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Are we there yet, Papa Smurf???
Working out hard, and keeping a tight rein on my meals. Still sticking to the plan of counting ww points, but keeping carbs to the minimum. Most of the days my breakfast is almonds or a high-protein scrambled egg and veggies mix. Workouts are mostly in the morning, followed by a protein shake (whey, soy milk, strawberries), and evening dinner is mostly a veggie stir fry. My indulgence is cream in the coffee. Workign out has intensified. Two weeks completed with my trainer (6 sessions so far). I am learnign a fair bit about the machines, weights, core-exercises, form, cardio, classes to boost cardio function and weights, etc. It is difficult to evaluate my performance, though. For one, the weight on the scale hasn't budged!!! Two, since I'm doing different exercies daily, my running has slowed down..so in fact, I feel weaker in that department. And since I tire different sets of muscles daily, I feel perpetually weak. I can't tell if my muscles are getting stronger and can endure longer. My trainer seems a little inexperienced, so I am a bit frustrated that he can't seem to evaluate my performance fairly, push me harder, give me tighter homework, and have a vision of where we are going and when we will get there, and what will it take to get there!!
Today I did the following:
Military-style rope abs-work:
military style rope tricep/bicep pull downs:
Lateral pull downs
Bicep curls with bar
tricep extensions
machine dips
Legs throw-down
Ball abs crunches
Later: 15 mins walk/run (5 mins of walking, and 8.5 mins of jogging at 4.6-4.8 mph).
Class: Cardio sculpt/step class for 45 mins (also included more weight-training with the bar).
Meals:
Almonds (20-24): 4 points
Protein shake: 1 banana (2), strawberries (1), ff yogurt (3), whey (3), multivitamin powder
coffee with cream (3)
subway veggie salad with veggie patty (1), cheese (1). ff ranch (1)
home made chilli (2)
Total: 21 points
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