So technically today is the end of week one, although since I didn't get started until Tuesday last week I ended up doing my squats and shrugs etc yesterday. So once tomorrow comes around it'll be a Monday / Wednesday / Friday schedule.
I also completed day 1 of week 1 in the C25K today. Technically this is my third time doing it, but now I'll be sticking with it along with this new program. One feeds into the other, right? Fitness Centipede?
I'll be recording and posting weekly weight and body fat % beginning tomorrow. I finally got my scale and Accu-Measure on Thursday. The scale is pretty high tech looking for only being 50 bucks. Thank you Amazon (Prime).
The diet has been pretty good, as far as food selection is concerned. I'm enjoying all the food I've been eating, especially after I discovered sirloin steak > chuck steak. I get to eat more of it, and it tastes way better.
On that note, time to cut up my chicken and get my lunch ready for tomorrow and hit the sack. I have some new bedsheets waiting for me and I can't wait to get between them. I'll pretend they're fighting and I'll come in to save the day by splitting them up. Aw yeah. Why are you still reading this?
"Go out there and hook a horn!
Auf Wiedersehen!"
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
End of Days!
No, not with the Terminator playing the savior of the world by destroying the Devil... but it's the end of day 1. (Go see End of Days because it's an awesome bad movie, by the way).
Today was a pretty good day, although getting up at 8 and waiting until 1pm to eat was a little difficult. It wasn't a strain on me by any means, but I'm actually pretty used to some Lucky Charms in the morning. Yeah I know, it is delicious, isn't it?!
Meals:
Meal 1 - 1pm.
4oz of chicken breast in a half cup (uncooked) ziti with some Prego traditional sauce.
Total of 510 calories, 56 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 35 grams of protein.
Meal 2 - 5pm
Half cup of Oatmeal with a teaspoon of honey, 4oz chicken breast and a black cherry Chobani greek yogurt.
Total of 480 calories, 66 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 46 grams of protein.
Meal 3 - 9pm
8oz of chicken breast in a cup (uncooked) ziti with Prego traditional sauce. 3 scoops of whey protein, glass of milk and a baked sweet potato.
Total of 1334 calories, 144 carbs, 7 grams of fat and 142 grams of protein
Total for the day: 2324 calories, 266 carbs, 15 grams of fat and 223 grams of protein.
Workout:
5 sets of deadlifts. Max of 185lbs.
4 sets of chinups. ~7 reps each
3 sets of pendlay rows. 95lbs ~7 reps each
3 sets of kroc rows. 60lbs ~ 8 reps each
3 sets of power shrugs. 135lbs ~8 reps each.
Summary for today:
So I would say overall it was a pretty productive day, with all my meals (save the baked potato) already prepared ahead of time which helps a lot, since I'm not the biggest fan of cooking. I like to do everything all at once and get it out of the way.
The chicken ziti pasta is absolutely delicious, while the oatmeal and honey wasn't the greatest meal in the world, it was certainly tolerable. The extra chicken breast helped there. I should mention too that the chicken is those prepackaged 'italian' styled pieces from Stop & Shop and they're very tasty. I'm sure I'll eventually get sick of them, however for now this'll do while I figure out more meal options.
For the workout, I didn't exactly do the RPT (Reverse Pyramid Training) and this is mainly due to the fact that I haven't done many Deadlifts before (and I'm on the second floor). So I was mainly focusing on form and making sure I was putting myself in a position to develop good posture and habit when lifting. I definitely feel it, though... that's for sure.
Tomorrow is a rest day, although I'll be restarting my couch-to-5k in the morning. Should help get the day started, while I try to get to work by 9ish. I have everything prepared for tomorrow, save for the food I'll be eating after work. Rest days the biggest meals are first, so I wanted to make sure I had no excuse... plus it makes for smooth going when things are already done.
I will say though, I detest doing dishes. I think that's maybe been my achilles heel in the past where I dread the idea of doing dishes (or don't have any clean ones) to cook with. Oh well, get over it - right?
Right.
By the way only a few months left until the end of days. Will the destroyer read this blog and give us a second chance?
Today was a pretty good day, although getting up at 8 and waiting until 1pm to eat was a little difficult. It wasn't a strain on me by any means, but I'm actually pretty used to some Lucky Charms in the morning. Yeah I know, it is delicious, isn't it?!
Meals:
Meal 1 - 1pm.
4oz of chicken breast in a half cup (uncooked) ziti with some Prego traditional sauce.
Total of 510 calories, 56 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 35 grams of protein.
Meal 2 - 5pm
Half cup of Oatmeal with a teaspoon of honey, 4oz chicken breast and a black cherry Chobani greek yogurt.
Total of 480 calories, 66 carbs, 4 grams of fat and 46 grams of protein.
Meal 3 - 9pm
8oz of chicken breast in a cup (uncooked) ziti with Prego traditional sauce. 3 scoops of whey protein, glass of milk and a baked sweet potato.
Total of 1334 calories, 144 carbs, 7 grams of fat and 142 grams of protein
Total for the day: 2324 calories, 266 carbs, 15 grams of fat and 223 grams of protein.
Workout:
5 sets of deadlifts. Max of 185lbs.
4 sets of chinups. ~7 reps each
3 sets of pendlay rows. 95lbs ~7 reps each
3 sets of kroc rows. 60lbs ~ 8 reps each
3 sets of power shrugs. 135lbs ~8 reps each.
Summary for today:
So I would say overall it was a pretty productive day, with all my meals (save the baked potato) already prepared ahead of time which helps a lot, since I'm not the biggest fan of cooking. I like to do everything all at once and get it out of the way.
The chicken ziti pasta is absolutely delicious, while the oatmeal and honey wasn't the greatest meal in the world, it was certainly tolerable. The extra chicken breast helped there. I should mention too that the chicken is those prepackaged 'italian' styled pieces from Stop & Shop and they're very tasty. I'm sure I'll eventually get sick of them, however for now this'll do while I figure out more meal options.
For the workout, I didn't exactly do the RPT (Reverse Pyramid Training) and this is mainly due to the fact that I haven't done many Deadlifts before (and I'm on the second floor). So I was mainly focusing on form and making sure I was putting myself in a position to develop good posture and habit when lifting. I definitely feel it, though... that's for sure.
Tomorrow is a rest day, although I'll be restarting my couch-to-5k in the morning. Should help get the day started, while I try to get to work by 9ish. I have everything prepared for tomorrow, save for the food I'll be eating after work. Rest days the biggest meals are first, so I wanted to make sure I had no excuse... plus it makes for smooth going when things are already done.
I will say though, I detest doing dishes. I think that's maybe been my achilles heel in the past where I dread the idea of doing dishes (or don't have any clean ones) to cook with. Oh well, get over it - right?
Right.
By the way only a few months left until the end of days. Will the destroyer read this blog and give us a second chance?
Monday, April 23, 2012
Introduction
Hi, I'm Jeremy. It's nice to meet you, and if we've already met - I apologize but I can't put a name to your face. So let me re-introduce myself for the first time. Wait...
I'm a 30 year old bachelor living in Massachusetts. I work in the software entertainment industry, performing quality assurance engineering for various backend systems that support our company as a whole. I'm on the computer for probably 60 - 70% of my waking hours. For good or for ill, is still to be determined.
I would consider myself to be fairly athletic but that may just be a desperate memory of things I used to do. I remember being very active growing up, whether I was biking around town aimlessly, playing basketball or hockey in the backyard or in high school parking lots, pretending to be a fish in the ocean or even some games of manhunt. At some point, those activities began to slowly fade, to the point where I can barely remember the last time I really did anything active outside of my normal 'gym' routine or playing hockey on the weekends.
Of course, I don't mean to discount those activities but they seem to be the exception. I suppose as we get older and people discover love, pursue careers or begin families (does love need to be mutually exclusive there?) things seem to change slowly enough without noticing until it's too late. I don't mean to be philosophical, but I blame my friends for my sedentary/lightly active state. Nobody wants to run around anymore. Wusses.
Which brings me to the reason I'm here. I intend to keep a record of getting back into shape and leading a healthier lifestyle in general. I should take advantage of my relatively young age while I still can, because as the cliche goes, I'm not getting any younger.
To summarize, I'm staring an IF (Intermittent Fasting) "diet" tomorrow. Basically, it's 16 hours of fasting, and 8 hours of eating. Okay, it's not 8 straight hours of eating - it's just the window to eat. I've been reading up on Lean Gains on reddit.com and leangains.com and starting tomorrow I plan to do a -30 / +10, which is effectively Recommended Daily Calories - 30% for one day (Rest Days) and Recommended Daily Calories + 10% for the next (Work Days).
My target caloric intake is 2400 on training days, and 1800 on rest days. I use an IF Calculator, that can be found here. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Here's a screenshot of my IF Calculations. Click on it for the full size. What is this, your first time on the internet?
That should do for now. I don't currently have a structure for this, and I can't guarantee one will emerge... but one needs to start somewhere, right?
Also, find me on Fitocracy at http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
I'm a 30 year old bachelor living in Massachusetts. I work in the software entertainment industry, performing quality assurance engineering for various backend systems that support our company as a whole. I'm on the computer for probably 60 - 70% of my waking hours. For good or for ill, is still to be determined.
I would consider myself to be fairly athletic but that may just be a desperate memory of things I used to do. I remember being very active growing up, whether I was biking around town aimlessly, playing basketball or hockey in the backyard or in high school parking lots, pretending to be a fish in the ocean or even some games of manhunt. At some point, those activities began to slowly fade, to the point where I can barely remember the last time I really did anything active outside of my normal 'gym' routine or playing hockey on the weekends.
Of course, I don't mean to discount those activities but they seem to be the exception. I suppose as we get older and people discover love, pursue careers or begin families (does love need to be mutually exclusive there?) things seem to change slowly enough without noticing until it's too late. I don't mean to be philosophical, but I blame my friends for my sedentary/lightly active state. Nobody wants to run around anymore. Wusses.
Which brings me to the reason I'm here. I intend to keep a record of getting back into shape and leading a healthier lifestyle in general. I should take advantage of my relatively young age while I still can, because as the cliche goes, I'm not getting any younger.
To summarize, I'm staring an IF (Intermittent Fasting) "diet" tomorrow. Basically, it's 16 hours of fasting, and 8 hours of eating. Okay, it's not 8 straight hours of eating - it's just the window to eat. I've been reading up on Lean Gains on reddit.com and leangains.com and starting tomorrow I plan to do a -30 / +10, which is effectively Recommended Daily Calories - 30% for one day (Rest Days) and Recommended Daily Calories + 10% for the next (Work Days).
My target caloric intake is 2400 on training days, and 1800 on rest days. I use an IF Calculator, that can be found here. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/
Here's a screenshot of my IF Calculations. Click on it for the full size. What is this, your first time on the internet?
That should do for now. I don't currently have a structure for this, and I can't guarantee one will emerge... but one needs to start somewhere, right?
Also, find me on Fitocracy at http://www.fitocracy.com/profile/amazinglarry/
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