Day 3 - Wednesday
I did not realize that it took so long to get my breakfast done. I was not used to all the measuring. I was about 5 minutes late for my appointment with the trainer. I climbed stairs (about 30 floors) for about 20 minutes, then treadmill for about 20 minutes. While I was doing this, my trainer was kind enough to take the cards from the Stretch deck and picked out a subset that would stretch all major muscle groups.
At the end, I did some strength training on those machines. Seemed a little strenuous but do-able. I did just 1 set of 15-20 reps on about 5 machines.
I am supposed to track every thing I eat, the amount of water I drink, the steps I take and the calories I burn. The corresponding professional reviews this.
You can use The Daily Plate to do the same. It's a FREE web-site and it has all the foods you can imagine already entered in it. I highly recommend it. You can also track your steps, exercises and water consumption on this site. I had used it for a month a few years ago and the site was good then - it has gotten much better now. Meal tracing web-sites rely a lot on content contributed by its users. It would be very difficult to find a better site that this one because this one has been around for about 5 years at least.
The shakes and berries are fine - they really fill me up. I was not hungry at all. Reva (my wife) cooked the soy proteins into an Indian style curry for lunch and they were ok (or so I thought). In the evening, I made some for dinner myself and the stuff I made was god awful!
I was so tired by the end of the day today that I slept early and actually skipped a meal. It's funny - I was full even in the morning, the next day.
Though I am technically allowed to have a cup of coffee, I skipped that as well - this tiredness could be attributed to coffee-withdrawal?
Day 4 - Thursday
Cooked lunch and dinner in the morning (Added tons of jalapenos and cilantro to mask the soy taste). This time, I used Morningstar's Vegan burgers (100 calories, 12g of protein). It was just bear-able.
Confession time: I happen to be the President of a Toastmaster's Club called Bellevue Talk-A-Lots. Our club had their annual Christmas luncheon today at Malay Satay Hut. I ate a piece of Roti Kanai (a small piece). I just found it too tough to resist. While other then enjoyed more appetizers and their Malaysian lunches, I had my berries and shake! I will chalk that up to a "newbie" mistake. I should have had my stomach full before I went in.
In the evening, I worked out for an hour. As repentance for my afternoon sins, I walked from my work-place to ProClub and back - it took me 32 minutes (total). It was cold - brrrr! I stepped in some muck while trying to take a short-cut in the dark. The elliptical is most fun with soggy shoes! Try that sometimes!
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