening thing about it is that they aren't even DOING anything. They are just living a normal life up there. I know because I can hear every footfall. I need to get a white-noise maker or something. I'd like to get a little more high tech a solution than just sleeping with a pillow over my head. Which I do.



Oh. I almost forgot.

The OTHER reason I'm tired is that I actually got up at 7am today (hooray!) and did Shoulders and Arms (hooray)! Other good news is that I'm definitely ready for heavier weights, for that video anyhow. I've been using 8lb weights for most of it, and though it used to be a struggle, it really isn't anymore. The Notorious EMP has a pair of ten lbs hanging around his house for me... I'm looking forward to giving those a try.

As if P90X wasn't enough, I also had a pilates class at ten. As if P90X and pilates weren't enough, I also have a (light) yoga class after work that I'm really actually looking forward to.

I miss yoga when I don't make it to the studio. Sure, theoretically I can do it with a video, but that's still untested since I've never actually done it. Though I do have access to yoga DVDs.

I'm just set in my ways, ok?

Another thing I want to do is to find time (somehow, probably not that often though to be frank) to start jogging, and to find a way to jog that dose not result in horrible shin splints. One of my roommates is a runner, and her immediate suggestion was to not run in hiking boots. Well. Maybe I'll give that a try if it is at all nice this weekend.

I know I used to squeeze the elliptical into my day, but for the life of me I can't imagine how. It's going to work out that phase three is going to end right around the end of my semester, so I'm thinking there will be a lot of yoga, elliptical, and (finally!) rock climbing this winter before I get back into the P90X saddle with Tony and The Kids.

Easing In

Ok.

I'm getting there.

Somehow when I get off track, I get WAY off track, and its always a bit of a process to get back on. From an outside standard I've been fairly active... again, not P90X "bringing it" active but hardly sedentary. Even the week I did "nothing" I still did pilates and yoga. My eating habits were healthy. I forgot my vitamins in the morning. I stopped drinking as much water but drank a lot of orange juice, which I refuse to believe is a terrible thing.

I went to trapeze a few times!

But now that I'm weaning myself back I'm already feeling better, sleeping better, and in my humble estimation, looking better. Maybe getting off track* was what I needed at that point to avoid burning out on the program.

*And to be fair to myself, I was super stressed and fighting off a cold!

So, today, I did pilates and trapeze. I did not take my vitamins but did take an Emergen-C, which has a bunch of good stuff in it if I do say so myself.

I'm going to have to tweak my method of keeping track though... I'm going to call this the Week Two of Phase Two Redo, and go from there.

Glad to be back, folks... and good night!

D:1, W:3, P:2

Pretty tired today, I must say. Also studying up for a finance test.

Did Pilates today, had to skip yoga due to study-time, gym was packed so didn't do elliptical, but walked home with my backpack. It took an hour and 15 minutes and was (according to mapquest) 3.7 miles, which means that I walked just under 3 miles per hour. Well, what do ya know! And carrying textbook too! This is especially good news because it means I didn't go over my calorie goal as much as I thought.

This is kind of how I get with DailyPlate. The good news is that its less like a calorie obsession and more like a calorie bingo. It also motivates me to do things like randomly job, since that will bring down my net cals, or to have ONE cup of kettle corn, rather then THREE.

So far, so good.

Of course, now I'm hungry again!

Eatins' and Doins'

Post Rasin Bran	1.00	190	1g	0mg	300mg	46g	19g	8g	4g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Cup Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Almond Breeze Almond Milk	1.00	88	5g	0mg	20mg	10g	1g	7g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 cup Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Chocolate Shake	0.666666666667	275	9g	5mg	295mg	24g	8g	2g	32g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Optional: When did you eat this meal? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Trader Joe's Original Soymilk	1.00	80	3g	0mg	170mg	13g	6g	1g	7g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 fl oz
CytoSport Muscle Milk Light	1.00	195	6g	5mg	125mg	11g	2g	1g	25g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 2 scoops (50g)
Arnold Select Sandwich Thins	1.00	100	1g	0mg	230mg	21g	2g	6g	5g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 roll Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Clif Mojo Bar, Mountain Mix	0.33	59	3g	0mg	73mg	7g	4g	1g	3g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Bar (45g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Steak Burger	1.00	240	16g	70mg	65mg	0g	0g	0g	22g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 patty Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Honest Tea Heavenly Honey Green	2.00	70	0g	0mg	10mg	19g	19g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 8 fl oz. Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Annies Salad	1	144	13g	0mg	344mg	3g	1g	2g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Optional: When did you eat this meal? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Spinach	1.00	7	0g	0mg	24mg	1g	0g	1g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 cup (30g)
Red Pepper	0.25	6	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	1g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 middle size (105 g)
Tomato	0.25	1	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Slice of tomato (1/4 of tomato)
Annie's Naturals Goddess Dressing	1.00	130	13g	0mg	320mg	1g	1g	0g	1g	x
	^ Total consumed: servings cups tablespoons teaspoons Serving size: 2 Tbsp
Kettle Corn	0.66	79	1g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 3 cups Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Bananna Bananna	1.00	110	0g	0mg	0mg	29g	21g	4g	1g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bananna, 126 g Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Hershey's Chocolate Syrup	1.00	100	0g	0mg	15mg	24g	20g	1g	1g	x
	^ Total consumed: servings cups tablespoons teaspoons Serving size: 2 tbsp (39g) Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Squash Soup	1.00	200	5g	18mg	270mg	32g	0g	3g	6g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 bowl Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Whole Wheat Couscous	1.00	150	1g	0mg	5mg	30g	1g	2g	4g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/4 cup Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Trader Joe's Vegetable Masala Burger	1.00	120	8g	0mg	360mg	12g	1g	1g	2g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 burger Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Honey	1.00	60	0g	0mg	0mg	17g	16g	0g	0g	x
	^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 tbsp Optional: When did you eat this? - select mealtime - breakfast morning snack lunch afternoon snack dinner evening snack midnight snack pre-workout post-workout Unclassified or more specifically -- 12am 1am 2am 3am 4am 5am 6am 7am 8am 9am 10am 11am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 4pm 5pm 6pm 7pm 8pm 9pm 10pm 11pm
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned						Distance	Heart Rate
Pilates	45.0	-183.0								x
Minutes of this exercise: Distance: miles km Heart Rate:
Walk: 3 mph (20 min/mi)	75.0	-393.0