Sunday I felt like crap; the youngest one kept waking up during the night. Three times that I can recall. Perhaps more. My wife was exhausted. And the bills keep piling up. I'm pretty sure that by week's end, I'm going to be done with Bell and with cable in my house. I just do not see the reason for it.
Sunday I ate this:
Coffee before church.
Breakfast was black coffee with a half a bagel from Timmy Horton's. I shared with my daughter.
Lunch was tuna on salad. Water to drink.
Dinner was pizza; green pepper, tomato, olives and mushrooms on my small slice.
I like my meals through the week waaaaaay better. I just can't seem to get my family to eat better with me. hmmmm...
Money's tight this week, so I will be eating well, for sure. Going to be abusing the coffee maker at work and at home, no more coffee trips for me.
Overall, though, this week was a C. I got most of my workouts in, played a game of rugby, too. But I'm getting away from my diet, and worse ... I know why and just don't seem to want to tackle that issue.
How DO you get a family to change when they don't want to change?
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Sat April 30, Day 13
Man, this was a short weekend.
Saturday was a rugby day. A weird and wet one, to be sure. I got about 60 minutes of playing time in, which was quote a workout. I noticed I'm in decent shape, just need to shake off some of the rust from the off season. Lots of runs, a lot more contact and some nice comments from my teammates about my ability to get around the pitch.
The pitch, yes. It wasn't very dry, to say the least.
Anyway, ate this:
Breakfast: roast beef and poached eggs. Coffee to drink
Lunch/post game recovery: tuna on salad, carrots with hummus. I had four chocolate eggs (small ones, relax) from my kids' Easter stash. I did get an awful lot of chocolate from my parents and in-laws for some reason. I'm taking it all to the rugby club. I just don't need it in my house
Dinner: Salmon, veggies and water to drink.
Saturday night was the UFC 129, which my rugby club showed. I was there for about an hour, got to see up until the start of the GSP fight. Then I went home to watch the ESPN feed of the fight. Man, that last fight was a bit of a let down. Almost boring, man. Ah well, there were some exciting fights, too.
Thursday April 28, Day 11
I ate this:
Breakfast: roast beef and poached egg. Water to drink, coffee on the way in
Snack walnuts and water to drink
Lunch: tuna sandwich with tuna also on salad. Not carrots no green pepper left, so I went without. Water to drink.
Snack ... water.
Dinner: he he he .. it was only really well prepared roast beef. that's it. It was awesome. I only had one hand to eat ... so I ate beef. Water to drink
After rugby training snack: more roast beef when I got home.
Workout for the day was a rugby training session at my local club. Started at 7pm, ran until dark, about 8:30 these days. I did four rounds of this at the end:
50 m sprint x 2
30 BW squats
20 feet up push ups
20 lunges
I was pretty tired at the end of that. The 90 minutes of rugby were fun, but muddy and tough. Lots of contact, lots of running and physical contact. I almost missed that stuff.
Breakfast: roast beef and poached egg. Water to drink, coffee on the way in
Snack walnuts and water to drink
Lunch: tuna sandwich with tuna also on salad. Not carrots no green pepper left, so I went without. Water to drink.
Snack ... water.
Dinner: he he he .. it was only really well prepared roast beef. that's it. It was awesome. I only had one hand to eat ... so I ate beef. Water to drink
After rugby training snack: more roast beef when I got home.
Workout for the day was a rugby training session at my local club. Started at 7pm, ran until dark, about 8:30 these days. I did four rounds of this at the end:
50 m sprint x 2
30 BW squats
20 feet up push ups
20 lunges
I was pretty tired at the end of that. The 90 minutes of rugby were fun, but muddy and tough. Lots of contact, lots of running and physical contact. I almost missed that stuff.
Friday April 29 Day 12
I ate fairly well today, despite the party to celebrate the British freaking wedding at work.
Breakfast: juicy roast beef and poached eggs. Coffee on the way in
Snack: more coffee and six meat balls.
Lunch: buffet in the lunch room. It was good: veggies, meat balls (I prepared those) vegetarian samosa, two salads of green leafy stuff and a small piece of Williams' chocolate cake. Yeah, the last one was less than the size of my thumb.
Snack: water and more veggies.
Dinner: small bowl of pasta, water to drink.
I did get a workout in, although a short one, as I have a game of rugby tomorrow.
I did this for four rounds:
30 BW squats
10 bicep curls
10 triceps extensions
30 two handed KB swings, 20 kg kb used
10 snatches each side
30 regular push ups
It felt good afterwards. Now for a relaxing night with my wife to try and recharge my batteries for tomorrow and tomorrow night. w00t!
Breakfast: juicy roast beef and poached eggs. Coffee on the way in
Snack: more coffee and six meat balls.
Lunch: buffet in the lunch room. It was good: veggies, meat balls (I prepared those) vegetarian samosa, two salads of green leafy stuff and a small piece of Williams' chocolate cake. Yeah, the last one was less than the size of my thumb.
Snack: water and more veggies.
Dinner: small bowl of pasta, water to drink.
I did get a workout in, although a short one, as I have a game of rugby tomorrow.
I did this for four rounds:
30 BW squats
10 bicep curls
10 triceps extensions
30 two handed KB swings, 20 kg kb used
10 snatches each side
30 regular push ups
It felt good afterwards. Now for a relaxing night with my wife to try and recharge my batteries for tomorrow and tomorrow night. w00t!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Wednesday April 27 day 10
I got to check out a local butcher on the way home from work today ... I had quite the time finding the place again, as the rain was coming down in buckets. I got into Florence Meats and poked around. Lots of stuff for sale that was mentioned in Paleo Solution. I'm not sure I'm brave enough for Cow Tongue or Cow knuckle but it might happen sometime later. In the end I bought some steak dipping sauce and headed home.
I ate fairly Paleo today:
Breakfast: roast beef dipped in ketchup. Yup, dry and getting worse. Almost done. Walnuts, water and a banana. Coffee on the way in
Snack: Walnuts and carrots with hummus
Lunch the usual, tuna on salad, carrots and green peppers on hummus, water to drink.
Snack after work: chimmichurri sauce and steak. Kicked major butt
Dinner was a small piece of homemade lasagna, walnuts and a huge salad. Water to drink.
After dinner, I had a nap with my boy to get him asleep. The sun came out, and I asked my wife if she wanted to go for a walk. She said no, so I jumped at the chance to get out of the house and go to the local park for a workout. Simply awesome.
I did this five rounds:
30 TH KB swings 30 lb kb used. Need to get heavier KBs in the van
20 one handed snatches
10 one handed flips
20 feet up push ups
30 bw squats - also used the 50 lb backpack for two rounds
20 lunges
This took me about a half hour; I got all muddy, too. But the mud was warm, so it was all good.
I ate fairly Paleo today:
Breakfast: roast beef dipped in ketchup. Yup, dry and getting worse. Almost done. Walnuts, water and a banana. Coffee on the way in
Snack: Walnuts and carrots with hummus
Lunch the usual, tuna on salad, carrots and green peppers on hummus, water to drink.
Snack after work: chimmichurri sauce and steak. Kicked major butt
Dinner was a small piece of homemade lasagna, walnuts and a huge salad. Water to drink.
After dinner, I had a nap with my boy to get him asleep. The sun came out, and I asked my wife if she wanted to go for a walk. She said no, so I jumped at the chance to get out of the house and go to the local park for a workout. Simply awesome.
I did this five rounds:
30 TH KB swings 30 lb kb used. Need to get heavier KBs in the van
20 one handed snatches
10 one handed flips
20 feet up push ups
30 bw squats - also used the 50 lb backpack for two rounds
20 lunges
This took me about a half hour; I got all muddy, too. But the mud was warm, so it was all good.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Tuesday April 26 day 9
OK, looks like I'm going ot have to go back and fix some of the days' numbers. Man, I hate when I mess up like that.
Speaking of messing up, I cheated a little on the Paleo diet today. Nothing huge, just a little disappointing.
Here's what I ate:
Breakfast: roast beef and poached eggs. I need to stop overcooking the pot roast. Seriously.
Snack water and a handful of walnuts.
Lunch: the usual of tuna on salad, hummus and carrots and green pepper. Water to drink.
Snack: stress. and two slices of pepperoni pizza with hummus. Meh, that'll be my cheat for the week.
Dinner: small - I mean tiny bowl of pasta with a huge salad. Water to drink. I saw this as punichment for me - I wasn't going to make my kids each stupidly dry meat. I am the only one that needs to suffer in that way...
All in all, not a great day for a Paleo type of diet. I am liking it, even if I am a little bored with what I am offering myself. However, I will be taking advantage of Robb Wolff's recipes, and those of others in the know, and getting a varied menu shortly. Seriously, it's good.
My wife asked me to get my son to sleep, so I do what I do best... I fell asleep with him in the rocking chair. My wife came in about 9pm to wake me up and put my son in the crib. We'd been like that for almost two hours, she said.
I did this five rounds for a workout today:
20 BW squats - should make this a bit harder next time, perhaps with a sandbag/BTB
20 regular push ups
10 bicep curls
10 triceps extensions
8-10 deadlifts 190 lbs
10 TRX body weight rows
10 ab roll outs
20 two handed KB swings
10 snatches each side 30 lb KB used.
I'm glad I got the workout in, even if it was a bit late. I'm going to go upstairs, grab my copy of the Paleo Diet and read the thing with the hockey game in the background.
Speaking of messing up, I cheated a little on the Paleo diet today. Nothing huge, just a little disappointing.
Here's what I ate:
Breakfast: roast beef and poached eggs. I need to stop overcooking the pot roast. Seriously.
Snack water and a handful of walnuts.
Lunch: the usual of tuna on salad, hummus and carrots and green pepper. Water to drink.
Snack: stress. and two slices of pepperoni pizza with hummus. Meh, that'll be my cheat for the week.
Dinner: small - I mean tiny bowl of pasta with a huge salad. Water to drink. I saw this as punichment for me - I wasn't going to make my kids each stupidly dry meat. I am the only one that needs to suffer in that way...
All in all, not a great day for a Paleo type of diet. I am liking it, even if I am a little bored with what I am offering myself. However, I will be taking advantage of Robb Wolff's recipes, and those of others in the know, and getting a varied menu shortly. Seriously, it's good.
My wife asked me to get my son to sleep, so I do what I do best... I fell asleep with him in the rocking chair. My wife came in about 9pm to wake me up and put my son in the crib. We'd been like that for almost two hours, she said.
I did this five rounds for a workout today:
20 BW squats - should make this a bit harder next time, perhaps with a sandbag/BTB
20 regular push ups
10 bicep curls
10 triceps extensions
8-10 deadlifts 190 lbs
10 TRX body weight rows
10 ab roll outs
20 two handed KB swings
10 snatches each side 30 lb KB used.
I'm glad I got the workout in, even if it was a bit late. I'm going to go upstairs, grab my copy of the Paleo Diet and read the thing with the hockey game in the background.
Monday April 25 day 8
I ate this:
Breakfast ... bowl of chilli ... with had lentils in it ... beans, peas, corn, ground beef... delicious, but not Paleo as I later found out.
Lunch was a black coffee with some roast beef.
Snack was a handful of walnuts with some grapefruit juice
Dinner was roast beef, potatoes, corn, peas and a large (I mean large) piece of carrot cake leftover from yesterday at my parent's place. I was kinda sick after sticking it in my gaping wadi.
I finally got a copy of The Paleo Solution today. Kind of an interesting read - the sections I read covered the whys and the whats... I get into in later on this week.
I did this workout five rounds:
20 BW or with 50 lbs extra squats
20 feet up push ups
20 two handed kettlebell swings (30 lb KB used)
10 KB snatches each side
10 overhead presses with a 60 lb backpack
10 ab rolls outs.
what a lousy day outside ... but I had to get out there or suffer the rest of the week...
Breakfast ... bowl of chilli ... with had lentils in it ... beans, peas, corn, ground beef... delicious, but not Paleo as I later found out.
Lunch was a black coffee with some roast beef.
Snack was a handful of walnuts with some grapefruit juice
Dinner was roast beef, potatoes, corn, peas and a large (I mean large) piece of carrot cake leftover from yesterday at my parent's place. I was kinda sick after sticking it in my gaping wadi.
I finally got a copy of The Paleo Solution today. Kind of an interesting read - the sections I read covered the whys and the whats... I get into in later on this week.
I did this workout five rounds:
20 BW or with 50 lbs extra squats
20 feet up push ups
20 two handed kettlebell swings (30 lb KB used)
10 KB snatches each side
10 overhead presses with a 60 lb backpack
10 ab rolls outs.
what a lousy day outside ... but I had to get out there or suffer the rest of the week...
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